HIRO and OncoRay Lecture ­Series "Radiation Research in ­Oncology" 2026/27 (part 2)

Radiation research and radiooncology are highly interdisciplinary fields, involving close cooperation between experts in medicine, biology, physics, engineering and computer science. These disciplines are brought together within the National Center for Radiation Research in Oncology (NCRO).

A central aim is to train junior scientists in interdisciplinary research by equipping them with essential prerequisites for productive scientific cooperation: effective communication between researchers and a solid understanding of the research field.

The lecture series "Radiation Research in Oncology" aims to address these goals with a total of 18 talks over the course of 2 years (9 lectures per year). The talks are given by lecturers from Heidelberg or Dresden and can also be attended at the partner site via a live video stream. The lectures are designed for a broad audience with the goal of providing an overview of a wide range of topics relevant to radiooncological research, including in the fields of medicine, biology, chemistry, physics, and technology.

Talks in this lecture series are open to anyone who is interested, but are particularly aimed at PhD students at DKFZ. Please note: the lecture series is not open to the public. Only members of HIRO, OncoRay, or other DKTK institutes can participate.

The lecture series is held exclusively online via Zoom. All DKFZ employees will receive the required login credentials automatically via email.

Interested colleagues from other partner institutes of HIRO or DKTK should contact Anna Moshanina (a.moshanina(at)dkfz-heidelberg.de) or Marcel Schäfer (marcel.schaefer(at)dkfz-heidelberg.de) for further information. Please use your official institutional email address when registering. Requests submitted via personal email addresses (e.g., @gmail.com, @outlook.com) cannot be accepted.

Dates and topics at a glance 2026/27 (part 2)

• 29. Oct. 2026: Prof. Dr. Oliver Jäkel: PARTICLE RADIOTHERAPY
• 26. Nov. 2026: Dr. Sophia Blum: FUNDAMENTALS OF RADIOLOGIC IMAGING
• 17. Dec. 2026: Prof. Dr. Marc Kachelrieß: IMAGING TECHNOLOGY I
• 28. Jan. 2027: Prof. Dr. Mark Ladd: IMAGING TECHNOLOGY II
• 25. Feb. 2027: Prof. Dr. Anna Dubrovska: CANCER STEM CELLS AND RADIOTHERAPY
• 18. Mar. 2027: Prof. Dr. Steffen Löck: FROM DATA TO MODELS: AI IN RADIATION ONCOLOGY
• 29. Apr. 2027: Prof. Dr. Christian Karger: RADIATION RESPONSE OF NORMAL TISSUE 
• 03. Jun. 2027: PD Dr. Rebecca Bütof: TUMOR RADIOBIOLOGY
• 24. Jun. 2027: Prof. Dr. Matthias Miederer: FUNDAMENTALS OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE