SYSTEMS IMMUNOLOGY

The Department of Systems Immunology is devoted to develop models for the dynamics of specific biological systems. The models are validated with pre-existing experimental results and then used to investigate particular biological problems. On the one hand, the models help to interpret experimental results on quantitative grounds. On the other hand, the models infer predictions to initiate further and conclusive experiments that may solve important scientific questions. If the predictions are confirmed the model has proven to be a justified simplification of the complex reality and may be further used. If the prediction is wrong, the model assumptions have to be reconsidered or extended. In this more interesting case, pre-existing knowledge is likely to be set in question and we learn about new and unknown relationships of the biological system... Although we use differential equation approaches for biological systems with a large number of well intermixed constituents, a major..

Registration numbers: HRB 477 (W)

VAT numbers: DE 114815244

Primary location: Würzburg Germany