Team


Alumni

Andreas Schirmer
Master Thesis student


Email: andreas.schirmer@tum.de


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Angelica Arenas Vargas
Student assistent

I am from Colombia and came to Germany for my studies in pharmaceutical bioprocess engineering (Pharmazeutische Bioprozesstechnik) that started in October 2019. One of my goals is to collaborate on the investigation and cure of diseases, which is why August 2019 I joined our research group. Appart from my studies I like to read and see new places in this beautiful county.

School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan - Technical University of Munich

Phone: +49 89 4140 9130

Email: angelicarenasvargas@gmail.com


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Cheng-En Lu
Student assistent
Born in Düsseldorf, I came to Munich to study physics and joined the group in 2019. Currently working on my master's thesis in biophysics. In my free time I enjoy playing softball and telling people why "The Alchemist" is an overrated book.
Phone: +49 89 4140 9130

Email: chengen.lu@tum.de


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Chiara Falcomatà
Chiara Falcomatà
PhD student
Combinatorial treatment strategies and tumor evolution in PDAC


Email: chiara.falcomata@tum.de


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Diana David
Student assistent
Computer engineer from Sibiu, Romania. In my journey of bridging the gap between medicine and informatics, I moved to Munich to study Biomedical Computing and joined the group in 2020.
Along this journey, I like to travel as much as possible and disconnect for a while by dancing and reading.
Phone: +49 89 4140 9130

Email: diana.david@tum.de


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Student assistants

Carolin Bast
Master Thesis student
Functional analysis of lysyl oxidases in a PDAC microenvironment.


Email: carolinalicia.bast@stud.uni-goettingen.de


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Deepika Balaji
Master Student


Email: Deepika.Balaji@campus.lmu.de


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Ding Ning
Master Student


Email: Ding.Ning@campus.lmu.de


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PhD graduate students

Deelaka Willappili
PhD student
PI3K-mediate whole genome doubling in PDAC
I finished my bachelor's degree in Molecular Biology and Genetics (2016) at McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada, and my master's degree in Molecular Genetics (2019) at the University of Toronto. My PhD project in the Saur lab involves elucidating molecular mechanisms behind PI3K-mutant driven whole genome doubling in mouse PDAC models.


Email: deelaka.wellappili@tum.de


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Devi Anggraini Ngandiri
PhD student

PDAC subtypes Tumor microenvironment and combinatorial therapy strategy

I finished my undergrad in Biotechnology at Atma Jaya University, Indonesia (2017). Then I continued with my master’s degree in cell biology at TU Kaiserslautern, Germany (2021), where I analyzed the phenotypic consequences of polyploidy, which is a hallmark of cancer. In 2022 I joined the AG Saur group as Ph.D. researcher. I mainly work on defining the subtype-specific inflammatory drivers in PDAC and investigate its combinatorial therapy using a mouse model.



Email: devi.ngandiri@tum.de


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