SCIENCE@DKFZ

SCIENCE@DKFZ – The DKFZ Internal Seminar

SCIENCE@DKFZ aims at increasing the dissemination of scientific results generated at the DKFZ and NCT in Heidelberg. Each edition will feature a comprehensive lecture by a DKFZ division head or junior group leader. These speakers will also give a general overview of their research field. In addition, recent DKFZ publication highlights will be presented as short talks. In this season, we also plan to scatter in tech talks from leaders of our core facilities. In each edition and over each season, all six research programs of the DKFZ will be covered, with the goal to show not only the excellence but also the bandwidth of research performed at the DKFZ.

Colleagues from the Heidelberg Campus are warmly welcomed to all events.

Upcoming SCIENCE@DKFZ In-Person Event

We invite you to join us!

Before and after the keynote, young scientists will present outstanding recently published publications. Please see the detailed program below.

The next event of Season X SCIENCE@DKFZ lecture series has been scheduled for Monday, 26 October 2026 at 4 pm. It will feature a keynote lecture by Dr. Rene-Filip Jackstadt⁢⁢⁢⁢⁢⁢⁢⁢⁢⁢⁢⁢⁢⁢⁢⁢⁢⁢⁢⁢⁢⁢⁢⁢⁢. This event will be held in-person only at the DKFZ lecture hall.

Program 2026-10-26 4:00 pm:

Moderator: Dr. Wilhelm Palm⁢

Short Talk: Zhaoqing Hu Extracellular ATP-P2RY2 signaling drives intratumoral prostaglandin E2 accumulation and adaptive resistance to immunotherapy in solid tumors

Short Talk: Dr. Niklas Kehl Latent effector T cells mediate immunotherapy responses in the bone marrow microenvironment

Main Talk: Dr. Rene-Filip Jackstadt⁢⁢⁢⁢⁢⁢⁢⁢⁢⁢⁢⁢⁢⁢⁢⁢⁢⁢⁢⁢⁢⁢⁢⁢⁢⁢ ⁢Plasticity in therapy resistance and metastasis of colorectal cancer⁢

Short Talk: Xiaowen Zhang LPL-positive endothelial cells control T-cell homing in liver metastasis

Short Talk: Jan Otonicar Multiomic profiling links L1 retrotransposition to genomic instability and ecDNA in bladder cancer

Program Season X

4:00 pm, DKFZ Lecture Hall

Thursday, 29 January 2026
Pitches collaborative projects

Monday, 23 February 2026
Heinz-Peter Schlemmer (FSP E) Fighting prostate cancer: imaging research from early steps to clinical guidelines

Thursday, 19 March 2026
Sigrid Carlsson (FSP C) Advances in prostate cancer screening

Monday, 20 April 2026
Franziska Blaeschke (FSP D) Engineering immune cells with CRISPR

Monday, 18 May 2026
Niels Halama (FSP D) Ovarian cancer immuno-microenvironment: immunometabolic orchestration via lipid-laden macrophages

Tuesday, 23 June 2026
Stefan Wiemann (FSP B) Crosstalk between tumor and stromal cells triggers a persister phenotype in triple negative breast cancer

Monday, 27 July 2026
Peter Huber (FSP E) Desired and adverse effects of cancer radiotherapy

Wednesday, 23 September 2026
Karol Nowicki-Osuch (FSP C) A natural experiment in cancer initiation: insights from gastro-oesophageal tissues

Monday, 26 October 2026
Rene-Filip Jackstadt (FSP A) Plasticity in therapy resistance and metastasis of colorectal cancer⁢

Monday, 23 November 2026
Jeroen Krijgsveld (FSP B) Cancer proteomics: from tissues to single cells

Thursday, 17 December 2026
Lena Kutscher (FSP B) Neurodevelopmental principles underlying pediatric brain cancer formation

Jointly organized by the DKFZ Research Programs (FSPs)

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