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Born: 05.07.1983, female
Adress: Department of Medicine 1, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, Kussmaulalle 4, D-91504 Erlangen
Email: c.guenther@uk-erlangen.de
Current position & status: Professor and Group Leader
Key expertise: 1) Gastroenterology 2) Inter-organ communication 3) Microbehost communication

Activities

Employment (6)

Universitätsklinikum Erlangen: Erlangen, Bavaria, DE

2022 to present | Research Coordinator (Clinical Research Unit 5024)
Employment
Source: Self-asserted source
Claudia Günther

Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität: Erlangen-Nürnberg, Bavaria, DE

2020 to present | Professor (W2) (Department of Medicine 1, Gastroenterology, Pneumology and Endocrinology)
Employment
Source: Self-asserted source
Claudia Günther

Universitätsklinikum Erlangen: Erlangen, Bavaria, DE

2019 to present | Group Leader (Laboratory of Mucosal Infection Biology) (Department of Medicine 1)
Employment
Source: Self-asserted source
Claudia Günther

Universitätsklinikum Erlangen: Erlangen, Bavaria, DE

2016 to 2018 | Junior Group Leader (Laboratory of Mucosal Infection Biology) (Department of Medicine 1)
Employment
Source: Self-asserted source
Claudia Günther

Universitätsklinikum Erlangen: Erlangen, Bavaria, DE

2014 to 2016 | PI and PostDoc (Laboratory of Mucosal Immune Regulation and Intestinal Cell Biology) (Department of Medicine 1)
Employment
Source: Self-asserted source
Claudia Günther

Universitätsklinikum Erlangen: Erlangen, Bavaria, DE

2012 to 2014 | PI and PostDoc (Laboratory of Mucosal Immune Regulation and Intestinal Cell Biology) (Department of Medicine 1)
Employment
Source: Self-asserted source
Claudia Günther

Education and qualifications (5)

Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg: Erlangen, Bavaria, DE

2017 | Habilitation (Experimental Medicine)
Education
Source: Self-asserted source
Claudia Günther

Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg: Erlangen, Bavaria, DE

2012 | Dissertation (Molecular Gastroenterology)
Education
Source: Self-asserted source
Claudia Günther

Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg: Erlangen, Bavaria, DE

2010 to 2012 | Graduate Student (Department of Medicine 1)
Education
Source: Self-asserted source
Claudia Günther

Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz: Mainz, Rheinland-Pfalz, DE

2009 to 2010 | Graduate Student (Department of Medicine 1)
Education
Source: Self-asserted source
Claudia Günther

Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz: Mainz, Rheinland-Pfalz, DE

2003 to 2008 (Study of Biology)
Education
Source: Self-asserted source
Claudia Günther

Professional activities (11)

Universitätsklinikum Erlangen: Erlangen, Bavaria, DE

2024 to present (German Society for Extracellular Vesicles e.V.)
Membership
Source: Self-asserted source
Claudia Günther

Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg: Erlangen, Bavaria, DE

2024 to present (Research Committee)
Membership
Source: Self-asserted source
Claudia Günther

Universitätsklinikum Erlangen: Erlangen, Bavaria, DE

2023 to present | Speaker (Erlangen Vesicle Initative (EVI))
Service
Source: Self-asserted source
Claudia Günther

Johannes und Frieda Marohn-Stiftung: Erlangen, Bavaria, DE

2022 to present | Elected Member (Executive Board)
Membership
Source: Self-asserted source
Claudia Günther

Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg: Erlangen, Bavaria, DE

2022 to present | Women Representative (Medical Faculty)
Service
Source: Self-asserted source
Claudia Günther

Uniklinikum Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität: Erlangen-Nürnberg, Bavaria, DE

2021 to present | Elected Member (Komission für wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchs)
Membership
Source: Self-asserted source
Claudia Günther

Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg: Erlangen, Bavaria, DE

2021 to present | Elected Member (Faculty Board of the Medical Faculty, Professorenkonvent)
Membership
Source: Self-asserted source
Claudia Günther

Medical Immunology Campus: Erlangen, Bavaria, DE

2022 to 2024 | Elected Member (Medical Immunology)
Membership
Source: Self-asserted source
Claudia Günther

Interdisziplinäres Zentrum für Klinische Forschung: Erlangen, Bavaria, DE

2021 to 2024 | Elected Member (Junior Scientists committee)
Membership
Source: Self-asserted source
Claudia Günther

Thiersch Award: Erlangen, Bavaria, DE

2018
Distinction
Source: Self-asserted source
Claudia Günther

65th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting: Lindau, Bavaria, DE

2015
Distinction
Source: Self-asserted source
Claudia Günther

Funding (41)

Exploring the impact of bacterial membrane vesicles on cholestatic liver diseases

2025 to 2027 | Contract
Einzelantrag (GU 1431/13-1) (Erlangen, Bavaria, DE)
Source: Self-asserted source
Claudia Günther

Angiocrine signaling in metastatic colonization of colon cancer

2025 to 2026 | Grant
DFG (TRR305/2) (Erlangen, Bavaria, DE)
Source: Self-asserted source
Claudia Günther

DISCOVER: Mechanistic, Diagnostic, and Therapeutic Mechanistic Research on Extracellular Vesicles in Inflammatory Diseases

2025 to 2026 | Grant
IZKF (Erlangen, Bavaria, DE)
Source: Self-asserted source
Claudia Günther

DIONE Degeneration of Bone due to Inflammation

2024 to 2027 | Grant
DFG (TRR369/1) (Erlangen, Bavaria, DE)
Source: Self-asserted source
Claudia Günther

Inflammation included intestinal epithelial necroptosis as novel modulator of bone resorption

2024 to 2027 | Grant
DFG (TRR369-A02) (Erlangen, Bavaria, DE)
Source: Self-asserted source
Claudia Günther

"Immune checkpoints of gut-brain communication in inflammatory and neurodegenerative diseases"

2023 to 2027 | Grant
DFG (KFO5024) (Erlangen, Bavaria, DE)
Source: Self-asserted source
Claudia Günther

Impact of microbiota-brain communication on MS-related autoimmunity

2023 to 2027 | Grant
DFG (KFO 5024-B01) (Erlangen, Bavaria, DE)
Source: Self-asserted source
Claudia Günther

Management and Administration of the Clinical Research Cente

2023 to 2027 | Grant
DFG (KFO 5024-Z01) (Erlangen, Bavaria, DE)
Source: Self-asserted source
Claudia Günther

Enhancing Early Detection and Management of Hepatic Encephalopathy: An Investigation of Novel Diagnostic Tools and Algorithms.

2023 to 2026 | Grant
DFG (Erlangen, Bavaria, DE)
Source: Self-asserted source
Claudia Günther

Networks of Tissue Responses in Inflammatory Diseases and Cancer

2023 to 2026 | Grant
DFG (Erlangen, Bavaria, DE)
Source: Self-asserted source
Claudia Günther

Mechanisms linking IFN-mediated cell death with bile acid signaling in small intestinal inflammation

2022 to 2026 | Grant
DFG (TRR241) (Erlangen, Bavaria, DE)
Source: Self-asserted source
Claudia Günther

Intestinal epithelial cell death as modulator of intestinal dysbiosis, systemic autoimmunity and the onset of arthritis

2022 to 2025 | Grant
DFG (FOR2886) (Erlangen, Bavaria, DE)
Source: Self-asserted source
Claudia Günther

Pathways triggering Autoimmunity and Defining Onset of early Reumatoid Arthritis

2022 to 2025 | Grant
DFG (FOR2886/2) (Erlangen, Bavaria, DE)
Source: Self-asserted source
Claudia Günther

FAU-Start-up funding for the Gut-Brain communication in inflammatory and neurodegenerative diseases

2022 to 2023 | Grant
FAU/UKER (Erlangen, Bavaria, DE)
Source: Self-asserted source
Claudia Günther

Angiocrine signaling in metastatic colonization of colon cancer

2021 to 2024 | Grant
DFG (TRR305) (Erlangen, Bavaria, DE)
Source: Self-asserted source
Claudia Günther

Striking a movie target: From mechanisms of metastatic organ colonisation to novel systemic therapies

2021 to 2024 | Grant
DFG (TRR305/1) (Erlangen, Bavaria, DE)
Source: Self-asserted source
Claudia Günther

Junior Research Group Organ crosstalk in IMIDs

2021 to 2023 | Grant
IZKF (N5) (Erlangen, Bavaria, DE)
Source: Self-asserted source
Claudia Günther

Gut-Liver axis: The interrelated role of regulated necrosis as key driver of gastrointestinal and hepatic inflammation

2020 to 2024 | Grant
DFG: Individual Grant (GU 1431/5-1) (Erlangen, Bavaria, DE)
Source: Self-asserted source
Claudia Günther

Using self-renewing liver organoids to understand hepatobiliary organogenesis and host-microbial interaction in vitro

2020 to 2021 | Grant
ELAN (Erlangen, Bavaria, DE)
Source: Self-asserted source
Claudia Günther

Intestinal epithelial cell death as modulator of intestinal dysbiosis, systemic autoimmunity and the onset of arthritis

2019 to 2022 | Grant
DFG (FOR2886) (Erlangen, Bavaria, DE)
Source: Self-asserted source
Claudia Günther

Pathways triggering Autoimmunity and Defining Onset of early Reumatoid Arthritis

2019 to 2022 | Grant
DFG (FOR2886/1) (Erlangen, Bavaria, DE)
Source: Self-asserted source
Claudia Günther

Immune-Ephithelial Communication in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

2018 to 2022 | Grant
DFG (TRR241/1) (Erlangen, Bavaria, DE)
Source: Self-asserted source
Claudia Günther

Mechanisms linking IFN-mediated MLKL activation with intestinal inflammation

2018 to 2022 | Grant
DFG (TRR241) (Erlangen, Bavaria, DE)
Source: Self-asserted source
Claudia Günther

Impact of the intestinal microbiota and microbiota-mediated immune responses on the host cell death machinery in the intestinal epithelium

2016 to 2021 | Grant
DFG (SPP1656) (Erlangen, Bavaria, DE)
Source: Self-asserted source
Claudia Günther

Intestinal Microbiota - A Microbial Ecosystem at the Edge between Immune Homeostasis and Inflammation

2016 to 2021 | Grant
DFG (SPP1656/2) (Erlangen, Bavaria, DE)
Source: Self-asserted source
Claudia Günther

Role of MLKL-dependent programmed necrotic cell death in the pathogenesis of hepatitis

2016 to 2019 | Grant
IZKF (Erlangen, Bavaria, DE)
Source: Self-asserted source
Claudia Günther

Intestinal Microbiota - A Microbial Ecosystem at the Edge between Immune Homeostasis and Inflammation

2013 to 2016 | Grant
DFG (SPP1656/1) (Erlangen, Bavaria, DE)
Source: Self-asserted source
Claudia Günther

Necroptosis Regulation in Paneth Cells and its Role for Intestinal Microflora

2013 to 2016 | Grant
DFG (SPP1656) (Erlangen, Bavaria, DE)
Source: Self-asserted source
Claudia Günther

Untersuchung zur funktionellen Rolle der cFLIP Isoformen im intestinalen Epithel

2013 to 2016 | Grant
IZKF (Erlangen, Bavaria, DE)
Source: Self-asserted source
Claudia Günther

Bacterial Extracellular Vesicles and Colorectal Cancer: Unravelling the role of pks+ Extracellular Vesicles

Grant
Wilhelm Sander Stiftung (Munich, Bavaria, DE)
Source: Self-asserted source
Claudia Günther

CASCADE Cellular and Systems Contral of Autoimmune Diseases

Grant
DFG (SFB1755) (Erlangen, Bavaria, DE)
Source: Self-asserted source
Claudia Günther

Cellular Communication in the Stroma of Colorectal Cancer: From Pathophysiology to Clinical Translation

2025-02 | Grant
DFG (TRR417) (Erlangen, Bavaria, DE)
Source: Self-asserted source
Claudia Günther

FAU-Start-up funding DISCOVER

2025 | Grant
FAU/UKER (Erlangen, Bavaria, DE)
Source: Self-asserted source
Claudia Günther

Gut Feeling: Impact of the Microbiota-Brain Axis on Microglia-Astrocyte Crosstalk

Grant
Johannes und Frieda Marohn-Stiftung (Erlangen, DE)
Source: Self-asserted source
Claudia Günther

Immune checkpoints of gut to brain communication in inflammatory and neurodegenerative diseases

2022 | Grant
Johannes und Frieda Marohn-Stiftung (Erlangen, DE)
Source: Self-asserted source
Claudia Günther

Impact of vascular plasticity on therapy responses in CRC

2025-02 | Grant
DFG (TRR417) (Erlangen, Bavaria, DE)
Source: Self-asserted source
Claudia Günther

Integrated Research Training Group (IRTG)

2025-02 | Grant
DFG (TRR417) (Erlangen, Bavaria, DE)
Source: Self-asserted source
Claudia Günther

Striking a movie target: From mechanisms of metastatic organ colonisation to novel systemic therapies

2025 | Grant
DFG (TRR305/2) (Erlangen, Bavaria, DE)
Source: Self-asserted source
Claudia Günther

Striking a moving target: From mechanisms of metatatic organ colonisation to novel systemic therapies

2025 | Grant
DFG (TRR305/2) (Erlangen, Bavaria, DE)
Source: Self-asserted source
Claudia Günther

Unraveling the role of ACOD1 in gut microbiota-driven relapse mechanisms of Rheumatoid Arthritis

2025-07 | Grant
DFG (SFB1755) (Erlangen, Bavaria, DE)
Source: Self-asserted source
Claudia Günther

Wolfgang Hillen Summer School High-Tech for Students from Bavaria and California

2025 | Grant
BaCaTec (Erlangen, Bavaria, DE)
Source: Self-asserted source
Claudia Günther