Tasks and Responsibilities

General Responsibilities

Clinical Trials
Coordination - Cancer Research

Support of DFG Statutory Bodies

Hinterzarten Circle on Cancer Research

Scientific Areas of Responsibility

205-14 Hematology, Oncology, Transfusion Medicine
205-31 Radiation Oncology and Radiobiology

Scientific Areas of Responsibility (Deputy Contact)

205-06 Pathology
205-25 General and Visceral Surgery

Coordinated Programmes (procedural matters)

Clinical Research Units

262	Der Tumormetabolismus als Modulator der Immunantwort und Tumorprogression
286	Exploiting defects in the DNA damage response for the treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukemia

Priority Programmes

1230	Mechanisms of gene vector entry and persistence
1463	Epigenetic regulation of normal hematopoiesis and its dysregulation in myeloid neoplasia
2084	µBONE: Colonization and interaction of tumor cells within the bone microenvironment

Research Units

1586	SKELMET- Mesenchymal and osteogenic signaling pathways in malignant bone diseases
2033	The Hematopoietic Niches
2314	Targeting therapeutic windows in essential cellular processes for tumor therapy
2674	Aging-related epigenetic remodeling in acute myeloid leukemia

Coordinated Programmes (scientific matters)

CRC/Transregios

221	Modulation of graft-versus-host and graft-versus leukemia immune responses after allogeneic stem cell transplantation
240	Platelets – Molecular, cellular and systemic functions in health and disease

Clusters of Excellence (ExStra)

2180	Image-Guided and Functionally Instructed Tumor Therapies (iFIT)

Collaborative Research Centres

850	Control of Cell Motility in Morphogenesis, Cancer Invasion and Metastasis
873	Maintenance and Differentiation of Stem Cells in Development and Disease
1074	Experimental Models and Clinical Translation in Leukemia
1243	Genetic and Epigenetic Evolution of Hematopoietic Neoplasms

Research Training Groups

2375	Tumor-Targeted Drug Delivery