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Claudia Petritsch is an Associate Professor of Neurosurgery at Stanford University and a Senior Research Scientist in Adult Neurology. She earned her PhD from the Institute of Molecular Pathology in Vienna, focusing on cancer signaling and the regulation of growth factor receptor kinase signaling. Following her postdoctoral studies on neural stem cells and asymmetric cell division at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, she led a research team in Munich, Germany, pioneering methods to study cell fate determinants. Dr. Petritsch's research emphasizes intra-tumoral heterogeneity and the development of in vitro and in vivo cancer models, addressing tumor-immune interactions and the role of oligodendrocyte progenitor cells in cancer. Her current work involves using patient-derived cells from brain surgeries to investigate the mechanisms of cell fate decisions in normal brains and brain malignancies. Dr. Petritsch actively contributes to advancing understanding of tumor cell hierarchies and their implications for brain tumor treatment.
Stanford University • Stanford, California
Leading research on brain tumors with a focus on stem cell signaling and tumor-immune interactions.
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