Curriculum vitae

Forschungsschwerpunkte
  • Metabolische Anpassung
  • Sepsis
Wissenschaftlicher Werdegang
Seit 2020 Postdoc, Universitätsklinikum Jena und Leibniz-HKI, Leitung: Prof. Dr. Sebastian Weis.
2020 Dr. rer. nat. in Immunologie, “magna cum laude”, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
2015 – 2019 Doktorand, Leibniz-HKI; Projekt: “Modulation of dendritic cell function by the fungal quorum sensing molecule farnesol”. Mentor: Prof. Dr. Oliver Kurzai.
2014 – 2015 Doktorand in Biochemie; Venezuelan Institute for Scientific Research.
2007 – 2013 Diplom in Biologie, Central University of Venezuela;  Projekt: „Role of regulatory T cells in the immunopathology of HIV-infected children”

Publikationen

von Loeffelholz C, Winkler R, Weigel C, Piskor EM, Vivas W, Rauchfuß F, Settmacher U, Rubio I, Weis S, Gräler MH, Bauer M, Kosan C (2024) Increased peritoneal B1-like cells during acute phase of human septic peritonitis. iScience 27(7), 110133.
Schnizer C, Andreas N, Vivas W, Kamradt T, Baier M, Kiehntopf M, Glöckner S, Scherag A, Löffler B, Kolanos S, Guerra J, Pletz MW, Weis S (2023) Persistent humoral and CD4+ TH cell immunity after mild SARS-COV-2 infection-the CoNAN long-term study. Front Immunol 13, 1095129.
Vivas W, Weis S (2022) Tidy up - The unfolded protein response in sepsis. Front Immunol 13, 980680. (Review)
Marolda A, Hünniger K, Böttcher S, Vivas W, Löffler J, Figge MT, Kurzai O (2020) Candida species-dependent release of IL-12 by dendritic cells induces different levels of NK cell stimulation. J Infect Dis 221(12), 2060-2071.
Vivas W, Leonhardt I, Hünniger K, Häder A, Marolda A, Kurzai O (2019) Multiple signaling pathways involved in human dendritic cell maturation are affected by the fungal quorum-sensing molecule farnesol. J Immunol 203(11), 2959-2969.