Faculty of Medicine
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[FG] Niess Jan

Research Group Jan Niess

Research Focus

Immunology & Infectious Diseases


Area of Research

The aim of our research group is to decipher how microbial and environmental factors contribute to the development of inflammatory diseases of the gastrointestinal tract.


Approved Research Projects

Macrophages and dendritic cells in oral tolerance and inflammation


Collaborations

National Collaborations

  • Swiss IBD Cohort Investigators
  • Swiss EoE Cohort Investigators

International Collaborations

  • Eduardo Villablanca, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
  • Andreas Schlitzer, Quantitative Systembiologie, Deutschland, Bonn


Ongoing Research Projects

  • A Randomized, Placebo-controlled, Double-blind, Parallel-group, Multicenter, Phase 2a Study of the Efficacy and Safety of Oral AMT-101 in Subjects with Moderate to Severe Ulcerative Colitis (2020-02733)
  • A Combined Phase 2/3 12-week, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Study Investigating the Efficacy of AMT-101 in Subjects with Chronic Antibiotic-resistant Pouchitis (#2020-02727)
  • Biologika-induzierte HyperCKämie bei Patienten mit chronischen entzündlichen Darmerkrankungen (# 2019-00641)