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Bosch Health Campus Monthly Research Seminar

This seminar series features prominent speakers related to the various biomedical research foci within the Robert Bosch Gesellschaft für medizinische Forschung (RBMF), Dr. Margarete Fischer-Bosch Institut für Klinische Pharmakologie (IKP), Robert Bosch Centrum für Tumorerkrankungen (RBCT) and the Robert Bosch Centrum für Integrative Medizin und Gesundheit (RBIM).

2026

14.01.2026          Dr. Michael Zimmermann, Head of Metabolomics Core Facility Molecular Systems Biology Unit,                                    EMBL, Heidelberg
                                  Identifying gut microbial contributions to drug metabolism and carcinogen toxicity

23.02.2026          Jun.- Prof. Dr. Nieves Peltzer, Director of the Department Genome Editing, Institute of                                                     Biomedical Genetics / RNA Biology & Bioinformatics, University of Stuttgart
                                  Reprogramming Cell Death Pathways to Enhance Anti-Tumor Immunity

02.03.2026          Prof. Shiv K. Singh, Group Leader, Transcriptional Reprogramming in Cancer Plasticity,                                                   University Medical Center Göttingen
                                  Emerging Mechanisms of Spatial Tumor Heterogeneity in Pancreatic Cancer

13.04.2026          Prof. Diana Jurk, Senior Associate Consultant II, Associate Professor of Physiology,                                                          Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Department of Neurology,                                                             Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA
                                  Senescence as a driver of age-related cognitive decline: therapeutic opportunities

14.04.2026          Prof. Joao F. Passos, Consultant, Professor of Physiology, Associate Director Robert and                                               Arlene Kogod Center on Aging, Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering,                                                    Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA
                                  Mapping and targeting senescence: harnessing mitochondria to rewire aging

01.06.2026          Dr. Moritz Mall, Group Leader, Cell Fate Engineering and Disease Modeling,                                                                         German Cancer Research Center, DKFZ, Heidelberg
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26.02.2025          Prof. Dr. Bettina Weigelin, University of Tübingen
                                  Multiscale microscopic imaging to understand systemic cancer immunotherapy response

01.04.2025          Dr. Roberto Würth, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg
                                  Liquid Biopsy: A Window into Metastatic Cancer Evolution

07.04.2025          Dr. Angelika Feldmann, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg
                                  Is timing everything? Towards understanding the temporality of enhancer-promoter contacts

08.04.2025          Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. Philipp Jost, 
                                  Medical University and Comprehensive Cancer Center, Graz
                                  Inflammation, cell death and oncogenic signaling: an (un)happy triad

14.04.2025           Dr. Florian Wimmers, University of Tübingen
                                  Systems immunological assessment of human immune responses

21.05.2025          Dr. Suchira Gallage, M3 Research Center, Tübingen
                                  Lifestyle Interventions in MASH and Liver Cancer

11.06.2025          Junior Professor Harrisen Scells, Human Language Technologies at the University of Tübingen within the Institute for                                                Applied Medical Informatics
                                  Knowledge-Enhanced Automatic Search Formulation for Systematic Reviews

23.07.2025          Prof. Dr. Martin Fromm, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg
                                  Biomarkers for transporter-mediated drug-drug interactions and medication safety in oncology

28.07.2025          Prof. Ralf Janknecht, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City
                                  Oncogenic Enigmas: The Epigenetic Regulator JMJD5 and the Nucleotide Hydrolase DNPH1

11.08.2025          Ashish Goyal, Ph.D., Assistant Professor at CARE, TCG CREST, India
                                  Epigenetic Therapies Induced Antigens – A new class of immunotherapy targets

01.09.2025           Dr. Marit Vermunt, Junior Research Group Leader, Goethe University Frankfurt
                                   CTCF, DNA methylation and antisense transcription in leukemia

22.09.2025           Dr. Daniel Dauch, Research Group Leader, University Hospital Tübingen
                                   Targeting essential mechanisms in gastrointestinal cancer to overcome therapy resistance.

24.09.2025           Priv.-Doz. Dr. med. Michael Jeitler, Institute of Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Economics, Charité, Berlin
                                   Greenspaces, Nature-Based Interventions and human health

06.10.2025           Dr. Sandra Schick, Institute of Molecular Biology, Mainz
                                  BAF chromatin remodellers in colon homeostasis and cancer

29.10.2025           PhD Saskia van Mil, Professor of Molecular and Translational Metabolism at the University Medical Center Utrecht, and                                         Director of the Center for Molecular Medicine.
                                   Functional, mechanistic and evolutionary insights in FXR isoform expression

01.12.2025           Prof. Dr. Holger Sültmann, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg
                                   Liquid Biopsy: Monitoring cancer progression with circulating DNA

15.12.2025           Karin Strube, Managing Partner of the Strube Foundation
                                   Fast, Fair and Everywhere: Reimagining Cancer Diagnostics and Treatment

17.12.2025           Dr. Kerstin Menck, PhD, Junior research group leader for tumor progression and 
                                   metastasis, Department of Medicine A, University of Münster
                                   Small particles, big impact: Extracellular vesicles in breast cancer

28.02.2024          Dr. med. Dr. med. univ. Jan Valentini, University Hospital Tübingen 
                                  Decoding Acupuncture: Exploring the Neuro-Psycho-Endocrine-Immunological-Axis - Current
                                  Evidence and Insights

27.03.2024           Prof. Dr. Robert Lukowski, Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Clinical Pharmacy,
                                   Institute of Pharmacy, University of Tübingen
                                   Breast cancer-promoting effects of (mitochondrial) BKCa K+ channels: A journey through
                                   metabolic reprogramming and hormone therapy

13.05.2024           Prof. Nicoletta Bobola, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester
                                   Ubiquitous transcriptional regulators: master keys to unlock lineage differentiation

29.05.2024           Dr. med. Jan Vagedes M.A. Chefarzt, Department of Pediatrics, Filderklinik, Filderstadt /
                                   Scientific Director ARCIM Institute / Researcher at University Hospital Tübingen 
                                  Heart Rate Variability as a tool to measure stress levels of our autonomic nerve system

26.06.2024           Apl. Prof. Dr. med. Lusine Danielyan, Specialist in pharmacology and toxicology,
                                   University Hospital Tübingen
                                  Advanced Cell Therapies and Delivery Techniques for Brain Disorders

17.07.2024           Prof. Dr. rer. med. Alexander Kleger, Institute of Molecular Oncology and
                                   Stem Cell Biology (IMOS) – University Clinic Ulm, Germany
                                   Pancreatic disorders illuminated by pancreatic organoids

26.09.2024           Dr. Jeremy Y. Ng, Centre for Journalology, Ottawa Methods Centre, 
                                   Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada
                                  Using Open Science and Meta-Research Findings to Improve Quality and Address Challenges 
                                  Medical Research

04.12.2024           Prof. Gert Fricker, Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg, Institute of Pharmacy 
                                   and Molecular Biotechnology, Dept. Pharmaceutical Technology and Biopharmacy
                                   The blood-brain-barrier: A gateway to the CNS?

25.01.2023           Prof. Dr. Jörg Lausen, Uni-Stuttgart
                                   Gene expression control in differentiation and disease

22.02.2023           Prof. Dr. Gustav Dobos, vom Zentrum für Naturheilkunde und Integrative Medizin des Universitätsklinikums Essen
                                   Planetary Health Diet: Healthy eating for people and planet - What is the evidence?

29.03.2023           Prof. Dr. André Martins, Uniklinikum Tübingen, W3 Full Professor in Advanced Preclinical Metabolic Imaging
                                   and Cell Engineering, member of the Cluster of Excellence iFIT (EXC2180)
                                   Harnessing metabolic imaging to monitor cancer aggressiveness non-invasively in vivo

26.04.2023           PD Dr. med. Daniel Lipka, Section Translational Cancer epigenomics, DKFZ and NCT Heidelberg
                                   RAS-Pathway Mutations Drive Onco-Fetal Reprogramming in Juvenile Myelomonocytic Leukemia

28.06.2023           Prof. Dr. Verena Labi, Medical University of Innsbruck Institute of Developmental Immunology
                                   Roles of epigenetic TET enzymes in hematologic cancers and immunity

27.09.2023          Prof. Dr. Sonja Loges, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg and Chair of the Department of
                                   Personalized Oncology, University Hospital Mannheim
                                   Precision Oncology – from bench to bedside

28.09.2023           Dr. Jeremy Y. Ng, MSc, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Centre for Journalology, Ottawa Methods Centre,
                                   Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada     
                                   Basic Principles in Scholarly Publishing and Open Science Practices: A Primer

25.10.2023           Prof. Dr. Thomas Ostermann, Chair of Research Methodology and Statistics in Psychology, Department of Psychology
                                   and Psychotherapy,  Faculty of Health, Witten/Herdecke University
                                   Regression to the mean – A statistical phenomenon, its occurrence and detection

29.11.2023          Prof. Dr. Lisa Maier, Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine, University of Tübingen
                                   The consequences of drugging the gut microbiome – from the individual microbe to the host