We are grateful for the following support of our research:

Current Funding

10 / 2011 - 09 / 2016
Helmholtz Virtual Institute: Resistance in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
Long non-coding RNAs in CLL

01 / 2010 - 12 / 2013
Transregio TRR77 of the German Research Foundation (DFG): Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Non-coding RNAs in Hepatocellular Carcinoma

07 / 2009 - 06 / 2013
Marie Curie International Reintegration Grant of the European Commission
Function of non-coding RNAs in lung cancer

07 / 2009 - 06 / 2012
DKFZ-MOST-Cooperation Program with Ofer Mandelboim, Jerusalem
Regulation and function of viral and cellular microRNAs controlling the immune response

01 / 2009 - 12 / 2013
Helmholtz-University-Group of the Helmholtz-Society, the DKFZ and the Institute of Pathology, University of Heidelberg
microRNA Biogenesis, Regulation and Function in Cancer

Continuous Support
German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)

Continuous Support
University of Heidelberg, Institute of Pathology

Past Funding

05 / 2006 - 04 / 2008
Postdoctoral Research Fellowship of the German Research Foundation (DFG)
Characterization of microRNA regulation and function in developmental and tumorigenic processes

12 / 2002 - 07 / 2004
PhD Scholarship Award of the German Academic Merit Foundation (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes)
Characterization of Cyclin A1 interacting proteins and analysis of their role in the pathogenesis of human malignancies