Prof. Stefan
Schaub, MD
Position(s)
Senior Physician Transplantation Immunology Nephrology
Institution
University Hospital Basel
Phone +41 61 328 67 36
Research Group Stefan Schaub
Research Focus
Immunology & Infectious Diseases
Area of Research
Kidney transplantation, especially immunological risk stratification before kidney transplantation and non-invasive monitoring after renal transplantation for a better control of immunosuppression
Approved Research Projects
Projects as PI
2017 SNF (32003B_169310 / 1) Urine CXCL10 chemokine monitoring post-renal transplant: a randomized controlled effectiveness trial
Projects as co-applicant/ project partner
2020 Non-invasive monitoring of graft injury in solid organ transplantation using donorspecific cell-free DNA; SNF (188762): PI Ursula Amstutz, University of Bern
2018 Swiss Transplant Cohort Study; SNF (177522): PI Jürg Steiger, University of Basel
Collaborations
National Collaborations
- With all kidney transplant centers and HLA laboratories in the context of the STCS
International Collaborations
- Prof. Peter Nickerson, Winnipeg (Canada): Urine chemokines as biomarkers
- GenDX, Utrecht (The Netherlands): Molecular HLA analysis
- Dr. Matthias Niemann, PIRCHE AG, Berlin (Germany): Molecular HLA analysis
Ongoing Research Projects
Urine CXCL10 chemokine monitoring post-renal transplant: a randomized controlled effectiveness trial (to be finished 06/2022)
Exploring methods to define the immunogenicity of HLA eplets