German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)

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German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)

Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120 Heidelberg

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German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)

Picture credit: Main Building.DKFZ© Rudolf Stricker (Wikimedia Commons)

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The German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) is the largest biomedical research institution in Germany. Researchers at DKFZ study how cancer develops, identify cancer risk factors and search for new strategies to prevent people from developing cancer.

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Affiliated institutions

  • Department for Tumos Metabolism and Microenvironment
  • Department of Cellular and Molecular Pathology
  • German Cancer Consortium (DKTK)
  • DKFZ-DZIF Bridging Group Immunotherapy and Immunoprevention / Molecular Vaccine Design
  • DKFZ-Hector Cancer Institute at the University Medical Centre Mannheim
  • Molecular Biology and Application of Recombinant Foamy Viruses Group
  • Research Program Imaging and Radiooncology
  • Research Program Functional and Structural Genome Research
  • Research Program Immunology and Cancer
  • Research Program Infection, Inflammation and Cancer
  • Research Program Cancer Risk Factors and Prevention
  • Research Program Cell and Tumour Biology
  • Heidelberg Center for Personalized Oncology (DKFZ-HIPO)
  • Helmholtz Institute for Translational Oncology Mainz (HI-TRON Mainz)
  • National Centre for Tumour Diseases (NCT) Heidelberg – DKFZ
  • Cytometry Core Facility (FACS)
  • Genomics and Proteomics Core Facility
  • Information Technology Core Facility (ITCF)
  • Core Facility Small Animal Imaging
  • Omics IT and Data Management Core Facility (ODCF)
  • Center for Preclinical Research

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