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From technician to PhD student: Lena Grubišić joins the SFB1479 Oncoescape as PhD candidate!
We are very happy to announce that Lena Grubišić will start her PhD in our lab in Summer 2026. Lena first joined the team in July 2025 as a technician… Read More
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A viral glycoprotein targets IgG+ memory B cells to evade humoral immunity
Great things from great collaborations! Together with the Lab of Hartmut Hengel at the Dept of Virology we discovered a new way in which B cells can hijack the adaptive… Read More
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Two successful Master Defenses in the Rizzi Lab
We want to congratulate Daniela Dinse (Molecular Medicine) and Luzia Hötger (Biology), who recently defended their theses, both with excellent results – well done! We are very happy to have… Read More
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Acquired bone marrow niche dysfunction impairs hematopoiesis after HSCT
… and it’s out! Our latest work on early B cell development is now published in Blood Advances! This study was a great collaborative effort between the Rizzi and the Mirjam… Read More
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Welcome to Ana Fernandez from EMBO fellowship from Madrid
We are very happy to welcome Ana to the Freiburg Lab as a visiting scientist from January to April! Ana joins us through an EMBO fellowship and will be working… Read More
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Time to Think-Rethink-Plan-Exchange: Rizzi Lab Retreat in Elzach
In December, the Freiburg and Vienna labs spent three days together for our annual retreat, this time in Elzach! We shared project updates, progress reports, and plenty of discussions –… Read More
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Taking a closer look at human B lymphopoiesis – Franziska Schmidt digs deep in defects of B cell reconstitution and modeling methods
We are very happy to share a new review led by our PhD student Franziska Schmidt on human B lymphopoiesis. The review discusses key challenges in B cell reconstitution in… Read More
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Welcome to Roser Vilarrasa-Blasi from the Sanger Institute in our Vienna Lab
We are very happy to have Roser Vilarrasa-Blasi visit our Vienna Lab this week! Roser is currently an EMBO-MSCA postdoctoral fellow in the Vento-Tormo group at the Wellcome Sanger Institute… Read More
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Rizzi Lab at the B Cell Forum in Bamberg
The Rizzi Lab attended the B Cell Forum in Bamberg from March 19–21. It was a great meeting bringing together B cell researchers from different universities and institutes, creating a… Read More
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Two clocks are better than one!
At last year’s Christmas party at Marta’s home, we noticed something interesting: she has two identical clocks hanging in her living room – because “somehow one is always a few… Read More










