TransLuMi is a funded project by the Lupus Research Alliance, USA.

Five Priciple Investigators (PIs) from three countries join together with their teams to give a new impulse to lupus research:

1. Martin Kriegel, M.D./Ph.D., Westfälische Wilhelms University Münster / Germany: Corresponding Co-PI ...see details
2. George Tsokos, M.D., Harvard School of Medicine Boston MA / USA
3. Nissan Yissachar, Ph.D., Bar-Ilan University Ramat-Gan / Israel
4. Ilana Brito, Ph.D., Cornell University, Ithaca NY / USA
5. Eran Elinav, M.D. Ph.D., Weizmann Institute of Science / Israel

The PIs will be supported by the Scientific Advisory Board, which constists of

• Andreas Diefenbach, M.D., Ph.D., Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin / Germany
• Richard A. Flavell, Ph.D, DSc, FRS, Yale School of Medicine / USA
• Claudia Mauri, PhD, Royal Free and University College Medical School / University College London / U.K.
• Cox Terhorst, PhD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center / Havard Medical School / USA