Graduated in Biology, Bernardo Franklin has Master and Doctorate degrees in Molecular and Cellular Biology from the René Rachou Institute/Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Brazil, with part of the PhD spent at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, US. Bernardo is currently an Assistant Professor of Immunology and leads the AG Franklin lab at the Institute of Innate Immunity, University of Bonn, Germany, and a Visiting Professor at the Center for Research in Inflammatory Diseases (CRID) at the Medical Faculty of Ribeirão Preto, at the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil.
W2 Professor of Immunology, Institute of Innate Immunity, University of Bonn, Germany
Visiting Professor, Center for Research in Inflammatory Disease (CRID), Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo
ERC Group Leader, Institute of Innate Immunity, University of Bonn, Germany
BONFOR - Junior Research Group Leader, Institute of Innate Immunity, University of Bonn, Germany
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Institute of Innate Immunity, University of Bonn, Germany
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Malaria Laboratory, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation/René, Rachou Institute / Ministry of Health, Brazil
Visiting Scientist, Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, USA
Doctorate (Dr. rer nat) in Life Sciences - Cellular and Molecular Biology, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation/René, Rachou Institute / Ministry of Heath, Brazil.
Thesis topic: "The role of Toll-like Receptors in Malaria".
Supervisor: Dr. Ricardo T. Gazzinelli
Co-Supervisor: Dr. Douglas T Golenbock, University of Massachusetts Medical School, MA, US.
Master in Life Sciences - Cellular and Molecular Biology, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, René Rachou Institute / Ministry of Heath, Brazil
Thesis Topic: "Immune evasion mechanisms of Trypanosoma cruzi parasites to host IFNg-driven response."
Supervisor: Dr. Alvaro J Romanha
Co-Supervisor: Dr. Andrea Carla L Chaves.
Bachelors in Biology, Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Rising Star - International Union of Immunologists (IUIS 2023) - https://iuis2023.org/rising-stars/
ERC PoC - European Research Council Proof of Concept Grant
Nomination by the University of Bonn to run for the Alfried Krupp Prize for Young Professors (University Professors < 38 years of age).
BONFOR-Forschungspreis - BONFOR Funding Program - Group Leader Prize, 12 January, 2018
ERC StG 2016 - European Research Council Starting Grant
Keystone Symposia Travel Award - Keystone Symposia on Cell death Signalling in Cancer and the Immune System 2014
Bayer Young Investigator Award - 4th KardioWIND Meeting 2014
Best Doctorate thesis in Brazil in the area of medicine 2010 - CAPES THESIS AWARD
Georg Foster Research Fellowship for Post-doctoral Researchers, Alexander von-Humboldt Stiftung, Bonn, Germany
Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship, Brazilian Research Council (CNPq), Malaria Laboratory, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, René Rachou Institute / Ministry of Health, Brazi
14o Young Talent of Life Sciences - GE Healthcare and Brazilian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (SBBq).
Young Investigator Award (Winner of a PIXO Real Time PCR System), Helixis/Illumina
Travel Award for the ASTMH 59th Annual Meeting, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Visiting Scientist Fellowship, Brazilian Research Council (CNPq), University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, USA
2023 - Organizer of the First Joint-Symposium of the Brazilian (SBI) and the German Society of Immunology (DGfI), Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
