Biography:
Mag. rer. nat. Sissy Therese Sonnleitner studied biology at KF University Graz, specializing in immunobiology and phylogenetics. After successfully graduating, she took up employment as a laboratory manager at Dr. Gernot Walder GmbH in Außervillgraten in 2009. She has been actively involved in the development of the laboratory and routine diagnostics from the beginning and for many years. She is particularly familiar with the isolation and cultivation of pathogens in the BSL-3 and with the development of new technologies, such as the current Next-Generation Sequencing. She heads a small research group of the laboratory Dr. Gernot Walder - Infektiologie.tirol and is currently completing her doctoral studies in medical sciences at the Medical University of Innsbruck.
Title : Studies on the evolution of a SARS-CoV-2 variant of concern –The story of immune escape in an immunocompromised patient.