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Contact
Lab: | Prof. Dr. Andreas Hecht |
Department: | Institute of Molecular Medicine and Cell Research |
Address: | Stefan-Meier-Str. 17 D-79104 Freiburg |
Phone: | +49 761 203 9608 |
E-mail: | This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
Lab homepage: | www.mol-med.uni-freiburg.de/mom/hecht |
PhD positions available: | NO |
Research Area: | Molecular Medicine |
Research Interests: | Transcriptional regulation and epigenetics Signal transduction Wnt/beta-catenin signaling Colorectal cancer |
CV
Education & Training: | 1987-1990: Dr. rer. nat. in Molecular Biology, University of Heidelberg 1984-1987: Biology (Diplom) at University of Heidelberg 1982-1984: Biology (Vordiplom) at University of Regensburg |
Employment & Experience: | since 2002: Akademischer Oberrat, Institute of Molecular Medicine and Cell Research, University of Freiburg 1996 - 2002: Senior scientist/group leader in the department of Rolf Kemler, Max-Planck-Institute of Immunobiology, Freiburg 1992 - 1995: Postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Michael Grunstein, University of California, Los Angeles, USA 1990 - 1992: Postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Albrecht E. Sippel, University of Freiburg |
Scientific Activities: | Supervision of more than 30 graduated BSc, MSc, Diploma and PhD students (Biology and Molecular Medicine). Referee duties for German Science Foundation (DFG), Swiss National Science Foundation, French National Research Agency (ANR), Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Cancer Research UK, and for biological journals such as EMBO Molecular Medicine, EMBO Reports, The EMBO Journal, Oncogene, Nucleic Acids Resarch, Cell Death and Differentiation, Molecular and Cellular Biology and others. Executive board member Spemann Graduate school of Biology and Medicine 2008-2012. Associate member BIOSS Center for Biological Signalling Studies since 2011. |
Honors
Honors and Awards: | 2006: Extracurricular professorship (apl. Prof.), Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg |
Publications
Selected Publications: | Flum M, Dicks S, Teng YH, Schrempp M, Nyström A, Boerries M, Hecht A. Canonical TGFβ signaling induces collective invasion in colorectal carcinogenesis through a Snail1- and Zeb1-independent partial EMT. Oncogene. 2022 Jan 24. Abstract |
SGBM PhD students
SGBM PhD students: |
Alumni Marion Flum (01/2017 - 03/2021) Patrick Frey (01/2017 - 02/2021) Britta Wallmen (11/2007 - 06/2012) |