Prof. Dr. Ilse Hofmann
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Ilse Hofmann studied Biology in Erlangen and after a one-year stay in industry she moved on to Heidelberg and did her PhD at the DKFZ. She obtained the Venia legendi for Cell Biology in 2004 and is a member of the faculty of Biosciences, Heidelberg University. She is an independent group leader in the division of “Vascular Oncology and Metastasis” and runs the core facility unit “Antibodies” since 2016. Moreover, she acts as scientific coordinator of the in-house Master Program “Molecular Biosciences with Major Cancer Biology” in cooperation with the Faculty of Biosciences, Heidelberg University since 2008. Her research focuses on epithelial homeostasis and how the deregulation and the subsequent loss of epithelial homeostasis may lead to cancer development.