Dr. Birgit Ritter studied biology at the Friedrich-Schiller University in Jena. In 2010 she started her PhD in the lab of Falk Nimmerjahn at the University of Erlangen, investigating the role of effector cells in antibody-dependent melanoma therapy. After continuing as a postdoc to work on antibody therapy in colitis, she joined the Greten lab in 2016 as a staff scientist. Here, she is entrusted with the human CRC biobank, scientific coordination and writing of regulatory applications. Since 2018 she has also been head of our histology department.