Tissue Engineering and Biobanking

Biography

1995 Final Medical Board Examination (MD), Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich 1996 Dr. med. (Medicine, Translational Research) Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, with “summa cum laude” 1997-1999 Postdoctoral Fellow (Molecular Biology, Metastasis), MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston/USA 1999 PhD, Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (GSBS), MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston/USA 1999-2001 Assistant Professor, Section Molecular Biology, Dept. Surgery, Clinical Surgeon, Surgical Oncology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich 2001 Priv.Doz. (Associate Professor), Experimental Surgery/Molecular Biology, Ludwig- Maximilians-University Munich 2003 Diploma in Medical Economics, Chur, Switzerland 2004 Surgical Board Exam, Munich/Germany 2004-2015 Full Professor and Head, Dept. of Experimental Surgery, Med. Faculty Mannheim, Univ. of Heidelberg, Molecular Oncology of Solid Tumors Unit, DKFZ Heidelberg, Germany Since 2015 Full Professor and Head/Director, Dept. of Experimental Surgery - Cancer Metastasis, Med. Faculty Mannheim, Univ. of Heidelberg; and Centre for Biomedicine and Medical Technology Mannheim (CBTM), Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg 2 Positions and Employment 1996-1997 Medical Intern, Dept. Surgery, Klinikum Großhadern, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich 1997-1999 Fellow at the Dept. of Cancer Biology, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston,TX (Prof. Douglas D. Boyd, PhD, Principal Investigator, Prof. J.I. Fidler, Head) 1999-2004 Assistant, later Associate Professor, Molecular Oncology, PI of section Molecular Biology, in parallel: Resident, Dept. of Surgery, Klinikum Großhadern, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich 2004-2015 Full Professor and Head, Dept. Experimental Surgery, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, and Adjunct Professor, DKFZ (German Cancer Research Center) Heidelberg Since 2015 Full Professor and Head/Director, Dept. of Experimental Surgery - Cancer Metastasis, Med. Faculty Mannheim, Univ. of Heidelberg; and Centre for Biomedicine and Medical Technology Mannheim (CBTM), Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg Professional Memberships 1995 Vereinigung der Bayerischen Chirurgen 1998 Active/Corresponding Member der American Association of Cancer Research (AACR) 1999 Deutsche Gesellschaft für Chirurgie 1999 Molekularbiologische Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Chirurgie (CAMO) 2003 Berufsverband der Deutschen Chirurgen (BDC) 2005 European Association of Cancer Research (EACR) 2006 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) 2007 EACR Council Member, Mitglied des Communications Committee 2007 Member of EORTC Pathobiology Group 2010 Deutsche Gesellschaft für Stammzellforschung 2011 Metastasis Research Society 2013 Task Force „Surgical Oncology“, American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) 2014 European Society for Translational Medicine (EUSTM) 2016 EORTC Translational Research Advisory Committee (EORTC-TRAC; chair: Emilie Varin) 2017 Elected Member of EACS Fellowship of the European Academy of Cancer Sciences

Research Interest

Metastasis research · microRNAs in metastasis · Tumor-associated proteolysis · Translational metastasis research · Molecular staging of cancer