Prof. Dr. med. Sebastian Kobold
Abt. Klinische Pharmakologie
Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik IV
Principal Investigator
Lindwurmstraße 2a
München, 80337
Curriculum vitae
Current Position
- Since 2019 Professor of Medicine and Experimental Immunooncology (W2-level), Deputy Director, Faculty of Medicine, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, University Hospital of Ludwig-Maximilian University Munich (KUM), Germany.
- Since 2016 Attending Physician, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, KUM, Germany.
Education
- 2014 Habilitation in Experimental Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich (LMU), Germany, Topic: antibody therapy. Supervisors: S. Endres, W. Zimmermann and R. Henschler.
- 2014 Board Certification as Clinical Pharmacologist and Immunologist. Bavarian Chamber of Physicians and German Society of Immunology (DGFI).
- 2010 Dr. med. (medical doctorate), Faculty of Medicine, Saarland University, Homburg, Germany; Supervisors: Renner C., Knuth, Title: “Serologische Identifikation von Pankreaskarzinom-spezifischen Antigenen".
- 2007 Graduation from Medical School and German Licence to practice Medicine. Faculty of Medicine, Saarland University, Homburg, Germany, with electives in Bordeaux, France, Zürich, Switzerland and Homburg, Germany.
Awards
- 2023 Georges-Köhler Award, German Society for Immunotherapy, Germany.
- 2022 Monika-Kutzner Award for Cancer Research, Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences, Germany.
- 2021 Lisec-Artz Award for Cancer Research, Medicine Faculty – University of Bonn, Germany.
- 2020 Clinical Science Award, German Society for Immunotherapy, Germany.
- 2019 M4-preseed Award by the Bavarian Ministry of Economical Affairs.
- 2019 Johann-Georg-Zimmermann Award for Cancer Research, University of Hannover, Germany.
- 2017 European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant, Brussels, Belgium.
- 2017 Hugo-Wilhelm- von Ziemsen Award for medical research, Department of Internal Medicine IV, University Hospital of Ludwig-Maximilian University Munich (KUM), Germany.
- 2016 Vincenz-Czerny Award for Cancer Research, German Society of Hematology and Oncology, Germany.
- 2016 BMS-MRA Young Investigator Award, awarded by the Melanoma Research Alliance, Washington D.C., USA.
- 2016 Career Advancement Award 2016 of the Jung-Foundation for Science and Research, Hamburg, Germany.
- 2016 Young investigator Award, Melanoma Research Alliance, Washington D.C., USA.
Editorial Activities
- 2023 Section Editor at the Journal for the Immunotherapy of Cancer (JIF 12.5), official journal of the Society for the Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC).
- 2022 Editorial Board Member, ESMO IOTECH.
- 2020 Associate Editor for the Section Cancer Immunity and Immunotherapy. Frontiers in Immunology (JIF 5) and Frontiers in Oncology (JIF 4.8).
Granted and disclosed Patents
- Bispecific antibody molecules with antigen-transfected T cells and their use in medicine. Kobold S, Bourquin C, Castoldi R, Sustmann C, Niederfellner G, Klein C and Endres S. PCT/EP2013/051351.
- PD1-CD28 fusions proteins and their use in medicine. Kobold S and Endres S. PCT/EP2016/064195.
- CXCR6 transduced T cells for targeted tumor therapy. Kobold S, Grassmann S, Rapp M and Endres S. EP15190179.0, submitted on October 16th 2015.
- Improving adoptive cellular therapy. Kobold S, Geiger M, Sustmann C, Niederfellner G, Klein C and Endres S. EP16177203, submitted on June 30th 2016.
- CCR8 transduced T cells for targeted tumor therapy. Kobold S, Cadilha BL and Endres S. EP19161708.3, submitted on march 3rd 2019.
- CSF1R-targeted immunotherapies. Kobold S, Lesch S, Gottschlich A, Endres S. EP21191376, submitted on August 13th 2021.