SchmidtPatrick German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)Germany

Company: German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) Bio: Dr. rer. nat. Patrick Schmidt is a senior scientist with 20 years of experience in CAR-T research. He completed his undergraduate studies in Developmental Biology and Genetics at the University of Cologne, earning his diploma in 2005. He conducted his Ph.D. research in Hinrich Abken's lab, developing anti-melanoma CARs, and finished in 2008. This was followed by a three-year DFG fellowship-sponsored postdoctoral position at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland. In 2014, Patrick joined the Department of Medical Oncology at the National Center of Tumor Diseases Heidelberg, led by Dirk Jäger. He is currently a research group leader and head of ATMP manufacturing, affiliated with the University Hospital Heidelberg and the German Cancer Research Center.