Sven Diederichs

Current Position

W3 Professor for Cancer Research, University of Freiburg
Division Head for RNA Biology & Cancer, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg

Academic Education

1996-2002

Studies in Biochemistry, University of Tübingen & University of Witten/Herdecke

Advanced Qualifications

2004	Doctoral degree in Biochemistry (Dr. rer. nat), University of Witten/Herdecke

Postgraduate Positions

2016 - present	W3 Professor for Cancer Research, University of Freiburg
2015 - present	Division Head for RNA Biology & Cancer, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg
2008 - 2014	Independent Junior Research Group Leader, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) & Institute of Pathology, University of Heidelberg
2005 - 2008	Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Medical School, MGH Cancer Center, Boston, USA
2002 - 2004	PhD thesis work in Dept. of Internal Medicine A (Hem/Onc), University of Münster

Link to all publications of Sven Diederichs: PubMed

Publications on CRC 1453 funding

Pal J, Riester M, Ganner A, …, Frew IJ, Kotsis F, Neumann-Haefelin E, Spang A, Diederichs S. Nonstop mutations cause loss of renal tumor suppressor proteins VHL and BAP1 and affect multiple stages of protein translation. Sci Adv (2025). Buckley M, Terwagne C, Ganner A, …, Diederichs S, Neumann-Haefelin E, Turajlic S, Ivakine EA, Findlay GM. Saturation genome editing maps the functional spectrum of pathogenic VHL alleles. Nat Genet (2024).