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Bianca Balzasch

Bianca Balzasch

Student Research Assistant - Psychobiology

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    PhD student at Heidelberg University studying innate immunity and cancer

  • Education

    • DKFZ German Cancer Research Center

      2017 - 2019
      Master of Science - MS Cancer Biology

      Thesis: Investigating the crosstalk between cell-intrinsic immunity and metabolic programs

    • Heidelberg University

      2021 -
      Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Immunology

    • Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg

      2014 - 2017
      Bachelor of Science - BS Biochemistry

      Activities and Societies: Fachschaft Biochemie/Chemie Thesis: Isolation and characterization of O-mannosylated folding variants of ER-targeted GFP

  • Experience

    • University Hospital Heidelberg

      Oct 2015 - Dec 2016
      Student Research Assistant - Psychobiology

      Reserach group: Beate DitzenI contributed to establish the new laboratory and organized experimental work on various projects related to the biology of mental pressure.

    • Heidelberg University

      Oct 2016 - Jul 2017

      Research group: Sabine StrahlProject: Isolation and characterization of O-mannosylated folding variants of ER-targeted GFP Research group: Christian KleinProject: Synthesizing Favipiravir and derivatives for potential implications in treating Dengue virus infections

      • Bachelor Thesis - Glycobiology

        Mar 2017 - Jul 2017

      • Research Internship - Medicinal Chemistry

        Oct 2016 - Mar 2017

    • Vanderbilt University

      Jul 2017 - Oct 2017
      Summer Research Internship - Structural Biology

      Research group: Vsevolod GurevichProject: Investigating potential interactions of arrestin and non-receptor tyrosine kinasesThis internship was supported by the DAAD Rise worldwide scholarship

    • DKFZ German Cancer Research Center

      Feb 2018 - Jul 2018

      Completing the project which was started in the previous internship at the Boutros lab. Research group: Michael BoutrosProject: Evaluating glyoxal as fixative for single cell RNA sequencing

      • Student Research Assistant

        Apr 2018 - Jul 2018

      • Research Internship - Signaling and functional genomics

        Feb 2018 - Apr 2018

    • National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT) Heidelberg

      May 2018 - Jul 2018
      Research Internship - Applied Tumor Immunity

      Research Group: Dirk JägerProject: Utilizing NY-BR-1 specific CAR T-cells in the treatment of breast cancer

    • Cancer Research UK (CRUK)

      Sept 2018 - Dec 2018
      Summer Research Internship - Cellular Senescence

      Research group: Masashi NaritaProject: Investigating the influence of mechanical stretching on YAP activity and oncogene-induced senescenceThis internship was supported by the CRUK summer scholarship

    • Boehringer Ingelheim

      Jan 2019 - Apr 2019
      Global Pharmacovigilance Intern

    • DKFZ German Cancer Research Center

      May 2019 - Mar 2020

      Research group: Marco BinderProject: Investigating the cross-talk between cell-intrinsic immunity and metabolic programs

      • Research Assistant

        Jan 2020 - Mar 2020

      • Master Thesis - Dynamics of Early Viral Infection and Innate Antiviral Response

        May 2019 - Dec 2019

    • Heidelberg University

      Mar 2021 - now
      PhD Student

      Exploiting myeloid cells as effector cell against colon cancer

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Business English für Manager:innen

      EBCL International GmbH
      Dec 2023

    • EMBL Course: Genome Engineering: CRISPR/Cas from Cells to Mice

      EMBL
      Oct 2020
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    • : EMBO | EMBL Symposium: Organoids: modelling organ development and disease in 3D culture

      EMBL
      Oct 2023
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  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Bianca Balzasch
      CRUK summer scholarship CRUK Cambridge Sep 2018 This scholarship supported my research internship with the Narita lab.
    • Awarded to Bianca Balzasch
      DAAD Rise worldwide scholarship Federal Government of Germany Jul 2017 This scholarship supported my research internship at the Gurevich lab.
    • Awarded to Bianca Balzasch
      Cusanuswerk scholarship Federal Government of Germany Oct 2014 This stipend was awarded to support my bachelor´s and master´s degree at Heidelberg University and the German Cancer Research Center.