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Matthias Löhr was appointed as the Professor of Gastroenterology & Hepatology at 
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the times of his MD thesis through PhD and lateron, he concentrated on
several aspects of the pancreas, both in clinical medicine, translational and
basic sciences. He is heading the Pancreas Research Team at Gastrocentrum and
leading the KICancer Diagnose-related network for HPB tumors. For the 
European Gastroenterologists (UEG), he was sitting in several committees at
the EU in Brussels. Currently, he serves as the president of UEG. 

Research is concentrated around the pancreas, all the way from clinical 
pancreatology in hereditary and autoimmune pancreatitis, biomarkers,
endoscopic therapy (ERCP) to function tests and early clinical studies in
pancreatic cancer with novel therapeutic concepts. The translational and
basic research is conducted in the lab (PaCaRes), lead by Rainer Heuchel
[LINK]. In the lab, the research concentrates on the connective tissue reaction around
pancreatic cancer and its role in chemoresistance. We developed a novel 3D
model consisting of pancreatic cancer cels and stromal cells. The research was/is
funded by VR, CF, RaHFo, Wallenius Stiftelsen, and others. Currently, a MSC program is running (PRECODE) as well as three EU projects: PANCAIM, PANCAID, GUIDE.MRD

Lecturing pregraduate, graduate and postgraduate on all aspect of the pancreas. He is also leading the Pancreas 2000 program, an 
educational program for future pancreatologists in Europe, now part of the European Pancreatic Club (EPC).