Eva Bartok

Prof. Dr. Eva Bartok is a faculty member at the Institute for Experimental Hematology and Transfusion Medicine (IHT) under the Medical Faculty of the University of Bonn. Her research focuses on the role of non-immune cells in innate immune sensing, particularly through RIG-I, MDA-5, and cGAS pathways, with implications in autoinflammatory diseases and cancer immunotherapy.

• Affiliation: University Hospital Bonn, Medical Faculty Bonn
• Location: North Zone, Building 12, Room 1G409

Research Interests

• Cell-intrinsic innate immunity in non-myeloid cells
• RNA/DNA sensing in adenoids and CNS
• TLR9 and ADA2 in DNA immune tolerance
• Photocaged ligands for spatiotemporal RIG-I activation
• ER stress-mitochondrial DNA crosstalk in autoimmunity

Publications emphasize nucleic acid recognition in health and disease, including key studies on mRNA vaccine immunogenicity, RIG-I-controlled rabies virus defense, and ZCCHC3-mediated phase condensation. Collaborations span ENT, neurobiology, and clinical pharmacology departments.

Team Members include doctoral candidates (Sofía Soler, Katarzyna Andryka-Cegielski) and medical students (Maximilian Appel, Felix Dominick). No scientific awards are explicitly mentioned in the provided text.