Project Team
Our team provides expertise across multiple disciplines to bridge the gap between the different fields of microchimerism research.
Kroneis is a leader in rare cell analysis at the single cell level and a specialist regarding techniques necessary to sample, unambiguously discriminate and characterize single haplo-identical (i.e., maternal and fetal) cells.
Thomas Kroneis
Co-Principle Investigator
Medical University of Graz
Boddy is is a human biologist and evolutionary theorist. Her work integrates maternal/fetal conflict theory, evolution of the placenta and the consequences of fetal microchimeric cells in maternal health and disease.
Amy Boddy
Co-Principle Investigator
University of California, Santa Barbara
Eikmans is an immunologist, molecular biologist, and group leader of reproductive immunology. An essential part of his work encompasses the study of microchimerism and its clinical relevance in pregnancy and transplantation outcomes.
Michael Eikmans
Investigator
Leiden University Medical Center
Schildberg is an immunologist and currently Research Director of the Clinic for Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery of the University Hospital Bonn. His research is focused on the clinical aspects and applications of basic immunological research.
Frank Schildberg
Investigator
University Hospital Bonn
Cleaves is a Research Scientist at the Carnegie Institution of Washington. His work focuses on analytical and computational chemistry, with a special emphasis on large data sets and the use of advanced analytical tools to detect rare molecules within complex mixtures.
