Helmholtz Zentrum München Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt

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

Group: Chromatin Structure and Genome Stability

Institute: MRC Human Genetics Unit, University of Edinburgh

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

Institute: Institute of Epigenetics and Stem Cells

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