Simon Hertlein
Simon holds Bachelor and Master of Science degrees in Biochemistry from Julius-Maximilians-University of Würzburg. He received his PhD in 2020 at the Center for Regenerative Therapies TU Dresden, investigating mammalian neural stem cells and their contribution to recovery from brain injury. Simon joined QIAGEN in November 2020, where he focuses on developing nucleic acid extraction applications from FFPE tissue and plasma using the new EZ2 Connect platform.

Explore how NGS-based cfDNA analysis can provide unique insights in cancer research.

  • Keynote lecture: ctDNA to aid clinical decision making – where do we stand?
    Prof. Ellen Heitzer, Head of Research Unit, Diagnostic & Research Institute of Human Genetics, Medical University of Graz, Austria
  • Panel discussion: Tips & tricks for liquid biopsy sample preparation, NGS and bioinformatics
Prof. Ellen Heitzer and 5 other experts