Carina studied biochemistry at TUM. During her PhD at the LMU, Gene Center (2012-2016), she studied the functions of nucleotidyltransferase (NTase) family members. As a postdoc at Harvard Medical School/ Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (2016-2019), she worked on STING-dependent immune responses. Later as a postdoc at LMU, her research focused on how the DNA immune sensor cGAS discriminates between self and foreign DNA. Carina joined TUM as an Emmy Noether group leader at the Institute of Virology in August 2021. In 2023, she was appointed to the professorship of Biomolecular Cryo Electron Microscopy at TUM.
Curriculum Vitae
2023–
Tenure Track Assistant Professor for Biomolecular Cryo-Electron Microscopy
2021–2023
Emmy Noether Group Leader at Institute of Virology, TUM
2019–2021
Postdoctoral Researcher, Gene Center, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich
2016–2019
Postdoctoral Researcher, Harvard Medical School & Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, USA
2012–2016
PhD in Structural Biology, Gene Center, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich
2009–2011
M.Sc. in Biochemistry, TUM
2006–2009
B.Sc. in Biochemistry, TUM
Awards
2024–2029
ERC Starting Grant "NTasePro"
2022
FEBS Excellence Award
2021–2027
Emmy-Noether Research Group, German Research Foundation
2017–2021
Cancer Research Institute: Postdoctoral Fellowship
