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National cooperations

The German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) places particular emphasis on collaboration with other research institutions and networks in Germany. National collaborations are an important part of the research work and make it possible to join forces, share knowledge and drive progress in cancer research.

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Our national cooperations and memberships

bioRN Life Science Cluster
DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance
e:Med Systems Medicine
German Human Genome Phenome Archive
HIRO - Heidelberg Institute for Radiooncology
Molecular Precision Oncology Program
HI-STEM - The Heidelberg Institute for Stem Cell Technology and Experimental Medicine
Health & Life Science Alliance Heidelberg Mannheim
NAKO Gesundheitsstudie (German National Cohort)

Further cooperation partners are

  • the DKFZ research network together with the Surgical University Hospital Heidelberg and the Institute of Immunology as well as
  • the Klinisch-Biomedizinischer Forschungsverbund (KBF; Clinical-Biomedical Research Network).

There are also individual connections to more than 60 universities and non-university research institutes in Germany.