Fellows

Katja Arndt
Junior Fellow
October 2008 - April 2011
Qualitative and quantitative aspects of protein networks and their inhibition
Ralf Baumeister
Internal Senior Fellow
October 2007 - October 2012
Systems biology of aging and age-related diseases, functional genomics of human disorders (Parkinson, Alzheimer, muscular dystrophies, insulin signaling)
Hauke Busch
Computational Biology
Molecular Medicine and Cell Research
Freiburg, Germany
Systems biology of cellular decisions and cell-cell communication
Gunnar Cedersund
External Senior Fellow
November 2008 - October 2010
Systems biology of insulin signalling by unique identification in overparametrised models
Kathryn Cheah
External Senior Fellow
November 2011 - October 2012
Mechanistic insights into chondrodysplasia caused by ER stress revealed by genetic and transcriptome analyses
Wolfgang Driever
Internal Senior Fellow
October 2008 - October 2012
Implementation of systems biology approaches to identify and characterize transcriptional networks and core regulatory motifs
Bente Finsen
External Senior Fellow
November 2011 - October 2012
Lesion-Directed Expression of Chemotactic Molecules in Cortical Neurons
Celso Grebogi
Institute for Complex Systems and Mathematical Biology
King's College, University of Aberdeen
UK
Investigations of the behaviour of dynamical networks using a direct as well as an inverse approach
Peter Jonas
Internal Senior Fellow
October 2008 - December 2010
Mechanisms of synaptic communication in neuronal networks; GABAergic inhibitory interneurons in the hippocampus; analysis of neuronal network dynamics
Chaya Kalcheim
Department of Medical Neurobiology
IMRIC- Hebrew University-
Hadassah Medical School
Israel
Mechanisms of fate segregation of the Neural Crest and the separation between central and peripheral neural lineages
Kerstin Krieglstein
Internal Senior Fellow
October 2010 - October 2012
Growth factors in nervous system development; signaling and contextual actions of TGF-ß and related proteins
Tomohiro Kurosaki
External Senior Fellow
June 2010 - October 2012
Molecular basis underlying longevity of naïve B cells and memory B cells
Thomas Laux
Internal Senior Fellow
October 2008 - September 2011
Stem cell regulation in meristems, pattern formation during Arabidopsis embryogenesis, transcriptional networks, cell cell signaling, self regulatory systems
Tom Michoel
Junior Fellow
September 2010 - April 2012
Mathematical modeling of disease-perturbed networks using genome-scale data
Ferenc Nagy
External Senior Fellow
August 2008 - July 2009
Qualitative and quantitative characterisation of ultraviolet-light induced signalling cascades in Arabidopsis thaliana suspension culture cells
Nir Ohad
External Senior Fellow
July 2010 - October 2012
Molecular and biochemical characterization of Physcomitrella patens Polycomb mutants
Klaus Palme
Internal Senior Fellow
October 2008 - October 2012
Systems biology approaches to study cellular reprogramming in plants, qualitative and quantitative research in cellular networks and their regulation
Jens Timmer
Institute of Physics
Faculty of Mathematics and Physics
Freiburg, Germany
Co-Director
Mathematical modelling and systems' analysis of biological systems. Application to signalling, gene regulatory networks and pattern formation
Leena Bruckner-Tuderman
Dermatology and Venerology
Faculty of Medicine
Freiburg, Germany
Director
Genetic and molecular basis of human skin diseases and the molecular mechanisms leading to clinical symptoms
Jouni Uitto
Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Biology
Jefferson Medical College
Philadelphia, USA
Molecular Genetics of Heritable Skin Diseases
Masamitsu Wada
External Senior Fellow
April 2009 - September 2010
Analysis of the mechanisms of photomorphogenesis in green plants