Latest Breakthroughs

ERC PoC Grant REVIVE to Sun Chong (2025)
ERC PoC Grant TI-uORFe to Fabricio Loayza-Puch (2025)
HFSP Starting Research Grant to Franziska Blaeschke (2025)
Emmy Noether Junior Group Network to Lena Kutscher (2025)
Roche network Grant imCORE to Mirco J. Friedrich (2025)
José Carreras Leukemia Foundation Grant to Mirco J. Friedrich (2025)
DFG Weave EU Framework Grant to Rene Jackstadt (2025)
Life and Health Alliance Heidelberg Mannheim Equipment Grant to Sebastian Schölch (2025)
Life and Health Alliance Heidelberg Mannheim Grant TACTICS to Moritz Mall (2025)
National Decades Against Cancer consortium DECIPHER-M to Priya Chudasama (2025)
DKFZ-MOST German-Israel Cancer Grant Breaksome to Pei-Chi Wei (2025)
ERC Consolidator Grant FusionTRACE to Ana Banito (2024)
ERC Consolidator Grant Unstable Genome to Aurelie Ernst (2024) 

Erna-Brunner-Preis to Franziska Blaeschke (2025)
Hella Bühler Prize to Moritz Mall (2025)
Neuron Prize to Martina Benesova (2025)
EMBO Young Investigator Program to Ana Banito (2024)
EMBO Young Investigator Program to Aurelie Ernst (2024)
Kind-Philipp-Preis to Franziska Blaeschke (2024)

Clinical trail BilliCAN for Biliary Track Cancer intervention by Michael Dill (2025)
Clinical trail PERSIST-B7H6 for B cell malignancies by Mirco J. Friedrich (2025)
Clinical trail FLORA for HCC intervention by Michael Dill (2024)
Clinical trail TROPHIT1 phase II/III for Colorectal Cancer intervention by Rene Jackstadt (2024)
Clinical trail EXTRA for Colorectal Cancer registry by Rene Jackstadt (2024)
FDA Approval for Lu-177-PSMA-617 (Pluvicto®) by Martina Benesova (2024)

Lena Kutscher starts her Emmy Noether Junior Group since 2025
Aurelie Ernst obtained her tenure and became a Division head since 2025
Angela Gonçalves became a Professor in Computational Prevention and a Division head since 2024
Titus Brinker became a Division head since 2024
 

Okonechnikov et al. showed Oncogene Aberrations Drive Medulloblastoma Progression. (2025) Nature
Lim et al. found PROX1 Restrains Cell Fate Plasticity in Liver. (2025) Nature Genetics
Xiao et al. demonstreated Radiation Sensitization by MEK and PARP Inhibitors. (2025) Cell Rep. Medicine
Egen et al. developed Hyperspectral Imaging Detects Renal Malperfusion. (2025) Eur. Urol. Open Sci.
Eickelschulte et al. performed Digital Spatial Profiling Reveals phospho-JNK Biomarker. (2025) Front. Oncology
Imle et al. Models High-Risk Sarcomas by Somatic Gene Delivery.  (2025) Nature Communications
Aviles-Huerta et al. found Dual Ribosome Profiling Reveals Tumor Metabolic Limits. (2025) Nature Communications
Kowar et al. found uORF Translation Boosts Tumor Antigen Presentation. (2025) Nature Communications
Hasegawa et al. found DNA Demethylating Agents Suppress Synovial Sarcoma. (2025) J. Clinical Investigation
Mahara et al. found Transient promoter interactions modulate gene activation, (2024) Molecular Cell
Corazzi and Ionasz et al. showed Replication Collision breaks DNA. (2024) Nature Communications 
Alhalabi et al. demonstrated WEE1 Targeting Enhances Dasatinib in Proneural GBM. (2024) Cancer Letters
Phillips et al. discovered Malformin C Sensitizes Glioblastoma Stem-Like Cells. (2024) Mol. Oncology
Baumgärtner et al. evaluated Medical Chatbot PROSCA for Patient Education. (2024) Eur. Urol. Open Sci.
Palazzo et al. defined a p53–eIF5A Axis Controls Senescence Surveillance (2024) Nature Communications