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Max J. Kellner

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Molecular biologist learning from the natural world. Now part of @www.helmholtz.de – aiming to decode disease resilience in bats and other remarkable species

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Max J. Kellner @mjkellner.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you @imbavienna.bsky.social and @vbcscitraining.bsky.social for providing an environment for growth beyond expectations. The awarded work would not have been possible without the amazing support and mentorship from everyone along the way. Deeply grateful 💙

Institute of Molecular Biotechnology @imbavienna.bsky.social · 15d

🎉 Congratulations to Max Kellner, former PhD student in the Penninger Lab, who was presented with the ÖGBMT Life Sciences PhD Award Austria. The award recognizes Kellner’s PhD research on how dangerous viruses emerge from natural reservoirs like bats. More: https://imba.science/3KiRYSN

Max J. Kellner @mjkellner.bsky.social · 8d

Thank you Martin, means a lot. The feeling is truly mutual!

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Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung (HZI) @helmholtzhzi.bsky.social · May 21

🦇 Fledertiere können verschiedene hochgefährliche Viren in sich tragen, ohne sichtbar zu erkranken. @mjkellner.bsky.social & @penningerlab.bsky.social haben nun die zellulären antiviralen Abwehrmechanismen in den Schleimhäuten der Tiere untersucht.
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Lichtmikroskopische Aufnahme eines Darmorganoides aus Gewebe von Nilflughunden

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Max J. Kellner @mjkellner.bsky.social · May 21

Hi 🦋 I’m thrilled to share that our #bat #organoid work has found a publishing home in Nature Immunology!

These models provided unprecedented insight into antiviral immunity at epithelial surfaces of the Egyptian fruit bat 🦇 — a natural reservoir of Marburg virus 🦠

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Bat organoids reveal antiviral responses at epithelial surfaces - Nature Immunology

Kellner et al. develop respiratory and intestinal organoids from Rousettus aegyptiacus to show elevated basal expression of interferon-ε (IFNε) and IFN-stimulated genes, along with robust, self-amplifying type III IFN responses that drive antiviral defense against zoonotic RNA viruses.

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