Annika Hausmann

Dr. Annika Hausmann is a Lecturer at the Department of Health Sciences and Technology, ETH Zurich. Her research focuses on mucosal immunology, host-microbe interactions, and intestinal epithelial cell biology, with particular emphasis on inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), Salmonella infections, and organoid models.

• Intestinal epithelial cell responses in ulcerative colitis
• Role of macrophages and neutrophils in gut immunity
• Organoid transplantation and in vivo modeling
• NF-κB signaling in inflammation

Recent work highlights the transcriptional restoration of inflamed intestinal cells in vitro, LPS-induced microbiota shifts, and immune-epithelial crosstalk mechanisms. She leads projects on Salmonella pathogenesis and serves as a mentor for early career researchers through organizations like Young EFIS and the Swiss Young Immunologists Society.

• ECCO Grant for intestinal repair research (2024)
• Key publications on hyalocyte origins and immune signaling
• Advances in deep visual proteomics and single-cell analysis

Dr. Hausmann employs KappaBle reporter mice for in vivo NF-κB detection and contributes to understanding bacterial sensing and cell fate dynamics in infection models.