Konxhe Kulaj
Postdoc
 
Research focus
Extracellular vesicle - mediated communication in antitumor immunity
EV biogenesis pathways and subsequent cargo sorting
3D immune-oncology bone marrow model
Immune-metabolic profiling
 
Curriculum Vitae
Konxhe Kulaj obtained her Master’s degree in Biological Sciences at the University of Konstanz in 2018. After that she started a PhD in Experimental Medicine awarded in 2024 from Technical University of Munich (TUM) School of Medicine and Health and conducted at the Institute for Diabetes and Obesity (IDO), Helmholtz Center Munich under the direct mentorship of Prof. Dr. Kerstin Stemmer with supervisors Prof. Dr. Paul T. Pflueger and Prof. Dr. Michael Pfaffl. During her PhD, she investigated the role of adipocyte-derived extracellular vesicles in metabolic disease, both as regulators of insulin secretion and their diagnostic potential. Her PhD project was published at Nature Communications and won the annual publication award in 2023 from the medical faculty of University of Augsburg. She is currently doing her postdoctoral research in the Tumor MicroEnvironment (TME) group investigating how cancer EVs suppress bone marrow antitumor immunity, with a focus on identifying specific EV biogenesis pathways and molecular cargo responsible for tumor-induced immune alterations.



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