Radiation Oncology and Imaging

Prof. Dr. rer. nat. et med. habil. Michael Bachmann (CV)

Research Topics:

1. Activation of immune effector cells against tumor cells with recombinant antibody derivatives
2. Identification of specific or inducible immunotargets on tumor cells
3. Radio- or chemotherapy-induced expression of target molecules for specific tumor immunotherapy

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Prof. Dr. med. Michael Baumann (CV)

Research Topics:

1. Translational radiation oncology/radiation biology
2. Bioimaging and Biomarker
3. Precision radiation oncology

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Dr. Rebecca Bütof (CV)

Research Topics:

1. Preclinical imaging
2. Orthotopic tumour models
3. Esophageal carcinoma and lung cancer

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Prof. Dr. med. Nils Cordes (CV)

Research Topics:

1. The role of cell-matrix and cell-cell interactions in cellular resistance against ionizing radiation and cytotoxic drugs
2. Identification of molecular therapeutic targets and diagnostic molecules within cell-matrix and cell-cell interactions

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Prof. Dr. Anna Dubrovska (CV)

Research Topics:

1. Cancer Stem Cells
2. Biologically Adapted Individualized Radiotherapy

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Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil. Wolfgang Enghardt (CV)

Research Topics:

1. Medical Radiation Sciences
2. Medical physics for particle therapy
3. In-vivo-dosimetry at particle beams
4. Radiation detectors

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Prof. Dr. med. Ralf-Thorsten Hoffmann (CV)

Research Topics:

1. Minimally invasive thermal ablation of tumors within different organs
2. Transarterial radioembolization (SIRT)

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Prof. Dr. med. Jörg Kotzerke (CV)

Research Topics:

1. Characterization of tumor metabolism and properties by means of PET tracers with emphasis on radiation therapy related changes.

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Prof. Dr. med. Mechthild Krause (CV)

Research Topics:

1. Identification of tumor-specific factors of resistance
2. Combination of radiotherapy with novel drugs for radiosensitisation
3. Individualisation of treatment by prediction of tumor response to radiotherapy

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Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Leoni A. Kunz-Schughart (CV)

Research Topics:

1. Metabolic Targeting and Radioresponse
2. Pathophysiology of solid tumors: micromilieu and cellular microenvironment
3. (Patho)physiological niches and therapy response of putative cancer stem cells
4. Anti-tumor therapy testing/screening in complex, sophisticated in vitro systems

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Prof. Dr. med. Michael Laniado (CV)

Research Topics:

1. Response evaluation in oncology by magnetic resonance imaging
2. Interventional oncology
3. Imaging modalities for early cancer detection

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Dr. Guntram Pausch (CV)

Research Topics:

1. Range verification and in-vivo dosimetry in tumor treatments with particle beams
2. Prompt-gamma imaging (PGI) and prompt-gamma timing (PGT) measurements
3. Novel techniques for radiation detection, signal processing, and radiation imaging

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Dr. rer. nat. Jörg Pawelke (CV)

Research Topics:

1. Radiation Physics
2. Radiation Biology
3. Precision Radiotherapy

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Dr. Christian Richter (CV)

Research Topics:

1. Proton and photon radiation therapy
2. Evaluation of robust proton treatment techniques for challenging target sites
3. Biological adapted image-guided radiotherapy
4. In vivo dosimetric verification by means of MRI

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Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Ulrich Schramm (CV)

Research Topics:

1. Laser particle acceleration
2. Relativistic laser plasma physics
3. High power laser development
4. Beam dynamics and ion beam cooling

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Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil. Jörg Steinbach (CV)

Research Topics:

1. Radiochemistry and radiopharmacy
2. Targeted radionuclide therapy
3. Development of new radiotracers and radiopharmaceuticals for imaging of biological functions

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Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Dr. rer. biol. hum. habil. Jörg van den Hoff (CV)

Research Topics:

1. Quantitative functional PET and MRI imaging
2. High precision movement correction
3. Image reconstruction and segmentation
4. Tracer kinetic modelling

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Dr. Malte von Bonin (CV)

Research Topics:

1. Xenotransplantation Models of Human AML
2. Cancer Stem Cells
3. Immunotherapy

Prof. Dr. Jennifer Linn

Research Topics:

1. Pathophysiology of cerebral circulation
2. Diagnostics in acute brain ischemia
3. Intervention in acute brain ischemia

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