Doctoral project (P3):

The role of potassium channels and their gene variants for hormone-dependent breast cancer progression and endocrine treatment outcome

Further reading:

[1] Gross D, Bischof H, Maier S, Sporbeck K, Birkenfeld AL, Malli R, Ruth P, Proikas-Cezanne T, Lukowski R. IKCa channels control breast cancer metabolism including AMPK-driven autophagy. Cell Death Dis. 2022 Oct 27;13(10):902. doi: 10.1038/s41419-022-05329-z.

[2] Mohr CJ, Schroth W, Mürdter TE, Gross D, Maier S, Stegen B, Dragoi A, Steudel FA, Stehling S, Hoppe R, Madden S, Ruth P, Huber SM, Brauch H, Lukowski R. Subunits of BK channels promote breast cancer development and modulate responses to endocrine treatment in preclinical models. Br J Pharmacol. 2022 Jun;179(12):2906-2924. doi: 10.1111/bph.15147.

Awards & prices:

Best Poster in the field of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology at the 89^th Annual Meeting of the German Society for Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology (DGPT), 2023