Principal Investigators

Nadine Gaisa

Nadine Gaisa

Univ.-Prof. Dr.med.
nadine.gaisa@uni-ulm.de

Position: Director of the Institute of Pathology

Research Focus: Urothelial cancer, clinical trials, biobanking, pathological samples, histopathology
Michael Melzer

Michael Melzer

Dr.med.
michael.melzer@uni-ulm.de

Position: Group leader at the Clinic for Urology and Pediatric Urology

Research Focus: Urothelial cancer, organoids, assembloids, co-cultures, tumor microenvironment, pluripotent stem cells, therapy response prediction, scaffold development, computational analysis
Sandra Heller

Sandra Heller

Dr.rer.nat.
sandra.heller@uni-ulm.de

Position: Group leader at the Institute of Molecular Oncology and Stem Cell Biology

Research Focus: Diabetes and endocrinology, organoids, pluripotent stem cells, chip technology, computational analysis
Markus Breunig

Markus Breunig

Jun.-Prof. Dr.rer.nat.
markus.breunig@uni-ulm.de

Position: Group leader at the Institute of Molecular Oncology and Stem Cell Biology

Research Focus: Pancreatic cancer, organoids, pluripotent stem cells, chip technology, bioprinting, highplex fluorescence staining, computational analysis
Meike Hohwieler

Meike Hohwieler

Dr.rer.nat.
meike.hohwieler@uni-ulm.de

Position: Deputy head at the Institute of Molecular Oncology and Stem Cell Biology

Research Focus: Pancreatic cancer, organoids, assembloids, co-cultures, tumor microenvironment, pluripotent stem cells, chip technology
Lukas Perkhofer

Lukas Perkhofer

PD Dr.med. Dr. univ.
lukas.perkhofer@uniklinik-ulm.de

Position: Group leader at the Clinic for Internal Medicine I

Research Focus: Pancreatic and cholangiocellular carcinoma, clinical trials, therapy response prediction, DNA damage response, mouse models for pancreatic cancer
Alexander Kleger

Alexander Kleger

Univ.-Prof. Dr.rer.med.
alexander.kleger@uni-ulm.de

Position: Director of the Institute of Molecular Oncology and Stem Cell Biology, Division Chief Interdisciplinary Pancreatology, Head Core Facility Organoids

Research Focus: Pancreatic cancer, organoids, tumor microenvironment, pluripotent stem cells, clinical trials, therapy response prediction, DNA damage response
Elodie Roger

Elodie Roger

Dr.rer.nat.
elodie.roger@uni-ulm.de

Position: Group leader at the Institute of Molecular Oncology and Stem Cell Biology

Research Focus: Pancreatic cancer, organoids, assembloids, co-cultures, tumor microenvironment, DNA damage response, highplex fluorescence staining, computational analysis, mouse models for pancreatic cancer
Yuan-Na Lin

Yuan-Na Lin

PD Dr.med. Dr. univ.
yuanna.lin@uni-ulm.de

Position: Group leader at the Clinic for Internal Medicine I

Research Focus: Pancreatic cancer, organoids, assembloids, co-cultures, tumor microenvironment, immune checkpoints, chip technology
Tim Eiseler

Tim Eiseler

Dr.rer.nat.
tim.eiseler@uni-ulm.de

Position: Group leader at the Clinic for Internal Medicine I

Research Focus: Pancreatic cancer, cytoskeleton, kinases, extracellular vesicles, computational analysis, artificial intelligence
Mirja Harms

Mirja Harms

Dr.rer.nat.
mirja.harms@uni-ulm.de

Position: Group leader at the Institute of Molecular Virology

Research Focus: Colorectal cancer, organoids, co-cultures, peptide drug testing, CXCR4/GPCR signaling & targeting, molecular virology
Jan Münch

Jan Münch

Univ.-Prof. Dr.rer.nat.
jan.muench@uni-ulm.de

Position: Director of the Institute of Molecular Virology

Research Focus: Retroviruses & cancer, technology transfer and peptide drug development, CXCR4/ACKR3 signaling, receptor ligand interaction, molecular virology, nanotechnology
Ion Cirstea

Ion Cirstea

Dr.rer.nat.
ion.cirstea@uni-ulm.de

Position: Group leader at the Institute of Molecular Endocrinology and Physiology

Research Focus: RASopathy-associated cancers, pluripotent stem cells, organoids, RAS signaling and drug development, mouse models for RASopathies
Jan Tuckermann

Jan Tuckermann

Univ.-Prof. Dr.rer.nat.
jan.tuckermann@uni-ulm.de

Position: Director of the Institute of Molecular Endocrinology and Physiology

Research Focus: Immune and cancer metabolism, inflammation, glucocorticoids and drug development, mouse models for bone integrity and insulin resistance
Ani Grigoryan

Ani Grigoryan

Jun.-Prof. Dr.rer.nat.
ani-1.grigoryan@uni-ulm.de

Position: Group leader at the Institute of Molecular Medicine

Research Focus: Breast cancer and cancer dormancy, scaffold development, mouse models for bone metastasis, in vivo imaging
Hartmut Geiger

Hartmut Geiger

Univ.-Prof. Dr.rer.nat.
hartmut.geiger@uni-ulm.de

Position: Director of the Institute of Molecular Medicine

Research Focus: Intestinal and hematopoietic malignancies during aging, organoids, intestinal and hematopoietic stem cells, technology transfer, lineage tracing
Christof Gebhardt

Christof Gebhardt

Univ.-Prof. Dr.rer.nat.
christof.gebhardt@uni-ulm.de

Position: Director of the Institute of Experimental Physics

Research Focus: Transcription factor dynamics, single-molecule, super-resolution and light-sheet microscopy
Franz Oswald

Franz Oswald

Apl.-Prof. Dr.rer.nat.
franz.oswald@uni-ulm.de

Position: Group leader at the Clinic for Internal Medicine I

Research Focus: Pancreatic cancer and hematopoietic malignancies, organoids, NOTCH-signaling and small molecules
Medhanie Mulaw

Medhanie Mulaw

Dr.rer.nat.
medhanie.mulaw@uni-ulm.de

Position: Group leader, Head of Core Unit for Single Cell Sequencing

Research Focus: Colorectal cancer & hematopoietic malignancies, stem cells, advanced computational analysis, tool development, machine learning & AI
Jessica Lindenmayer

Jessica Lindenmayer

Dr.rer.nat.
jessica.lindenmayer@uni-ulm.de

Position: Group leader, Deputy Head Core Facility Organoids

Research Focus: Organoids, pluripotent stem cells, therapy response prediction, semi-automated drug testing

currently on parental leave

Coordinators

Ninel Azoitei

Ninel Azoitei

PD Dr.rer.nat.
+49 (0) 731 500 45763
ninel.azoitei@uni-ulm.de

Position: Scientific Coordinator at the Institute of Molecular Oncology and Stem Cell Biology

Focus: Project Management, Scientific Coordination
Katrin Köhn

Katrin Köhn

M.Sc.
+49 (0) 731 500 44621
katrin.koehn@uni-ulm.de

Position: Lab Managment and Human Resources Management at the Institute of Molecular Oncology and Stem Cell Biology

Focus: Finance Officer, human resources management.