Frank Winkler: Malignant networks in the brain
Location: Jugendstilhörsaal, BT 88
Date: Friday, October 10, 2025
Time: 11:30 - 12:30
Participation in this event will be accredited with DFP points by the Medical Association for Vienna! More information following soon.
Abstract: In this talk I will cover the discovery of cancer cell networks in brain tumors and of synaptic connections between neurons and cancer cells in the brain. Those discoveries have fueled the emerging field of “Cancer Neuroscience”. A special emphasis will be put on the role of intravital microscopy and clinical imaging for basic research and translation in the field of Cancer Neuroscience.
Biosketch: Professor Frank Winkler is a managing senior physician in the Department of Neurology at the University of Heidelberg and group leader at the German Cancer Research Center. He studied medicine in Hamburg, Freiburg and London, specialized in Neurology at the LMU Munich, spent a 2 year postdoc at Harvard, and was appointed to Heidelberg in 2010. Dr Winklers’ work has been published in Nature, Cell, Nature Medicine, Cancer Cell. In 2022 he received the German Cancer Award.
His work focusses on the interaction of the nervous system with cancer, pioneering the field of Cancer Neuroscience, and launching investigator-initiated trial concepts.