Prof. Dr. Andreas Pichlmair
Prof. Dr. Andreas Pichlmair

Prof. Dr. Andreas Pichlmair

Institute of Virology, TU Munich

Andreas Pichlmair studied Veterinary Medicine in Vienna, where he got in excited by viruses and their ability to cause disease. Following graduation he joined Otto Haller’s Laboratory  (Uniklinik Freiburg/Breisgau) for his doctoral degree (Virology) and Caetano Reis e Sousa (CRICK, London, UK) for his PhD (Molecular Immunology and Immunopathology). Thereafter he joined Giulio Superti-Furga at the Center for Molecular Medicine (Vienna, Austria) where he got exposed to large-data analysis. 2011 Andreas Pichlmair got recruited as Group leader to the Max-Planck Institute for Biochemistry (Munich, Germany) and moved as associate prof. to TUM in 2017. He is combining his expertise in virology, immunology and omics analysis to understand viral perturbation of host organisms and associated diseases. His current research focus lies in the leverage of omics data to identify biomarkers of disease progression and to identify novel treatment options.