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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Rattan Kaur
Research Topic: Identification of novel epigenetic pathways
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Robert Schneider
Group: Chromatin Dynamics and Epigenetics
Institute: Institute of Functional Epigenetics
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Shruta Pai
Research Topic: Paternal programming of offspring immune development
Supervisor: Dr. Raffaele Teperino
Group: Environmental Epigenetics
Institute:Institute of Experimental Genetics
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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
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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
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Daniele Scarcella
Research Topic: Project modeling the immune regulation of clonal hematopoiesis
Supervisor: Dr. Carsten Marr
Group: AIH
Institute: Institute of AI for Health
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Silvia Vangelisti
Research Topic: Epigenome rewiring during primate neocortex evolution
Supervisor: Dr. Boyan Bonev
Group:Bonev Lab
Institute: Helmholtz Pioneer Center