discovered_01_2015 - "We like to tread new ground and build bridges between researchers and clinicians"

discovered 01 .15 PORTRAIT WWW.HZDR.DE // Medical researcher Esther Troost was recently appointed to a professorship for ‘image-guided precision radiation therapy’. Together with her partner, medical physicist Aswin Hoffmann, she wants to drive radiation therapy in Dresden. ‘Let’s put it this way: if there had been a comparable science location in London or New York, we would still have come to Dresden. The challenges we face here and the dual-career prospects are quite unique. We have been made to feel so welcome here - we are really enthusiastic about everything.’ Esther Troost and Aswin Hoffmann meet briefly in the corridor of the OncoRay building and sit down together for half an hour in one of their offices. The atmosphere is comfortable, even without the typical personal accoutrements like photos and plants that often adorn a laden desk. The two scientists obviously see their life together as an exciting liaison, both in the lab and outside the hospital. _TEXT . Stephan Wiegand ‘WE LIKE TO TREAD NEW GROUND AND BUILD BRIDGES BETWEEN RESEARCHERS AND CLINICIANS’ TWO CULTURES: Germany – Netherlands, MRI – PET, medicine – physics. Esther Troost makes the connections. Photo: Stephan Wiegand

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