Prof. Dr. Manfred Jücker is the leader of the group "Signal Transduction of Cancer" at the Institute of Biochemistry and Signal Transduction, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany. His educational experience includes studying biology at the University of Cologne from 1980 to 1986 and working toward his Ph.D. at the I: Medical Clinic, University of Cologne, from 1987 to 1991. His work experience includes having a habilitation (Privatdozent) and qualification for teaching in higher education (biochemistry and molecular biology), which he obtained in 2003, and becoming a professor (§ 17 HmbHG, biochemistry, and molecular biology) in 2012. His research focuses on continued investigations of signaling pathways; cancer biology; hematology; oncology; signal transduction; cancer cells; Western blot; phosphorylation; cancer research; and cytokines.