Prof. Dr. Simone Schürle‑Finke, born in Ulm, Germany in 1985, is a pioneering biomedical engineer and associate professor at ETH Zürich’s Department of Health Sciences and Technology, where she leads the Responsive Biomedical Systems Laboratory SNSF Datenportal+9Wikipedia+9Wikipedia+9. After earning her diploma in industrial engineering and management at KIT with research experiences in New Zealand and Japan, …
Dr. med. Antonia Schubert is a clinician scientist based in Heidelberg, where she leads a junior research group at the National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT) and German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ). As a specialist physician in Internal Medicine at the Department of Medical Oncology at Heidelberg University Hospital, her work spans both clinical practice and …
Dr. Johanna Daniela Schott is a research professor in Biochemistry at Heidelberg University’s Mannheim Institute for Innate Immunoscience (MI³) and a project group leader within Georg Stoecklin’s lab at the Medical Faculty Mannheim. Her work investigates the rapid dynamics of gene expression in innate immune cells, focusing on mRNA processing, translation, and decay during inflammatory …
Dr. Maria Paula Roberti is an immunologist and translational researcher based in Heidelberg, Germany. She earned her PhD in Immunology at the University of Buenos Aires, where she focused on anti-tumor innate immunity. Currently, she leads the Translational Research in Immuno‑Oncology and Microbiome (TRIM) sub‑group at the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and the National Center …
Dr. Dr. med. Conrad Rauber is a clinician-scientist and senior consultant in the Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Infectious Diseases, and Toxicology at University Hospital Heidelberg. Since early 2024, he has also served as group leader for the “Applied Microbiome Therapy in Gastroenterology” research program, where he and his team investigate how gut microbiota influence systemic immunity and outcomes in …
Dr. Jens Puschhof is a clinician-scientist and translational researcher who leads the Junior Research Group “Epithelium–Microbiome Interaction Laboratory” at the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) in Heidelberg. After studying molecular biotechnology and oncology in Heidelberg, Harvard, and Oxford, he completed his PhD cum laude in cancer, stem cell, and developmental biology under Hans Clevers at the …
Dr. Rene‑Filip Jackstadt is a clinician‑scientist and junior group leader at the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and HI‑STEM in Heidelberg. He heads the “Cancer Progression and Metastasis” lab, where he leverages next‑generation colorectal cancer models—such as genetically engineered mice, patient‑derived organoids, and multi‑omics profiling—to unravel cellular programs that drive metastasis and therapy resistance, translating key …
Dr. Laura Hinze is a German physician-scientist and a leading young cancer researcher based at Hannover Medical School (MHH). Born in 1997 in Minden, she began her medical degree at the age of 16 and completed her MD thesis in 2020 under Martin Stanulla at MHH, focusing on pediatric hematology-oncology. Her research centers on understanding molecular mechanisms …
Prof. Dr. med. Matthias Ebert is a distinguished clinician-scientist and academic leader in the field of gastroenterology, with a particular emphasis on gastrointestinal oncology and translational medicine. Since 2011, he has served as Director of the II. Medical Clinic (Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Infectious Diseases, and Nutritional Medicine) at the University Medical Center Mannheim, affiliated …
Dr. Elke Burgermeister is a molecular oncologist and senior staff scientist based at Heidelberg University and the Universitätsklinikum Mannheim. She leads the Molecular Oncology Research Group within the II. Medical Clinic—specializing in gastroenterology, hepatology, infectious diseases, and nutritional medicine. Her research focuses on the molecular mechanisms underlying the development and progression of gastrointestinal cancers, especially gastric and …