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Projects

A: Control of Cell Movements in Development

A01
  • Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Wolfgang Driever
Mechanisms controlling cell adhesion and motility in zebrafish stem cell proliferation zones
A03
  • Prof. Dr. med. Sebastian Arnold
  • Dr. rer. nat. Tim Lämmermann
Advanced imaging of dynamic ECM-cell interactions using genetically encoded life-reporters during cell migration in development and in adult tissues
A06
  • Prof. Dr. Ralf Baumeister
Non-cellautonomous role of the endoribonuclease ENDU-2/ENDOU/PP11 in tumorigenesis and invasion
A07
  • Prof. Dr. med. Gerd Walz
Control of cell migration in response to injury by the cancer-associated adhesion molecule EpCAM
A08
  • Dr. Anne-Kathrin Classen
Control of epithelial cell extrusion

B: Mechanisms of Tumor Cell Invasion and Metastasis

B03
  • Prof. Dr. Roland Schüle
The novel arginine methyltransferase PRMT10 controls tumor growth and metastatic disease
B04
  • Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Tilman Brummer
Understanding the role of the BRAFV600E oncoprotein in colorectal cancer initiation and metastasis
B05
  • Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Andreas Hecht
Control of tumor cell proliferation, migration and invasion by SNAIL1-induced changes in Wnt and BMP pathway activity
B07
  • Prof. Dr. med. Thomas Reinheckel
  • Prof. Dr. med. Christoph Peters
Therapeutic impact of protease deficiency on breast cancer invasion and metastasis
B09
  • Prof. Dr. Marc Timmers
Epigenetic regulation of TGF- β/BMP and Snail-induced EMT signaling in colon cancer
B10
  • Prof. Dr. Ian Frew
Epigenetic dysregulation in clear cell renal cell carcinoma metastasis
B11
  • PhD Alexander Nyström
Cancer - microenvironment interactions in the progression to invasive squamous cell carcinoma

C: Translation to Human Cancer and Novel Therapeutic Approaches

C02
  • Prof. Dr. Gudula Schmidt
Minor splicing generates tumorigenic Rac variants in prostate cancer
C05
  • PD Dr. Silke Laßmann
ErbB, Src and interactive signaling pathways in esophageal cancers
C06
  • Prof. Dr. Robert Zeiser
miR-146a for cell migration in the tumor microenvironment
C09
  • Dr. Dr. Melanie Börries
  • Dr. med. Ralph Fritsch
Integrated co-clinical analysis of 3-D tumor organoids to target invasion and metastasis in pancreatic cancer
C10
  • Dr. rer. nat. Susana Minguet
Control of T cell motility by the biophysical properties of the tumor stroma
C11
  • PD Dr. Rebecca Kesselring
  • Prof. Dr. med. Stefan Fichtner-Feigl
The role of local tumor barrier function for tumor cell plasticity, invasion and metastasis of colorectal cancer

Z: Central Projects

Z01
  • Dr. Dr. Melanie Börries
  • PD Dr. Silke Laßmann
  • PD Dr. rer. nat. Oliver Schilling
Systems biology, pathology and proteomics
Z02
  • Dr. med. Wilfried Reichardt
  • PD Dr. Dominik von Elverfeldt
  • Prof. Dr. Robert Zeiser
Imaging platform
Z03
  • Prof. Dr. med. Christoph Peters
Central Tasks of the Collaborative Research Center
IRTG
  • Dr. Dr. Melanie Börries
Integrated Research Training Group on Control of Cell Motility in Morphogenesis, Cancer Invasion and Metastasis

Get in contact

Coordinator
Prof. Dr. Christoph Peters
University of Freiburg

+49 (0)761 / 203 9600 christoph.peters@mol-med.uni-freiburg.de
Universitätsklinikums Freiburg
Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Max-Planck-Institut für Immunbiologie und Epigenetik
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