Principal Investigators

Tilman Brummer

Principal Investigator

Institute of Molecular Medicine and Cell Research
University of Freiburg

Stefan-Meier-Str. 17
79104 Freiburg

Current position

W3 Professor Institute of Molecular Medicine and Cell Research (IMMZ), Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg

Academic training

1992 - 1998Biology, completed with a Diploma (MSc) equivalent, University of Freiburg, Germany

Advanced academic qualifications

2003PhD equivalent (Dr. rer. nat.), graduated with Summa cum laude

Postgraduate Positions

Since 2017W3 Professorship (tenured) for Signal Transduction and Medical Cell Research (Heisenberg professorship supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) until 4/2022), IMMZ, Faculty for Medicine, University of Freiburg
2013 - 2017Independent group leader within the Emmy-Noether- and Heisenberg programs of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), Institute for Molecular Medicine and Cell Research, Faculty for Medicine, University of Freiburg
2008 - 2012Independent Group leader within the Emmy-Noether-Program of the DFG, Faculty for Biology, University of Freiburg
2003 - 2008Postdoctoral fellow, Signal Transduction Group (Prof. R. J. Daly), Cancer Research Program, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, Australia
2003Postdoctoral fellow, Dept. Molecular Immunology (Prof. M. Reth), Max-Planck-Institute for Immunobiology, Freiburg

Miscellaneous (Honors, Awards)

2015Heisenberg professorship of the DFG
2014Heisenberg fellowship of the DFG
2014Nature Reviews Cancer poster prize, EMBO meeting “Cellular Signaling and Cancer Therapy”, Cavtat, Croatia.
2007Emmy-Noether fellowship of the DFG
2003Hans-Spemann-Prize, Faculty of Biology, ALU
2003Selected delegate for the 53th Meeting of the Nobel laureates

Publications listed in PubMed®

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Publications (based on CRC1479 funding)

Traichel J, Metzger A, Walz M, Feuerstein R, Wohlfeil N, Metzger P, Marx L, Asdih C, Lindenthal A, Seger A, Schrimpf J, Nardella LL, Kowar S, Frew IJ, Halbach S, Kesselring R, Boerries M, Griffin R, Brummer T. Novel syngeneic cell lines for studying high-risk BRAFV600E-driven colorectal cancer in vivo. Cancer Res Commun. 2026 Jan 22. doi: 10.1158/2767-9764.CRC-25-0599. Epub ahead of print.
Zwick M, Zinkel B, Spohr C, Rückert T, Halbach S, Shoumariyeh K, Scheid J, Baur AS, Braun LM, Angel M, Michaeli E, Todkar A, Nelde A, Märklin M, Holzmayer SJ, Dicks S, Boerries M, Duquesne S, Schlaak AE, Otto-Mora P, Bengsch B, Schiff M, Kissel S, Selle M, Follo M, Altmann H, Kunadt D, Illert AL, Walz JS, Walz G, Duyster J, Schetelig J, Brummer T, Zeiser R, Köhler N. FLT3-ITD Induces CMTM6 and Enhances Immune Escape in Acute Myeloid Leukemia. Cancer Res. 2026 Jan 16;86(2):367-386. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-25-0349.
Tangermann C, Ghosh A, Ziegler M, Facchinetti F, Stappenbeck J, Carus Sahin YO, Riester M, Viardot LC, Zundel T, Friboulet L, Hollebecque A, Naveja JJ, Wanninger A, Hess ME, Brummer T, Boerries M, Loges S, Loriot Y, Illert AL, Diederichs S. Saturation mutagenesis identifies activating and resistance-inducing FGFR kinase domain mutations. Nat Genet. 2026 Jan;58(1):157-168. doi: 10.1038/s41588-025-02431-8. Epub 2025 Dec 8.
Talvard-Balland N, Braun LM, Dixon KO, Zwick M, Engel H, Hartmann A, Duquesne S, Penter L, Andrieux G, Rindlisbacher LS, Acerbis A, Ehmann J, Köllerer C, Ansuinelli M, Rettig A, Moschallski K, Apostolova P, Brummer T, Illert AL, Schramm MA, Cheng Y, Köttgen A, Duyster J, Menssen HD, Ritz J, Blazar BR, Boerries M, Schmitt Graeff A, Sariipek N, van Galen P, Buescher JM, Cabezas-Wallscheid N, Pahl HL, Pearce EL, Soiffer RJ, Wu CJ, Vago L, Becher B, Köhler N, Wertheimer T, Kuchroo VK, Zeiser R. Oncogene induced TIM-3 ligand expression dictates susceptibility to anti-TIM-3 therapy in mice. J Clin Invest. 2024 Jun 25:e177460. doi: 10.1172/JCI177460. Epub ahead of print.
Schmidt D, Endres C, Hoefflin R, Andrieux G, Zwick M, Karantzelis N, Staehle HF, Vinnakota JM, Duquesne S, Mozaffari Jovein M, Pfeifer D, Becker H, Blazar BR, Zähringer A, Duyster J, Brummer T, Boerries M, Baumeister J, Shoumariyeh K, Li J, Green AR, Heidel FH, Tirosh I, Pahl HL, Leimkühler N, Köhler N, de Toledo MAS, Koschmieder S, Zeiser R. Oncogenic Calreticulin Induces Immune Escape by Stimulating TGF-β Expression and Regulatory T Cell Expansion in the Bone Marrow Microenvironment. Cancer Res. 2024 Jun 17. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-23-3553. Epub ahead of print.
Kocher D, Cao L, Guiho R, Langhammer M, Lai YL, Becker P, Hamdi H, Friedel D, Selt F, Vonhören D, Zaman J, Valinciute G, Herter S, Picard D, Rettenmeier J, Maass KK, Pajtler KW, Remke M, von Deimling A, Pusch S, Pfister SM, Oehme I, Jones DTW, Halbach S, Brummer T, Martinez-Barbera JP, Witt O, Milde T, Sigaud R. Rebound growth of BRAF mutant pediatric glioma cells after MAPKi withdrawal is associated with MAPK reactivation and secretion of microglia-recruiting cytokines. J Neurooncol. 2024 Apr 17. doi: 10.1007/s11060-024-04672-9. Epub ahead of print.
Vogel A, Murugesan K, Kendre G, Quintanilha JCF, Ross JS, Brummer T, Saborowski A. Association of RNF43 Genetic Alterations With BRAFV600E and MSIhigh in Colorectal Cancer. JCO Precis Oncol. 2024 Feb;8:e2300411. doi: 10.1200/PO.23.00411.
Maas-Bauer K, Stell AV, Yan KL, de Vega E, Vinnakota JM, Unger S, Núñez N, Norona J, Talvard-Balland N, Koßmann S, Schwan C, Miething C, Martens US, Shoumariyeh K, Nestor RP, Duquesne S, Hanke K, Rackiewicz M, Hu Z, El Khawanky N, Taromi S, Andrlova H, Faraidun H, Walter S, Pfeifer D, Follo M, Waldschmidt J, Melchinger W, Rassner M, Wehr C, Schmitt-Graeff A, Halbach S, Liao J, Häcker G, Brummer T, Dengjel J, Andrieux G, Grosse R, Tugues S, Blazar BR, Becher B, Boerries M, Zeiser R. ROCK1/2 signaling contributes to corticosteroid-refractory acute graft-versus-host disease. Nat Commun. 2024 Jan 10;15(1):446. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-44703-7.
Lauinger M, Christen D, Klar RFU, Roubaty C, Heilig CE, Stumpe M, Knox JJ, Radulovich N, Tamblyn L, Xie IY, Horak P, Forschner A, Bitzer M, Wittel UA, Boerries M, Ball CR, Heining C, Glimm H, Fröhlich M, Hübschmann D, Gallinger S, Fritsch R, Fröhling S, O’Kane GM, Dengjel J, Brummer T. BRAFΔβ3-αC in-frame deletion mutants differ in their dimerization propensity, HSP90 dependence, and druggability. Sci Adv. 2023 Sep;9(35):eade7486. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.ade7486. Epub 2023 Sep 1.

Sigaud R, Albert TK, Hess C, Hielscher T, Winkler N, Kocher D, Walter C, Münter D, Selt F, Usta D, Ecker J, Brentrup A, Hasselblatt M, Thomas C, Varghese J, Capper D, Thomale UW, Hernáiz Driever P, Simon M, Horn S, Herz NA, Koch A, Sahm F, Hamelmann S, Faria-Andrade A, Jabado N, Schuhmann MU, Schouten-van Meeteren AYN, Hoving E, Brummer T, van Tilburg CM, Pfister SM, Witt O, Jones DTW, Kerl K, Milde T. MAPK inhibitor sensitivity scores predict sensitivity driven by the immune infiltration in pediatric low-grade gliomas. Nat Commun. 2023 Jul 27;14(1):4533. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-40235-8.

Brummer T, Zeiser R. The role of the MDM2/p53 axis in anti-tumor immune responses. Blood. 2023 Jul 19:blood.2023020731. doi: 10.1182/blood.2023020731. Epub ahead of print.

Heinrich K, Fischer LE, De Toni EN, Markwardt D, Roessler D, Beyer G, Günther M, Ormanns S, Klauschen F, Kunz WG, Fröhling S, Brummer T, Heinemann V, Westphalen CB. Case of a Patient With Pancreatic Cancer With Sporadic Microsatellite Instability Associated With a BRAF Fusion Achieving Excellent Response to Immunotherapy. JCO Precis Oncol. 2023 Jun;7:e2200650. doi: 10.1200/PO.22.00650.

Rohrer L, Spohr C, Beha C, Griffin R, Braun S, Halbach S, Brummer T. Analysis of RAS and drug induced homo- and heterodimerization of RAF and KSR1 proteins in living cells using split Nanoluc luciferase. Cell Commun Signal. 2023 Jun 14;21(1):136. doi: 10.1186/s12964-023-01146-9.

Langhammer M, Schöpf J, Jaquet T, Horn K, Angel M, Spohr C, Christen D, Uhl FM, Maié T, Jacobi H, Feyerabend TB, Huber J, Panning M, Sitaru C, Costa I, Zeiser R, Aumann K, Becker H, Braunschweig T, Koschmieder S, Shoumariyeh K, Huber M, Schemionek-Reinders M, Brummer T, Halbach S. Mast cell deficiency prevents BCR::ABL1 induced splenomegaly and cytokine elevation in a CML mouse model. Leukemia. 2023 May 9. doi: 10.1038/s41375-023-01916-x. Online ahead of print.

Langenbach M, Giesler S, Richtsfeld S, da Costa-Pereira S, Rindlisbacher L, Wertheimer T, Braun LM, Andrieux G, Duquesne S, Pfeifer D, Woessner NM, Menssen HD, Taromi S, Duyster J, Boerries M, Brummer T, Blazar BR, Minguet S, Turko P, Levesque MP, Becher B, Zeiser R. MDM2 inhibition enhances immune checkpoint inhibitor efficacy by increasing IL-15 and MHC class II production. Mol Cancer Res. 2023 Apr 18:MCR-22-0898. doi: 10.1158/1541-7786.MCR-22-0898. Epub ahead of print.
Avery TY, Köhler N, Zeiser R, Brummer T, Ruess DA. Onco-immunomodulatory properties of pharmacological interference with RAS-RAF-MEK-ERK pathway hyperactivation. Front Oncol. 2022 Jul 27;12:931774. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2022.931774.

Corrales E, Levit-Zerdoun E, Metzger P, Kowar S, Ku M, Brummer T, Boerries M. Dynamic transcriptome analysis reveals signatures of paradoxical effect of vemurafenib on human dermal fibroblasts. Cell Commun Signal. 2021 Dec 20;19(1):123. doi: 10.1186/s12964-021-00801-3.

Spohr C, Poggio T, Andrieux G, Schönberger K, Cabezas-Wallscheid N, Boerries M, Halbach S, Illert AL, Brummer T. Gab2 deficiency prevents Flt3-ITD driven acute myeloid leukemia in vivo. Leukemia. 2022 Apr;36(4):970-982. doi: 10.1038/s41375-021-01490-0. Epub 2021 Dec 13.2021

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