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.
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
Research Topic: Redox-regulation of epigenetic mechanisms in response to future climate conditions
Supervisor: Dr. Christian Lindermayr
Group: Redox-Signaling and Chromatin Modulation
Institute: Institute of Lung Health and Immunity
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
Research Topic: Paternal programming of offspring immune development
Supervisor: Dr. Raffaele Teperino
Group: Environmental Epigenetics
Institute: Institute of Experimental Genetics
Research Topic: Developing targeted epigenetic strategies for Ribosomopathies
Supervisor: Dr. Stefan Stricker
Group: Epigenetic Engeneering
Institute: Institute of Stem Cell Research
Research Topic: Air pollution and Dementia: Exploring genetic, cardiovascular, and epigenetic moderators and mechanisms
Supervisors: Dr. Michelle Luciano, Dr. Tom Russ, and Asst. Prof. Dr. Ida Karlsson
Group: Group: Alzheimer Scotland Dementia Research Centre
Institute: Department of Psychology
Enrolled since 2020
Research Topic: How are cell fates changed by nuclear reprogramming?
Supervisor: Dr. Eva Hörmanseder
Group: Maintaining and Reprogramming Cell Fates
Institute: Institute of Epigenetics and Stem Cells
Enrolled since 2019
Research topic: Function of Satellite RNA Transcription for Centromere Assembly and Mitotic Spindle Formation
Supervisors: Dr. Andreas Ettinger and Prof. Dr. Maria-Elena Torres-Padilla
Research group: Epigenetics and cell-fate in early mammalian development
Institute: Institute of Epigenetics and Stem Cells
Enrolled since 2020
Research Topic: Discovery and manipulation of key regulators of cell identity in the brain through cellular reprogramming and CRISPR
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Stefan Stricker & Prof. Dr. Magdalena Götz
Group: Epigenetic Engineering & Neural Stem Cells
Institute: Institute of Stem Cell Research
Enrolled since 2021
Research Topic: Decoding genomic signatures of metabolic reprograming in disbetes and obesity
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Henriette Uhlenhaut / Dr. Fabiana Quagliarini
Group: Molecular Endocrinology
Institute: Institute for Diabetes and Cancer
Enrolled since 2021
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
Enrolled since 2021
Research Topic: Deciphering the functions of novel histone modifications
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Robert Schneider
Group: Chromatin Dynamics and Epigenetics
Institute: Institute of Functional Epigenetics
Enrolled since 2019
Research Topic: Analysis of 2C- like cells in different species
Supervisor: Dr. Antonio Scialdone
Group: Physics and data-based modelling of cellular decision making
Institute: Institute of Epigenetics and Stem Cells
Enrolled since 2019
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: Boyan Bonev, PhD
Research group: Bonev Lab
Institute: Helmholtz Pioneer Center
Enrolled since 2018
Research topic: The epigenomic landscape of four genes which are important in the context of development and disease
Supervisor: Dr. Stefan Stricker
Group: Epigenetic Engineering
Institute: Institute of Stem Cell Research
Enrolled since 2020
Research topic: Crosstalk between cellular metabolism and chromatin and rRNA modifications
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Robert Schneider
Research group: Chromatin Dynamics and Epigenetics
Institute: Institute of Functional Epigenetics
Research Topic: The properties of the RNA in the mesh and the roles of other proteins associated with the mesh
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Nick Gilbert
Enrolled since 2021
Research Topic: Mathematical modelling of cellular fate decision in olfactory sensory neurons
Supervisor: Dr. Antonio Scialdone
Group: Physics and data-based modelling of cellular decision making
Research Topic: Quantification of single-cell differentiation timescales from diverse mammalian species
Supervisor: Dr. Carsten Marr
Group: Quantitative Single Cell Dynamics
Institute: Institute of Computational Biology
Enrolled since 2020
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
Enrolled since 2019
Research topic: 3D genome architecture changes during primate evolution focusing on the cerebral cortex
Supervisor: Boyan Bonev, PhD
Research group: Bonev Lab
Institute: Helmholtz Pioneer Center