CCCZ Research Area – Tumor Immunology
Focus topics
- Innate and adaptive immune defense against cancer
- Tumor microenvironment
- Metastasis
- Immunotherapy
- Therapy resistance
- Immune biomarkers
Specific Aims
- Understand the mutual interaction and impact of cancer and the immune system
- Identify potential immune response-related therapeutic targets and validate those with preclinical models
- Discover immune response-related biomarkers for progression and response to therapy
- Develop novel or improve existing immune therapies for cancer
Research groups
- Isabelle Arnold, Prof. Dr., Mucosal Immunology
- Burkhard Becher, Prof. Dr., Inflammation Research
- Bernd Bodenmiller, Prof. Dr., Bodenmiller Lab
- Lubor Borsig, Prof. Dr., Borsig Group
- Onur Boyman, Prof. Dr. med., Boyman Group
- Richard Chahwan, Prof. Dr., Cancer Immunobiology Lab
- Reinhard Dummer, Prof. Dr. med., Skin Cancer Clinical Research
- Melanie Greter, Prof. Dr., Research Group
- Kuno Lehmann, Prof. Dr. med., Abdominal Surgical Oncology Group
- Chiara F Magnani, Prof. Dr., Cancer Immunotherapy and Cell Engineering
- Markus Manz, Prof. Dr. med., Experimental Hematology
- Christian Münz, Prof. Dr., Viral Immunobiology
- Cesar Nombela-Arrieta, Prof. Dr., Microenvironmental Regulation of Hematopoiesis
- Patrick Roth, Prof. Dr., Immunocure
- Michael Scharl, Prof. Dr. med., Translational Microbiome Research Center
- Christian Stockmann, Prof. Dr., Immunity, Angiogenesis and Tissue Remodeling
- Sonia Tugues, Prof. Dr., Experimental Immunology
- Maries van den Broek, Prof. Dr., Tumor Immunology
- Michael Weller, Prof. Dr. med., Neurology