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iFIT Cluster of Excellence Newsletter Vol. XI

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Dear members,

 

With our Email Newsletter, we want to keep you up to date with all new information surrounding our “Image-Guided and Functionally Instructed Tumor Therapies” Cluster of Excellence. Vol. XII includes news, publications and general information from the past months and upcoming events. The next newsletter will be published on December 15, 2026.

 

If you have any comments or feedback feel free to get in touch with us: ifitoffice@med.uni-tuebingen.de

 

With best regards,

 

iFIT Office Team

 

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Make it in Germany Workshop

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Upcoming Events

Lunch & Learn

iFIT Lunch & Learn Session with Jan Böttcher

June 10th 2026 at 12:00 pm s.t.

Lecture Hall Kinderklinik (room no. 126)

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iFIT General Assembly

July 9th at 15:30 pm

Lecture Hall,  210 Crona

Lunch & Learn

iFIT Lunch & Learn Session with 

Prof. Mathias Heikenwälder

and Dr. Niklas Vesper

July 13th, 2026 at 12:00 pm s.t.

Lecture Hall Medical Clinic

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iFIT Lunch & Learn Session with 

Miriam Cortese-Krott

July 22nd, 2026 at 12:00 pm s.t.

Lecture Hall Kinderklinik (room no. 126)

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UKT Staff Party - Personalfest

July 24th, July 24, 2026, from 5:00 pm

Motorworld Metzingen, 72555 Metzingen

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September 23rd, 2026 at 12:00 pm s.t.

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Selected Publications

Activated ATF6α is a hepatic tumour driver restricting immunosurveillance

Li X, Lebeaupin C, Kadianaki A, ..., Heikenwälder M. Activated ATF6α is a hepatic tumour driver restricting immunosurveillance. Nature. 2026 Mar;651(8106):796-807. doi: 10.1038/s41586-025-10036-8. Epub 2026 Feb 4. PMID: 41639449; PMCID: PMC12999494.  IF: 50.0

 

CAR-adapted PIK3CD base editing enhances T cell anti-tumor potency

Bucher P, Brückner N, Kortendieck J, ..., Leibold J. CAR-adapted PIK3CD base editing enhances T cell anti-tumor potency. Nat Cancer 7, 368–383 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43018-025-01099-7 IF: 28.5

 

5'-Ectonucleotidase (CD73) inhibitors: a patent review

Wang Z, Junker A. 5'-Ectonucleotidase (CD73) inhibitors: a patent review

(2021-present). Expert Opin Ther Pat. 2026 Apr;36(4):389-400. doi:10.1080/13543776.2026.2638344. Epub 2026 Mar 5. PMID: 41748480.

 IF: 5.3

 

Mapping the Cerebral Organoid Landscape: A Systematic Review of Preclinical 3D Models in Neuroscience.

Wolfram A, Arnold V, Wolfram-Schauerte M, ..., Sevenich L. Mapping

the Cerebral Organoid Landscape: A Systematic Review of Preclinical 3D Models in

Neuroscience. Adv Healthc Mater. 2026 May;15(18):e04889. doi:10.1002/adhm.202504889. Epub 2026 Mar 11. PMID: 41811100; PMCID: PMC13176544. IF: 10.4

 

Molecular modulators of CDK4/6 inhibitor response in experimental glioma identified through genome-wide CRISPR-Cas9 screening

Surender S, Haeusser LA, Kuhlburger L, ..., Tabatabai G. Molecular modulators of CDK4/6 inhibitor

response in experimental glioma identified through genome-wide CRISPR-Cas9

screening. Neuro Oncol. 2026 May 4:noag093. doi: 10.1093/neuonc/noag093. Epub

ahead of print. PMID: 42083788.

  IF: 13.4

 

From 2D cultures to 3D systems: evolving cancer models at the interface of functional precision medicine and theranostics

Zhang Y, Payab N, Weigelin B, Schürch CM. From 2D cultures to 3D systems:

evolving cancer models at the interface of functional precision medicine and

theranostics. Theranostics. 2026 Jan 21;16(8):4042-4057. doi:10.7150/thno.127053. PMID: 41695491; PMCID: PMC12905781

  IF: 13.3

 

 

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