My research group investigates the interplay between cancer cells and immune cells within tumours and the tumour microenvironment in vivo. We are particularly interested in the pathways tumour cells exploit to inhibit the access of innate and adaptive immune cells into tumor tissue, cell-cell interaction within the tumour microenvironment and effector functions of tumour-infiltrating immune cells. To address these questions, we are combining transplantable and autochthonous mouse models of cancer with classical immunological assays, modern imaging techniques for tumour sections and whole mount tumours as well as bioinformatics analysis of cancer patient data.