
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
Research expertise and area:
- 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
Education
- 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
Academic Career
- 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
Honors and awards
- 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
Commissions of Trust and Memberships of scientific societies
- 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