Prof. Melanie Börries

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Prof. Dr. med. Dr. phil. nat. Melanie Börries is the Director of the Institute of Medical Bioinformatics and Systems Medicine (IBSM) at the University of Freiburg, Medical Center, where she also serves as Co-Director of the Cancer Center Freiburg. She completed her PhD in Cell Biology at the University of Basel in 2005 and earned her medical degree at the University of Lübeck in 2004. Börries holds several leadership roles, including Spokesperson of the German Cancer Consortium (Freiburg) and coordinator of multiple clinical and bioinformatics initiatives.

Her previous positions include Junior Group Leader at the DKTK/DKFZ Partner Site Freiburg and Principal Investigator at the Freiburger Institute for Advanced Studies. Recognized with an award for innovative teaching in 2006, she is also active in editorial and advisory boards and declined a W2-Professorship of Bioinformatics at the Goethe University of Frankfurt in 2017.