Gerd Pluschke

Professional Activities

  • Head of Molecular Immunology
  • Research activities focussing on the immunology, host –pathogen interactions and molecular epidemiology of malaria, Mycobacterium ulcerans disease (‘Buruli ulcer’) and epidemic meningococcal and pneumococcal meningitis

Higher Education & Qualifications

  • MSc, 1977, University of Tübingen, Max-Planck-Institute for Biology, Germany
  • PhD, 1979, University of Tübingen, Max-Planck-Institute for Biology, Germany
  • Habilitation, 1991, Immunology, University of Konstanz, Germany
  • Venia Docendi for Immunology, 1996, University of Basel, Switzerland
  • Professor for Immunology, 2002, University of Basel, Switzerland 

Work Experience

  • 1980 – 1983, Postdoctoral research fellow at the Max-Planck-Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin, FRG and at the Washington University, School of Medicine, St. Louis, USA
  • 1983 – 1988, Member, Basel Institute for Immunology, Switzerland
  • 1989 – 1990, Research scientist, University Hospital Freiburg, Germany
  • 1990 – 1995, Project Leader, Ciba Pharma Research, Basel, Switzerland