Dr. Hinrich Abken studied medicine, was post-doc at the Institute for Cell Biology (Prof Rajewsky) at Essen University, was group leader at the University of Bonn, Faculty of Sciences, and in 1993 he became University Professor for Tumor Genetics at the Medical Faculty of the University of Cologne. Since June 2018 Dr Abken holds the Chair for Genetic Immunotherapy at the RCI, Regensburg Center for Interventional Immunology, at the University Regensburg.