Anton Windfelder
Anton George Windfelder is a German zoologist and immunologist whose primary research interests include functional imaging of insects. Life Windfelder became known after he established the caterpillars of the tobacco hornworm (Manduca sexta) as an alternative animal model for medical research. His work has received international attention and helps to reduce the number of mammals in medical research according to the 3R principle. Windfelder was born in Berlin, where he also graduated from high school. After this, Windfelder studied biology at the Justus-Liebig University in Giessen, with a major in zoology, and became scientifically active early on during his studies. After graduation, Windfelder became a research associate at the Institute of General Zoology and Developmental Biology in the research group for cellular recognition and defense processes led by Tina Trenczek. Windfelder received his doctorate in 2021 on the topic "High-throughput screening of insect larvae as a ...
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