Prof. Dr. med. Sebastian Zeißig

Prof. Dr. med. Sebastian Zeißig

Personal information

Zeißig, Sebastian, Prof. Dr. med.
Department of Medicine I
University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus
Technische Universität Dresden (TUD)

Current position

Professor of Molecular Gastroenterology (since 2015)
Senior Consultant of Gastroenterology

Role within partner site

Research on inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) with focus on the role of the immune system in the pathogenesis of disease;

Relevant work experience

Clinician scientist specialized in inflammatory bowel disease;

2016– Consultant Gastroenterologist, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endoscopy, Department of Medicine I, University Medical Center Dresden

2015– Professor of Molecular Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine I, University Medical Center Dresden

2012–2015 Assistant Professor, Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel

2010–2012 Principal Investigator, Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel

Professional background

2016 Board Certification, Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology

2015 MD Thesis, Department of Gastroenterology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin

1998–2004 Medical School, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin

Main research focus

Inflammatory bowel disease, mucosal immunity;

Publications

5 out of 78; SCOPUS h-index 32; *equally contributing authors

Južnić L, …, Zeissig S (2021). SETDB1 is required for intestinal epithelial differentiation and the prevention of intestinal inflammation. Gut 70:485–498.

Zeissig Y, …, Zeissig S (2015). XIAP variants in male Crohn’s disease. Gut 64:66–76.

Zeissig S et al (2015). Early-onset Crohn’s disease and autoimmunity associated with a variant in CTLA-4. Gut 64:1889–1897.

Olszak T, …, Zeissig S*, Blumberg RS* (2014). Protective mucosal immunity mediated by epithelial CD1d and IL-10. Nature 509:497–502.

Olszak T, …, Zeissig S et al (2012). Microbial exposure during early life has persistent effects on natural killer T cell function. Science 336:489–493. (~900 citations)

Additional information

Awards: Frerichs Award, German Society for Internal Medicine (2017); Thannhauser Award, German Society for Gastroenterology (2015); Friedmund Neumann Award, Schering Foundation (2013); Hensel Award, Hensel Foundation (2012); Rising Stars Award (2011);
United European Gastroenterology (2011);
Grants: ERC Starting Grant (2014);

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Coordinator
Prof. Dr. med. Antje Körner
Leipzig University
Department of Pediatrics
Liebigstr. 20a
04103 Leipzig
Phone: +49 341 97 26500
E-Mail antje.koerner@medizin.uni-leipzig.de

Co-Coordinator
Prof. Dr. med. Reinhard Berner
University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, TUD
Department of Pediatrics
Fetscherstr. 74
01307 Dresden
Phone: +49 351 458 2440
E-Mail: reinhard.berner@uniklinikum-dresden.de

 

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