![Katja Simon](/system/files/styles/mdc_list_teaser_mdc_mobile_1_5x/private/2022-04/%C2%A9%20Felix%20Petermann%2C%20MDC_portrait_simon%2C%20katja_16x10-IMG_4712.jpg?h=03a8b916&itok=IUCdfCo-)
Katja Simon seeks to rejuvenate the body’s immune defenses
In early April, Katja Simon became the head of the “Autophagy in the Immune System” laboratory at the MDC. She and her team are planning to research how long-lived immune cells use the process of self-digestion to continually renew themselves. Patients may soon benefit from their findings.