Dr. Björn Tampe is established specialist in nephrology, immunology and intensive care medicine. After his degree in human medicine from the University of Göttingen he spend his postdoc at the Harvard Medical School in Boston. Later he joined the Department of Nephrology and Rheumatology at University Medical Center Göttingen, Germany were he is head of the intensive care medicine. One of is focus on translational research in kidney disorders, connecting experimental findings to clinical implications. This includes autoimmunity in vasculitis, immune checkpoint inhibitor-associated complications, inflammation and organ fibrosis.