The transmembrane adaptor protein SIT regulates T-cell development and homeostasis [Elektronische Ressource] / von Vilmos Posevitz

The transmembrane adaptor protein SIT regulates T-cell development and homeostasis Dissertation zur Erlangung des akademischen Grades doctor rerum naturalium (Dr. rer. nat.) genehmight durch die Fakultät für Naturwissenschaften der Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg von Dipl. Biol. Vilmos Posevitz geb. am 12.12.1973 in Budapest, Ungarn Gutachter: Prof. Dr. Burkhart Schraven Dr. Thomas Brocker engereicht am: 02.04.2008 verteidigt am: 17.09.2008 Acknowledgement First of all, I would like to thank Prof. Dr. Burkhart Schraven for giving me the opportunity to work in his institute, providing an international, motivating and enthusiastic atmosphere as well as for his strong scientific guidance. I would like to thank my supervisor Dr. Luca Simeoni for his nearly four years of supervision, and the many useful comments and suggestions I have received over the duration of my work. There are many people to whom I owe a debt of thanks for their support over the last years. I am grateful to my former colleagues Michal Smida, and Dr. Mauro Togni for being nice collaborative colleagues all the time who never refused to share their expertise with me. In addition, they were always nice friends who always put up with my occasional bad mood and helped me to overcome them. I should like to thank Dr. Jonatan Lindquist for being always helpful when I needed it.