Bioinformatics Working Groups in Frankfurt
| Working group | PI | Specialty |
|---|---|---|
| Applied Bioinformatics | Prof. Ingo Ebersberger | Ortholog search, Bacterial virulence |
| Matthäus Group | Prof. Dr. Franziska Matthäus | Modelling and simulation, Cell motility |
| Covinolab | Prof. Dr. Roberto Covino | Computational Life Science |
| Schulzlab | Prof. Marcel Schulz | Computational Epigenomics, Systems Cardiology |
| Hillerlab | Prof. Michael Hiller | Comparative genomics |
| MLO Lab | Prof. Dr. Florian Büttner | Machine learning for omics |
| Imkeller Group | Dr. Katharina Imkeller | Computational Immunology |
Associated Professors and Fellows
- Dr. Christel Kamp (Paul-Ehrlich-Institut)
- PD Dr. Arne Nägel (MSQC )
- Dr. Jan-Peter Ferner (Schwalbe Group )
- Prof. Harald Schwalbe (Schwalbe Group )
- Prof. Martin Grininger (Grininger Group )
- Dr. Julian Dosch (Georg-Speyer-Haus )
- Dr. Michael Tyler (Georg-Speyer-Haus )
- All profs of FB12
Advice on Finding a Place for Your Thesis
If you are looking for a research internship or thesis topic, you do not have to limit yourself to the best-known bioinformatics professors. There are many other people in Frankfurt who work on bioinformatics or closely related topics. At the university hospital, for example, there are several newer and smaller groups that may be open to supervising a research internship and possibly a later master’s thesis; one place to start is the list of UCT Frankfurt research groups , where some groups include bioinformatics or medical informatics researchers. If you are interested in other directions, you can also look at groups on Campus Riedberg, for example at the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, or in non-bioinformatics groups that still have bioinformatics-related subgroups or individual researchers. The same is true across the rest of FB12, where you may be able to find a professor willing to supervise a bioinformatics-related project. Another possible path is to do a research internship in industry, for example at companies such as BioNTech, Sanofi, Boehringer Ingelheim, or smaller pharmaceutical and medical technology companies. The main formal requirement to keep in mind is that if your master’s thesis is supervised by someone outside FB12, you will also need an official supervisor from one of the bioinformatics professors.