Laura Surace studied Molecular Biology and Biochemistry at the University of Pavia, Italy. She graduated cum laude in 2011 and then she was selected to attend the PhD program of the UZH/ETH in Zürich. She obtained her doctorate in Cancer Immunology at the University of Zürich, Switzerland. In 2016, she was awarded a SNSF and a Marie Curie fellowship to start her Postdoc at the Institut Pasteur in Paris, France. She then moved to Bonn, Germany, and joined the Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Clinical Pharmacology where she became a group leader in 2022. In 2023, she was awarded a Max Eder Grant by the Deutsche Krebshilfe and was recruited as Junior-Professor of Tumor Immunometabolism (W1-tenure track) by the Medical Faculty of the University of Bonn.
2015 M. Phil. and Ph.D. in Immunology, University of Zürich, Switzerland; Supervisor: Prof. Maries van den Broek
2006–2011 Studies of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of Pavia, Italy
2023-present Junior Group Leader, Max Eder Program, Deutsche Krebshilfe, University of Bonn, Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Clinical Pharmacology, University Hospital Bonn, Germany
2021–2022 Postdoctoral research fellow, University of Bonn, Germany (Group of Prof. Dr. Christoph Wilhelm)
2016–2021 Postdoctoral research fellow, Pasteur Institute, Paris, France (Group of Professor Dr. James Di Santo)
2023–2027 Max Eder Grant for young group leader – Deutsche Krebshilfe
2022 Travel award - “ILC2022 – The 4th International Conference on Innate Lymphoid Cells” – Hawaii. Selected short talk
2018–2020 Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship – Horizon Europe, European Research Executive Agency
2016–2018 Early Postdoc Fellowship – Swiss National Science Foundation, Switzerland
2017 Short talk and travel awards - 7th International Conference on Complement Therapeutics – Greece
2016 Nomination for Mercator Award – Graduate Campus Zurich, Switzerland
2015 Award for Outstanding Doctoral Thesis – University of Zurich, Switzerland
2013 Poster prize - 5th Cancer Network Retreat – Grindelwald
2012 Prize for best poster - “Outstanding poster award” - ENII Spring School on Advanced Immunology – Ralph Steinman Memorial
2009 EDISU special award for Master Thesis – University of Pavia, Italy
