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The Team

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Team Members

Dr. Robert Hänsel-Hertsch

Dr. Robert Hänsel-Hertsch

Principal Investigator

 I am a bio­chem­ist and pas­sion­ate about Gen­ome Bio­logy.

Dr. Martin Gajarsky

Dr. Martin Gajarsky

Post Doctoral Researcher

I aim to combine my structural biology expertise with molecular biology and genomics to unravel the nature and the role of ultra short cell-free DNA.

Dr. Giulia Pizzolato

Dr. Giulia Pizzolato

Post Doctoral Researcher

I am interested in transcription factor biology and aim to dig into the complexity of transcription networks to provide new potential points of intervention for lung cancer therapy.

Dr. Jenny Ostendorp

Dr. Jenny Ostendorp

Post Doctoral Researcher

I am interested in cancer cell plasticity and aim to uncover how epigenetic regulation shapes transcriptional activities during the process of adaptation and therapeutic resistance

Anna Eva Koch

Anna Eva Koch

PhD Student

I am fascinated by the potential of Omics-based technologies to unravel the complex molecular mechanisms driving the process of ageing.

Lokapriya Dasarathan

Lokapriya Dasarathan

PhD Student

Its very smart of nature to use epigenetics as a controlling mechanism for gene expression and that's what I am utterly attracted to epigenetics in the first place. I believe epigenetics is a smart way to approach biological research.

Dalya Hiluf

Dalya Hiluf

PhD Student

I am interested in understanding the interplay between epigenetic modifications and genomic instability as well as their implications in aging and cancer.

Julia Popow

Julia Popow

PhD Student

Olivia van Ray

Olivia van Ray

Medical Technical Assistant

I really enjoy contributing to science and solving scientific problems. I've worked in neuroscience, immunology, and stem cell biology, now I am here to conquer genomics!

Want to join our Team?

Our team is at the be­gin­ning of its jour­ney and ex­cited to es­tab­lish an out­stand­ing lab cul­ture. We wel­come cre­ativ­ity and crit­ic­al thinkers with team spir­it to un­ravel fun­da­ment­al mo­lecu­lar de­term­in­ants of (epi)gen­ome age­ing and re­lated dis­ease de­vel­op­ment.

Alumni

Dr. Sara Desideri

Alumni (Post Doctoral Researcher)

Marta Manik

Alumni (Bachelor Student)

Lea Waffenschmidt

Alumni (Master student)

Thomas Akkermann

Alumni (Bachelor Student)

Dr. Michaela Höhne

Alumni (Post Doctoral Researcher)

Priscilla Piccirillo

Alumni (PhD Student)

Dr. Joana Frobel

Alumni (Post Doctoral Researcher)

Pascal Hunold

Alumni (PhD Student)