Baden-Württemberg Clinician Scientist Network Meeting

Friday 21 Jun 2024, 09:00 → 17:30 Europe/Berlin

Auditorium (German Cancer Research Center / Communication Center)

Welcome to the 3^rd Baden-Württemberg Clinician Scientist Network Meeting on June 21^st 2024!

The upcoming 3^rd Baden-Württemberg Clinician Scientist Network Meeting 2024 aims to strengthen the Clinician Scientist Programs in Baden-Württemberg.

This year, the event is jointly organized by the Heidelberg Faculty of Medicine and the DKFZ.

The all-day symposium will take place on Friday, June 21^st 2024 at the DKFZ Communication Center in Heidelberg (Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120 Heidelberg).

This event serves as a platform for sharing science, fostering collaborations, and strengthening the Clinician Scientist community. By getting together we aim to incite the translational mindset leading to scientific breakthroughs.

The joint symposium offers the perfect opportunity to network at the poster sessions and gain insights from other research areas during exciting talks.

The event will start with a keynote lecture and culminate with a panel discussion featuring advanced clinician scientists, offering a platform for collective reflection on career trends and challenges.

We envision this symposium as a catalyst for innovation, forging new collaborations, and fostering enduring connections within the Baden-Württemberg Clinician Scientist community. 

Register by June 10^th 2024 and be an integral part of the impactful discussions and discoveries that will unfold together!

09:00 Registration

1 Welcome

2 Opening: Prof. Michael Boutros, Dean Medical Faculty Heidelberg

3 Keynote Lecture - PD Dr. med. Michael Breckwoldt "Pathways as a physician-scientist“

10:30 Coffee Break

4 Pitches - Session 1

Before going into the poster session, each Fellow will have a 3-minute pitch to advertise their poster with a max. two-slide-presentation.

Pitch Order:

(1) Alexander Streuer: Integration of radiologic features and genomic profiles in lung cancer to investigate intratumor heterogeneity and clonal dynamics

(2) Anna Sergiienk: Transformations of basic beliefs and Posttraumatic grows in refugees from Ukraine

(3) Antonia Ciardo: Oral health in patients with severe COPD

(4) Felicitas Engel: Deep-phenotyping and personalized therapy of patients with irritable
bowel syndrome

(5) Niklas Grassl: Molecular and clinical characterization of diffuse midline gliomas

(6) Reka Haraszti: precision RNA therapies for GvHD

(7) Nina Hildenbrand: Fe-doped 45S5 bioactive glass compositions impair the metabolic
activity and proliferation of metastatic human breast cancer cells in vitro

(8) Michael Hoetker: Targeting the epigenetic safeguards of cell identity in AML

(9) Julius Holzschuh: Human Radiome Project

(10) Corinne Hübers: ANGPTL-4 inhibits metastasis formation

(11) Yuanna Lin: A cancer organoid‑in‑matrix platform shows distinct sensitivities to T
cell killing

(12) Carina Nogueira Garcia: Explainable AI predicts Breslow Thickness: a multicentric
and retrospective study

5 Poster Presentations - Session 1

Poster Numbers:

(1) Alexander Streuer: Integration of radiologic features and genomic profiles in lung cancer to investigate intratumor heterogeneity and clonal dynamics

(2) Anna Sergiienk: Transformations of basic beliefs and Posttraumatic grows in refugees from Ukraine

(3) Antonia Ciardo: Oral health in patients with severe COPD

(4) Felicitas Engel: Deep-phenotyping and personalized therapy of patients with irritable
bowel syndrome

(5) Niklas Grassl: Molecular and clinical characterization of diffuse midline gliomas

(6) Reka Haraszti: precision RNA therapies for GvHD

(7) Nina Hildenbrand: Fe-doped 45S5 bioactive glass compositions impair the metabolic
activity and proliferation of metastatic human breast cancer cells in vitro

(8) Michael Hoetker: Targeting the epigenetic safeguards of cell identity in AML

(9) Julius Holzschuh: Human Radiome Project

(10) Corinne Hübers: ANGPTL-4 inhibits metastasis formation

(11) Yuanna Lin: A cancer organoid‑in‑matrix platform shows distinct sensitivities to T
cell killing

(12) Carina Nogueira Garcia: Explainable AI predicts Breslow Thickness: a multicentric
and retrospective study

12:45 Lunch Break

6 Pitches - Session 2

Before going into the poster session, each Fellow will have a 3-minute pitch to advertise their poster with a max. two-slide-presentation.

Pitch Order:

(13) Frederic Jungbauer: CRP-kinetics as a prognostic factor in CPI for HNSCC

(14) Christoph Mahler: Regulatory B-cells and mechanisms of induced immune tolerance in kidney transplantation: a single cell analysis

(15) Sebastian Michels: Alternative Polyadenylation in the Pathogenesis of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

(16) Verena Panitz: The role of tryptophan-catabolizing enzymes in glioblastoma immunometabolism

(18) Anand Ruban Agarvas: Heme metabolism plays a critical role in sensitizing to ferroptosis

(19) Kyrhatii Trikhirhisthit: Biomarkers for Radiation Response and Resistance Mechanisms in Rectal cancer

(20) Claudia Weber: Sodium (23Na) MRI suggests persistent choroid plexus inflammatory activation in MS

(21) Laura Wienecke: A small-molecule inhibitor modulating Thrombospondin-1 (THBS1) downstream effects improves cardiac function following myocardial infarction in mice

(22) Yuxiang Ye: Hybrid Imaging of Inflammatory cardiomyopathy

(23) Xin-Wen Zhang: Synergistic systematic analyses of therapeutic response mechanisms in renal cell carcinoma with fully human tissue models and in silico modeling of “copycats”

7 Poster Presentations - Session 2

Poster Numbers:

(13) Frederic Jungbauer: CRP-kinetics as a prognostic factor in CPI for HNSCC

(14) Christoph Mahler: Regulatory B-cells and mechanisms of induced immune tolerance in kidney transplantation: a single cell analysis

(15) Sebastian Michels: Alternative Polyadenylation in the Pathogenesis of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

(16) Verena Panitz: The role of tryptophan-catabolizing enzymes in glioblastoma immunometabolism

(18) Anand Ruban Agarvas: Heme metabolism plays a critical role in sensitizing to ferroptosis

(19) Kyrhatii Trikhirhisthit: Biomarkers for Radiation Response and Resistance Mechanisms in Rectal cancer

(20) Claudia Weber: Sodium (23Na) MRI suggests persistent choroid plexus inflammatory activation in MS

(21) Laura Wienecke: A small-molecule inhibitor modulating Thrombospondin-1 (THBS1) downstream effects improves cardiac function following myocardial infarction in mice

(22) Yuxiang Ye: Hybrid Imaging of Inflammatory cardiomyopathy

(23) Xin-Wen Zhang: Synergistic systematic analyses of therapeutic response mechanisms in renal cell carcinoma with fully human tissue models and in silico modeling of “copycats”

15:15 Coffee Break

8 Panel Discussion - Navigating the Clinician Scientist Journey: Insights, Challenges, and Strategies

In this session, Clinician Scientists in different career stages will share their individual experience. The focus of this discussion willl revolve around finding the path to becoming a senior clinician scientist and delving into the tips, tricks, and challenges faced along the way.

Confirmed panelists:
Dr. Dr. Stefan Kallenberger (DKFZ, Uni Heidelberg and NCT Heildeberg)
Prof. Dr. med. Constanze Schmidt (Uniklinik Heidelberg)
PD Dr. med. Magdalena Görtz (DKFZ and Uniklinik Heidelberg)
Dr. Dr. med. Michael Dill (DKFZ and Uniklinik Heidelberg)

9 Closing remarks