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Division of Cancer Research

Department of Thoracic Surgery

Prof. Dr. Sven Diederichs

Division Head
 

Division of Cancer Research

Department of Thoracic Surgery

 

Center for Translational Cell Research (ZTZ)
Breisacher Str. 115, 02.031
D-79106 Freiburg

Phone +49 761 270-77571
E-Mail  sven.diederichs*at*uniklinik-freiburg.de

Publications

Scientific Education & Professional Experience

  • since 2020
    DKTK Program Coordinator "Exploitation of Oncogenic Mechanisms" (EOM)
  • since 01 / 2016
    Tenured Full Professor (W3) & Division Head of the Division "Cancer Research", Department of Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital Freiburg, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg
  • 01 / 2015 - 07 / 2023
    Division Head of the Division "RNA Biology & Cancer", German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg
  • 01 / 2009 - 12 / 2014
    Junior Group Leader of the Helmholtz-University-Junior Research Group, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) & Institute of Pathology, University of Heidelberg
  • 07 / 2008 - 12 / 2014
    Junior Group Leader, German Cancer Research Center DKFZ, Heidelberg
  • 2005 - 2008
    Postdoctoral Fellowship in the laboratory of Prof. Dr. Daniel A. Haber, Harvard Medical School / Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Boston
  • 2002 - 2004
    PhD thesis (Dr. rer. nat.) at the University of Münster, Dept. of Medicine, Hematology / Oncology & University of Witten / Herdecke
  • 2001 - 2002
    Diploma thesis at the University of Münster, Dept. of Medicine, Hematology / Oncology
  • 1999 - 2001
    University of Witten / Herdecke: Biochemistry
  • 1996 - 1999
    Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen: Biochemistry

Scholarships & Awards

  • 2016
    Anniversary Prize of the Federation of European Biochemical Societies (FEBS)
  • 2014
    Liver Cancer Research Award of the German Society for Gastrointestinal Diseases (DGVS) & Bayer Health Care
  • 2013
    Dr. Hella Bühler Prize - endowed with 100.000 Euros for Cancer Research
  • 2012
    Binder Innovation Prize of the German Society of Cell Biology (DGZ)
  • 2010
    Karl-Freudenberg-Preis of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities
  • 2008
    Presentation Award Miami Winter Symposium “Regulatory RNA in Biology and human Health”
  • 2007
    Scholar-in-Training Award of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR): “The role of Non-Coding RNAs in Cancer”
  • 2005
    Young Investigator Award of the German Academy of Scientists Leopoldina
  • 2005
    PhD thesis Award of the German Society for Hematology and Oncology (DGHO)
  • 2003
    Scholar-in-Training Award of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) / Pezcoller Foundation
  • 2002 - 2004
    PhD Scholarship Award of the German Academic Merit Foundation (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes)
    "Characterization of Cyclin A1 interacting proteins and analysis of their role in the pathogenesis of human malignancies"
  • 1997 - 2001
    Scholarship Award of the German Academic Merit Foundation (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes)

Scientific Community

  • 2010 - 2018
    Associate Editor of RNA Biology
  • 2010 - 2015
    Member of the Young Academy of Scientists ("Die Junge Akademie") - established by the National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina and the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences (BBAW)
  • 2009 - 2011
    Group Leader "Genetics & Genomics" in the Life Science College of the German Academic Merit Foundation (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes)
  • Member of the selection committee for the German Academic Merit Foundation (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes)
  • Reviewer for multiple international peer-reviewed journals as well as national and international funding agencies

Division of Cancer Research

Department of Thoracic Surgery
Center for Translational Cell Research (ZTZ)
Breisacher Str. 115
D-79106 Freiburg

Prof. Dr. Sven Diederichs
Division Head

Phone: +49 761 270-77571
E-Mail: lung-cancer-research@uniklinik-freiburg.de