Wiebke Nahrendorf

University of Edinburgh

Wiebke is a senior scientist and co-investigator with Phil Spence at the University of Edinburgh (UK), where she studies the development of disease tolerance following malaria infection using complex human challenge models as well as ex vivo perfusion of human spleens. This follows on from her postdoc showing that host control of inflammation is imprinted through tissue remodelling. Wiebke has unpicked the mechanisms of malaria immunology since her PhD in the labs of Jean Langhorne (National Institute for Medical Research, London, UK) and Robert Sauerwein (Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands). Outside of work she enjoys scuba diving in the cold waters of Scotland, digging up the garden and whiskey sours.