05.2017- present:

Research Group Leader

University Hospital Tuebingen

Department of Hematology, Oncology, Immunology, Rheumatology and Pulmonology

Division of Translational Oncology

02.2012- 04.2017:

Senior-independent Post-doc

European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Heidelberg

11.2012- 06.2017:

Freelance lecturer

Heidelberg University

06.2007- 02.2012:

Post-doctoral fellow

Max-Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics, Freiburg

12.2002- 05.2007:

Researcher

Institute of Animal Breeding and Genetics, University of veterinary medicine, Vienna

03.2005- 04.2005:

Scientific Visitor

European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Heidelberg

11.2002:

Scientific Visitor / Internship

European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Heidelberg

10.1996-06.1998:

Medical-technical laboratory Assistant

Dr. Chmaran Hospital, Teheran – Iran

03.2005- 03.2007:

PhD in Biology – Genetics with distinction

University of Vienna, Austria

Title of thesis: “The role of Groucho proteins and Wnt signaling in left-right asymmetry”

09.1998- 11.2004:

MSc in Biology – Genetics

University of Vienna, Austria

Title of thesis: “Misexpression of pax2 by a novel artificial heat-inducible promoter in medaka fish”

10.1993- 04.1996:

Medical-technical Science with degree

Medical University of Isfahan

06.2007-01.2012

Postdoctoral fellowship of Max-Planck Society

02.2012-01.2015

Awarded an EMBL-Marie Curie Fellowship

06.2017-05.2020

DFG Grant to B Bajoghli:

Real-time quantitative in vivo imaging of chemokine and chemokine receptor dynamics during intrathymic cell migration

06.2018-05.2021

Jose Carreras-Leukämie-Stiftung Grant to J Skokowa & B Bajoghli:

Development of new therapeutic tools to prevent or treat leukemia in congenital neutropenia patients using drug screening in vitro in iPSCs and in vivo in zebrafish

11.2018-10.2020

Wilhelm-Sander-Stiftung Grant to B Bajoghli & J Skokowa:

NAMPT-dependent deacetylation of RUNX1 in acute myeloid Leukemia (AML)

12.2014:

EMBL management course: “Effective team leader”, Heidelberg

07.2014:

EMBL internal course: “Introduction to Budgeting”, Heidelberg

05.2013:

EMBL internal course: “How to write a (good) grant proposal”, Heidelberg

05.2013:

EMBL/BBC course: “Presentation with Impact: One-to-one advanced presentation skills training”, Heidelberg

03.2013:

German advanced training for project leaders: “Safety and genetic engineering”, Heidelberg University

02.2013:

EMBO management course: “The art of leadership – fewer conflicts, more results”, Leimen

10.2012:

EMBL management course: “Conflict Management”, Heidelberg

04.2018:

Invited Speaker at 4^th Strategic Principal Investigator Meeting for Medaka Research, Heidelberg, 16-17.4.2018

01.2017:

Institute of medical Virology and Epidemiology, University Clinic Tübingen, Host: Prof. Michael Schindler

11.2016:

Division of Translational Oncology, University Clinic Tübingen, Host: Prof. Julia Skokowa

06.2016:

Department for Molecular Biology und Development, University of Vienna, Host: Prof. Ulrich Technau

03.2016:

Institute of Marine Environment and Technology (IMET), Baltimore, USA. Host: Prof. Russel Hill

05.2014:

University of Würzburg. Host: Prof. Manfred Schartl

03.2014:

Max F. Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna. Host: Prof. Manuela Baccarini

11.2013:

Max-Planck Institute for Plant Breeding. Cologne

12.2010:

Centre for Organismal Studies. Heidelberg University. Host: Prof. Joachim Wittbrodt

02.2007:

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institute of Health (NIH), Maryland, USA, Host: Prof. Benjamin Feldman

03.2018:

5th European Zebrafish Principal Investigator Meeting, Trento, Italy

07.2017:

10th European Zebrafish Meeting, Budapest, Hungary

09.2016:

2nd Regional Zebrafish Meeting, Max-Planck Institute for Brain Research, Frankfurt, Germany

07.2015:

9th European Zebrafish Meeting, Oslo, Norway

09.2014:

1st Regional Zebrafish Meeting, Institute for Molecular Biology (IMB), Mainz, Germany

04.2014:

2nd Strategical Meeting for Medaka Research, Seville, Spain

09.2013:

Cells-in-Motion – Cluster of excellence, University of Münster, Germany

08.2013:

15th International Congress of Immunology, Milan, Italy

04.2013:

10th series of “NACHT”-Klub, SFB670 “Zellautonome Immunität”, University of Bonn, Germany

10.2012:

9th series of “NACHT”-Klub, SFB670 “Zellautonome Immunität”, University of Cologne, Germany

09.2009:

2nd European Congress of Immunology, Berlin, Germany

07.2009:

6th European Zebrafish Genetics and Development Meeting. Rome, Italy

09.2015:

4th European Congress of Immunology, Vienna, Austria 

03.2015:

Joint Meeting German and French Societies for Developmental Biology, Nurnberg, Germany 

11.2012:

International Symposium CRC 670. Recognition Complexes in Innate Immunity of Plants, Animals and Man, Cologne, Germany

05.2012:

EMBO|EMBL Symposium: New Perspectives on Immunity to Infection, Heidelberg, Germany

06.2007:

5th European Zebrafish Genetics and Development Meeting, Amsterdam, Netherland 

06.2006:

7th international Conference on Zebrafish Development and Genetics, Madison, USA

07.2005:

4th European Zebrafish Genetics and Development Meeting. Dresden, Germany

12.2004:

5th international PhD-Student Symposium at EMBL-Heidelberg, Germany

03.2018:

Co-organizer and chair of “Immunology and Infectious” workshop at 5^th European Zebrafish Principal Investigator Meeting, Trento, Italy

2012-2017:

Member of the editorial board of the international journal “The Scientific World Journal”

2015-2016:

Member of the project “Science as religion?” organized by German-American Institute (DAI) – Heidelberg (2015-2016). In this project, ten popular writers from seven countries talked to scientists and explore how science takes on the role of religion today

WS 2017-2018:

i) Lecture: “Mechanisms of tumor trafficking” in Advanced Molecular Oncology lecture series

ii) Seminar: “From Bedsides to Lab Bench: New Models for Molecular Oncology”

SS 2017:

i) Lecture: “Immunodynamics” in Genetic and Epigenetic Mechanisms lecture series

ii) Seminar: “Origin and Evolution of Adaptive Immune System” for Bachelor Students

SS 2016:

i) Lecture: “Immunodynamics” in Genetic and Epigenetic Mechanisms lecture series

ii) Seminar: “Origin and Evolution of Adaptive Immune System” for Bachelor Students

iii) Seminar: “Imaging immunological processes” for master students

WS 2015-2016:

Lecture: “Transposons & Retroviruses – Somatic Recombination & Hypermutation” in Introduction to Genetics lecture series for Bachelor Students.

SS 2015:

i) Practical course (three weeks): “Nucleic Acids” for Bachelor Students

ii) Lecture: “Immunodynamics” in Genetic and Epigenetic Mechanisms lecture series

iii) Seminar: “Origin and Evolution of Adaptive Immune System” for Bachelor Students

SS 2014:

i) Lecture: “Immunogenetics” in Genetic and Epigenetic Mechanisms lecture series

ii) Seminar: “Origin and Evolution of Adaptive Immune System” for Bachelor Students

SS 2013:

i) Lecture: “Immunodynamics” in Genetic and Epigenetic Mechanisms lecture series

ii) Seminar: “Evolution of Adaptive Immune System” for Bachelor Students

iii) Seminar: “From Fisch to Man: Key questions in Developmental Immunology” for Bachelor and Master Students

WS 2012-2013:

Practical course (three weeks): “From RNA to expression pattern”