Portrait of Paul Schwerd-Kleine

Curriculum Vitae

Deep learning & statistical modelling • Foundation-model adaptation • Rigorous evaluation • Health & oncology

Education

Work Experience

Publications

  1. A latent sensitivity framework translates preclinical drug response to clinical combination efficacy. First author

    Schwerd-Kleine P, Wagner JP, Palmer AC. Submitted, Cancer Research.

  2. Neuroendocrine transdifferentiation defines a monitorable and targetable therapy-escape state in HER2-positive breast cancer. Co-first author

    Schwerd-Kleine P*, Würth R*, Cheytan T*, et al. Under review, Cancer Discovery. (*equal contribution)

  3. An in-depth single-cell and spatial map of inflammatory breast cancer reveals an immunosuppressive and inflammation-like microenvironment. First author

    Schwerd-Kleine P, et al. Manuscript.

  4. Biopsy-derived organoids in personalised early breast cancer care. First author

    Schwerd-Kleine P, et al. Int. J. Cancer 2025;156(11):2200–2209. doi:10.1002/ijc.35386

  5. Circulating tumor cell plasticity determines breast cancer therapy resistance via NRG1–HER3 signalling. Co-author

    Würth R, et al. Nature Cancer 2024. doi:10.1038/s43018-024-00882-2

  6. Induction of a metabolic switch from glucose to ketone metabolism programs ketogenic diet–induced therapeutic vulnerability in lung cancer. Co-author

    Wu Y, et al. Cell Metabolism 2025;37:2233–2249.e9. doi:10.1016/j.cmet.2025.10.001

Extracurricular Activities

Passions and Interests

Independent travelling: exploring new destinations and cultures.

Sports: cycling, volleyball, bouldering and more.

Cooking and food: always on the hunt for the best flavours and testing new recipes.

Paul sailing