Stefan Bader

PHD CANDIDATE

More about Stefan Bader

I am strongly committed to cancer research, with my main interests laying at the interface of basic cancer research, cancer immunotherapy and cancer nanomedicine.

I am a 3rd-year PhD Candidate at the Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute (ONJCRI) in Heidelberg, VIC, Australia. The ONJCRI is the School of Cancer Medicine at La Trobe University and, as part of Austin Health, also a member of the Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre (VCCC).

I studied technical biology and technical business administration at The University of Stuttgart (UoS) and hold a degree (German Diploma, equivalent to a 5-year Bachelor + Master degree) from UoS. During my studies, I completed a research internship and seminar paper in the department of New Biological Entities (NBE) at Boehringer Ingelheim in Biberach/Riss, Germany, where I investigated treatment options for chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD). I completed my Diploma Thesis in early 2015 in the department of Biomedical Engineering at UoS analyzing various antibody-fusion proteins for targeted cancer immunotherapy. After completing my degree at UoS, I conducted a research internship at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Saudi Arabia, where I undertook research at the KAUST Catalysis Centre (KCC).

In late 2016 I commenced my PhD project, which is a collaboration between breast cancer experts from ONJCRI and cancer nanomedicine specialists from the Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (MIPS) and the ARC Centre of Excellence in Bio-Nano Science (CBNS). The multi-disciplinary project includes investigating a nanoparticle-based drug delivery system for the treatment of metastatic breast cancer. During the project, I will be based both at MIPS and ONJCRI in order to conduct the chemical work, in vitro experiments (MIPS/CBNS) and in vivo studies (ONJCRI).

I am also part of the Comprehensive Cancer PhD Program (CCPhD), where I provide insights into various different disciplines of cancer research.

Education

German Diploma (Technical Biology), University of Stuttgart, Germany, 2015

Current Appointments

PhD Candidate, Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia

PhD Candidate, Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, ARC Centre of Excellence in Bio-Nano Science and Technology, Melbourne, Australia

Achievements

2017 Poster Prize ‘Best Honours/1st year poster presentation – runner up’, Comprehensive Cancer Student Symposium

2017 Oral Presentation/Poster Prize ‘1st prize for the best 3-minute oral presentation’, 8th International Nanomedicine Conference

Poster Prize ‘Highly-commended in the First Year PhD/Equivalent Poster Presentation Award’, 8th Annual ASMR VIC Student Research Symposium

Recent Publications

Grötzinger S.W., Karan R., Strillinger E., Bader S., Frank A., Al Rowaihi I.S., Akal A., Wackerow W., Archer J.A., Rueping M., Weuster-Botz D., Groll M., Eppinger J., Arold S.T. (2017). Identification and experimental characterization of an extremophilic brine pool alcohol dehydrogenase from single amplified genomes. ACS Chemical Biology, 13(1):161-170.

Fellermeier S., Beha N., Meyer J., Ring S., Bader S., Kontermann R.E. & Müller D. (2016). Advancing targeted costimulation with antibody-fusion proteins by introducing TNF superfamily members in a single-chain format. OncoImmunology, 27;5(11):e1238540.

Ph: +61 422 325 464

Email: stefan.bader@onjcri.org.au

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