Congratulations to Ben Ostendorf on starting his own lab at Charité Berlin!
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Ben begins an independent research group at Charité University Hospital, Berlin, following his pioneering APOE/COVID-19 work in the lab.
Huge congratulations to Ben Ostendorf on launching his independent research group at Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin. During his time in the lab as a graduate student and postdoctoral fellow, Ben led foundational work on how common APOE germline variants modulate cancer outcome and infectious disease severity.
We’re delighted to see Ben taking the next step. His landmark Nature paper from his time in the lab — Common human genetic variants of APOE impact murine COVID-19 mortality — exemplifies the kind of cross-disciplinary discovery his independent program will continue to drive: human APOE genotype influences murine SARS-CoV-2 mortality, revealing APOE as a genetic link between Alzheimer’s risk and anti-viral immunity.