Research
Müge received her Bachelor’s degree from the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics at İhsan Doğramacı Bilkent University (Turkey) in 2019. She started her Master’s degree under the supervision of Asst. Prof. Bahar Değirmenci at İhsan Doğramacı Bilkent University. During her Master’s thesis, Müge mainly focused on the characterization of fibrogenic cells and the identification… [mehr]
Alexander received his bachelor’s degree in biology from the Hamburg University with specialization in genetics and immunology. He then went on to study molecular medicine at the Goethe University Frankfurt am Main and gained research experience in the group of Lisa Westerberg at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm (Sweden) where he worked on immunodeficiencies linked… [mehr]
The notion that chronic inflammatory diseases are associated with an elevated risk of tumorigenesis and Rudolf Virchow’s findings in the late 19th century when he described the high frequency of leucocytes in tumor areas led the basis for genetic studies specifically examining the links between inflammation and cancer that had initially…[more]
3D organoid culture system Our group studies cell signaling in intestinal stem cells and colorectal cancer (CRC), which is the third leading cause of death from cancer among adults. As a model for the healthy and transformed epithelium we use stem cell-derived ‘organoids’: This 3D culture system allows formation of epithelial…[more]