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Dr. Clarissa Gerhäuser

Team Leader Epigenomics of hormone-driven Cancer

EDUCATION

1984-1988:
Study of Pharmacy, Julius-Maximilians-University, Würzburg.

1989-1993:
Ph.D. degree (summa cum laude)
Thesis advisor: Prof. H. Wagner, Institute for Pharmaceutical Biology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich.
Thesis title: Investigation of the antiviral activity of Thuja occidentalis L., Cucurbita pepo L. and Ecballium elaterium [L.] A. Rich. Isolation of podophyllotoxin lignans and new ribosome-inactivating proteins.

1993-1995:
Postdoctoral Research Associate with Prof. J.M. Pezzuto, Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, The University of Illinois at Chicago, USA.

1995-1996:
Visiting Research Assistant Professor, Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, The University of Illinois at Chicago, USA.

since May 1996:
Group leader: Cancer Chemoprevention, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Division C010: Epigenomics and Cancer Risk Factors
 

RESEARCH INTEREST

  • Epigenomics of hormone-related cancers, including
    • Prostate cancer
    • Breast cancer
  • Biomarker development
  • Therapy resistance
  • Early detection (cfDNA)
  • Nanopore sequencing

     

AWARDS

  • Research Prize awarded by the Köhnlechner-Foundation, Munich (1990)
  • Feodor-Lynen Fellowship awarded by the Alexander-von-Humboldt-Foundation, Bonn, Germany (1993-1995)
  • Research grant awarded by the Verein zur Förderung der Krebsforschung in Deutschland e.V. Heidelberg, Germany (1996-2002)
  • EARC Young Cancer Researcher Award Highly Commended (2003)
  • Phoenix Pharmacy Scientific Research Price 2003 Pharmaceutical Biology (with Prof. H. Becker, Saarbrücken, Germany)
     

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