Solid Tumors and Metastasis

Solid Tumors, Metastasis & Therapy Resistance

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Hematopoietic Stem Cells and Leukemia

Hematopoietic Stem Cells and Leukemia

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Stem Cells and Tumor Microenvironment

Stem Cells and Tumor Microenvironment

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The HI-STEM Team

The HI-STEM Team

HI-STEM features an interdisciplinary research team.

HI-STEM Group Leaders

HI-STEM Group Leaders

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Administration and Project Management

Name	Position	Phone
Dagmar Wolf	Personal assistant Prof. Trumpp	+49 6221 42 3901
Erika Krückel	Administrative Management (HI-STEM)	+49 6221 42 3918
Dr. Ömer Copur	Scientific Coordinator DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance	+49 6221 42 3442
Dr. Başak Özata	Business Development	+49 6221 42 3211
Dr. Shubhankar Sood	Project Leader

Cancer Stem Cells and Metastasis

Name	Position	Phone
Dr. Martin Sprick	HI-STEM Junior Research Group Leader	+49 6221 42 3913
Dr. Ewgenija Gutjahr	Clinician Scientist	+49 6221 42 3910
Dr. Vera Thiel	Postdoc	+49 6221 42 3928
Dr. Christina Köhler	Clinician Scientist
Tasneem Cheytan	PhD Student	+49 6221 42 3922
Jennifer Lewis	PhD Student	+49 6221 42 3907
Tim Vorberg	PhD Student	+49 6221 42 3921

Hematopoietic and Leukemic Stem Cells

Name	Position	Phone
Prof. Dr. Andreas Trumpp	Head of Division "Stem Cells and Cancer" and Managing Director of HI-STEM	+49 6221 42 3901
Dr. Roberto Würth	Team Leader	+49 6221 42 3905
Dr. Nesrine Aroua	Postdoc	+49 6221 42 3905
Dr. Elisa Donato	Postdoc	+49 6221 42 3905
Dr. Eleonora Gelli	Postdoc	+49 6221 423905
Dr. Kim Hoa Ho	Postdoc	+49 6221 42 3928
Dr. Dawn (Shuiping) Lin	Postdoc	+49 6221 42 3905
Dr. Maria Puschhof	Postdoc
Dr. Sebastiaan Schieven	Postdoc	+49 6221 42 3928
Dr. Alexander Waclawiczek	Postdoc	+49 6221 42 3905
Dr. Jennifer Wischhusen	Postdoc	+49 6221 42 3905
Dr. Simon Renders	Clinician Scientist	+49 6221 42 3923
Dr. Patrick Stelmach	Clinician Scientist	+49 6221 42 3928
Ines Bergerweiss	PhD Student	+49 6221 42 3925
Dr. Frank Yi-Tao Huang	MD PhD Student	+49 6221 42 3928
Yara Lackousha	PhD Student	+49 6221 42 3925
Karolin Stumpf	PhD Student	+49 6221 42 3925
Josipa Mišković	Research Assistant	+49 6221 42 3915
Sabrina Lohr	Technical Assistant	+49 6221 42 3907
Markus Sohn	Technical Assistant	+49 6221 42 3925
Rebecca Weber	Technical Assistant	+49 6221 42 3907

Inflammatory Stress in Stem Cells

Name	Position	Phone
Dr. Marieke Essers	HI-STEM Research Group Leader	+49 6221 42 3919
Dr. Sarah Geiger	Postdoc	+49 6221 42 3921
Dr. Abdul Rahman Itani	Postdoc	+49 6221 42 3921
Dr. Simone Feurstein	Clinician Scientist	+49 6221 42 3921
Sonia Fernández Torices	PhD Student	+49 6221 42 3916
Lizbeth Alejandra Ramirez Guzmann	PhD Student	+49 6221 42 3916
Lukas Reiter	Medical Student	+49 6221 42 3916
Juliane Schmidt	Medical Student	+49 6221 42 3916
Andrea Kuck	Technical Assistant / HI-STEM Lab Manager	+49 6221 42 3915
Adriana Przybylla	Technical Assistant	+49 6221 42 3915

Experimental Hematology

Name	Position	Phone
Dr. Michael Milsom	HI-STEM Research Group Leader	+49 6221 42 3920
Dr. Sena Alptekin	Clinician Scientist	+49 6221 42 3927
Dr. Charles Dussiau	Postdoc	+49 6221 42 3904
Lena Bognar	PhD Student	+49 6221 42 3904
Ian Ghezzi	PhD Student	+49 6221 42 3927
Lina Merg	PhD Student	+49 6221 42 3927
Yiwen Zhang	PhD Student	+49 6221 42 3904
Victoria Honekamp	Research Assistant	+49 6221 42 3915

Pattern Recognition and Digital Medicine

Name	Position	Phone
Dr. Dr. Daniel Hübschmann	HI-STEM Junior Research Group Leader	+49 6221 42 3612
Luca Deininger	PhD Student

Cancer Progression and Metastasis

Name	Position	Phone
Dr. Rene Jackstadt	HI-STEM Junior Research Group Leader	+49 6221 42 3917
Dr. Nikolai Schleußner	Clinician Scientist	+49 6221 42 3909
Ioannis Chiotakakos	PhD Student	49 6221 42 3910
Gabriele Diamante	PhD Student	49 6221 42 3910
Nikolaos Georgakopoulos	PhD Student	+49 6221 42 3910
Aitana Guiseris Martinez	PhD Student	+49 6221 42 3910
Manuel Mastel	PhD Student	+49 6221 42 3909
Thorben Söhngen	PhD Student	+49 6221 42 3909
Nuria Vaquero Siguero	PhD Student	+49 6221 42 3909
Sara Ferreira Dominguez	Master Student	+49 6221 42 3909
Raja Flüchter	Research Assistant	+49 6221 42 3909
Gabriele Schmidt	Research Assistant	+49 6221 42 3909
Carolin Artmann	Technical Assistant	+49 6221 42 3910
Apoorva Manjunath	Technical Assistant	+49 6221 42 3909
Jasmin Meier	Technical Assistant	+49 6221 42 3909
Lea Völkel	Apprentice Technical Assistant	+49 6221 42 3909

Research Group Neural Reprogramming and Clinical Translation

Name	Position	Phone
Dr. Marc Thier	HI-STEM Junior Research Group Leader	+49 6221 42-3903
Dr. Sascha Conic	Postdoc	+49 6221 42-3922
Dr. Ceren Duman Thier	Postdoc	+49 6221 42 3903
Sarah Lang	PhD Student	+49 6221 42 3922
Nils Wörner	PhD Student	+49 6221 42-3922
Natalie Stumpf	Technicial Assistant	+49 6221 42-3922

Mechanisms of Cell Death and Drug Resistance

Name	Position	Phone
Dr. Hamed Alborzinia	HI-STEM Junior Research Group Leader	+49 6221 42 3905
Lissy Gross	Postdoc	+49 6221 42 3923
Dr. Kamini Kaushal	Postdoc	+49 6221 42 3923
Bettina Kast	Technical Assistant	+49 6221 42 3923
Petra Zeisberger	Technical Assistant	+49 6221 42 3923