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(Asterix indicates people directly funded by the Danish National Research Foundation)
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Name |
Jiri Bartek |
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Position |
Department Head, M.D., PhD |
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E-mail & phone |
jb@cancer.dk
Phone no.: +45 35 25 73 57 |
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Nationality |
Czech |
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Research Interest
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Cellular and molecular basis of cell cycle checkpoints.
Functional links between DNA damage signalling and DNA repair.
Defect in DNA damage responses and their contribution to human cancer. |
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Name |
Jiri Lukas |
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Position |
Director of the Centre, Vet. M.D., PhD |
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E-mail & phone |
jil@cancer.dk
Phone no.: +45 35 25 73 10 |
| Nationality |
Czech |
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Research Interest
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Regulation of the mammalian cell division cycle.
Biological responses to genotoxic stress.
Non-invasive imaging of molecular interactions in live cells. |
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Name |
Guarn Whitaker-Nissen* |
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Position |
Administrative Coordinator of the Genotoxic Stress Research Centre |
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E-mail & phone |
gwn@cancer.dk
Phone no.: +45 35 25 77 99 |
| Nationality |
American |
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Name |
Doris Vejby-Sørensen |
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Position |
Research Secretary |
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E-mail & phone |
vejby@cancer.dk
Phone no.: +45 35 25 73 94 |
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Danish |
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Name |
Claudia Lukas |
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Position |
Senior Scientist |
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E-mail & phone |
clukas@cancer.dk
Phone no.: +45 35 25 73 10 |
| Nationality |
German |
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Research Interest
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Live cell imaging of DNA damage checkpoint responses. |
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Name |
Jirina Bartkova |
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Position |
Senior Scientist, M.D., PhD |
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E-mail & phone |
jba@cancer.dk Phone no.: +45 35 25 72 95 |
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Czech |
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Research Interest
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The role of DNA damage response pathways in human cancer and aging.
Immuneohistochemaical analyses of proteins involved in cell cycle checkpoints and DNA repair.
Focus on tumours of the breast, urinary bladder, colan and testis. |
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Name |
Sugiko Watanabe |
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Position |
Senior Scientist, M.D, PhD |
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E-mail & phone |
sugwat@cancer.dk Phone no.: +45 35 25 77 89 |
| Nationality |
Japanese |
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Research Interest
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Epigenetic responses to genotoxic stress in stem cells, differentiated cells and tumor cells. Development of cancer therapy based on molecular biology. |
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Name |
Velibor Savic |
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Position |
Postdoc, PhD |
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E-mail & phone |
savic@cancer.dk
Phone no.: +45 35 25 77 89 |
| Nationality |
Croatian |
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Research Interest
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Elucidating the spatial distribution of DNA damage response machinery in response to DNA lesions in order to both better explain the mechanisms of error-free repair and understand events that lead to miss-repair and translocations. |
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Name |
Christoffel Dinant |
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Position |
Postdoc, PhD |
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E-mail & phone |
cdi@cancer.dk
Phone no.: +45 35 25 77 65 |
| Nationality |
Dutch |
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Research Interest
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Usage of live cell confocal microscopy techniques to study the behavior of proteins involved in the DNA damage response and usage of a high-throughput siRNA screen to identify novel players in the DNA damage response. |
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Name |
Masayuki Yamada |
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Position |
Postdoc, PhD |
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E-mail & phone |
mya@cancer.dk
Phone no.: +45 35 25 73 34 |
| Nationality |
Japanese |
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Research Interest
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To clarify the molecular mechanism of DNA damage response caused by aberrant DNA reåplication and apply it to cancer treatment. |
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Name |
Petra Hamerlik |
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Position |
Postdoc, PhD |
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E-mail & phone |
pkn@cancer.dk
Phone no.: +45 35 25 77 65
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| Nationality |
Slovakian |
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Research Interest
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Separation of CD133-positive cancer stem-like cell (CSCs) from human brain tumor xenografts and stable GBM cell lines. Techniques used include FACS sorting, 3-D cultures, migration/invasion test, mouse xenografts, viability/proliferation assays, lentiviral transduction, RT-PCR, Western blotting and fluorescence microscopy. |
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Name |
Kenji Watanabe* |
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Position |
Postdoc, PhD |
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E-mail & phone |
watanabe@cancer.dk
Phone no.: +45 35 25 73 34 |
| Nationality |
Japanese |
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Research Interest
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My main interest is how non-proteolytic or proteolytic polyubiquitination systems are involved in the cellular response to DNA double-strand breaks. |
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Name |
Robert Strauss* |
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Position |
Postdoc, PhD |
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E-mail & phone |
strauss@cancer.dk
Phone no.: +45 35 25 77 65 |
| Nationality |
German |
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Research Interest
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Analysis of the phenotypic plasticity of ovarian cancer stem cells in context with the DNA damage signaling pathway in response to genotoxic insults. Frequently used techniques include tumor xenograft models, flow cytometry-based cell sorting, and confocal microscopy. |
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Name |
Matthias Altmeyer |
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Position |
Postdoc, Phd |
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E-mail & phone |
altmeyer@cancer.dk
Phone no.: +45 35 25 77 89 |
| Nationality |
German |
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Research Interest
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Molecular mechanisms of cellular stress response pathways, post-translational protein modifications as regulators of protein functions and principles of chromatin biology and of the regulated interplay between DNA replication, transcription and DNA repair. |
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Name |
Ronni Sølvhøj Pedersen* |
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Position |
PhD-student |
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E-mail & phone |
ronnii@cancer.dk
Phone no.: +45 35 25 77 65 |
| Nationality |
Danish |
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Research Interest
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Identify and functionally characterize new factors that protect chromosomal integrity against genotoxic stress and elucidate their potential aberrations in cancer. |
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Name |
Thorkell Gudjonnsen* |
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Position |
PhD-student |
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E-mail & phone |
thorkell@cancer.dk
Phone no.: +45 35 25 73 47 |
| Nationality |
Icelandic |
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Research Interest
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Cell biology, cell signaling, disease biology, chromatin biloigy, post translational modifications, epigenetics, checkpoint signaling and DNA repair. |
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Name |
Martin Kosär* |
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Position |
PhD student |
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E-mail & phone |
kosar@cancer.dk
Phone no.: +45 35 25 77 65 |
| Nationality |
Czech |
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Research Interest
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Cell culture mannipulation, DNA vector preparation, extraction and purification of DNA, gel electrophoresis, immunoflurescence, transformation, transfection, lentiviral transductin, PCR,real-time PCR and Western blotting. |
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Name |
Christophe Clouin |
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Position |
PhD-student |
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E-mail & phone |
chc@cancer.dk
Phone no.: +45 35 25 73 47 |
| Nationality |
French |
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Research Interest
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Understanding the cellular response to replication stress using biochemical assys, imunofluorescence and flow cytometry. Particular interest on the role of ubiquitination events during replication arrest and recovery from replication arrest. |
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Name |
Luis Ignacio Toledo |
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Position |
Postdoc, Phd |
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E-mail & phone |
luis@cancer.dk
Phone no.: +45 35 77 89 |
| Nationality |
Spainish |
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Research Interest
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Performimg a genome-wide screen for hitherto unknown genes that induce by, or respond, to DNA replication stress. Elucdating of how these new genes contribute to intergrity maintanance. Investigating of how these mechanisms subverted in oncogenic transformation and cancer progression. |
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Name |
Myunghee Lee |
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Position |
Laboratory Technician |
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E-mail & phone |
mhl@cancer.dk
Phone no.: +45 35 73 47 |
| Nationality |
South Korean |
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Research Interest
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Protein purification stable cell and antibody screening. |
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Name |
Anne Arnt Kjerrulff |
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Position |
Laboratory Technician |
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E-mail & phone |
aak@cancer.dk
Phone no.: +45 35 25 73 46 |
| Nationality |
Danish |
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Research Interest |
Hybridoma technology, management of cell and tissue bank. |
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Name |
Jette Christensen Sand |
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Position |
Research Assistant |
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E-mail & phone |
jsa@cancer.dk
Phone no.: +45 35 25 73 47 |
| Nationality |
Danish |
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Research Interest
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Antibody design and development. |
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Name |
Merete Grøfte* |
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Position |
Laboratory Technician |
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E-mail & phone |
mergro@cancer.dk
Phone no.: +45 35 25 73 47 |
| Nationality |
Danish |
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Research Interest |
Molecular Biology and Cell Technology. |
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