
WELCOME TO THE SCHÜRCH LAB!
Advanced Tissue Imaging & Tumor Microenvironment
News
07/2025
The Schürch lab had a great "retreat" at the Europa Park -- a day of sun, fun, ice cream and rollercoasters, and great team building!
06/2025
Lanzhu Li received the EFIS-EJI Travel Grant 2025 IUIS Conference in Vienna, Austria -- congrats!
Lanzhu Li received a competitive travel grant from EHA for the 2025 EHA Congress in Milan, Italy -- congrats!
Dr. Veronika Bahlinger received the
“Württemberg Cancer Award, Junior Researcher”, Dres. Bayer Foundation -- big congratulations, well deserved!
12/2024
Naray Payab was awarded the 1st Poster Prize, and
Yizheng Zhang & Isabelle Rottmann were awarded the 3rd Poster Prize at the IFIT Cluster of Excellence “Merry Science” Event -- congrats!
09/2024
Amina Nurmammadova received an offer to join the MD Anderson Cancer Center as a PhD student with full stipend -- congratulations!
Lanzhu Li received a competitive travel grant from the ECI 2024 Dublin conference organizers -- congratulations!
Lanzhu Li received the “Bright Sparks Award” at the 7th European Congress of Immunology, Dublin, Ireland -- congratulations!

About Us
The Schürch Lab focuses on understanding tumor immunology and the tumor microenvironment in human cancer and murine tumor models by using highly multiplexed microscopy and machine learning-based computational analysis.
About Christian
Christian is a board-certified surgical pathologist with profound basic and translational research training and 15 years of experience in basic and translational cancer research, focusing on hematological malignancies and the tumor immune microenvironment. This includes mouse models of solid and hematological tumors (genetically engineered mice, xenografts), flow cytometry, mass cytometry (CyTOF) and highly multiplexed fluorescence microscopy with 50+ markers (CODEX technology), as well as computational data analysis algorithms. Christian is a very collaborative scientist and involved in numerous multi-institutional, multi-national scientific research projects.
About Pathology
Pathology is a clinical discipline of medicine. A pathologist's job is to accurately diagnose cancer, prognosticate outcome and predict response to therapy. In addition, pathologists play a key role in basic and translational medical research by providing expertise in tissue diagnostics, immunohistochemistry and molecular tests.
About Tübingen
Tübingen is a scenic university town on the Neckar river in South-Western Germany, close to Stuttgart, the capital of Baden-Württemberg. The quality of life is exceptional, and the atmosphere is diverse, inclusive, and very friendly. Most locals speak English. Tübingen offers excellent research opportunities due to its University, the University Hospital, four Max Planck Institutes, and CyberValley, Europe’s largest artificial intelligence / machine learning research consortium.
