Bernd Bodenmiller

Bernd Bodenmiller (1979) studied biochemistry at the University of Bayreuth and ETH Zürich and obtained his PhD for his work on system-wide signaling network analysis in the group of Ruedi Aebersold at ETH Zürich. For his postdoctoral training, he joined the laboratory of Garry P. Nolan at Stanford University. There he developed methods for the high throughput analysis of signaling network states by mass cytometry, a technology that allows in principle to quantify 135 proteins and their modifications at the single cell level. In 2012, he became group leader and in 2013 SNF/ERC assistant professor at the University of Zürich. His group develops experimental and computational methods for the comprehensive analysis of tumor ecosystems using highly multiplexed imaging of tissues by mass cytometry (Nat. Methods, 2014; Nat. Biotechnology, 2017). His lab uses these methods to unravel how cells in the tumour microenvironment drive cancer development and ultimately might be exploited for therapeutic targeting (Cell, 2017; Nat. Methods, 2017).