Dieter Kabelitz is full professor at the University of Kiel, Germany, and Director of the Institute of Immunology. Previously, he was Head oft he Department of Immunology at the Paul-Ehrlich-Institute, Langen/Germany, and Associate Professor at the University of Heidelberg/Germany. Prof. Kabelitz has more than 30 years of research experience in immunology, with a strong focus on the functional analysis of human T lymphocytes. He has published more than 340 papers in peer-reviewed journals and edited or co-edited several books