Our team members introducing themselves
Head:
PD Dr. med. vet. Katja Steiger
- Board-certified specialist for veterinary pathology (2005)
- Main focus on comparative pathology of animal models in cancer research
- Special expertise in the field of lab animal pathology
Prof. Dr. med. Carolin Mogler
- Medical director of the CEP
- Specialist for human pathology with main focus on gastrointestinal pathology (liver)
- Long-term experience in comparative pathology, especially in murine pathology and lab animal pathology
- Main focus on comparative pathology of gastrointestinal and hepatic diseases and neoplasia
Scientific staff:
Dr. med. vet. Simone Ballke
- Veterinarian with long-term expertise in animal model research
- Pathology of animal models with main focus on translational cancer research
- Chemical-technical assistant
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scientific coordination/accounting core facility
Dr. med. Marianne Reiser
- Junior physician human pathology
- Project processing translational Pathology for CRC 1335
Dr. med. vet. Tanja Groll
- Veterinary pathologist in training
- Postdoc
- Special expertise in the field of animal models for gastrointestinal cancer
- Project consulting and evaluation for CRC 1335 and CRC 1371
Johannes Wirth
- Biochemist and bioinformatician
- Postdoch
- Expertise in the execution of spatial transcriptomics experiments as well as in the analysis of spatially-resolved transcriptomic datasets
- Focus on investigating the intratumor heterogeneity in different types of cancer
Thomas Metzler
- Veterinary doctoral student
- Veterinary pathologist in training
- Animal models of pancreatic cancer (CRC 1335)
- “immune checkpoint receptors in canine neoplasia”
Leona Arps
- Veterinary pathologist in training
- Doctoral student
- "Subtyping of murine pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (mPDAC)"
Senior and resident physicians with different entity-specific focuses.
Technical staff:
- Olga Seelbach (Head of the laboratory)
- Marion Mielke (Head of immunohistochemistry)
- Ulrike Mühltaler (immunohistochemistry)
- Irina Eskina
- Aezlat Alkhamas (Spatial Omics – Xenium in situ, Codex)
- Annett Hering (AG Mogler, CRC 1366) (immunohistochemistry)
Project management:
- Dr. rer. nat. Karin von Schwarzenberg
- Dr. rer. nat. Kerstin Rosenits
Administration:
- Petra Hauke