Joint-Funding

Close research collaboration – current joint funding projects

Quantification and reduction of uncertainties for online adaptive particle therapy

Project leaders:

Dr. Lena Nenoff (OncoRay, Dresden) Lena.Nenoff(at)oncoray.de
Dr. Friderike Longarino (DKFZ, Heidelberg) f.longarino(at)dkfz-heidelberg.de

Funded since: mid of 2024 for 3 years

 

Next-generation Radioimmunotherapy using CAR T Cells Combined with Photon vs. Proton vs. Carbon Irradiation

Project leaders:

Dr. Ivana Dokic (DKFZ, Heidelberg) i.dokic(at)dkfz.de
Prof. Dr. Anna Dubrovska (OncoRay, Dresden) anna.dubrovska(at)oncoray.de

Funded since: mid of 2023 for 3 years

 

Interpretable Biomarker-AI-based prediction of tumour radiosensitivity for future personalised cancer treatment

Project leaders:

Dr. Sona Michlikova (OncoRay, Dresden) sona.michlikova(at)uniklinikum-dresden.de
Dr. María José Besso (DKFZ, Heidelberg), mariajose.besso(at)dkfz-heidelberg.de

Funded since: July 2022 for 3 years

 

Interpretable Biomarker-AI-based prediction of tumour radiosensitivity for future personalised cancer treatment

Project leaders:

Sona Michlikova (OncoRay, Dresden) sona.michlikova(at)uniklinikum-dresden.de
Dr. María José Besso (DKFZ, Heidelberg), mariajose.besso(at)dkfz-heidelberg.de

Funded since: July 2022 for 3 years

 

Late radiation injuries after proton therapy in the brain

Project leaders:

Dr. Antje Dietrich (OncoRay, Dresden), antje.dietrich(at)uniklinikum-dresden.de
Dr. Emanuel Bahn (DKFZ Heidelberg), e.bahn(at)dkfz-heidelberg.de

Funded since: May 2020 - mid of 2023

 

Treatment planning and delivery for magnetic resonance-guided intensity-modulated proton therapy

Project leaders:

Dr. Armin Lühr (Technische Universität Dortmund, OncoRay Dresden), armin.luehr(at)tu-dortmund.de
Dr. Lucas Burigo (DKFZ Heidelberg), l.burigo(at)dkfz-heidelberg.de

Funded since: July 2019

 

Molecular mechanisms of irradiation-induced cellular plasticity for the development of novel biomarkers towards individualized radiotherapy

Project leaders:

Dr. rer. nat. Ali Nowrouzi (DKFZ, HIRO, Universitätsklinik Heidelberg), a.nowrouzi[at]dkfz.de
Dr. rer. nat. Ina Kurth (DKFZ, Heidelberg), ina.kurth[at]dkfz.de
Dr. rer. nat. Claudia Peitzsch (NCT/OncoRay, Dresden), claudia.peitzsch[at]uniklinikum-dresden.de

Funding period: November 2017 - November 2020

 

Characterization of vascular damage and hypoxia in experimental head and neck squamous cell carcinomas after irradiation with photons, protons and carbon ions for the validation of bio-mathematical models

Project leaders:

Dr. Christin Glowa (1,2,3,4) (c.glowa[at]dkfz.de)
Prof. Christian Karger (2,3,4) (c.karger[at]dkfz.de)
Dr. Rebecca Bütof (3,5,6,7) (rebecca.buetof[at]uniklinikum-dresden.de)
Dr. Antje Dietrich (3,5,6) (antje.dietrich[at]uniklinikum-dresden.de)

1) Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Abt. Radioonkologie und Strahlentherapie
2) Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Abt. Med. Physik i. d. Strahlentherapie
3) National Center for Radiation Research in Oncology (NCRO)
4) Heidelberg Institute for Radiation Research in Radiation Oncology (HIRO)
5) Universitätsklinikum Dresden, Abt. Strahlentherapie u. Radioonkologie
6) OncoRay Dresden
7) National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT), partner site Dresden, Germany

Funding period: August 2016 - August 2019

 

Integration of 4D-MRI into robust treatment planning for adaptive hadron therapy of pancratic carcinoma

Project leaders:

Aswin Hoffmann, MSc PhD (Helmholtz‐Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Institute of Radiooncology - OncoRay, Dresden, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus at the Technische Universität Dresden, Dept. of Radiation Oncology, Dresden), aswin.hoffmann[at]oncoray.de
Dr. rer. nat. Asja Pfaffenberger (German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Medical Physics in Radiation Oncology (E040)), a.pfaffenberger[at]dkfz.de

Funding period: April 2016 - April 2019

 

Translation of Dual-Energy CT for range prediction in particle therapy

Project leaders:

Dr. rer. nat. Steffen Greilich (DKFZ, HIRO), s.greilich[at]dkfz.de
Dr. rer. medic. Christian Richter (OncoRay/HZDR, Dresden), christian.richter[at]oncoray.de

Funding period: October 2014 - October 2017