Dr. Matthias Wirth

Dr. Matthias Wirth
Teamleader and Principal Investigator, Division of Hematology and Oncology at Campus Benjamin Franklin (CBF), Charité Universitat Berlin

Matthias Wirth studied biology in Düsseldorf and received his Master's degree in 2008. He then switched to biomedical research and studied MYC-related proliferation and apoptosis mechanisms in pancreatic cancer at the TU Munich for his doctoral thesis.

He continued his studies there as a postdoctoral candidate and then obtained a position as group leader in Düsseldorf, and subsequently a position as group leader and PI at the Charité Berlin.

His research focuses on the development of new therapeutic options for MYC-driven cancers.