The Platten Lab

🎉 A big congratulations to Tamara from our lab! She was awarded the Wilma Moser Prize today – in recognition of her outstanding doctoral work. The prize honors exceptional young female scientists in STEM. We’re incredibly proud of you, Tamara! 💙 #WomenInSTEM #Science #Heidelberg #WilmaMoserPrize

Additionally, it is super exciting to see the @dkfz.bsky.social so closely integrated, with Michael Platten @michael-platten.bsky.social @platten-lab.bsky.social taking a lead role. This is fantastic for our IIC program @dkfz-iic.bsky.social! Exciting times ahead!

The second day of the UNITE conference. Today there will also be a contribution from a patient on the book “Alles gut? Alles gut.” by Marlene Assmann. www.jacobystuart.de/buecher-von-...

@michael-platten.bsky.social has been selected and nominated as Ambassador for the ERC network. The @erc.europa.eu & the @ercgrantees.bsky.social launched the new Ambassadors on 28 April. This joint initiative aims to promote investment in frontier research and highlight the importance of #research.

Today, Jakob gave a talk at Immune Niches in Cancer & Inflammation in Bruges, presenting our latest single-cell and spatial data on the tumor microenvironment. Great discussions and exciting science! #CancerResearch #Immunology #SpatialBiology @vibtrainconf.bsky.social

🚀 New publication! We developed a PTPRZ1-specific TCR-T cell therapy for glioblastoma. 🔬 Key findings: ✅ Identified a PTPRZ1-reactive TCR from a vaccinated patient ✅ Kills glioblastoma cells with no off-target effects ✅ Eliminates tumors in murine brain models 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Our very own outstanding MD student Kuralay Aman @platten-lab.bsky.social @dkfz.bsky.social received the @daadworldwide.bsky.social Award for International Students at Heidelberg University not only for her fantastic work on brain tumor immunotherapy but also for her societal engagement. Brava!

🚨 We're hiring! 🚨 PhD position in Bioinformatics & Translational Immunology at DKFZ Heidelberg! Join us to harness single-cell sequencing & machine learning for tumor-reactive T cell discovery. jobs.dkfz.de/en/jobs/1674... #Bioinformatics #PhD #CancerResearch #MachineLearning #Immunology

We are happy and proud that Yu-Chan has defended his excellent PhD thesis. Congratulations to his outstanding work on engineered T-cell therapies! 🎓💐

Today we celebrate the successful PhD defense of Dennis. We congratulate him to his outstanding accomplishments in his work on the irradiated glioma microenvironment and perovascular niches. 🎓

Today we congratulate @lukasbunse.bsky.social for his successful dissertation and his inaugural lecture at umm Mannheim. Congratulations!!

Fantastic Grand Round by Francisco Quintana @harvardmed.bsky.social here at the Medical Facultx Mannheim, Heidelberg University. Great discussions, many new ideas exchanged on CNS immunity. @researchlifesci.bsky.social @neurooncologyhd.bsky.social