# Lars Zender

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## TL;DR

Medical oncologist and cancer biologist at Tübingen, known for work on senescence surveillance and functional genomics in liver cancer.

## Summary

Prof. Lars Zender is Deputy Speaker of the CCC Tübingen-Stuttgart and Medical Director of Internal Medicine VIII (Medical Oncology and Pulmonology) at Tübingen University Hospital. His laboratory uses mouse models and in vivo RNAi/CRISPR screens to study hepatocellular carcinoma and the immune surveillance of senescent pre-malignant cells, and he has received the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize.

## Fields

- Kind: Person
- Last checked: 2026-09-10
- Tags: leadership; clinician-scientist; liver cancer; cancer biology
- Role: Deputy Speaker; Medical Director, Internal Medicine VIII (Medical Oncology and Pulmonology)
- Specialisms: Medical oncology; Liver cancer biology; Senescence and tumour surveillance

## Sources

- Institution profile: https://www.medizin.uni-tuebingen.de/de/das-klinikum/einrichtungen/zentren/tumorzentrum-ccc/vorstand
- PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Zender+L%5BAuthor%5D

## Connected records

- cancers: [Hepatocellular carcinoma](https://onco.cc/cancers/hcc/)
- institutions: [Comprehensive Cancer Center Tübingen-Stuttgart](https://onco.cc/institutions/ccc-tuebingen/), [Deutsches Netzwerk für Personalisierte Medizin](https://onco.cc/institutions/dnpm/)

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