Members
Neuromedical science, cancer medicine and computational science are not only strongly developed in Heidelberg / Mannheim, but there is also a climate of close and fruitful interdisciplinary collaborations at the highest technical level. This is represented by several associated scientists from different disciplines:
Wolfgang Wick
Prof. Dr., Full Professor
Discipline:
Medicine, neurooncology, neuroscience
Institute:
Heidelberg University Hospital, Neurology, and Clinical Cooperation Unit Neurooncology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg
Frank Winkler
Prof. Dr., Full Professor
Discipline:
Medicine, neuroscience, neuroncology, cancer neuroscience
Institute:
Heidelberg University Hospital, Neurology, & German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg
Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg: Experimental Neurooncology (uni-heidelberg.de)
Anna Marciniak-Czochra
Prof. Dr., Full Professor
Discipline:
Applied mathematics, computational biology
Institute:
Heidelberg University, Institute of Applied Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing (IWR) and Bioquant
Varun Venkataramani
Dr. med. Dr. rer. nat., Neurology Resident, and Group Leader
Discipline:
Neurooncology, cancer neuroscience
Institute:
Heidelberg University Hospital, Department of Neurology, and Department of Functional Neuroanatomy
Vera Thiel
Dr. rer. nat., PostDoc
Discipline:
Stem Cells and Metastases, Neuroscience
Institute:
German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Heidelberg Institute for Stem Cell Technology and Experimental Medicine (HI-STEM gGmbH)
Agarwal, Amit
Dr., Chica and Heinz Schaller Research Group Leader
Discipline:
Glial cell physiology, Optical Microscopy
Institute:
Institute for Anatomy and Cell Biology, Heidelberg University
Bendszus, Martin
Prof. Dr. med., Chairman
Discipline:
Neuroscience, neuroimaging
Institute:
Heidelberg University Hospital, Department of Neuroradiology
Boutros, Michael
Prof. Dr.
Institute:
Div. Signaling and Functional Genomics, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg
Cerwenka, Adelheid
Professor Immunobiochemistry, Director: Mannheim Institute for Innate Immunoscience
Discipline:
Immunology, Innate Immunity
Institute:
Mannheim Institute for Innate Immunoscience
GRK 2727/1 – InCheck „Innate Immune Checkpoints in Cancer and Tissue Damage”
Debus, Jürgen
Prof. Dr. med. Dr. rer. nat.
Institute:
University Hospital Heidelberg, Department of Radiation Oncology and Radiotherapy
Clinical Cooperation Unit Radiation Oncology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg
Draghun, Andreas
Prof. Dr.
Discipline:
Cellular and network-level neurophysiology, physiological and pathological activity patterns in limbic and cortical networks
Institute:
Institute for Physiology and Pathophysiology, Medical Faculty Heidelberg
Döring, Leif
Prof. Dr.
Discipline: Probability Theory
Erfle, Holger
Dr., Unit Head
Discipline:
Functional analysis of the cell
Institute:
BioQuant Advanced Biological Screening Facility
BioQuant High content analysis of the cell (HiCell)
Fröhling, Stefan
Prof. Dr. med.
Discipline:
Internal Medicine, Hematology & Oncology, Precision Oncology
Institute:
NCT Heidelberg & German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg
Groh, Alexander
Prof. Dr.
Discipline:
Neurophysiology, Systems and Behavioral Neurosciences
Institute:
Institute for Physiology and Pathophysiology, Medical Faculty Heidelberg
Hamprecht, Fred
Prof. Dr.
Discipline:
Image Analysis and Machine Learning
Institute:
IWR
Herpertz, Sabine
Prof. Dr. med.
Discipline:
Psychiatry & Psychotherapy, Neuroscience
Institute:
Heidelberg University Hospital
Heuveline, Vincent
Prof. Dr., Chief Information Officer (CIO), Director Computing Centre
Institute:
University Computing Centre (Universitätsrechenzentrum, URZ), Heidelberg University
Halama, Nils
Prof. Dr.
Discipline:
Translational Immunotherapy
Institute:
German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) & Heidelberg University Hospital
Platten, Michael
Prof. Dr. med. Full Professor, Chairman
Discipline:
Neurology, Neurooncology, Neuroimmunology
Institute:
University Medical Center Mannheim,
German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg
Hopf, Carsten
Prof. Dr., Head of CeMOS
Discipline:
Spatial Metabolomics, Biomedical Mass Spectrometry and Drug Discovery
Institute:
CeMOS - Research Center of Mannheim University of Applied Sciences
Höfer, Thomas
Prof. Dr., Unit Head
Discipline:
Systems biology
Institute:
Division of Theoretical Systems Biology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg
Kaessmann, Henrik
Prof. Dr.
Discipline:
Evolutionary and developmental genomics
Institute:
Heidelberg University, Center for Molecular Biology (ZMBH)
Kann, Oliver
Prof. Dr. med.
Discipline:
Neurophysiology, Neuroenergetics, Neuroimmunology
Institute:
Institute of Physiologie and Pathophysiology, Heidelberg University
Kreshuk, Anna
Dr. Rer. Nat., Group Leader at EMBL
Discipline:
Machine learning, computer vision, microscopy
Institute:
Cell Biology and Biophysics Unit, EMBL Heidelberg
Kummer, Ursula
Prof. Dr., Executive Director of Bioquant
Discipline:
Computational Biosciences
Institute:
BIOQUANT, COS Heidelberg
Kuner, Rohini
Prof. Dr., Director of Pharmacology Institute
Discipline:
Chronic pain, neuroscience, molecular pharmacology
Institute:
Pharmacology Institute, Medical Faculty Heidelberg
Kuner, Thomas
Prof. Dr., Director of the Dept. of Functional Neuroanatomy
Discipline:
Neuroanatomy, Neurophysiology, Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, Systems and Behavioral Neuroscience
Institute:
Institut für Anatomie und Zellbiologie, Abteilung Funktionelle Neuroanatomie
Johnsson, Kai
Prof. Dr., Director of the Department of Chemical Biology
Discipline:
Chemical Biology
Institute:
Max Planck Institute for Medical Research
Loges, Sonja
Prof. Dr. Full Professor, Director of Department of Personalized Oncology
Discipline:
Hematology, Oncology and Internal Medicine, focus areas: lung cancer & Personalized Oncology
Institute:
Mannheim Cancer Center (MCC), Mannheim, DKFZ-Hector Cancer Institute, Medical Center Mannheim University of Heidelberg, Mannheim
Maier-Hein , Klaus
Prof. Dr.
Discipline:
Medical Image Computing, Data Science
Institute:
German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)
Maier-Hein, Lena
Prof. Dr.
Discipline:
Data Science and Digital Oncology
Institute:
German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)
Mall, Moritz
Dr., Group Leader
Discipline:
Cancer Neuroscience, Cell Fate Plasticity, Translational Brain Research, Transcriptional Networks, Stem Cell Biology
Mallm, Jan-Philipp
Dr., Unit Head
Discipline:
Single-cell Sequencing
Institute:
German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)
Mauceri, Daniela
Prof. Dr.
Discipline:
Neurobiology
Institute:
Department of Neurobiology /IZN
Martin-Villalba, Ana
Prof. Dr., Unit Head
Discipline:
Molecular Neurobiology, neuroscience, cancer, single cell omics
Institute:
German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)
Meyer-Lindenberg, Andreas
Prof. Dr., Full Professor
Discipline:
Translational neurogenetics of psychiatric disorders
Institute:
Heidelberg University, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Central Institute of Mental Health
Müller-Tidow, Carsten
Prof. Dr. med.
Discipline:
Internal Medicine, Hematology & Oncology
Institute:
Heidelberg University Hospital, Department of Hematology, Oncology, Rheumatology
Monyer, Hannah
Prof. Dr.
Institute:
Cooperational Division of Clinical Neurobiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Clinical Neurobiology University Hosptial Heidelberg
Pan, Chenchen
Dr.
Discipline:
Neuroscience, neuroncology, cancer neuroscience
Institute:
Heidelberg University Hospital, Neurology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg
Pfister, Stefan
Prof. Dr. med.
Discipline:
Pediatric neurooncology
Institute:
Hopp Children’s Cancer Center Heidelberg (KiTZ)
Division of Pediatric Neurooncology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg,
KiTZ Clinical Trial Unit, and
Childhood Brain Tumors, Heidelberg University Hospital
Prevedel, Robert
Dr., Group Leader at EMBL
Discipline:
Advanced microscopy, intravital imaging, biomechanical imaging
Institute:
Cell Biology and Biophysics Unit, EMBL Heidelberg
Saez-Rodriguez, Julio
Prof. Dr. Ing., Director, Institute Computational Biomedicine
Discipline:
Systems Biology, Omics, Data Analysis
Institute:
Institut für Computational Biomedicine
Saez-Rodriguez Group
Sahm, Felix
Prof. Dr. Dr. med., Vice Chair Dept. of Neuropathology
Discipline:
Molecular Neuropathology
Institute:
Dept. of Neuropathology, University Hospital Heidelberg
Saka, Sinem
Dr., Group Leader at EMBL
Discipline: Spatial Biology
Institute:
EMBL Heidelberg
Schirmacher, Peter
Prof. Dr. med., Medical Director General Pathology and Pathological Anatomy, Managing Director Institute of Pathology
Discipline:
Pathology
Institute:
University Hospital Heidelberg
Schirmer, Lucas
Prof. Dr., Full Professor
Discipline:
Neurobiology and Neuroinflammation
Institute:
University Medical Center Mannheim | Medical Faculty Mannheim | Heidelberg University
Schwarz, Ulrich
Prof. Dr.
Discipline:
Soft matter and biological physics
Institute:
Institute for Theoretical Physics, Heidelberg University
Tost, Heike
Prof. Dr. Dr.
Discipline:
Institute:
Professor for Psychiatry und Psychotherapy Central Institute of Mental Health Mannheim
Trumpp, Andreas
Prof. Dr.
Discipline:
Stem Cells and Cancer
von Deimling, Andreas
Prof. Dr. med.
Institute:
University Hospital Heidelberg, Institute of Pathology, Department of Neuropathology; Clinical Cooperation Unit Neuropathology, DKFZ
Wolf, Robert Christian
Prof. Dr. med.
Discipline:
Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Systems Neuroscience
Institute:
Heidelberg University Hospital, Department of General Psychiatry at the Center for Psychosocial Medicine
Wittbrodt, Joachim
Prof. Dr., Centre for Organismal Studies (COS)
Discipline:
Vertebrate retina development and differentiation
Institute:
Center for Organismal Studies, Heidelberg University
Zaugg, Judith
Dr., Group Leader
Discipline:
Computational biology and single cell genomics
Institute:
EMBL Heidelberg