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Univ. Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Martin Peifer

Academic education

2003 - 2007: PhD in theoretical physics, University of Freiburg
1996 - 2003: Physics studies, University of Freiburg

Scientific degrees

02/2007: PhD in Physics at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics of the Albert-Ludwigs University Freiburg, Germany. Title: ”Concepts from Non-Linear Dynamics and Statistical Physics Applied to Complex Networks in the Life Sciences”. Graduated with summa cum laude.
02/2003: Diploma in Physics (equivalent to M.Sc.) at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics of the Albert-Ludwigs University Freiburg, Germany. Topic: Nonparametric statistical methods applied to complex dynamical systems.

Scientific career

2018 - present: Mildred-Scheel Professor on Computational Cancer Genomics (W2)
07/12: Founder of Blackfield/ New Oncology AG, acquired by Siemens Healthcare in March 2016
2013 - present: Research group leader: Computational Cancer Genomics, University of Colgone
4/2012 - 2013: Postdoc at the Department of Translational Genomics, University of Cologne (Roman Thomas).
6/2008 - 3/2012: Postdoc at the Max-Planck Institute for Neurological Research, Cologne (Roman Thomas).
2/2007 - 6/2008: Postdoc at the Institute of Chemistry of the Karl-Franzens- University Graz, Austria (Hans-Hennig von Grünberg).
3/2007 - 4/2007: Visiting scientist at Pennsylvania State University, U.S.A., Center for Comparative Genomics and Bioinformatics (Ross Hardison and Webb Miller).

Honors/ Awards/ Memberships

2018: Mildred-Scheel Professorship of the German Cancer Aid Member of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer, European Association for Cancer Research and Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft.

10 most relevant publications

  • Ackermann S*, Cartolano M*, Hero B, Welte A, Kahlert Y, Roderwieser A, Bartenhagen C, Walter E, Gecht J, Kerschke L, Volland R, Menon R, Heuckmann JM, Gartlgruber M, Hartlieb S, Henrich KO, Okonechnikov K, Altmüller J, Nürnberg P, Lefever S, de Wilde B, Sand F, Ikram F, Rosswog C, Fischer J, Theissen J, Hertwig F, Singhi AD, Simon T, Vogel W, Perner S, Krug B, Schmidt M, Rahmann S, Achter V, Lang U, Vokuhl C, Ortmann M, Büttner R, Eggert A, Speleman F, O’Sullivan RJ, Thomas RK, Berthold F*, Vandesompele J*, Schramm A*, Westermann F*, Schulte JH*, Peifer M*, Fischer M*. A mechanistic classification of clinical phenotypes in neuroblastoma. Science (accepted for publication). *equal contribution
  • Cun Y, Yang TP, Achter V, Lang U, Peifer M. Copy-number analysis and inference of subclonal populations in cancer genomes using Sclust. Nature Protocols, 2018 Jun;13(6):1488-1501.
  • Herling CD, Abedpour N, Weiss J, Schmitt A, Jachimowicz RD, Merkel O, Cartolano M, Oberbeck S, Mayer P, Berg V, Thomalla D, Kutsch N, Stiefelhagen M, Cramer P, Wendtner CM, Persigehl T, Saleh A, Altmüller J, Nürnberg P, Pallasch C, Achter V, Lang U, Eichhorst B, Castiglione R, Schäfer SC, Büttner R, Kreuzer KA, Reinhardt HC, Hallek M, Frenzel LP, Peifer M. Clonal dynamics towards the development of venetoclax resistance in chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Nature Communications, 2018 Feb 20;9(1):727.
  • Peifer M*, Hertwig F, Roels F, Dreidax D, Gartlgruber M, Menon R, Krämer A, Roncaioli JL, Sand F, Heuckmann JM, Ikram F, Schmidt R, Ackermann S, Engesser A, Kahlert Y, Vogel W, Altmüller J, Nürnberg P, Thierry-Mieg J, Thierry-Mieg D, Mariappan A, Heynck S, Mariotti E, Henrich KO, Gloeckner C, Bosco G, Leuschner I, Schweiger MR, Savelyeva L, Watkins SC, Shao C, Bell E, Höfer T, Achter V, Lang U, Theissen J, Volland R, Saadati M, Eggert A, de Wilde B, Berthold F, Peng Z, Zhao C, Shi L, Ortmann M, Büttner R, Perner S, Hero B, Schramm A, Schulte JH, Herrmann C, O'Sullivan RJ, Westermann F*, Thomas RK*, Fischer M*. Telomerase activation by genomic rearrangements in high-risk neuroblastoma. Nature, 2015 Oct 29;526(7575):700-4.*corresponding authors
  • George J, Lim JS, Jang SJ, Cun Y, Ozretic L, Leenders F, Lu X, Fernandez-Cuesta L, Bosco G, Nguyen C, Berg J, Müller C, Dahmen I, Jahchan N, Yang D, Karnezis AN, Vaka D, Torres A, Menon R, Wang MS, Stuetz A, Korbel J, Wilkerson M, Hayes N, Engelmann D, Pützer B, Vlasic I, Seidel D, Pinther B, Schaub B, Becker C, Altmüller J, Yokota J, Khono T, Iwakawa R, Muley T, Peterson I, Chen Y, Soltermann A, Tischler V, Massion P, Zou Y, Wright GM, Russell P, Solomon B, Koch I, Field JK, Muscarella LA, La Torre A, Jakopovic M, Knezevic J, Heiden E, Roz L, Jovanovic D, Kontic M, Thunnissen E, Köhler J, Schuler M, Sanchez-Cespedes M, Salvesen H, Achter V, Bogus M, Schneider P, Zander T, Ansén S, Hallek M, Wolf J, Vingron M, Yatabe Y, Travis WD, Nürnberg P, Reinhardt HC, Perner S, Heukamp LC, Büttner R, Haas SA, Brambilla E, Peifer M*, Sage J*, Thomas RK*. Comprehensive genomic profiling of small cell lung cancer. Nature, 2015 Aug 6;524(7563):47-53. *corresponding authors
  • Peifer M, Fernández-Cuesta L, Sos ML, George J, Seidel D, Kasper LH, Plenker D, Leenders F, Sun R, Zander T, Menon R, Koker M, Dahmen I, Müller C, Di Cerbo V, Schildhaus HU, Altmüller J, Baessmann I, Becker C, de Wilde B, Vandesompele J, Böhm D, Ansén S, Gabler F, Wilkening I, Heynck S, Heuckmann JM, Lu X, Carter SL, Cibulskis K, Banerji S, Getz G, Park KS, Rauh D, Grütter C, Fischer M, Pasqualucci L, Wright G, Wainer Z, Russell P, Petersen I, Chen Y, Stoelben E, Ludwig C, Schnabel P, Hoffmann H, Muley T, Brockmann M, Engel-Riedel W, Muscarella LA, Fazio VM, Groen H, Timens W, Sietsma H, Thunnissen E, Smit E, Heideman DA, Snijders PJ, Cappuzzo F, Ligorio C, Damiani S, Field J, Solberg S, Brustugun OT, Lund-Iversen M, Sänger J, Clement JH, Soltermann A, Moch H, Weder W, Solomon B, Soria JC, Validire P, Besse B, Brambilla E, Brambilla C, Lantuejoul S, Lorimier P, Schneider PM, Hallek M, Pao W, Meyerson M, Sage J, Shendure J, Schneider R, Büttner R, Wolf J, Nürnberg P, Perner S, Heukamp LC, Brindle PK, Haas S, Thomas RK. Integrative genome analyses identify key somatic driver mutations of small-cell lung cancer. Nature Genetics, Oct;44(10):1104-10.
  • Lu X, Thomas RK, Peifer M. CGARS: cancer genome analysis by rank sums. Bioinformatics, 2014 May 1;30(9):1295-6.
  • Fernandez-Cuesta L*Peifer M*, Lu X, Sun R, Ozretić L, Seidel D, Zander T, Leenders F, George J, Müller C, Dahmen I, Pinther B, Bosco G, Konrad K, Altmüller J, Nürnberg P, Achter V, Lang U, Schneider PM, Bogus M, Soltermann A, Brustugun OT, Helland Å, Solberg S, Lund-Iversen M, Ansén S, Stoelben E, Wright GM, Russell P, Wainer Z, Solomon B, Field JK, Hyde R, Davies MP, Heukamp LC, Petersen I, Perner S, Lovly CM, Cappuzzo F, Travis WD, Wolf J, Vingron M, Brambilla E, Haas SA, Buettner R, Thomas RK. Frequent mutations in chromatin-remodelling genes in pulmonary carcinoids. Nature Communications, 2014 Mar 27;5:3518. *equal contribution
  • Seidel D*, Zander T*, Heukamp LC*Peifer M*, Bos M*, Fernández-Cuesta L, Leenders F, Lu X, Ansén S, Gardizi M, Nguyen C, Berg J, Russell P, Wainer Z, Schildhaus HU, Rogers TM, Solomon B, Pao W, Carter SL, Getz G, Hayes D, Wilkerson MD, Thunnissen E, Travis WD, Perner S, Wright G, Brambilla E, Büttner R, Wolf J, Thomas RK, Gabler F, Wilkening I, Müller C, Dahmen I, Menon R, König K, Albus K, Merkelbach-Bruse S, Fassunke J, Schmitz K, Kuenstlinger H, Kleine MA, Binot E, Querings S, Altmüller J, Bäßmann I, Nürnberg P, Schneider PM, Bogus M, Büttner R, Perner S, Russell P, Thunnissen E, Travis WD, Brambilla E, Soltermann A, Moch H, Brustugun OT, Solberg S, Lund-Iversen M, Helland Å, Muley T, Hoffmann H, Schnabel PA, Chen Y, Groen H, Timens W, Sietsma H, Clement JH, Weder W, Sänger J, Stoelben E, Ludwig C, Engel-Riedel W, Smit E, Heideman DA, Snijders PJ, Nogova L, Sos ML, Mattonet C, Töpelt K, Scheffler M, Goekkurt E, Kappes R, Krüger S, Kambartel K, Behringer D, Schulte W, Galetke W, Randerath W, Heldwein M, Schlesinger A, Serke M, Hekmat K, Frank KF, Schnell R, Reiser M, Hünerlitürkoglu AN, Schmitz S, Meffert L, Ko YD, Litt-Lampe M, Gerigk U, Fricke R, Besse B, Brambilla C, Lantuejoul S, Lorimier P, Moro-Sibilot D, Cappuzzo F, Ligorio C, Damiani S, Field JK, Hyde R, Validire P, Girard P, Muscarella LA, Fazio VM, Hallek M, Soria JC, Carter SL, Getz G, Hayes D, Wilkerson MD, Achter V, Lang U, Seidel D, Zander T, Heukamp LC, Peifer M, Bos M, Pao W, Travis WD, Brambilla E, Büttner R, Wolf J, Thomas RK, Büttner R, Wolf J, Thomas RK. A genomics-based classification of human lung tumors. Science Translational Medicine, 2012 Oct 30;5(209):209ra153. *equal contribution
  • Park KS, Martelotto LG, Peifer M, Sos ML, Karnezis AN, Mahjoub MR, Bernard K, Conklin JF, Szczepny A, Yuan J, Guo R, Ospina B, Falzon J, Bennett S, Brown TJ, Markovic A, Devereux WL, Ocasio CA, Chen JK, Stearns T, Thomas RK, Dorsch M, Buonamici S, Watkins DN, Peacock CD, Sage J. A crucial requirement for Hedgehog signaling in small cell lung cancer. Nature Medicine 2011 Oct 9;17(11):1504-8

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Univ. Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Martin Peifer

Mildred-Scheel Professor on Computational Cancer Genomics (W2)

University of Cologne

Department of Translational Genomics and Center for Molecular Medicine (CMMC) 

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