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BIOGRAPHY 2016 - present Assistant Professor, University of Basel, DBM, (Basel Switzerland) 2015 - 2016 Visiting Scientist, ETH Zürich, D-BSSE (Basel, Switzerland) Cell Systems Dynamics Research Group (Prof. Timm Schroeder) 2013-2015 SNF Ambizione Fellow, University Hospital Basel, DBM, (Basel Switzerland) 2008-2012 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Biomedicine, University Hospital Basel (Basel, Switzerland) Transplantation Immunology (Prof. Ed Palmer) 2007-2008 Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, USA) Dr. Yongwon Choi laboratory 2001-2006 PhD student, University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, USA) Thesis: “TRAF6 and T cell tolerance” with Dr. Yongwon Choi 2001 Research associate, California Department of Health Services/Makere University, Kampala, Uganda 1999-2001 Research associate, Gladstone Institute of Virology and Immunology (San Francisco, USA) 1993-1997 Undergraduate, Duke University (North Carolina, USA) FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS AND FUNDING 2018 Freiwillige Akademische Gesellschaft Basel 2017/2018 Swiss Life Jubiläumsstiftung 2017/2018 Gottfried & Julia Bangerter-Rhyner Stiftung 2017 University of Basel Forschungsfonds 2017 Olga Mayenfisch Stiftung 2016 Alumni Prize, Medical Faculty of the University of Basel 2016 SNF Professorship 2015 Novartis Foundation for Medical-Biological Research 2014 University of Basel Forschungsfond 2013 Swiss Transplantation Society Award 2009-2012 Human Frontiers Science Program, Long term fellowship 2008-2009 EMBO, Long term fellowship 2006 Finalist, Judy S. Finkelstein Symposium in Immunology Research 2006 Ray Owen Young Investigator Award, Midwinter Conference PUBLICATIONS Wyss L, Stadinski BD, King CG, Schallenberg S, McCarthy NI, Lee JY, Kretschmer K, Terracciano LM, Anderson G, Surh CD, Huseby ES, Palmer E (2016) Affinity for self-antigen selects regulatory T cells with distinct functional properties. Nature Immunology 17(9):1093-101. Balmer ML, Ma EH, Bantug GR, Grahlert J, Pfister S, Glatter T, Jauch A, Dimeloe S, Slack E, Dehio P, Krzyzaniak MA, King CG, Burgener A, Fischer M, Develioglu L, Belle R, Recher M, Bonilla W, Macpherson AJ, Hapfelmeier S, Jones RG, Hess C. Memory CD8+ T Cells Require Increased Concentrations of Acetate Induced by Stress for Optimal Function. (2016) Memory CD8+ T cells require increased concentrations of acetate induced by stress for optimal function. Immunity 44(6):1312-24. Schmaler M, Broggi MA, Lagarde N, Stöcklin BF, King CG, Finke D, Rossi SW (2015) IL-7R signaling in regulatory T cells maintains peripheral and allograft tolerance in mice. PNAS, 112: 13330-5. Keck S, Schmaler M, Wyss L, Oberle S, Huseby ES, Zehn D, King CG (2014) Antigen affinity and antigen dose exert distinct influences on CD4 T-cell differentiation. PNAS, 111: 14852-14857. Stepanek O, Prabhakar AS, Osswald C, King CG, Bulek A, Naeher D, Beaufils-Hugot M, Abanto M, Galati V, Hausmann B, Lang R, Cole DK, Huseby E, Sewell AK, Chakraborty AK, Palmer E. (2014) Coreceptor-mediated Lck delivery to the TCR sets the antigen swell-time threshold for central tolerance. Cell, 159: 333-345. King CG, Koehli S, Hausmann B, Schmaler M, Zehn D, Palmer E. (2012) Induction of tissue pathology driven by asymmetric T cell division. Immunity, 37: 709-720. Highlighted in Nature Reviews Immunology, December 2012. Zehn D, King CG, Bevan MJ, Palmer E. (2012) TCR signaling requirements for activating T cells and generating memory. Cell Mol Life Sci., 69: 1565-1575. King CG, Kobayashi T, Kim T, Hickman SP, Turka LA, Choi Y. (2008) Cutting edge: requirement for TRAF6 in T Cell Anergy Induction. Cutting Edge JI., 180: 34-38. King CG, Kobayashi T, Cejas P, Kim T, Yoon K, Kim GK, Chiffoleau E, Hickman SP, Walsh PT, Turka LA, Choi Y. (2006) TRAF6 is a T Cell Intrinsic Negative Regulator Required for the Maintenance of Immune Homeostasis. Nature Medicine, 12: 1088-1092. Kobayashi T, Walsh PT, Walsh MC, Speirs KM, Chiffoleau E, King CG, Hancock WW, Caamano JH, Hunter CA, Scott P, Turka LA, Choi Y. (2003) TRAF6 is a critical factor for dendritic cell maturation and development. Immunity, 19: 353-363. Chiffoleau E, Kobayashi T, Walsh MC, King CG, Walsh PT, Hancock WW, Choi Y, Turka LA. (2003) TNF receptor-associated factor 6 deficiency during hematopoiesis induces Th2-polarized inflammatory disease. J. Immunol, 171: 5751-5759. |