Principal Investigator

Prof. Dr. rer. nat. hab. Renata Stripecke

Department and Function:

Hannover Medical School
Professor (W2)
Department of Hematology, Hemostasiology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation
Principal Investigator Lymphatic Cell Therapy Laboratory

Education:

1983-1988:B.S. (Biology) and M.S. (Genetics) State University of Campinas, SP, Brazil
1990- 1993:PhD (Molecular Biology (Gene Expression)European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) and University of Heidelberg
2000- 2002: Habilitation in Genetics and Molecular Biology University of Hamburg

Positions:

1994-1999: Postdoc/ Research Associate, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, CA, USA
1999-2003:Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles, CA, USA
2003-2007: Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine,Co-Director Molecular Vector Core, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA, USA

Major research interests:

Genetic programming of hematopoietic precursors and stem cells for clinical development of engineered cellular vaccines for cancer and chronic infectious diseases.
Rational development of gene transfer systems.