Director of the Institute of Allergy Research, Helmholtz Munich; Chair of the Center of Allergy and Environment (ZAUM)
Prof. Dr. Carsten Schmidt-Weber
"Our research will make a change in the allergy epidemic."
Academic Pathway & Research Area
Prof. Schmidt-Weber studied biochemistry and immunology in Darmstadt and Erlangen. He then worked at Harvard Medical School in Boston and at the Swiss Institute for Allergy and Asthma in Davos and at the University of Zurich, where he also wrote his habilitation thesis. From October 2007 to March 2010 he worked and researched at National Hearth and Lung Institute, Imperial College in London. Since 2010 he has been a professor of the newly established Chair of Molecular Allergology at TUM. The institute is also a member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL) and leads consortium EU projects as well as nationally funded collaborative research projects in addition to numerous individual projects.
Fields of Work and Expertise
T Cell Biology Airway Epithelial Cells Allergen-Specific Immunotherapy Allergy Diagnostics Recombinant Allergens Immunological Tolerance Immunomodulation mRNA-Based Immunotherapy Vaccines
Professional Background
Director & Chair: ZAUM – Center of Allergy & Environment, Technical University Munich and Helmholtz Center Munich, Germany
Reader: National Heart & Lung Institute, Imperial College, London (England)
Group leader: Swiss Institute of Allergy and Asthma Research (SIAF), Davos (Switzerland)
PostDoc: Harvard Medical School, Immunology Research Division, Dept. of Pathology, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston (USA
Honors and Awards
- 2018 Conference chair of annual meeting of the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology in Munich
- Since 2011 Scientific board member of the IZKF (Interdisziplinäres Zentrum für Klinische Forschung) Jena
- 2015 Oscar Gans Förderpreis
- 2007 Prize of the European Academy for Allergy and Asthma Research
- 2004 Curt-Dehner-Prize
Publications
Maier, L. ; Sun, Y. ; Kronberg, J. ; Abner, E. ; Coley, K. ; Marenholz, I. ; Weiss, S. ; Foraita, R. ; Karramass, T. ; Mykkänen, J. ; Hernandez-Pacheco, N. ; Wang, C.A. ; Kitaba, N.T. ; Pechlivanis, S. ; Bouzigon, E. ; Tingskov Pedersen, C.E. ; Schoos, A.M. ; Curtin, J. ; Kress, S. ; Hernangomez-Laderas, A. ; Foppiano, F. ; Ashley, S. ; Batini, C. ; Bryant, L. ; Homuth, G. ; Gieger, C. ; Gilles, S. ; Lyytikäinen, L.P. ; Rovio, S. ; Pahkala, K. ; Vernet, R. ; Valenta, R. ; Llop, S. ; Torrent, M. ; Böck, A. ; Tang, M.L.K. ; Schmidt-Weber, C.B. ; Metspalu, A. ; Esko, T. ; Sprikkelman, A.B. ; John, C. ; Lee, Y.A. ; Beyer, K. ; Völzke, H. ; Pigeot, I. ; Traidl-Hoffmann, C. ; Duijts, L. ; Lu, H. ; Raitakari, O.T. ; Lehtimäki, T. ; Kähönen, M. ; Tio, C.H.L. ; Melén, E. ; Pennell, C.E. ; Holloway, J.W. ; von Mutius, E. ; Siroux, V. ; Bønnelykke, K. ; Custovic, A. ; Simpson, A. ; Schikowski, T. ; Bilbao, J.R. ; Schaub, B. ; Peters, R. ; Kersten, E.T.G. ; Vonk, J.M. ; Thiering, E. ; Peters, A. ; Koppelman, G.H. ; Standl, M.
Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies of food allergy and IgE-sensitization.Jargosch, M. ; Wasserer, S. ; Eigemann, J. ; Raunegger, T. ; Kurzen, N. ; Ding-Pfennigdorff, D. ; Bartnik, E. ; Schmidt-Weber, C.B. ; Biedermann, T. ; Eyerich, S. ; Eyerich, K. ; Florian, P. ; Herrmann, M. ; Saas, J. ; Lauffer, F.
Inhibition of RIPK1 prevents keratinocyte cell death and reduces skin inflammation in type 1 mediated chronic inflammatory skin diseases.Brockow, K. ; Ghiordanescu, I.M. ; Tontini, C. ; Schmid-Grendelmeier, P. ; Pichler, W.J. ; van Wijk, R.G. ; Schmidt-Weber, C.B. ; Demoly, P. ; Del Giacco, S. ; Walusiak-Skorupa, J. ; Chivato, T. ; Amérigo, D.A. ; Mülleneisen, N.
The EAACI-UEMS knowledge examination: Certifying standards in allergy and clinical immunology across Europe.
