Lectures
Molecular Pathology
Organ-specific Molecular Carcinogenesis
Information about the lectures in SS 2024
The lectures "Molecular Pathology" and "Organ-specific Molecular Carcinogenesis" will be provided in WS 2023-2024 in face-to-face form, via Zoom and/or in digital form as video recordings via Moodle. Please register for the lectures in TUM-Online as soon as they have been activated. You will then also be enrolled in the Moodle course at the same time. Questions about the topics can be addressed directly to the respective lecturers during the classroom lecture or by e-mail.
The lectures "Molecular Pathology" and "Organ-Specific Molecular Carcinogenesis" are aimed at students of medicine and natural sciences, e.g. biochemistry, biology and molecular biotechnology. The course contents deal with the field of molecular cancer research. The lecture "Molecular Pathology" teaches the basics of molecular pathology and provides an overview of modern examination methods. In the lecture "Organ-specific Molecular Carcinogenesis", the mechanisms of carcinogenesis and tumor progression of different organs are specifically discussed.
The lecturers are biologists, biochemists, chemists, veterinarians and human physicians. The intention of the lectures is not only to impart specialist knowledge but also to build bridges between the TUM School of Medicine and Health and the TUM School of Life Sciences.
Both lectures are modules in the subject "Molecular Biomedicine" in the Master's program in Biology at the Technical University of Munich.
Molecular Pathology
Objectives
- Teaching molecular pathology principles and techniques
- Discussion of cancer characteristics
- Introduction to tumor models and laboratory animal pathology
- Insight into current research areas
Content
- 3D In vivo tumor models
- Angiogenesis
- Computational Pathology
- Cancer stem cells
- Lab animal pathology and spatial omics solutions
- non-coding RNAs
- Omics in cancer research
- Oncogenes, tumor suppressor genes and epigenetics
- Signal transduction
- Tumor immunity
- Environment carcinogenesis
Organ-specific Molecular Carcinogenesis
Objectives
- Introduction to the molecular carcinogenesis of various organs
- Discussion of the molecular aspects of pathology
- Insight into current research areas
Content
- Colon cancer
- Gynecological tumors
- Skin carcinoma
- Brain tumors
- Head and neck cancer
- Hepatocellular carcinoma
- Lung cancer
- Gastric cancer
- Breast cancer
- Pankreatic cancer
- Prostate cancer
- Urothelial carcinoma
Coordination
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Birgit Luber, Institute of Pathology, Technical University of Munich
PD Dr. Omid Azimzadeh, Bundesamt für Strahlenschutz, Neuherberg
Other Lecturers:
- Dr. Tobias Dreyer, Klinik und Poliklinik für Frauenheilkunde, Technical University of Munich
- Prof. Dr. Silke Härteis, Professor for Molecular and Cellular Anatomy, University of Regensburg
- PD Dr. Simone Mörtl, Bundesamt für Strahlenschutz, Neuherberg
- Dr. Alexander Muckenhuber, Institute of Pathology, Technical University of Munich
- PD Dr. Roman Nawroth, Urologische Klinik und Poliklinik, Technical University of Munich
- PD Dr. Frauke Neff, München Klinik, München
- Dr. Michael Rosemann, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg
- Dr. Sabrina Rim Sarker, formerly Institute of Pathology, Technical University of Munich
- Felix Schicktanz, Institute of Pathology, Technical University of Munich
- Prof. Dr. Peter Schüffler, Institute of Pathology, Technical University of Munich
- PD Dr. Katja Steiger, Institute of Pathology, Technical University of Munich
- Johannes Wirth, Institute of Pathology, Technical University of Munich