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      Prof. Dr. Abdullah Kahraman

      Abdullah Kahraman

      Activities at the FHNW

      • Group 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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      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
      • ORCID
      • Google Scholar
      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
      Social Media
      • Linkedin
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      • ORCID

      Prof. Dr. Abdullah Kahraman

      Prof. Dr. Abdullah Kahraman

      Group Leader, Data Science in Life Sciences

      Telephone

      +41 61 228 62 23

      E-mail

      abdullah.kahraman@fhnw.ch

      Address

      Hochschule für Life Sciences FHNW Institut für Chemie und Bioanalytik Hofackerstrasse 30 4132 Muttenz

      arbeitsgruppenleiterData Science in Life Sciences

      Institute for Chemistry and Bioanalytics

      FHNW University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland
      School of Life Sciences
      Institute for Chemistry and Bioanalytics

      Hofackerstrasse 30

      CH - 4132 Muttenz

      Phone+41 61 228 55 45

      E-Mailsebastian.wendeborn@fhnw.ch

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