Annika Ruß's disputation took place on January 11, 2012. Her dissertation is entitled "Evaluation of microRNA expression and function in acute myeloid leukemia: focus on cytogenetically normal AML and complex karyotype AML".
A short time later, on January 17, 2012, 2012 Meta Volcic successfully defended her PhD dissertation on "Role of the apoptosis-modulatory molecule NF-кB in DNA repair".