Dr. Kimberley Hanssen

Profile

Academic positionPost Doc
Research fieldsHaematology, Oncology,Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine
KeywordsFunctional genomics, Metabolomics, Ewing sarcoma, Targeted therapy, Paediatric oncology
Honours and awards

2016: University of New South Wales Sydney University Medal for Pathology

Current contact address

CountryGermany
CityHeidelberg
InstitutionDeutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (DKFZ)
InstituteAbteilung Translationale Pädiatrische Sarkomforschung

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Thomas GrünewaldAbteilung Translationale Pädiatrische Sarkomforschung, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (DKFZ), Heidelberg
Start of initial sponsorship01/01/2024

Programme(s)

2023Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs

Publications (partial selection)

2025Carreño-Gonzalez, Martha J.; Hanssen, Kimberley M.; Sadik, Ahmed; Henneberg, Alessa L.; Knott, Maximilian M. L.; Ehlers, Anna C.; Ceranski, A. Katharina; Kolodynska, Zuzanna A.; Zimmermann, Malenka; Imle, Roland; Jonker, Anneliene H.; Geyer, Florian H.; Ritter, Alina; Banito, Ana; Henon, Clémence; Delattre, Olivier; Surdez, Didier; Ohmura, Shunya; Cidre-Aranaz, Florencia; Opitz, Christiane A;. Grünewald, Thomas G. P.: Dynamic oncogene activity metabolically reprograms the tryptophan– kynurenine–AHR axis driving immune evasion and tumor progression in Ewing sarcoma. In: bioRxiv, 2025, 2025.05.16.654502
2025Kołodyńska, Zuzanna A.; Hanssen, Kimberley M.; Geyer, Florian H.; Knott, Maximillian M. L.; Aljakouch, Karim; Ritter, Alina; Delipetrou, Alexandra; Krijgsveld, Jeroen; Mitchell-Velasquez, Erick; Asangani, Irfan; Will, Rainer; Müller-Nurasyid, Martina; Strauch, Konstantin; Buchner, Alexander; Cidre-Aranaz, Florencia; Grünewald, Thomas G. P.: Exploration of oncogenic cooperation between germline variation and somatic mutation in prostate cancer progression. In: bioRxiv, 2025, 2025.08.05.668679
2025Ceranski, A. Katharina; Carreño-Gonzalez, Martha J.; Ehlers, Anna C.; Hanssen, Kimberley M.; Gmelin, Nadine; Geyer, Florian H.; Kolodynska, Zuzanna; Vinca, Endrit; Faehling, Tobias; Poeller, Philipp; Ohmura, Shunya; Cidre-Aranaz, Florencia; Schulze, Almut; Grünewald, Thomas G. P.: Refined culture conditions with increased physiological relevance uncover oncogene-dependent metabolic signatures in Ewing sarcoma spheroids. In: Cell Reports Methods, 5, 2025, 100966