Alliance Interinstitutional Postdoc Program

Maja Bencun, Medical Faculty Heidelberg, Heidelberg University
Functional characterization of uORF-encoded microproteins in cardiomyocytes
Christoph Dieterich, Medical Faculty Heidelberg, Heidelberg University + Rebecca Wade, Heidelberg University

Aylin Camgöz, DKFZ 
Oncogenic roles of PRDM16 in ST-EPN-ZFTA ependymomas
Marcel Kool, DKFZ + Magdalena Laugsch, Medical Faculty Heidelberg, Heidelberg University

Rafael Cardoso, DKFZ
Discovery and evaluation of non-invasive tests and risk models for personalized colorectal cancer screening
Hermann Brenner, DKFZ + Nuh Rahbari, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University

Ines Castro, Medical Faculty Heidelberg, Heidelberg University
The Nuclear Pore Complex as a site for genomic transcription and splicing
Marina Lusic, Medical Faculty Heidelberg, Heidelberg University + Sinem Saka, EMBL

Florian Constanty, Medical Faculty Heidelberg, Heidelberg University
Dissecting the cardiac regenerative microenvironment using spatial OMICs
Arica Beisaw, Medical Faculty Heidelberg, Heidelberg University + Chi-Chung Wu, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University

Taniya Chakraborty, Heidelberg University
Bottom-up assembly of a macrophage-mimicking synthetic cell
Selhuber-Unkel, Heidelberg University + Kerstin Göpfrich, MPI, Heidelberg University

Quinten Ducarmon, EMBL
Discovery of novel gut bacterial carcinogenesis mechanisms
Georg Zeller, EMBL + Eran Elinav, DKFZ

Charles Dussiau, EMBL
Integrative analysis of single cell omics with cellular and functional features of ageing at a whole organ level using machine learning
Judith Zaugg, EMBL + Michael Milsom, DKFZ

Büşra Erarslan-Uysal, Medical Faculty Heidelberg, Heidelberg University
Characterizing genomic structural variation and leukemogenesis in Shwachman-Diamond-Syndrome
Joachim Kunz, Medical Faculty Heidelberg, Heidelberg University + Jan Korbel, EMBL

Nir Fulman, Heidelberg University
Interdisciplinary research platform “Urban nature experience, biodiversity and mental health”
Alexander Zipf + Marcus Koch + Gerd Hoefele, Heidelberg University + Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg, ZI

Marie Jacobovitz, EMBL
Plasticity of nuclear cycling in response to the environment
Gautam Dey, EMBL + Markus Ganter, Heidelberg University

Nicolai Karcher, EMBL
Towards personalized microbiome-informed immunosuppressive therapy in transplant medicine
Michael Zimmermann, EMBL + Burkhard Tönshoff + David Czock, Medical Faculty Heidelberg, Heidelberg University

Suzan Kors, Heidelberg University
A molecular and ultrastructural analysis of mitotic organelle remodeling and of organelle interactions during mitosis
Anne Schlaitz, Heidelberg University + Yannick Schwab, EMBL

Florian Marx, Medical Faculty Heidelberg, Heidelberg University
Multiplex serology to identify novel biomarkers for tuberculosis
Claudia Denkinger, Medical Faculty Heidelberg, Heidelberg University + Tim Waterboer, DKFZ

Svenja Müller, ZI
Molecular principles underlying the effects of prenatal maternal stress on placenta and neurodevelopment: from a human longitudinal cohort to mechanistic insight
Stephanie Witt, ZI + Alexander Aulehla, EMBL

Maria Lucia Pigazzini, EMBL
Unraveling the emerging link between structural centrosome aberrations and cancer
Niccolò Banterle, EMBL + Ingrid Hoffmann, DKFZ

Daniela Ramirez Butavand, Heidelberg University
Training the sleeping brain: effects of high intensity training on sleep-dependent brain plasticity in major depression
Simon Steib, Heidelberg University + Gordon Feld, ZI

Fredrika Rajer, EMBL
Quantifying the effect of long-term antibiotic prophylaxis in infants on the pediatric microbiome and the development of antibiotic resistance
Michael Zimmermann, EMBL + Christan Gille + Burkhard Toenshoff + Alexander Dalpke, Medical Faculty Heidelberg, Heidelberg University

Vladimir Ryabov, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University
Role of inflammation in fully humanized and immunologically active 3D bone marrow models of healthy and neoplastic hematopoiesis
Daniel Nowak, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University + Marieke Essers, DKFZ

Petr Smirnov, EMBL 
Merging histopathology imaging and genome sequencing using machine learning to discover fundamental properties and translational opportunities of tumors with chromothripsis
Wolfgang Huber, EMBL + Aurelie Ernst, DKFZ

Joshua Stevenson-Hoare, DKFZ
Linking Hyperscanning in EEG and fMRI measures for studying  social interactions
Hermann Brenner, DKFZ + Beate Ditzen, Medical Faculty Heidelberg, Heidelberg University + Judith Zaugg, EMBL

De-en Sun, MPI
Spying on brain tumors with chemogenetic integrators
Kai Johnsson, MPI + Frank Winkler, DKFZ

Matthias Wagner, Medical Faculty Heidelberg, Heidelberg University
GPI-anchored surface proteins of protozoan parasites as targets for therapeutic antibodies
Friedrich Frischknecht, Medical Faculty Heidelberg, Heidelberg University + Nina Papavasiliou + Hedda Wardemann, DKFZ 

Sathyanarayanan Amritha, Medical Faculty Heidelberg, Heidelberg University
Using Single Cell RNA-sequencing and Spatial Transcriptomics to Elucidating the Ovarian Cancer Tumor Microenvironment in Patients treated with Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors and PARP inhibitors
Frederic Marme, Medical Faculty Heidelberg, Heidelberg University + Benedict Brors, DKFZ

Eleanor Burgess, Heidelberg University
Microcapsules for immunotherapy of solid tumors
Adelheid Cerwenka, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University + Christine Selhuber-Unkel, Heidelberg University

Hairuo Dang, EMBL
Exploring the mechanism of pronuclear migration in mouse and human oocytes
Jan Ellenberg, EMBL + Thomas Strowitzki, Medical Faculty Heidelberg, Heidelberg University

Roger Ottenheijm, Medical Faculty Heidelberg, Heidelberg University
New Ca2+ entry and release channels in platelets – relevance for thrombosis and inflammation
Marc Freichel, Medical Faculty Heidelberg, Heidelberg University + Daniel Dürschmied, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University

Esra Oktay, Heidelberg University
VIROGAMI – Synthetic virology meets DNA/RNA origami
Dirk Grimm, Heidelberg University + Kerstin Göpfrich, Heidelberg University and MPI for medical research

Changgyun Park, Medical Faculty Heidelberg, Heidelberg University
Integrative analyses of drug responses in tumor organoids of brain metastases
Christel Herold-Mende, Medical Faculty Heidelberg, Heidelberg University + Peter Lichter, DKFZ

Andrea Zanotti, DKFZ
General and cell type-specific mechanisms for the coupling of protein uptake and lysosomal catabolism
Wilhelm Palm, DKFZ + Matias Simons, Medical Faculty Heidelberg, Heidelberg University

Katharina Zirngibl, Medical Faculty Heidelberg,  Heidelberg University
Understanding regulation of differentiation from multi-omics single-cell assays
Simon Anders, Heidelberg University + Ana Martin-Villalba, DKFZ

Zahra Rezaei, Medical Faculty Heidelberg, Heidelberg University
Using MALDI-MS Imaging to determine insecticide cellular localization and potential as malaria-transmission blocking interventions Victoria Ingham, Medical Faculty Heidelberg, Heidelberg University + Carsten Hopf, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University