GSC 1091:  Berlin School of Integrative Oncology (BSIO)

• Subject Area: Medicine
• Term: from 2012 to 2019
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 194676614

Educational and career-related goals of the Berlin School of Integrative Oncology (BSIO) are: (1) to enthuse pupils and undergraduate students for cancer research and a scientific career, (2) to educate basic scientists and (future) clinicians in a joint fashion in translational cancer research (with the goal that they "speak the same language"), (3) to point out the clinical presentation and the most urgent problems in oncology to basic scientists, (4) to enable clinicians to obtain a "Dr. rer. nat." (PhD) in order to create a common language between basic scientists and clinicians, (5) to provide programmes in doctoral education that match a candidate’s individual career profile, (6) to augment the international experience of graduate students during their PhD, (7) to offer a comprehensive supervision concept, (8) to ensure a "seamless" career programme ranging from undergraduate studies to the first independent position, (9) to facilitate the critical transition phases during early career development, (10) to re-attract the best BSIO graduates after they have completed their first postdoctoral position(s) at other institutions.Structural goals are: (1) to guide graduate students in a highly efficient fashion through their PhD project while following highest quality standards, (2) to facilitate studying and working at a multi-institutional metropolitan region, (3) to enlarge and to enhance existing structures in cancer research.

• DFG Programme: Graduate Schools
• Applicant Institution: Freie Universität Berlin; Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
• Participating Institution: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin; Hertie School; The University of Governance in Berlin; Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP); im Forschungsverbund Berlin e.V.; Max-Delbrück-Centrum für Molekulare Medizin (MDC); Max-Planck-Institut für molekulare Genetik (MPIMG); Max-Planck-Institut für molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie (MPI-MP)
• Spokespersons: Professorin Dr. Il-Kang Na, since 1/2019; Professor Dr. Clemens A. Schmitt, until 12/2018
• Participating Researchers: Professor Dr. Helmut K. Anheier; Professor Dr. Walter Birchmeier; Professor Dr. Thomas Blankenstein; Professor Dr. Manfred Dietel; Professor Dr. Bernd Dörken; Professor Dr. Frank Heppner; Professor Dr. Michael Hummel; Dr. Soyoung Lee; Professor Dr. Hans Lehrach; Professor Dr. Georg Lenz; Professor Dr. Ulf Leser; Professor Dr. Achim Leutz; Professor Dr. Stephan Mathas; Professor Dr. Nikolaus Rajewsky; Professor Dr. Claus Scheidereit; Professor Dr. Peter Michael Schlag; Professorin Dr. Miranda A. Schreurs; Professor Dr. Leif Schröder; Professor Dr. Reinhold Schäfer; Professorin Dr. Christine Sers; Professor Dr. Thomas Sommer; Professorin Dr. Ulrike Susanne Stein; Professor Dr. Lothar Willmitzer; Marie-Laure Yaspo, Ph.D.