Postal address
Priv.-Doz. Dr. med. Claudius Speer
Assistant physician
Kidney Center Heidelberg
Im Neuenheimer Feld 162
D 69120 Heidelberg
Germany
Medical career
- PhD: 2017 Hertie Institute Tübingen - "The effect of tocilizumab on terminally differentiated B lymphocytes in patients with rheumatoid arthritis"
- License to practice medicine: 2016 (Tübingen)
- State examination: 2016 (Tübingen)
- Studies: Eberhard Karls University Tübingen and Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg
Further training
- 2017 "Fundamentals of laboratory animal science and animal experimental methods", FELASA B
- 2015 Radiation protection course for physicians
Scientific career
- 2020-dato Research assistant at EMBL/MMPU AG Prof. Saez-Rodriguez "Chronic kidney disease" (www.saezlab.org)
- 2020-2023 Research fellowship of the "Physician Scientist Program" of the Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg
- 2018-2020 Research assistant at the DKFZ, Immunogenetics Research Group, Prof. Dr. Peter Krammer - "Apoptosis mechanisms of tolerogenic mononuclear cells"
Scientific focus
- ABO-incompatible kidney transplantation
- Modified immune cell therapy for autoimmune diseases
- Donor-specific immunosuppression in kidney transplantation
Prizes and awards
- 2019 - Science Award of the DGRh (German Society for Rheumatology)
- 2019 - Travel Award for Young Investigators of the ERA-EDTA
- 2019 - Best Abstract Award of the ERA EDTA
- 2019 - Poster Award of the DGIM (German Society for Internal Medicine)