OPTI-CART combines experimental analyses of CAR T-cell signaling and molecular interaction networks with AI-assisted computational approaches. The aim is to identify key features associated with high-performing CAR T cells and to derive strategies to further improve their functionality.

Nouria Jantz (a PhD candidate in the Kahlfuß and Müller research groups at the Institute of Clinical Immunology and Cell Therapeutics) has won the Best Poster Presentation Award at this year's Young European Federation of Immunological Societies (yEFIS) Conference in Prague.

Leon-Alexander Dewitz, PhD student at the Institute of Clinical Immunology and Cell Therapeutics (Director: Prof. Dr. Stephan Fricke), received the Science Journal Poster Prize at the international EMBO Workshop “Pathogen Immunity and Signalling” (08.–12.06.2026, Leiden). His research investigates the role of pyroptosis during Leishmania major infection using genetically encoded biosensors.

As part of the 15th Boys' Day, students gained an exciting insight into the laboratory work and research at the Institute for Clinical Immunology and Cell Therapeutics (IKIZ).