Breast-Cancer-Vaccination Helps with Survival!

Vaccination against the tumor feature HER2/neu could improve the survival rate of patients with breast cancer, according to the preliminary conclusion of a study conducted by Linda Benavides and their employees from San Antonio, Texas. The American scientist now presented the results of their studies with the experimental vaccine NeuVax (E75), in which a total of 163 patients participated, at the annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research.
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I Got Awarded as Best Young Scientist

The German Society for Internal Medicine (DGIM) has awarded me as best author under 35 years in the field of hematology/oncology on their annual meeting. I was honoured for my publication:

Die N-Cadherin / [beta]-Catenin Interaktion spielt eine wichtige Rolle bei Selbsterhalt und Differenzierung humaner hämatopoetischer Stammzellen.

The honour and my gratitude goes to my co-authors, especially Larissa Pietsch.

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Bla-bla Blubb (My Visit to the Georgia-Aquarium)

During my stay in Atlanta for the ASH-Annual Meeting I had the opportunity to visit the Georgia-Aquarium – one of the biggest Aquaria worldwide. In five wonderful “theme worlds” different natural maritime habitats and their inhabitants were presented.

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ASH-Meeting 2007 in Atlanta

Every year the American Society of Hematology (ASH) invites to their meeting that lasts several days. This month I had the opportunity to attend to this biggest meeting for hematology/oncology worldwide. The Event took place in Atlanta, the capital of Georgia. read more »

Alternative screening method for positive pLKO-Clones

Referring to the Addgene’s cloning protocol for the lentiviral vector pLKO.1 I would like to propose an alternative screening method für positive clones. read more »

Used Plugins

Derzeit sind 18 Plugins installiert: 16 aktive Plugins und 2 inaktive Plugins.

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Our Discovery Hits the News

The German Rhombos Nachrichtenservice wrote:

Trojanereinsatz gegen Bauchspeicheldrüsenkrebs Stammzellen spielen eine Rolle beim Wachstum von Geschwülsten und könnten in modifizierter Form einen therapeutischen Ansatz bieten.

The complete text of the newsflash can be found at
http://www.rhombos.de/shop/a/show/story/?1155.

EPC Award for Best Basic Science Paper

Meine Kooperation mit der Arbeitsgruppe von Prof. Ingrid Herr (Molekulare Onkochirurgie) und PD. Peter Büchler (Viszeralchirurgie) über die Rolle von mesenchymalen Stammzellen bei der Entstehung und der Therapie des duktalen Pankreaskarzinoms trägt erste Früchte: Beim diesjährigen 39. Treffen des European Pancreatic Club (EPC) in Newcastle, UK erhielt unsere Publikation “BONE MARROW DERIVED MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS FOR THERAPY OF PANCREATIC CANCER” den Preis als bestes Grundlagenpaper (“EPC 2007 Award for best basic science paper”). Mein Glückwunsch und Dankeschön für die gute Zusammenarbeit gilt insbesondere meinen Koautoren aus der AG Herr.

Keystone-Meeting 2007

Vom 03. bis 08. März 2007 hatte ich die Gelegenheit das jährliche Stammzellmeeting in Keystone, Colorado zu besuchen. Vier Tage lang gab es exzellente Vorträge, Seminare und Postersessions rund um die Themen normale und leukämische Stammzellen und Stammzellnische.
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First script submitted to the DGCH

I’ll be speaking at the annual meeting of the german surgical society (DGCH) which takes place in munich from April, 5 to April, 8. During the “surgical forum” i will be giving a lecture about the role of notch-signalling for the neurovascular developement in pancreas carcinomas. the script will then be published to the surgical DGCH-yearbook, which, unfortunately, isn’t citated by medline.