Dr. Remzi Onur Eren - Curriculum Vitae
Education and professional career
Since 2025: Independent Researcher (DFG funded), CECAD, University of Cologne, Germany. Principal investigator of DFG project 546095280
2017–2025: Postdoctoral Fellow, Prof. Dr. Manolis Pasparakis, Institute for Genetics, Department of Biology, CECAD, University of Cologne, Germany. Research focus: regulation of cell death in tissue homeostasis, inflammation and autoinflammatory disease
2016–2017: Postdoctoral Fellow, Prof. Dr. Nicolas Fasel, Department of Biochemistry, University of Lausanne, Switzerland. Research focus: Nrf2–Keap1 signaling in drug resistance during Leishmania infection
2012–2016: PhD in Biochemistry (degree conferred 22 April 2016), Prof. Dr. Nicolas Fasel, Department of Biochemistry, University of Lausanne, Switzerland. Thesis: The role of microRNAs in Leishmania infection
2010–2012: Master of Science in Medical Biology, University of Lausanne, Switzerland. Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Jürg Tschopp and Prof. Dr. Hans Acha-Orbea. Projects: IL-1 family cytokines in thymic cells and the role of CIITA in intestinal T-cell populations during colitis
2007–2008: Research Assistant (leave of absence from BSc studies), Division of Immunology and Allergy, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), Switzerland. Research focus: Gamma-chain cytokines in memory T cells
2003–2009: Bachelor of Science in Molecular Biology and Genetics, Bilkent University, Turkey. Thesis: “The characterization of exosomal content from healthy individuals and patients with autoinflammatory disease”
Awards, distinctions and professional activities
Since 2026: CMMC Career Advancement Program (CAP) Awardee
07/2018–07/2020: Alexander von Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellowship: “The role of TBK1 in tissue homeostasis”
09/2017: Prix d’Excellence du Jeune Chercheur (Young Investigator Excellence Award), University of Lausanne/CHUV, Switzerland