Rogier Versteeg

The research group of Einstein BIH Visiting Fellow Rogier Versteeg will be dedicated to cancer research. The Dutch Professor of Genetics is head of the Oncogenomics Clinic at the University of Amsterdam and winner of the European Research Council (ERC Advanced Grant). Together with Einstein Professor Angelika Eggert, director of the Charité Clinic for Pediatric Oncology and Hematology, he wants to make an important step in the field of neuroblastoma research. Neuroblastoma is a childhood cancer that is particularly malignant since some of the tumor cells may remain in an immature stage, unresponsive to the usual chemotherapy regimen and, after some time, unrecognized, causing severe relapses to lead. The research group headed by Rogier Versteeg and Angelika Eggert aims to develop a new combination therapy with which the neuroblastoma can be treated more comprehensively than before. They will as well use modern medical technologies such as high-throughput sequencing or the development of 3D organoids.

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09/21/2015

Einstein Foundation and Café Einstein jointly host talk with noble prize winner and Einstein BIH Visiting Fellow Thomas Südhof on September 16th at the prominent Café Einstein Unter den Linden. The talk kick-started a new event format "Einstein meets ..." of the Einstein Foundation Berlin. A full salon in the afternoon. Expectations must be high when guests are even crowding in the hallway eager to catch a glimpse of a genius in neurosciences. Their expectations were more than fulfilled. It was a great honour for the Einstein Foundation Berlin to welcome noble prize winner and Einstein BIH Visiting Fellow Thomas Südhof for a public interview and conversation at the Café Einstein Unter den Linden. Dr. Marion Müller, Managing Director of the Einstein Foundation Berlin, and Gerald Uhlig-Romero, owner and founder of the Café Einstein Unter den Linden, lead through the conversation. Accompanied by applause, Südhof, a German neuroscientist who lives in the USA and is doing research at…