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A transatlantic joint lab model for interdisciplinary research

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A cross-continental joint lab model brings together diverse knowledge, skill sets, working cultures and ideas to tackle the complexity and interdisciplinary nature of research questions in the current science landscape.

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We thank M. Altfeld, who has laid the ground stone for our partnership by fostering a collaborative lab environment and supporting us with our career start. A.H. is supported by funding from the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (01KI2110), by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) — SFB 1648/1 2024 — 512741711 and by the German Center of Infection Research (DZIF) TTU 04.823, and is associated with the iSTAR programme (Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space). W.F.G.-B. is supported by the Ragon Institute of Mass General, MIT and Harvard, the Department of Pathology at Massachusetts General Hospital and the National Institutes of Health Director’s New Innovator Award (DP2CA311214).

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  1. First Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), Hamburg, Germany

    Angelique Hoelzemer

  2. Institute for Infection and Vaccine Development (IIRVD), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), Hamburg, Germany

    Angelique Hoelzemer

  3. Research Department Virus Immunology, Leibniz Institute for Virology, Hamburg, Germany

    Angelique Hoelzemer

  4. Ragon Institute of Mass General, MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA

    Wilfredo F. Garcia-Beltran

  5. Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Cambridge, MA, USA

    Wilfredo F. Garcia-Beltran

  6. Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    Wilfredo F. Garcia-Beltran

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Hoelzemer, A., Garcia-Beltran, W.F. A transatlantic joint lab model for interdisciplinary research. Nat Microbiol 10, 2356–2358 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-025-02127-z

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