Maren De Vries
About Maren De Vries
Maren De Vries is a Postdoctoral Fellow at NYU Langone Medical Center, focusing on viral-host interactions and innate immunity.
Current Position at NYU Langone Medical Center
Maren De Vries is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at NYU Langone Medical Center. She has been serving in this role since 2017 and works in the Microbiology Department. Her research focuses on viral-host interactions and the mechanisms by which host protease inhibitors block critical steps in the viral life cycle.
Previous Experience at Arvato CRM Healthcare
Before joining NYU Langone Medical Center, Maren De Vries was employed at Arvato CRM Healthcare – Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA. From 2016 to 2017, she worked as a Pharmaceutical Consultant in Berlin, Germany, providing consultancy services for a leading pharmaceutical company.
Freelance Researcher at LABOklin
In 2013, Maren De Vries worked as a Freelance Researcher at LABOklin Labor für Klinische Diagnostik GmbH & Co. KG. During her 10-month tenure, she contributed to various research projects in clinical diagnostics.
Educational Background
Maren De Vries completed her PhD at Freie Universität Berlin, where she was a PhD student from 2009 to 2015. She studied Biologie, allgemein at Philipps-Universität Marburg and earned her Diplom in 2008 after five years of study.
Research Focus and Contributions
Maren De Vries has developed a model to study viral-host interactions in 'nano airways' capable of expressing transgenes, facilitating the study of innate immunity factors in a biologically relevant environment. Her focus includes the role of host protease inhibitors in preventing essential proteolytic processes within the viral life cycle. Currently, she conducts her research under the mentorship of Dr. Meike Dittmann at NYU School of Medicine.