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Career
| 2022 - : Full professor for Liquid Biopsies |
| 2016 - 2022 : Associate Professor |
| 2015 - : European registered Clinical Laboratory Geneticist |
| 2014 - : Assistant Professor |
| 2014 - : Fachhumangenetikerin |
| 2014 - : Habilitation |
| 2013 - : Research stay at the Wellcome Trust Centre of Human Genetics, University of Oxford, UK |
| 2012 - : Wellcome Trust Advanced Course “Exome Sequencing” (9 days), Hinxton, UK |
| 2011 - : Course in Next Generation Sequencing for rare and common genetic disorders (21 CME), Bologna, Italy |
| 2010 - : Postdoctoral fellow at the Institute of Human Genetics, Medical University of Graz |
| 2008 - 2010 : Postdoctoral fellow and project manager (EU-project EPCRC, FP6) at the Department of Oncology, Medical University of Graz |
| 2008 - : Course “Design, analysis and interpretation of clinical studies” (21h), AKH Wien |
| 2008 - : Course “Project management” (100h), Uni for Life, Graz |
| 2007 - 2008 : Postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Dermatology, Medical University of Graz |
| 2007 - : Graduation Dr. rer. nat. (PhD) |
| 2003 - 2007 : PhD-student at the Department of Dermatology, Medical University of Graz |
| 2003 - : Graduation Mag. rer. nat. |
| 1996 - 2003 : Study of Microbiology at the Karl Franzens University Graz |
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- 106 Biology
- 305 Other Human Medicine, Health Sciences
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StrikeBC: Multimodal Strategies to Target Key Challenges in Bladder Cancer
Heitzer, E. (Principal investigator)
1/01/26 → 31/12/29
Project: Research funding
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GoE: Genome of Europe
Heitzer, E. (Principal investigator)
1/10/24 → 31/03/28
Project: Research funding
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GUIDE.MRD: GUIDING MULTI-MODAL THERAPIES AGAINST MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE BY LIQUID BIOPSIES
Heitzer, E. (Principal investigator)
1/05/23 → 30/04/28
Project: Research funding
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PANCAID: PANcreatic CAncer Initial Detection via liquid biopsy
Heitzer, E. (Principal investigator)
1/01/23 → 31/12/27
Project: Research funding
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ColoMARK: Identification and development of novel colorectal cancer biomarkers via state-of-the-art liquid biopsy approaches
Heitzer, E. (Principal investigator)
1/11/22 → 30/04/27
Project: Research funding
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Assessment of ctDNA detection in prostate cancer using a 6-base epigenomics and fragmentomics approach.
Huynh, T., Sadeghi, H., Mischinger, J., Moser, T., Moser, M., Vlachos, G., Mejia Pedroza, R., Heitzer, E. & Charlesworth, T., 2026, In: Journal of Clinical Oncology. 44, 16_SUPPL, p. e17132-e17132 1 p., e17132.Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference abstract
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Circulating tumor DNA in colorectal cancer: from prognostic insight to emerging clinical standard
Jonas, K. (First author), Andaloro, S. & Heitzer, E., 2026, In: Memo - Magazine of European Medical Oncology. 19, 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review
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Functional footprints of homologous recombination deficiency in prostate cancer revealed by ctDNA fragmentation and transcription factor accessibility.
Vlachos, G. (First author), Moser, T., Lazzeri, I., Moser, M., Glawitch, L., Bauernhofer, E. T., Eberhard, A., Beichler, C., Sadeghi, H., Blatterer, J., Kühberger, S., Monsberger, N., Terbuch, A., Kashofer, K., Geigl, J. B., Bauernhofer, T. & Heitzer, E., Mar 2026, In: British Journal of Cancer. 134, 6, p. 949-960 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Research article
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Integrating baseline ctDNA-derived tumor metrics enhances risk stratification in HR-positive/HER2-negative advanced breast cancer: a real-world multicenter cohort study from Austria
Dobric, N. (First author), Hasenleithner, S., Suppan, C., Klocker, E. V., Hlauschek, D., Graf, R., Beichler, C., Albertini, C., Egle, D., Liu, D., Starzer, A., Bartsch, R., Moser, T., Rinnerthaler, G., Jost, P., Heitzer, E., Dandachi, N. & Balic, M., Apr 2026, In: ESMO Open. 11, 4, p. 106939 12 p., 106939.Research output: Contribution to journal › Research article
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Listening to the bladder field: Urine liquid biopsies reveal differential treatment responses in NMIBC
Jonas, K. (First author), Moser, T. & Heitzer, E., 19 Feb 2026, In: Cell. 189, 4, p. 995-997 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Communication
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Umfassende genomische Testung aus Plasma?
Heitzer, E. (Author)
2025Activity: Talk, presentation or poster › Scientific talk or presentation › On site
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Unlocking the power of urine cfDNA
Heitzer, E. (Author)
2025Activity: Talk, presentation or poster › Scientific talk or presentation › On site
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Neue molekulare diagnostische Möglichkeiten der ctDNA bei verschiedenen Entitäten- Wo stehen wir, wo geht die Reise hin?
Heitzer, E. (Author)
2025Activity: Talk, presentation or poster › Scientific talk or presentation › On site
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Harnessing ctDNA for precision medicine in prostate cancer
Heitzer, E. (Author)
2025Activity: Talk, presentation or poster › Scientific talk or presentation › On site