Developmental Immunology (1998-2024)
Department
The investigated the biology and evolution of lymphoid organs and the adaptive immune system, the intestinal immune system, and adaptive and innate immunity with a focus on various aspects of immune tolerance. The laboratory headed by Thomas Boehm focuses on the development and function of the thymus and T cells and on the evolution of adaptive immune systems, studying these processes in a number of species ranging from basal vertebrates (such as lamprey and cartilaginous fishes) to humans.
From 1998 to 2024, Thomas Boehm was the director at the Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics in Freiburg and headed the Department of Developmental Immunology. Thomas Boehm’s Emeritus Laboratory “Evolution of Adaptive Immune Systems in Vertebrates” moved to the Max Planck Institute of Biology in Tübingen, Germany in August 2024.
