Melanie Börries
Principal Investigator
Institute of Medical Bioinformatics and Systems Medicine
Medical Center University of Freiburg
Breisacher Str. 153
79110 Freiburg
- +49 761 270-84671
- melanie.boerries@uniklinik-freiburg.de
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Current position
Academic training
| 2001 - 2005 | Studies of Cell Biology, MD/PhD Program at the University of Basel, Switzerland |
| 1994 - 2001 | Studies of Human Medicine, University of Lübeck |
Advanced academic qualifications
| 2005 | Doctoral degree in Cell Biology (Dr. phil), Biozentrum, University of Basel, Switzerland |
| 2004 | Doctoral degree in Medicine (Dr. med.), University of Lübeck |
Postgraduate Positions
| Since 2021 | Co-Director of the Tumor Center Freiburg – CCCF |
| Since 2020 | Head of the Clinical Cancer Registry and IT of the CCCF |
| Since 2019 | Spokesperson of the Molecular Tumor Board at the Medical Center University of Freiburg |
| Since 2019 | Director of the Institute of Medical Bioinformatics and Systems Medicine |
| Since 2019 | W3-Professor for Medical Bioinformatics, Medical Faculty, University of Freiburg |
| 2013 - 2019 | Junior Group leader at the DKTK/DKFZ Partner Site Freiburg, Institute of Molecular Medicine and Cell Research, University of Freiburg |
| Since 2018 | Spokesperson of Use Case 3 "From Knowledge to Action - IT Support for Molecular Tumor Boards” of the MIRACUM Consortium within the Medical Informatics Initiative |
| Since 2015 | Member of the Molecular Tumor Board at the Medical Center University Freiburg |
| 2009 - 2012 | FRIAS, Principal Investigator together with Hauke Busch (CCC Group), Institute for Advanced Studies-LIFENET, University of Freiburg |
| 2005 - 2009 | Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Institute for Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Freiburg |
| 2001 - 2005 | Assistant Physician, Department of Cardiology, Inselspital, University of Bern, Switzerland (3 month/year, MD/PhD program) |
Miscellaneous (Honors, Awards)
| 2018 | Granted Patent “Method for characterization of modifications caused by the use of designer nucleases, # EP 18196438.8, filed on September 25, 2018 |
| 2006 | Award for innovative teaching projects |
| 2001 - 2005 | Doctoral scholarship (MD/PhD) of the Maurice E Müller Stiftung, Switzerland |
Publications listed in PubMed®
Publications (based on CRC1479 funding)
Müller M, Zodel K, Abhari BA, Cuomo F, Nizamuddin S, Metzger P, Boerries M, Timmers HTM, Frew IJ. KDM5C and KDM5D mutations have different consequences in clear cell renal cell carcinoma cells. Commun Biol. 2025 Feb 15;8(1):244. doi: 10.1038/s42003-025-07695-8.
Braun LM, Giesler S, Andrieux G, Riemer R, Talvard-Balland N, Duquesne S, Rückert T, Unger S, Kreutmair S, Zwick M, Follo M, Hartmann A, Osswald N, Melchinger W, Chapman S, Hutchinson JA, Haferkamp S, Torster L, Kött J, Gebhardt C, Hellwig D, Karantzelis N, Wallrabenstein T, Lowinus T, Yücel M, Brehm N, Rawluk J, Pfeifer D, Bronsert P, Rogg M, Mattern S, Heikenwälder M, Fusco S, Malek NP, Singer S, Schmitt-Graeff A, Ceteci F, Greten FR, Blazar BR, Boerries M, Köhler N, Duyster J, Ihorst G, Lassmann S, Keye P, Minguet S, Schadendorf D, Ugurel S, Rafei-Shamsabadi D, Thimme R, Hasselblatt P, Bengsch B, Schell C, Pearce EL, Meiss F, Becher B, Funke-Lorenz C, Placke JM, Apostolova P, Zeiser R. Adiponectin reduces immune checkpoint inhibitor-induced inflammation without blocking anti-tumor immunity. Cancer Cell. 2025 Feb 10;43(2):269-291.e19. doi: 10.1016/j.ccell.2025.01.004.
Catalano A, Haas LS, Zodel K, Adlesic M, Cuomo F, Peighambari A, Metzger P, Huang H, Haug S, Köttgen A, Köhler N, Boerries M, Frew IJ. Mutations in tumor suppressor genes Vhl and Rassf1a cause DNA damage, chromosomal instability and induce gene expression changes characteristic of clear cell renal cell carcinoma. Kidney Int. 2024 Dec 24:S0085-2538(24)00912-8. doi: 10.1016/j.kint.2024.12.003. Epub ahead of print. Zhang Z, Langenbach M, Sagar S, Fetsch V, Stritzker J, Severa E, Meng K, Winkler F, Rana N, Zoldan K, Godbole I, Solis S, Weber JS, Rafei-Shamsabadi D, Lehr S, Diehl R, Venhoff AC, Voll RE, Buettner N, Neumann-Haefelin C, Boettler T, Hofmann M, Boerries M, Meiss F, Zeiser R, Thimme R, Herati RS, Bengsch B. Efficacy of CTLA-4 checkpoint therapy is dependent on IL-21 signaling to mediate cytotoxic reprogramming of PD-1+CD8+ T cells. Nat Immunol. 2024 Dec 19. doi: 10.1038/s41590-024-02027-0. Epub ahead of print. Talvard-Balland N, Braun LM, Dixon KO, Zwick M, Engel H, Hartmann A, Duquesne S, Penter L, Andrieux G, Rindlisbacher LS, Acerbis A, Ehmann J, Köllerer C, Ansuinelli M, Rettig A, Moschallski K, Apostolova P, Brummer T, Illert AL, Schramm MA, Cheng Y, Köttgen A, Duyster J, Menssen HD, Ritz J, Blazar BR, Boerries M, Schmitt Graeff A, Sariipek N, van Galen P, Buescher JM, Cabezas-Wallscheid N, Pahl HL, Pearce EL, Soiffer RJ, Wu CJ, Vago L, Becher B, Köhler N, Wertheimer T, Kuchroo VK, Zeiser R. Oncogene induced TIM-3 ligand expression dictates susceptibility to anti-TIM-3 therapy in mice. J Clin Invest. 2024 Jun 25:e177460. doi: 10.1172/JCI177460. Epub ahead of print. Schmidt D, Endres C, Hoefflin R, Andrieux G, Zwick M, Karantzelis N, Staehle HF, Vinnakota JM, Duquesne S, Mozaffari Jovein M, Pfeifer D, Becker H, Blazar BR, Zähringer A, Duyster J, Brummer T, Boerries M, Baumeister J, Shoumariyeh K, Li J, Green AR, Heidel FH, Tirosh I, Pahl HL, Leimkühler N, Köhler N, de Toledo MAS, Koschmieder S, Zeiser R. Oncogenic Calreticulin Induces Immune Escape by Stimulating TGF-β Expression and Regulatory T Cell Expansion in the Bone Marrow Microenvironment. Cancer Res. 2024 Jun 17. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-23-3553. Epub ahead of print. Vinnakota JM, Adams RC, Athanassopoulos D, Schmidt D, Biavasco F, Zähringer A, Erny D, Schwabenland M, Langenbach M, Wenger V, Salié H, Cook J, Mossad O, Andrieux G, Dersch R, Rauer S, Duquesne S, Monaco G, Wolf P, Blank T, Häne P, Greter M, Becher B, Henneke P, Pfeifer D, Blazar BR, Duyster J, Boerries M, Köhler N, Chhatbar CM, Bengsch B, Prinz M, Zeiser R. Anti-PD-1 cancer immunotherapy induces central nervous system immune-related adverse events by microglia activation. Sci Transl Med. 2024 Jun 12;16(751):eadj9672. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.adj9672. Epub 2024 Jun 12. PMID: 38865481. Vinnakota JM, Biavasco F, Schwabenland M, Chhatbar C, Adams RC, Erny D, Duquesne S, El Khawanky N, Schmidt D, Fetsch V, Zähringer A, Salié H, Athanassopoulos D, Braun LM, Javorniczky NR, Ho JNHG, Kierdorf K, Marks R, Wäsch R, Simonetta F, Andrieux G, Pfeifer D, Monaco G, Capitini C, Fry TJ, Blank T, Blazar BR, Wagner E, Theobald M, Sommer C, Stelljes M, Reicherts C, Jeibmann A, Schittenhelm J, Monoranu CM, Rosenwald A, Kortüm M, Rasche L, Einsele H, Meyer PT, Brumberg J, Völkl S, Mackensen A, Coras R, von Bergwelt-Baildon M, Albert NL, Bartos LM, Brendel M, Holzgreve A, Mack M, Boerries M, Mackall CL, Duyster J, Henneke P, Priller J, Köhler N, Strübing F, Bengsch B, Ruella M, Subklewe M, von Baumgarten L, Gill S, Prinz M, Zeiser R. Targeting TGFβ-activated kinase-1 activation in microglia reduces CAR T immune effector cell-associated neurotoxicity syndrome. Nat Cancer. 2024 May 13. doi: 10.1038/s43018-024-00764-7. Epub ahead of print. Czech M, Schneider S, Peltokangas N, El Khawanky N, Ghimire S, Andrieux G, Hülsdünker J, Krausz M, Proietti M, Braun LM, Rückert T, Langenbach M, Schmidt D, Martin I, Wenger V, de Vega E, Haring E, Pourjam M, Pfeifer D, Schmitt-Graeff A, Grimbacher B, Aumann K, Kircher B, Tilg H, Raffatellu M, Thiele Orberg E, Häcker G, Duyster J, Köhler N, Holler E, Nachbaur D, Boerries M, Gerner RR, Grün D, Zeiser R. Lipocalin-2 expression identifies an intestinal regulatory neutrophil population during acute graft-versus-host disease. Sci Transl Med. 2024 Feb 21;16(735):eadi1501. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.adi1501. Epub 2024 Feb 21. Maas-Bauer K, Stell AV, Yan KL, de Vega E, Vinnakota JM, Unger S, Núñez N, Norona J, Talvard-Balland N, Koßmann S, Schwan C, Miething C, Martens US, Shoumariyeh K, Nestor RP, Duquesne S, Hanke K, Rackiewicz M, Hu Z, El Khawanky N, Taromi S, Andrlova H, Faraidun H, Walter S, Pfeifer D, Follo M, Waldschmidt J, Melchinger W, Rassner M, Wehr C, Schmitt-Graeff A, Halbach S, Liao J, Häcker G, Brummer T, Dengjel J, Andrieux G, Grosse R, Tugues S, Blazar BR, Becher B, Boerries M, Zeiser R. ROCK1/2 signaling contributes to corticosteroid-refractory acute graft-versus-host disease. Nat Commun. 2024 Jan 10;15(1):446. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-44703-7.Velasco Cárdenas RM, Brandl SM, Meléndez AV, Schlaak AE, Buschky A, Peters T, Beier F, Serrels B, Taromi S, Raute K, Hauri S, Gstaiger M, Lassmann S, Huppa JB, Boerries M, Andrieux G, Bengsch B, Schamel WW, Minguet S. Harnessing CD3 diversity to optimize CAR T cells. Nat Immunol. 2023 Nov 6. doi: 10.1038/s41590-023-01658-z. Epub ahead of print.
Nelde A, Schuster H, Heitmann JS, Bauer J, Maringer Y, Zwick M, Volkmer JP, Chen JY, Stanger AMP, Lehmann A, Appiah B, Märklin M, Rücker-Braun E, Salih HR, Roerden M, Schroeder SM, Häring MF, Schlosser A, Schetelig J, Schmitz M, Boerries M, Köhler N, Lengerke C, Majeti R, Weissman IL, Rammensee HG, Walz JS. Immune Surveillance of Acute Myeloid Leukemia Is Mediated by HLA-Presented Antigens on Leukemia Progenitor Cells. Blood Cancer Discov. 2023 Nov 1;4(6):468-489. doi: 10.1158/2643-3230.BCD-23-0020.
Apostolova P, Kreutmair S, Toffalori C, Punta M, Unger S, Burk AC, Wehr C, Maas-Bauer K, Melchinger W, Haring E, Hoefflin R, Shoumariyeh K, Hupfer V, Lauer EM, Duquesne S, Lowinus T, Gonzalo Núñez N, Alberti C, da Costa Pereira S, Merten CH, Power L, Weiss M, Böke C, Pfeifer D, Marks R, Bertz H, Wäsch R, Ihorst G, Gentner B, Duyster J, Boerries M, Andrieux G, Finke J, Becher B, Vago L, Zeiser R. Phase II trial of hypomethylating agent combined with nivolumab for acute myeloid leukaemia relapse after allogeneic haematopoietic cell transplantation-Immune signature correlates with response. Br J Haematol. 2023 Aug 4. doi: 10.1111/bjh.19007. Epub ahead of print.Raute K, Strietz J, Parigiani MA, Andrieux G, Thomas OS, Kistner KM, Zintchenko M, Aichele P, Hofmann M, Zhou H, Weber W, Boerries M, Swamy M, Maurer J, Minguet S. Breast Cancer Stem Cell-Derived Tumors Escape from γδ T-cell Immunosurveillance In Vivo by Modulating γδ T-cell Ligands. Cancer Immunol Res. 2023 May 4:OF1-OF20. doi: 10.1158/2326-6066.CIR-22-0296. Epub ahead of print.
Langenbach M, Giesler S, Richtsfeld S, da Costa-Pereira S, Rindlisbacher L, Wertheimer T, Braun LM, Andrieux G, Duquesne S, Pfeifer D, Woessner NM, Menssen HD, Taromi S, Duyster J, Boerries M, Brummer T, Blazar BR, Minguet S, Turko P, Levesque MP, Becher B, Zeiser R. MDM2 inhibition enhances immune checkpoint inhibitor efficacy by increasing IL-15 and MHC class II production. Mol Cancer Res. 2023 Apr 18:MCR-22-0898. doi: 10.1158/1541-7786.MCR-22-0898. Epub ahead of print.
Jaeger A, Gambheer SMM, Sun X, Chernyakov D, Skorobohatko O, Mack TM, Kissel S, Pfeifer D, Zeiser R, Fisch P, Andrieux G, Bräuer-Hartmann D, Bauer M, Schulze S, Follo M, Boerries M, von Bubnoff N, Miething C, Hidalgo JV, Klein C, Weber T, Wickenhauser C, Binder M, Dierks C. Activated granulocytes and inflammatory cytokine signaling drive T-cell lymphoma progression and disease symptoms. Blood. 2023 Jan 25:blood.2022015653. doi: 10.1182/blood.2022015653.
Seidel P, Rubarth A, Zodel K, Peighambari A, Neumann F, Federkiel Y, Huang H, Hoefflin R, Adlesic M, Witt C, Hoffmann DJ, Metzger P, Lindemann RK, Zenke FT, Schell C, Boerries M, von Elverfeldt D, Reichardt W, Follo M, Albers J, Frew IJ. ATR represents a therapeutic vulnerability in clear cell renal cell carcinoma. JCI Insight. 2022 Dec 22;7(24):e156087. doi: 10.1172/jci.insight.156087. PMID: 36413415; PMCID: PMC9869969.
Rückert T, Andrieux G, Boerries M, Hanke-Müller K, Woessner NM, Doetsch S, Schell C, Aumann K, Kolter J, Schmitt-Graeff A, Schiff M, Braun LM, Haring E, Kissel S, Siranosian BA, Bhatt AS, Nordkild P, Wehkamp J, Jensen BAH, Minguet S, Duyster J, Zeiser R, Köhler N. Human β-defensin 2 ameliorates acute GVHD by limiting ileal neutrophil infiltration and restraining T cell receptor signaling. Sci Transl Med. 2022 Dec 21;14(676):eabp9675. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.abp9675. Epub 2022 Dec 21. PMID: 36542690.
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Bauer J, Köhler N, Maringer Y, Bucher P, Bilich T, Zwick M, Dicks S, Nelde A, Dubbelaar M, Scheid J, Wacker M, Heitmann JS, Schroeder S, Rieth J, Denk M, Richter M, Klein R, Bonzheim I, Luibrand J, Holzer U, Ebinger M, Brecht IB, Bitzer M, Boerries M, Feucht J, Salih HR, Rammensee HG, Hailfinger S, Walz JS. The oncogenic fusion protein DNAJB1-PRKACA can be specifically targeted by peptide-based immunotherapy in fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma. Nat Commun. 2022 Oct 27;13(1):6401. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-33746-3.
Ho JNHG, Schmidt D, Lowinus T, Ryoo J, Dopfer EP, Gonzalo Núñez N, Costa-Pereira S, Toffalori C, Punta M, Fetsch V, Wertheimer T, Rittmann MC, Braun LM, Follo M, Briere C, Vinnakota JM, Langenbach M, Koppers F, Shoumariyeh K, Engel H, Rückert T, Märklin M, Holzmayer S, Illert AL, Magon F, Andrieux G, Duquesne S, Pfeifer D, Staniek J, Rizzi M, Miething C, Köhler N, Duyster J, Menssen HD, Boerries M, Buescher JM, Cabezas-Wallscheid N, Blazar BR, Apostolova P, Vago L, Pearce EL, Becher B, Zeiser R. Targeting MDM2 enhances antileukemia immunity after allogeneic transplantation via MHC-II and TRAIL-R1/2 upregulation. Blood. 2022 Sep 8;140(10):1167-1181. doi: 10.1182/blood.2022016082.
Highlighted by this Editorial: Bleakley M, Biernacki M. MDM2 inhibition augments GVL effect. Blood. 2022 Sep 8;140(10):1064-1065. doi: 10.1182/blood.2022017724. PMID: 36074535.
Aktories P, Petry P, Glatz P, Andrieux G, Oschwald A, Botterer H, Gorka O, Erny D, Boerries M, Henneke P, Groß O, Prinz M, Kierdorf K. An improved organotypic cell culture system to study tissue-resident macrophages ex vivo. Cell Rep Methods. 2022 Jul 26;2(8):100260. doi: 10.1016/j.crmeth.2022.100260.
Haring E, Andrieux G, Uhl FM, Krausz M, Proietti M, Sauer B, Esser PR, Martin SF, Pfeifer D, Schmitt-Graeff A, Duyster J, Köhler N, Grimbacher B, Boerries M, Aumann K, Zeiser R, Apostolova P. Therapeutic targeting of endoplasmic reticulum stress in acute graft-versus-host disease. Haematologica. 2022 Jul 1;107(7):1538-1554. doi: 10.3324/haematol.2021.278387.
Flum M, Dicks S, Teng YH, Schrempp M, Nyström A, Boerries M, Hecht A. Canonical TGFβ signaling induces collective invasion in colorectal carcinogenesis through a Snail1- and Zeb1-independent partial EMT. Oncogene. 2022 Mar;41(10):1492-1506. doi: 10.1038/s41388-022-02190-4.
Harder I, Münchhalfen M, Andrieux G, Boerries M, Grimbacher B, Eibel H, Maccari ME, Ehl S, Wienands J, Jellusova J, Warnatz K, Keller B. Dysregulated PI3K Signaling in B Cells of CVID Patients. Cells. 2022 Jan 28;11(3):464. doi: 10.3390/cells11030464.
Corrales E, Levit-Zerdoun E, Metzger P, Kowar S, Ku M, Brummer T, Boerries M. Dynamic transcriptome analysis reveals signatures of paradoxical effect of vemurafenib on human dermal fibroblasts. Cell Commun Signal. 2021 Dec 20;19(1):123. doi: 10.1186/s12964-021-00801-3.
Spohr C, Poggio T, Andrieux G, Schönberger K, Cabezas-Wallscheid N, Boerries M, Halbach S, Illert AL, Brummer T. Gab2 deficiency prevents Flt3-ITD driven acute myeloid leukemia in vivo. Leukemia. 2022 Apr;36(4):970-982. doi: 10.1038/s41375-021-01490-0. Epub 2021 Dec 13.2021
Grünwald BT, Devisme A, Andrieux G, Vyas F, Aliar K, McCloskey CW, Macklin A, Jang GH, Denroche R, Romero JM, Bavi P, Bronsert P, Notta F, O’Kane G, Wilson J, Knox J, Tamblyn L, Udaskin M, Radulovich N, Fischer SE, Boerries M, Gallinger S, Kislinger T, Khokha R. Spatially confined sub-tumor microenvironments in pancreatic cancer. Cell. 2021 Oct 28;184(22):5577-5592.e18. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2021.09.022. Epub 2021 Oct 12.2021.
Hoefflin R, Harlander S, Abhari BA, Peighambari A, Adlesic M, Seidel P, Zodel K, Haug S, Göcmen B, Li Y, Lahrmann B, Grabe N, Heide D, Boerries M, Köttgen A, Heikenwalder M, Frew. Therapeutic Effects of Inhibition of Sphingosine-1-Phosphate Signaling in HIF-2α Inhibitor-Resistant Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma. Cancers (Basel). 2021 Sep 25;13(19):4801. doi: 10.3390/cancers13194801.
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