Khaled al haber biography of martin
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Pediatric Neurooncology
Pediatric neurooncology - research for better therapies
Brain tumors are the most common cause of cancer-related death in children. While molecular findings have already been successfully integrated into clinical practice in hemato-oncology, neuro-oncology still faces major challenges. Our aim is to better understand the biological basis of childhood brain tumors and to develop new therapeutic approaches.
Our research approach
We analyze tumors genetically using state-of-the-art high-throughput sequencing and make these findings usable for clinical application. This includes the identification and validation of biomarkers that enable predictions to be made about the course of the disease and the response to therapy. We also test new treatment approaches in preclinical models, often in combination with proven chemotherapeutic agents, in order to develop personalized therapies.
Childhood brain tumors are biologically extremely diverse, both between different tumor types and within a single tumor. This diversity makes it difficult to tailor treatments. Our research helps to decipher these genetic and epigenetic differences. Using preclinical models and state-of-the-art sequencing technologies, we investigate tumor development, metastasis and relap
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Forty Five Corners No. 2 - Ernesto Chahoud
45 Corners #2
DJ Ernesto Chahoud
Beirut, Lebanon
I met and DJ’d with Ernesto a few years back in the Lebanon, it was quite the experience. You won’t find another DJ with as much character and passion as his, and coupled with his insatiable drive for digging obscure music you have in him a truly unique force, there’s no other way to describe him.
His character is due in part to his physical location and personal history. Born in West Beirut in 1981, it was to be a young life marred by war, invasion, political and religious turmoil all around him, very challenging conditions indeed. But the human spirit is strong, and however one is surrounded in chaos, people will always find sanctuary in music, you will find that the world over where rampant governments are doing their utmost to mess things up. People will always do their best to have a good time and rescue their culture from the hands of tyrants and warmongers, and when the war is over, dancing is always one of the first things to happen.
My one trip to the Lebanon was real eye opener having grown up in a benign rural Devonshire in the UK. I could plainly see real determination in many if not all of the people I met, and in Ernesto, a powerful distillation
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