Activities at the FHNW
- Team leader, Data Science in Life Sciences
- Lecturer, Data Science in Life Sciences
Research
Data Science in Life Sciences, Computational Structural Biology / Cancer Omics
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Profile
CV
EDUCATION
- 2005 – 2009 Ph.D. in Computational Biology, European Bioinformatics Institute, University of Cambridge, UK
- 2000 – 2005 Diploma in Bioinformatics, Depart. for Hospital & Clinical Eng., Environmental Technology & Biotech, University of Applied Science Giessen-Friedberg, Germany
CURRENT POSITION(S)
- since 08/2022: Lecturer and Group Leader, Institute for Chemistry and Bioanalytics, School for Life Sciences, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, Muttenz, Switzerland.
- since 04/2021: Group Leader, Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Lausanne, Switzerland.
PREVIOUS POSITIONS
- 2017 – 2022 Head of Clinical Bioinformatics, Department of Pathology and Molecular Pathology, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland
- 2013 – 2017 Senior Postdoc, Institute of Molecular Life Science, University of Zurich, Switzerland
- 2012 – 2013 Research Scientist, Institute of Biochemistry, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
- 2009 – 2012 Postdoc, Institute of Molecular Systems Biology, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Fellowships and Awards
- 2022 EMDO Stiftung Zürich, Switzerland, Research Grant
- 2019 Zürcher Krebskommission, Switzerland, Research Grant
- 2017 EMBO Installation Grant, Heidelberg, Germany
- 2017 Best presentation award at ISMB 2017, Prague, Czech Republic
- 2005 EMBL Pre-doctoral Fellowship
- 2005 FTG e.V. Certificate for 2nd best diploma degree
Organisation of Scientific Meetings
- 2022 Founder and Organizer, "Clinics meets Data Science Symposium 2022", Zurich
- 2021 Founder and Organizer, "Clinics meets Bioinformatics Symposium 2021”, Zurich
- 2015 Organizer, Scientific symposium, "First Symposium of the Swiss EMBL Alumni Chapter”, Zurich
- 2013-2017 Founder and Organizer of NanoTalks, Scientific talks for the lay public, Zurich
Publications
Editorial Responsibilities
- since 2022: Associate Editor in Frontiers Biological Modeling and Simulation, Lausanne, Switzerland
- 2020-2021: Editor of Frontiers Molecular Biosciences Research Topic: Alternative Splicing in Health and Disease, Lausanne, Switzerland
- since 2020: Editorial Board Member of Journal BioMedInformatics, Basel, Switzerland
Memberships
- Platform Co-Leader, Data Science: Biotechnet Switzerland
- Group Leader: Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics
- Member: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Pathologie