{"id":4009,"date":"2025-01-21T13:53:07","date_gmt":"2025-01-21T13:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/?post_type=head&#038;p=4009"},"modified":"2025-05-16T07:13:27","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T07:13:27","slug":"max-lohning","status":"publish","type":"head","link":"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/en\/koepfe\/max-lohning\/","title":{"rendered":"Prof. Dr. Max L\u00f6hning"},"content":{"rendered":"\n  <section id=\"scientific-background\"\n           class=\"section accordion  alignwide  toc-item\"\n           data-open=\"multiple\">\n    <div class=\"container container--center container--medium\">\n              <h2 class=\"h3 section__heading launimation slideBottom\">Scientific Background<\/h2>\n      \n      \n      \n              <div id=\"panel-\"\n             class=\"accordion__category active\" role=\"tabpanel\"\n             aria-labelledby=\"tab-\">\n                    <script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\n            {\n              \"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\",\n              \"@type\": \"FAQPage\",\n              \"mainEntity\": [{\"@type\": \"Question\",\"name\": \"Scientific Career\",\"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\",\"text\": \"Since 2015\nFull Professor (W3), Head of Pitzer Laboratory of Osteoarthritis Research\n2013 &#8211; 2014\nOffer of Head of Department of Immunology (W3) at Universit\u00e4tsmedizin Greifswald; 2014 declined\n2006 &#8211; 2015\nLichtenberg Professor (W2) of Experimental Immunology, Charit\u00e9, Berlin\n2002 &#8211; 2006\nPostdoctoral fellow with R.M. Zinkernagel and H. Hengartner at the Institute of Experimental Immunology, ETH and University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland\n2000 &#8211; 2002\nPostdoctoral fellow with A. Radbruch at DRFZ Berlin\"}},{\"@type\": \"Question\",\"name\": \"Education\",\"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\",\"text\": \"1996 &#8211; 2000\nPhD thesis at the Institute of Genetics, Univ. of Cologne; 2000 Dr. rer. nat.\n1990 &#8211; 1996\nBiology studies at the University of Mainz; 1996 Diploma (\u201cwith distinction\u201d)\"}},{\"@type\": \"Question\",\"name\": \"Professional Activities\",\"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\",\"text\": \"Since 2025\nMember of Board of Trustees of Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin\nSince 2023\nChair of the Foundation Council of Schering Foundation\nSince 2020\nGuest Professor at Goethe-Universit\u00e4t Frankfurt\/Main, Medical Faculty\nSince 2017\nBoard member and Council member of Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences (BBAW)\nSince 2017\nSpokesperson of the class Biological Sciences and Medicine of BBAW; 2014\u20132017 Vice-Spokesperson\n2017 &#8211; 2024\nBoard member of Deutsche Rheumastiftung of German Society for Rheumatology (DGRh)\nSince 2012\nVice-Director of Research Center ImmunoSciences (RCIS) at Charit\u00e9\"}},{\"@type\": \"Question\",\"name\": \"Society Memberships\",\"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\",\"text\": \"Since 2013\nMember of Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences (BBAW)\n2004 &#8211; 2009\nMember of Die Junge Akademie (The German Young Academy) at the BBAW and the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina\"}},{\"@type\": \"Question\",\"name\": \"Fellowships and Awards\",\"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\",\"text\": \"2010\nGeorges-K\u00f6hler-Prize of the German Society for Immunology (DGfI)\n2006 &#8211; 2015\nLichtenberg Professorship at Charit\u00e9 funded by Volkswagen Foundation\n2004\nRobert-Koch-Postdoctoral-Prize of Robert Koch Foundation\n2002 &#8211; 2004\nPostdoctoral fellowship of Ernst Schering Foundation\n2002\nAvrion-Mitchison-Prize for Rheumatology\n2000\nOtto-Westphal-PhD-Prize of the German Society for Immunology\n1993 &#8211; 2000\nDiploma and PhD fellowships of the German National Academic Foundation\"}}]\n            }\n          <\/script>\n\n          <div class=\"accordion__content\">\n                          <div class=\"accordion-item  box box--accordion over launimation slideBottom\">\n                <button class=\"accordion-item__title\"\n                        aria-expanded=\"false\"\n                        aria-controls=\"accordion_69e08bbba6ea0_0\"\n                        aria-label=\"Zeige den Inhalt an\">\n                    <span class=\"accordion-item__title-wrapper\">\n                      <span class=\"accordion-item__title-main h5\">Scientific Career<\/span>\n                                          <\/span>\n                  <span class=\"icon-wrapper\"><\/span>\n                <\/button>\n\n                <div class=\"accordion-item__content-container\" id=\"accordion_69e08bbba6ea0_0\">\n                  <div class=\"accordion-item__content\">\n                    \n                    <div class=\"accordion-item__content-text wysiwyg\">\n                      <p>Since 2015<br \/>\nFull Professor (W3), Head of Pitzer Laboratory of Osteoarthritis Research<\/p>\n<p>2013 &#8211; 2014<br \/>\nOffer of Head of Department of Immunology (W3) at Universit\u00e4tsmedizin Greifswald; 2014 declined<\/p>\n<p>2006 &#8211; 2015<br \/>\nLichtenberg Professor (W2) of Experimental Immunology, Charit\u00e9, Berlin<\/p>\n<p>2002 &#8211; 2006<br \/>\nPostdoctoral fellow with R.M. Zinkernagel and H. Hengartner at the Institute of Experimental Immunology, ETH and University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland<\/p>\n<p>2000 &#8211; 2002<br \/>\nPostdoctoral fellow with A. Radbruch at DRFZ Berlin<\/p>\n\n                                          <\/div>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n                          <div class=\"accordion-item  box box--accordion over launimation slideBottom\">\n                <button class=\"accordion-item__title\"\n                        aria-expanded=\"false\"\n                        aria-controls=\"accordion_69e08bbba6ea0_1\"\n                        aria-label=\"Zeige den Inhalt an\">\n                    <span class=\"accordion-item__title-wrapper\">\n                      <span class=\"accordion-item__title-main h5\">Education<\/span>\n                                          <\/span>\n                  <span class=\"icon-wrapper\"><\/span>\n                <\/button>\n\n                <div class=\"accordion-item__content-container\" id=\"accordion_69e08bbba6ea0_1\">\n                  <div class=\"accordion-item__content\">\n                    \n                    <div class=\"accordion-item__content-text wysiwyg\">\n                      <p>1996 &#8211; 2000<br \/>\nPhD thesis at the Institute of Genetics, Univ. of Cologne; 2000 Dr. rer. nat.<\/p>\n<p>1990 &#8211; 1996<br \/>\nBiology studies at the University of Mainz; 1996 Diploma (\u201cwith distinction\u201d)<\/p>\n\n                                          <\/div>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n                          <div class=\"accordion-item  box box--accordion over launimation slideBottom\">\n                <button class=\"accordion-item__title\"\n                        aria-expanded=\"false\"\n                        aria-controls=\"accordion_69e08bbba6ea0_2\"\n                        aria-label=\"Zeige den Inhalt an\">\n                    <span class=\"accordion-item__title-wrapper\">\n                      <span class=\"accordion-item__title-main h5\">Professional Activities<\/span>\n                                          <\/span>\n                  <span class=\"icon-wrapper\"><\/span>\n                <\/button>\n\n                <div class=\"accordion-item__content-container\" id=\"accordion_69e08bbba6ea0_2\">\n                  <div class=\"accordion-item__content\">\n                    \n                    <div class=\"accordion-item__content-text wysiwyg\">\n                      <p>Since 2025<br \/>\nMember of Board of Trustees of Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin<\/p>\n<p>Since 2023<br \/>\nChair of the Foundation Council of Schering Foundation<\/p>\n<p>Since 2020<br \/>\nGuest Professor at Goethe-Universit\u00e4t Frankfurt\/Main, Medical Faculty<\/p>\n<p>Since 2017<br \/>\nBoard member and Council member of Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences (BBAW)<\/p>\n<p>Since 2017<br \/>\nSpokesperson of the class Biological Sciences and Medicine of BBAW; 2014\u20132017 Vice-Spokesperson<\/p>\n<p>2017 &#8211; 2024<br \/>\nBoard member of Deutsche Rheumastiftung of German Society for Rheumatology (DGRh)<\/p>\n<p>Since 2012<br \/>\nVice-Director of Research Center ImmunoSciences (RCIS) at Charit\u00e9<\/p>\n\n                                          <\/div>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n                          <div class=\"accordion-item  box box--accordion over launimation slideBottom\">\n                <button class=\"accordion-item__title\"\n                        aria-expanded=\"false\"\n                        aria-controls=\"accordion_69e08bbba6ea0_3\"\n                        aria-label=\"Zeige den Inhalt an\">\n                    <span class=\"accordion-item__title-wrapper\">\n                      <span class=\"accordion-item__title-main h5\">Society Memberships<\/span>\n                                          <\/span>\n                  <span class=\"icon-wrapper\"><\/span>\n                <\/button>\n\n                <div class=\"accordion-item__content-container\" id=\"accordion_69e08bbba6ea0_3\">\n                  <div class=\"accordion-item__content\">\n                    \n                    <div class=\"accordion-item__content-text wysiwyg\">\n                      <p>Since 2013<br \/>\nMember of Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences (BBAW)<\/p>\n<p>2004 &#8211; 2009<br \/>\nMember of Die Junge Akademie (The German Young Academy) at the BBAW and the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina<\/p>\n\n                                          <\/div>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n                          <div class=\"accordion-item  box box--accordion over launimation slideBottom\">\n                <button class=\"accordion-item__title\"\n                        aria-expanded=\"false\"\n                        aria-controls=\"accordion_69e08bbba6ea0_4\"\n                        aria-label=\"Zeige den Inhalt an\">\n                    <span class=\"accordion-item__title-wrapper\">\n                      <span class=\"accordion-item__title-main h5\">Fellowships and Awards<\/span>\n                                          <\/span>\n                  <span class=\"icon-wrapper\"><\/span>\n                <\/button>\n\n                <div class=\"accordion-item__content-container\" id=\"accordion_69e08bbba6ea0_4\">\n                  <div class=\"accordion-item__content\">\n                    \n                    <div class=\"accordion-item__content-text wysiwyg\">\n                      <p>2010<br \/>\nGeorges-K\u00f6hler-Prize of the German Society for Immunology (DGfI)<\/p>\n<p>2006 &#8211; 2015<br \/>\nLichtenberg Professorship at Charit\u00e9 funded by Volkswagen Foundation<\/p>\n<p>2004<br \/>\nRobert-Koch-Postdoctoral-Prize of Robert Koch Foundation<\/p>\n<p>2002 &#8211; 2004<br \/>\nPostdoctoral fellowship of Ernst Schering Foundation<\/p>\n<p>2002<br \/>\nAvrion-Mitchison-Prize for Rheumatology<\/p>\n<p>2000<br \/>\nOtto-Westphal-PhD-Prize of the German Society for Immunology<\/p>\n<p>1993 &#8211; 2000<br \/>\nDiploma and PhD fellowships of the German National Academic Foundation<\/p>\n\n                                          <\/div>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n                      <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n\n\n\n  <section id=\"top-5-publications\" class=\"section links-list  alignwide  toc-item\">\n    <div class=\"container container--center\">\n                        <h2 class=\"section__heading launimation slideBottom\">TOP 5 PUBLICATIONS<\/h2>\n        \n              \n      <div class=\"links-list__items-wrap\">\n        \n<div class=\"links-list__items links-list__items--row \">\n      <div class=\"links-list__item  launimation slideBottom\">\n      \n      <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/38838155\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"h6 links-list__item-title\">Plasticity and lineage commitment of individual TH1 cells are determined by stable T-bet expression quantities<\/a>\n\n              <span class=\"links-list__item-underline\">Hegazy, A.N., C. Peine, D. Niesen, I. Panse, Y. Vainshtein, C. Kommer, Q. Zhang, T.M. Brunner, M. Peine, A. Fro\u0308hlich, N. Ishaque, R.M. Marek, J. Zhu, T. Ho\u0308fer &amp; M. Lo\u0308hning. Plasticity and lineage commitment of individual Th1 cells are determined by stable T-bet expression quantities. Science Advances 2024, 10:eadk2693. doi: 10.1126\/sciadv.adk2693.<\/span>\n      \n      <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/38838155\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"links-list__item-link\">\n        <span class=\"button button--arrow button--arrow-nw button--arrow-link\" ><\/span>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n      <div class=\"links-list__item  launimation slideBottom\">\n      \n      <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/38172258\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"h6 links-list__item-title\">A type 1 immunity-restricted promoter of the IL-33 receptor gene directs antiviral T-cell responses<\/a>\n\n              <span class=\"links-list__item-underline\">Brunner*, T.M., S. Serve*, A.F. Marx, J. Fadejeva, P. Saikali, M. Dzamukova, N. Dur\u00e1n-Hern\u00e1ndez, C. Kommer, F. Heinrich, P. Durek, G.A. Heinz, T. H\u00f6fer, M.F. Mashreghi, R. K\u00fchn, D.D. Pinschewer &amp; M. L\u00f6hning. A type 1 immunity-restricted promoter of the IL-33 receptor gene directs antiviral T-cell responses. Nature Immunology 2024, 25:256-267. doi: 10.1038\/s41590-023-01697-6. (*Shared first authors). [Paper of the Months of Charit\u00e9 Faculty Board, March 2024]<\/span>\n      \n      <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/38172258\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"links-list__item-link\">\n        <span class=\"button button--arrow button--arrow-nw button--arrow-link\" ><\/span>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n      <div class=\"links-list__item  launimation slideBottom\">\n      \n      <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/37428931\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"h6 links-list__item-title\">NOS inhibition reverses TLR2-induced chondrocyte dysfunction and attenuates age-related osteoarthritis<\/a>\n\n              <span class=\"links-list__item-underline\">Shen, P., S. Serve, P. Wu, X. Liu, Y. Dai, N. Dur\u00e1n-Hern\u00e1ndez, D.T.M. Nguyen, M. Fuchs, T. Maleitzke, M.J. Reisener, M. Dzamukova, K. Nussbaumer, T.M. Brunner, Y. Li, V. Holecska, G.A. Heinz, F. Heinrich, P. Durek, G. Katsoula, C. Gwinner, T. Jung, E. Zeggini, T. Winkler, M.F. Mashreghi, M. Pumberger, C. Perka &amp; M. L\u00f6hning. NOS inhibition reverses TLR2-induced chondrocyte dysfunction and attenuates age-related osteoarthritis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 2023, 120:e2207993120. doi: 10.1073\/pnas.2207993120.<\/span>\n      \n      <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/37428931\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"links-list__item-link\">\n        <span class=\"button button--arrow button--arrow-nw button--arrow-link\" ><\/span>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n      <div class=\"links-list__item  launimation slideBottom\">\n      \n      <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/36809763\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"h6 links-list__item-title\">The alarmin interleukin-33 promotes the expansion and preserves the stemness of Tcf-1+ CD8+ T cells in chronic viral infection<\/a>\n\n              <span class=\"links-list__item-underline\">Marx*, A.F., S.M. Kallert*, T.M. Brunner*, J.A. Villegas, F. Geier, J. Fixemer, T. Abreu-Mota, P. Reuther, W.V. Bonilla, J. Fadejeva, M. Kreutzfeldt, I. Wagner, P. Aparicio-Domingo, L. Scarpellino, M. Charmoy, D.T. Utzschneider, C. Hagedorn, M. Lu, K. Cornille, K. Stauffer, F. Kreppel, D. Merkler, D. Zehn, W. Held, S.A. Luther, M. L\u00f6hning** &amp; D.D. Pinschewer**. The alarmin interleukin-33 promotes the expansion and preserves the stemness of Tcf-1+ CD8+ T cells in chronic viral infection. Immunity 2023, 56:813-828. doi: 10.1016\/j.immuni.2023.01.029. (*Shared first authors, **Shared corresponding authors).<\/span>\n      \n      <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/36809763\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"links-list__item-link\">\n        <span class=\"button button--arrow button--arrow-nw button--arrow-link\" ><\/span>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n      <div class=\"links-list__item  launimation slideBottom\">\n      \n      <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/35650194\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"h6 links-list__item-title\">Mechanical forces couple bone matrix mineralization with inhibition of angiogenesis to limit adolescent bone growth<\/a>\n\n              <span class=\"links-list__item-underline\">Dzamukova, M., T. Brunner, J. Miotla-Zarebska, F. Heinrich, L. Brylka, M.F. Mashreghi, A. Kusumbe, R. K\u00fchn, T. Schinke, T. Vincent &amp; M. L\u00f6hning. Mechanical forces couple bone matrix mineralization with inhibition of angiogenesis to limit adolescent bone growth. Nature Communications 2022, 13:3059. doi: 10.1038\/s41467-022-30618-8. \t[Avrion-Mitchison-Prize for Rheumatology to Maria Dzamukova, Dec. 2022]<\/span>\n      \n      <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/35650194\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"links-list__item-link\">\n        <span class=\"button button--arrow button--arrow-nw button--arrow-link\" ><\/span>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n\n\n\n  <section id=\"pitzer-laboratory-of-osteoarthritis-research\" class=\"section cta  alignwide toc-item\">\n    <div class=\"container container--center\">\n\n      <div class=\"cta__wrapper bg bg--surface\">\n        <div class=\"cta__content\">\n                      <h2 class=\"cta__heading launimation slideBottom\">Pitzer Laboratory of Osteoarthritis Research<\/h2>\n          \n                      <div class=\"cta__desc wysiwyg launimation slideBottom\">L\u00f6hning lab<\/div>\n          \n          \n                      <div class=\"cta__ctas button-group\">\n              <a href=\"\/en\/arbeitsgruppen\/pitzer-labor-fur-athroseforschung\/\" class=\"cta__button button button--arrow launimation slideBottom\" title=\"learn more\" target=\"_blank\"><span>learn more<\/span><\/a>            <\/div>\n                  <\/div><!-- content -->\n\n                  <div class=\"cta__image launimation fadeIn\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"auto, \" src=\"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Loehning_group-e1738227653235-150x58.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Loehning_group-e1738227653235-1024x399.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Loehning_group-e1738227653235-1920x747.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Loehning_group-e1738227653235-1600x623.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Loehning_group-e1738227653235-1366x532.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Loehning_group-e1738227653235-1024x399.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Loehning_group-e1738227653235-768x299.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Loehning_group-e1738227653235-550x214.jpg 550w\" class=\"\" alt=\"\"  width=\"1024\"  height=\"399\">          <\/div>\n              <\/div><!-- wrapper -->\n\n    <\/div><!-- container -->\n  <\/section>\n\n\n\n\n  <section id=\"news\"\n           class=\"section related-news alignwide related-news--slider  toc-item\">\n    <div class=\"container container--center\">\n\n      <div class=\"related-news__wrap\">\n                  <div class=\"section__heading-container launimation slideBottom\">\n                          <h2 class=\"section__heading\">News<\/h2>\n                                  <\/div>\n        \n        \n        <div class=\"related-news__slider swiper swiper-pull-right\">\n                      <div class=\"slider__skip-links-container\">\n              <a id=\"before-slider-block_ddc0c7c46b92120be43f6927a210a255\"\n                 href=\"#after-slider-block_ddc0c7c46b92120be43f6927a210a255\"\n                 class=\"slider-skip-link\">Go to end of slider<\/a>\n            <\/div>\n          \n          <div class=\"swiper-wrapper grid graded-boxes\">\n                          <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n                \n<article\n  id=\"post-8420\" class=\"teaser-post box box--min-height launimation slideBottom graded-box post-8420 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-publications tag-ahmed-hegazy-en-en tag-inflammatory-mechanisms tag-loehning tag-pitzer-lab-of-osteoarthritis-research tag-program-area-3 tag-program-area-4 programme-area-tax-programme-area-3 programme-area-tax-programme-area-4 working-group-tax-inflammatory-mechanisms working-group-tax-pitzer-laboratory-of-osteoarthritis-research-en\">\n  <div class=\"teaser-post__wrap\">\n    <div class=\"teaser-post__cats\">\n      \n<ul class=\"tag-pills tag-pills--small\" role=\"none\">\n      <li role=\"none\">\n      <span class=\"tag-pill\">\n        <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Kategorie: <\/span>\n        Publications      <\/span>\n    <\/li>\n  <\/ul>    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"teaser-post__body\">\n      <time class=\"date\" datetime=\"2024-06-14 13:20:00\">14.06.2024<\/time>\n      <div class=\"teaser-post__title h5\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/en\/neuigkeiten\/molekularer-schalter-zur-stufenweisen-umprogrammierung-von-immunzellen-entschluesselt\/\" aria-describedby=\"post-8420\"\n          title=\"Gehe zum Beitrag\" rel=\"bookmark\">\n          Molecular switch for the gradual reprogramming of immune cells decoded        <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n\n              <div class=\"teaser-post__excerpt ellipsis\">\n          The immune system activates certain white blood cells, the T helper cells (Th cells), to defend against pathogens and cancer. 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