#395 Mapping Melanoma: How Spatial Biology Is Advancing Cancer Research

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This episode explores how spatial biology is advancing melanoma research through emerging genomic technologies.

What if we could study melanoma not just cell by cell, but in the exact place those cells live inside the tumor? That is the promise of spatial biology. In this episode of DNA Today, we explore how emerging genomic technologies are transforming melanoma research by allowing scientists to examine not only which cells are present in a tumor, but where they are located, how they interact, and why those relationships matter. May is Melanoma Awareness Month, making this an important time to spotlight how tools like spatial transcriptomics, single-cell sequencing, and multiomics approaches are helping researchers better understand tumor behavior, immune response, and treatment resistance. Joining us are Professors Thomas Tüting and Andreas Braun, German dermatologists and researchers whose work focuses on melanoma, tumor immunology, and translational cancer research. We are also joined by Dr. Jia Hui Khoo, Product Manager at MGI, who brings expertise in spatial biology and the technologies helping make this research possible. Together, we discuss an exciting melanoma research project profiling human melanoma samples from the University Hospital Magdeburg’s biobank, using MGI’s DCSP…

People in this episode

Host: Kira Dineen

Guests: Thomas Tüting, Andreas Braun, Jia Hui Khoo

Topics covered

• melanoma
• spatial biology
• cancer research
• genomic technologies
• tumor immunology
• precision oncology

Keywords

• melanoma
• spatial transcriptomics
• single-cell sequencing
• multiomics
• tumor behavior
• immune response
• treatment resistance

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Organizations: University Hospital Magdeburg, MGI

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