Christin Schmidt, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Neurosciences
Cancer Focus
My primary research interest is to develop human models for pediatric brain cancers, utilizing these to clarify mechanisms of tumor initiation, the role of the tumor microenvironment and to identify therapeutic vulnerabilities.
Research Program
Research Interest
My overall research focuses on studying the origin of childhood brain cancers during the early development of the brain, identifying the abnormal genetic changes leading to those cancers and thereby uncovering therapeutic opportunities.
Positions and Scientific Appointments
2025-Present: Assistant Professor, Neuroscience Department, Medical University South Carolina, Charleston SC, USA.
2019- 2025: Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Bjoern Schwer and William Weiss labs, University of California San Francisco, Germany.
2017-2019: Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Neurology, Anders Persson lab, University of California San Francisco, Germany.
2012-2016: Doctoral Studies, German Cancer Research Center Heidelberg, Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg, Germany.
2011-2012: Visiting Student, Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California San Francisco, USA.
2010-2011: Research Assistant, Department of Neurosurgery, Charité Medical Faculty Berlin, Germany.
2009: Research Assistant, Department of Neurobiology, Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg, Germany.
Education
Postdoctoral
October 2025
Neuro-oncology
University of California, San Francisco, CA
PhD
December 2016
Nero-oncology
German Cancer Research Center Heidelberg and Ruprecht-Karls-University of Heidelberg, Germany
M.Sc.
September 2011
Medical Neuroscience
Charite Medical University Berlin and Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany
B.Sc.
September 2009
Biology
Ruprecht-Karls-University of Heidelberg, Germany