Saskia Haupt

Aysel Ahadova and myself, we have written a blog post on the official <a class="link" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://mathematical-oncology.org/blog/mathematics-for-deciphering-molecular-pathways.html">MathOnco blog</a> to describe the importance of mathematical oncology in studying inherited colorectal cancer. We focus on the most common inherited colorectal cancer syndrome, Lynch syndrome, and give insights into our research projects here in Heidelberg, Germany.

Using mathematics for deciphering molecular pathways of carcinogenesis in hereditary cancer syndromes: Original perspective

Our collaborative initiative in Heidelberg which started with my PhD in 2017 now became an official 3-year research project funded by the Klaus Tschira Foundation. The aim of the collaborative project <a class="link" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://emcl.iwr.uni-heidelberg.de/research/projects/mathematical-oncology">Mathematics in Oncology</a> is to understand tumor initiation, evolution, and immunology by means of mathematical modeling and thereby find approaches to potentially prevent hereditary cancer in the future.

New 3-year research project Mathematics in Oncology in Heidelberg

The wonderful Isabel Lacurie from the HITS Communication team has written a blog post  in <a class="link" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://scilogs.spektrum.de/via-data/i-like-interdisciplinary-research-or-how-to-combine-mathematics-and-medicine/">SciLogs Via Data Spektrum.de</a> about my interdisciplinary work in MathOnco. To inform others how interdisciplinarity can work and that communication is really essential is a message that is to the bottom of my heart. Thank you Isabel for this amazing collaboration. Please read and share. You can really make a difference for any interdisciplinary work.