University of Heidelberg
Heidelberg, Germany
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Christel Herold-Mende
Since 2012 Professor for Experimental Neurosurgery, University of Heidelberg, Germany
Her group has been dedicated to translational research in brain tumors and head and neck cancer for more than 20 years and has a long-standing expertise in developing 2D and 3D cell culture models from patient material, characterizing tumor-initiating cells in search for more effective treatment strategies and suitable drug targets, developing anti-tumor vaccinations, identifying T cell target antigens by a proteomics-based approach, and characterizing the tumor microenvironment in different types of brain tumors including brain metastases. The group played a central role in several vaccination studies for the treatment of glioblastoma and head and neck cancer.