Professional training and positions
09/2013 – present Full professor of virology, University of Basel, CH
2007 – 2013 Associate professor of immunology, University of Geneva, CH
2004 – 2007 Independent group leader University Hospital of Zurich, CH
2002– 2004 Postdoctoral fellow, University of Zurich, CH
2001 – 2002 Postdoctoral fellow, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA
1998 – 2000 Medical doctorate, University of Zurich
Awards and Prizes
2013 ERC starting grant
2012 Debiopharm Group Life Sciences Award
2012 Georges-Köhler-Preis of the “German Society for Immunology”
2011 Pfizer Research Prize for Infectiology, Rheumatology and Immunology
2010 Prix Leenaards 2010 pour la promotion de la recherche scientifique
2010 Loeffler-Frosch-Prize by the “Society for Virology”
2007 Stipendiary professorship of the Swiss National Science Foundation
Select publications
For
a complete list of publications see:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=pinschewer-d
Interferon-γ-Driven iNOS: A Molecular Pathway to Terminal Shock in Arenavirus Hemorrhagic Fever.Remy MM, ….., Pinschewer DD.Cell Host Microbe. 2017 Sep 13;22(3):354-365.e5
Replicating viral vector platform exploits alarmin signals for potent CD8+ T cell-mediated tumour immunotherapy. Kallert SM, …., Pinschewer DD. Nat Commun. 2017 May 26;8:15327.
Interferon-driven deletion of antiviral B cells at the onset of chronic infection. Fallet, B, …., Pinschewer DD. Science Immunology, 2016 Oct 21;1(4). pii: eaah6817.
The alarmin interleukin-33 drives protective antiviral CD8⁺ T cell responses. Bonilla WV, …., Pinschewer DD, Science. 2012 Feb 24;335(6071):984-9.
Development of replication-defective lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus vectors for induction of potent CD8+ T cell immunity. FlatzL., …., Pinschewer DD. Nat. Med. 2010 Mar;16(3):339-45