Postdocs
Dr. Kleopatra Rapti
- Directed evolution of AAV vectors in the liver, eye and kidney
- Experimental & bioinfomatic high-throughput screening pipelines
Dr. Jihad El Andari (07/16-)
- Directed evolution of AAV capsids for muscle and CNS gene therapy
- Combinatorial AAV capsid evolution via DNA shuffling & peptide display
Dr. Mareike Hoffmann (01/20-)
- Molecular evolution of novel AAV variants in the muscle and CNS
- Engineering of light- and miRNA-regulated AAV vectors
Dr. Ali Ghanem (05/19-)
- Evolution of cell type-specific AAV capsids in the liver
- Tracking of barcoded AAV capsid variants on the single-cell level
Dr. Mischa Schwendy (05/19-)
Postdoc working on in vivo regulation of AAV vector gene expression
Dr. Joanna Szumska (07/20-)
- Molecular evolution of synthetic AAV capsids in the CNS of monkeys
- Combinatorial AAV evolution via DNA shuffling and peptide display
Dr. Olena Maiakovska (11/20-)
- Analysis of AAV next-generation sequencing data (Illumina, PacBio)
- Establishment of user-friendly AAV alignment and analysis tools
PhD students
Ning Meng (05/19-)
- Genetic code expansion using AAV vectors
- AAV vector retargeting through combinatorial peptide display
Jonas Becker (03/20-)
- Novel in vivo AAV capsid evolution technologies
- CRISPR/Cas applications
Felix Bubeck (04/20-)
- Synthetic AAV ITRs for enhances vector persistence
Nico Fischer (10/20-)
- Combinatorial CRISPR/RNAi strategies against HBV/HDV
Technicians
Ellen Wiedtke (02/08-)
PhD student working on genetic code expansion and parvoviral retargeting
Chiara Krämer (03/16-)
PhD student working on genetic code expansion and parvoviral retargeting
Cinja Sackmann (01/17-)
PhD student working on genetic code expansion and parvoviral retargeting
Lena Naber (09/20-)
Technician in training ("Azubi")
Emma Gerstmann (10/20-)
Technician