Curriculum vitae

Priv.-Doz. Dr. rer. nat. Jadwiga Jablonska-Koch

date of birth, gender: 02.12.1976, female
Affiliation: Translational Oncology
Department of Otolaryngology
University Hospital Essen
Phone: +49 0201 723 3190
Email: jadwiga.jablonska@uk-essen.de
Current position: Associate Professor (apl), Head of Neutrophil Biology and Translational Oncology Lab
ORCID-ID 0000-0003-1490-2542

Phenotypic plasticity of myeloid cells (neutrophils, monocytes/macrophages) in cancer and disease
Mechanisms of tumorigenesis, angiogenesis and metastasis
Small extracellular vesicles (sEVs) in cancer progression

2000 Master Study at Department of Genetic, Microbiology Institute, University of Wroclaw, Poland
1998 Bachelor Study at Department of Genetic, Microbiology Institute, University of Wroclaw, Poland

2023-present Associate Professor (apl), Medical Faculty, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
2018 Habilitation and venia legendi in Immunology at University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
2016-present Head of Translational Oncology, Dept. of Otolaryngology, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
2015- 2016 Research group leader, Dept. of Internal Medicine II, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
2008- 2014 Senior Post-Doc and Projekt leader, Dept. of Molecular Immunology, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany
2004- 2008 Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Molecular Immunology, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany
2004 PhD Thesis in Molecular Immunology, Dept. of Molecular Immunology, Technical University Braunschweig, Germany

2022-present Member of Membership Committee of Society for Leukocyte Biology (SLB)
2022-present Member of Equal Opportunity Committee of TRR SFB 332
2020-present Principal Investigator DKTK (German Cancer Consortium)
2021 Diversity Award Category „Leadership“ University Duisburg-Essen
2020 Award for special achievements in the category „Health and Research“„Essen.Gesund.Vernetzt. – Medizinische Gesellschaft e.V., Essen
2016-2019 Participation in Excellence Program MediMent-Peer at University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
2015 American Society of Hematology, Abstract Achievement Award for the best Abstract, 57th American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting and Exposition in Orlando, FL, US.
2000 Scholarship of the Polish Ministry of Education for outstanding achievements in the academic year 1998/1999
1996-1999 Scholarship for outstanding students at the University of Wroclaw, Poland

Editorial board (selected): Molecular Cancer, Immunotargets & Therapy, Frontiers in Immunology, hLife
Reviewer (selected): JCI, PNAS, Cancer Research, Molecular Cancer, Oncogene, Journal of Immunotherapy of Cancer, European Journal of Immunology, International Journal of Cancer, British Journal of Cancer, JLB and other (since 2005)
Grant application reviewer (selected): German Research Foundation (DFG), German Cancer Aid (Deutsche Krebshilfe), Breast Cancer Now (UK), Dutch Cancer Society (KWF, NL), Dotan Hemato-Oncology Research Center Tel-Aviv University (IL) and Ministry of Health of the State of Israel (IL)
Membership: Society for Leukocyte Biology (SLB), German Society for Immunology (DGfI), German Society of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Association for Cancer Immunotherapy (CIMT), European Network of Investigators Triggering Exploratory Research on Myeloid Regulatory Cells (Mye-EUNITER)
Primary investigator associated with German Cancer Consortium (DKTK)
Citations: 2869
h-Index: 22
i10 Index: 29