Jana Block is a predoctoral fellow with extensive experience in molecular medicine and cancer research. At St. Anna Kinderkrebsforschung, from August 2019 to February 2024, Jana focused on identifying germline loss-of-function mutations in DOCK11 related to an immune dysregulation disorder. This work was similarly pursued at the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Rare and Undiagnosed Diseases from September 2017 to June 2023. Jana's academic background includes a Master of Science and Bachelor of Science in Molecular Medicine from the University of Freiburg, with research spanning various laboratories, including a master's thesis on glucocorticoid-regulated kinase in Caenorhabditis elegans and a bachelor’s thesis involving HIV gene therapy.
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St. Anna Children's Cancer Research Institute (CCRI)
The St. Anna Children's Cancer Research Institute (St Anna CCRI), located in the center of Vienna, the world's most livable city and one of Europe's most important places for biomedical research and life sciences, is an internationally renowned multidisciplinary research institution with the aim to develop and optimize diagnostic, prognostic, and therapeutic strategies for the treatment of children and adolescents with cancer. To achieve this goal we combine basic research with translational and clinical research and focus on the specific characteristics of childhood tumor diseases in order to provide young patients with the best possible and most innovative therapies. Dedicated research groups in the fields of tumor genomics and epigenomics, immunology, molecular biology, cell biology, bioinformatics and clinical research are working together to harmonize scientific findings with the clinical needs of physicians to ultimately improve the wellbeing of our patients. Through close cooperation between clinic and research, the CCRI provides an ideal environment for cutting-edge research and its translation into clinical practice. To achieve our ultimate goal of advancing the well-being of patients, the CCRI constantly pushes scientific boundaries and strongly promotes close collaboration and exchange with external institutions like the Medical University of Vienna, CeMM Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (IMBA) and the Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP).