Our students are the heart and soul of the Research School. We strongly encourage all students to collaborate across different scientific disciplines and build a strong, international network in order to set optimal conditions for a highly successful career. Below you can find out more about our students, their projects, affiliations and hobbies.

Farid Ahadli

Research Topic: Statistical methods for 3D spacial reconstruction of omic profiles

Supervisor: Dr. Antonio Scialdone

Group:Physics and Data-Based Modelling of Cellular Decision Making

Institute: Institute of Epigenetics and Stem Cells

Rayna Andreeva

Research Topic: Topological and geometric approaches for machine learning and 3D image analysis

Supervisor: Dr. Rik Sarkar

Group:Laboratory for Foundations of Computer Science

Institute:School of Informatics

Rachna Behl

Research Topic: Multi-generational impact of future climate conditions on Arabidopsis thaliana redox homoeostasis, epigenome and phenotype​

Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Christian Lindermayr​

Group:Redox-Signaling and Chromatin Modulation

Institute:Institute of Lung Health and Immunity

Nasrine Bekhedda

Research Topic: Using epigenetics to discover mechanisms behind drug tolerance in a fungal pathogen

Supervisor: Dr. Carsten Marr

Group: Quantitative Single Cell Dynamics

Institute:Institute of Computational Biology

Yung-Li Chen

Research Topic: Function of Satellite RNA Transcription for Centromere Assembly and Mitotic Spindle Formation

Supervisors: Dr. Andreas Ettinger & Prof. Dr. Maria Elena Torres-Padilla

Group:Epigenetics and Cell-Fate in Early Mammalian Development

Institute: Institute of Epigenetics and Stem Cells

Luisa Egert

Research Topic: Discovery and manipulation of key regulators of cell identity in the brain through cellular reprogramming and CRISPR

Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Stefan Stricker & Prof. Dr. Magdalena Götz

Group: Epigenetic Engineering & Neural Stem Cells

Institute:Institute of Stem Cell Research

Veronica Finazzi

Research Topic: Single-cell multiomic analysis of transposable elements with new Bayesian machine learning methods

Supervisor: Dr. Antonio Scialdone

Group: Physics and Data-ased Modelling of Cellular Decision Making

Institute: Institute of Epigenetics and Stem Cells

Vlera Fonda

Research Topic: Decoding genomic signatures of metabolic reprograming in disbetes and obesity

Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Henriette Uhlenhaut & Dr. Fabiana Quagliarini

Institute: Institute for Diabetes and Endocrinology

Jasmine Grezzani

Research Topic: The evolution of nuclear sub-compartmentalization and its impact on genome function

Supervisor: Dr. Nicolas Battich

Group: Quantative Cell Biology

Institute: Institute for Epigenetics and Stem Cells & Helmholtz Pioneer Campus

Luisa Hernández-Götz

Research Topic: Investigating how chromatin and proteome composition is remodelled across varying growth conditions

Supervisor: Dr. Kurt Schmoller

Group:Cell and Organelle Size Control

Institute:Institute of Functional Epigenetics

Otto-Emil Jutila

Research Topic: Air pollution and Dementia: Exploring genetic, cardiovascular, and epigenetic moderators and mechanisms

Supervisors: Dr. Michelle Luciano, Dr. Tom Russ, & Asst. Prof. Dr. Ida Karlsson 

Group:Alzheimer Scotland Dementia Research Centre

Institute: Department of Psychology

Rattan Kaur

Research Topic: Identification of novel epigenetic pathways

Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Robert Schneider

Group: Chromatin Dynamics and Epigenetics

Institute: Institute of Functional Epigenetics

Arohi Khurana

Research Topic: Cell-size dependent regultion of chromatin in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

Supervisor: Dr. Kurt Schmoller

Group: Cell and Organelle Size Control

Institute: Institute of Functional Epigenetics

Eric Liu

Research Topic: Deciphering the functions of novel histone modifications

Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Robert Schneider

Group: Chromatin Dynamics and Epigenetics

Institute:Institute of Functional Epigenetics

Vera Manelli

Research Topic: Factors involved in the formation of cell type-specific chromatine loops and the dissection of mechanisms of action in the context of neuronal development

Supervisor: Dr. Boyan Bonev

Group:Bonev Lab

Institute:Helmholtz Pioneer Center

Sophie Münch

Research Topic: Repression of genes as part of the gene regulatory unit

Supervisor: Dr. rer. nat. Merly Vogt

Group: Metabolic Programming across Generations

Institute: Institute for Diabetes and Cancer

Meghana Oak

Research Topic: Maintenance of active chromatin states in early Xenopus laevis embryos

Supervisor: Dr. Eva Hörmanseder

Group:Maintaining and Reprogramming Cell Fates

Institute: Institute of Epigenetics and Stem Cells

Shruta Pai

Research Topic: Paternal programming of offspring immune development

Supervisor: Dr. Raffaele Teperino

Group: Environmental Epigenetics

Institute:Institute of Experimental Genetics

Sarah Christine Pereira de Oliveira

Research Topic: Crosstalk between cellular metabolism and chromatin and rRNA modifications

Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Robert Schneider

Group: Chromatin Dynamics and Epigenetics

Institute: Institute of Functional Epigenetics

Atiqa Saijd

Research Topic: Single-molecule analysis of replication origin chromatin

Supervisor: Dr. Stephan Hamperl

Group: Chromosome Dynamics and Genome Stability

Institute: Institute of Epigenetics and Stem Cells

Daniele Scarcella

Research Topic: Project modeling the immune regulation of clonal hematopoiesis

Supervisor: Dr. Carsten Marr

Group: AIH

Institute: Institute of AI for Health

Tobias Schmidt

Research Topic: Ribonucleoprotein-based CRISPR approaches as novel tools for gene regulation​

Supervisor: Dr. Stefan Stricker

Group:Epigenetic Engeneering

Institute:Institute of Stem Cell Research

Priya Singh

Research Topic: Investigation of glucocorticoid receptor signaling in the epigenetic regulation of immune response

Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Henriette Uhlenhaut

Institute:Institute for Diabetes and Endocrinology

Jon Stocks

Research Topic: Investigating the role of the SAF-A RNA mesh on transcription

Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Nick Gilbert

Group:Chromatin Structure and Genome Stability

Institute: MRC Human Genetics Unit, University of Edinburgh

Manuel Trauner

Research Topic: Identifying the Role of Transcription-Replication Conflicts as an Endogenous Source of Epigenetic Instability

Supervisor: Dr. Stephan Hamperl

Group: Chromosome dynamics and genome stability

Institute:Institute of Epigenetics and Stem Cells

Magdalena Valenta

Research Topic: The role of m6A epitranscriptome in early mammalian development

Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Robert Schneider 

Group:Chromatin Dynamics and Epigenetics

Institute: Institute of Functional Epigenetics

Silvia Vangelisti

Research Topic: Epigenome rewiring during primate neocortex evolution​

Supervisor: Dr. Boyan Bonev

Group:Bonev Lab

Institute: Helmholtz Pioneer Center