Adrian Söderholm
Sweden
Regulation of RNA dynamics in innate immune responses
PhD Students
Current
Alexandra Shulkina
Russia
Ultra-Rapid Proteasomal Degradation Mechanism of the Non-canonical RING Protein TRIM52, and its Cellular Function
Ana Maria Sandru
Romania
Dynamics of signaling events in embryonic stem cell differentiation
Bernd Bauer
AUSTRIA
Cargo receptor – chaperone interplay in mammalian aggrephagy
Carmela Moschella
Italy
Modelling time-heterogeneity in cell differentiation and molecular diffusion in the endoplasmic reticulum
Christiane Hütter
Austria
The Shape of Data: Visualizing and exploring high-dimensional biological networks in a three dimensional virtual realm
Christina Zeiler
AUSTRIA
Distinct versus common functions of the mediator kinases CDK8 and CDK19 in transcriptional reprogramming of macrophages
Claudia Mußnig-Wytrzens
AUSTRIA
Kinetic theory applied to the study of the interaction between capillary networks and cell clustering in adipose tissue
Daria Filipczak
Poland
Chromatin regulation by nucleoplasmic lamins
Eva Krötenheerdt
GERMANY
TBK1 – Gatekeeper of mitophagy and xenophagy
Giorgia Panebianco
ITALY
Study of the mechanisms that control human naive pluripotency and differentiation towards placenta
Grzegorz Ścibisz
POLAND
Revealing the structural basis of the stress sensing mechanism of IRE1
Helena Bragulat Teixidor
SPAIN
Revealing the functional architecture of membrane bridges linking the nuclear envelope to the endoplasmic reticulum
Irene Schwartz
Austria
Degradation mechanisms of cancer-associated cellular deaminases and their importance for maintaining genome integrity
Jeanne Fesselet
France
Programming of the resident macrophage by mRNA stability
Julia Scholz
Austria
Endoplasmic reticulum remodeling during cell division
Julius von Wirén
GERMANY
The Role of Tristetraprolin in Immune System Homeostasis and mRNA Fate Decision
Justus Kleifeld
GERMANY
The role of Insulin/IGF signaling in regulating adult neural stem cell quiescence
Lidija Milojkovic
Austria
FGF/ERK Signalling in Adult Neural Stem Cell Behavior
Lucas Piëch
AUSTRIA
Mechanistic and structural investigations into the regulation of 3-phosphoinositide-dependent kinase 1
Luis Miguel Cerron Alvan
PERU
Systematic dissection of an extended naïve pluripotency gene regulatory network
Magdalena Otto
AUSTRIA
Unravelling the mechanisms of signal transduction by the UPR kinase PERK
María García Gallardo
SPAIN
Regulation of burst kinetics at promoters through enhancer elements
Mattia Pitasi
ITALY
Genetic Interactions in Early Pluripotency Transitions
Maurizio Forte
Italy
Molecular mechanism of transcription regulation by the Mediator kinases CDK8 and CDK19
Michael Bindl
Germany
Mechanisms of endomesodermal lineage choice
Michael Oberhuemer
AUSTRIA
Mechanisms Regulating the Exit From Naïve Pluripotency in Humans
Michelle Huth
GERMANY
The instructive role of combinatorial gene actions in the regulation of cell identity
Moritz Becker
GERMANY
Dissecting Molecular Mechanisms of Cell State Transitions in Early Human Development
Olga Babadei
Russia
The mechanism of regulation of ISG expression by Ifi203
Paulina Kettel
GERMANY
Deciphering the spatiotemporal regulation of the unfolded protein response by the lipid membrane environment
Raquel Silva
Portugal
Elucidating mechanisms of deregulated protein homeostasis in the premature aging disease progeria
Sara Scinicariello
Italy
Identification of novel protein stability regulators in dynamic homeostasis control
Sebastian Didusch
Austria
Network propagation for the interpretation of high-throughput data
Songjie Feng
China
Dissecting chromatin dependent enhancers in the exit from naive pluripotency
Sonja Achleitner
AUSTRIA
Reconstitution of phagophore expansion in yeast
Sumire Antonioli
Australia
Structural characterisation of MAST1 and its association with megacorpus callosum syndrome
Valentina Budroni
Austria
Cellular degradation mechanisms of the hyper-mutator APOBEC3H
Alumni
Aarathy Ravi Sundar Josi Geetha
India
Position
Transcriptional differences during early and late stages of type I and type II interferon signaling
Alberto Danieli
Italy
Position
Selective autophagy, aggrephagy, SQSTM1, phase-separation
Aleksandra Levina
Latvia
Position
Activation of the essential kinase PDK1 by phosphoinositide-driven autophosphorylation
Andreas Lackner
Austria
Position
Cooperative networks controlling the exit from naïve pluripotency
Annika Bestehorn
Germany
Position
Compartmentalization of mRNA decay during inflammation
Christian Baumgartner
Germany
Position
Role of MEK1 in the hematopoietic system
Christina Manakanatas
Greece
Position
Molecular insights into endothelial cell dysfunction linked to cardiovascular disease in progeria
Daniel Elsner
AUSTRIA
Position
A ubiquitin-like dimerization domain regulates protein kinase D activation by trans-autophosphorylation
Daniel Pokorný
Czech Republic
Position
Elucidating the molecular basis of Sgk3 activation by the lipid second messenger phosphatidylinositol-3-phosphate
David Hollenstein
Austria
Kraft/Mertens / finished 2021
Identifying the Molecular Function of Vac8 in Yeast Autophagy
Dhanlakshmi Sunmugam
India
Position
Illuminating ERK/AKT activity in asymmetric hematopoietic stem cell division
Duygu Demiröz
Turkey
Position
Listeria infection and immune metabolism
Ekaterini Platanitis
Austria
Position
A revised model of interferon signaling
Elena Galimberti
Italy
Position
NMD controls the exit from naïve pluripotency
Iris Steinparzer
Austria
Position
CDK8 and CDK19 are non-redundant transcriptional regulators of the interferon response
Julia Delacour
France
Schmeiser lab / finished 2020
Modeling p62-Ubiquitin aggregates involved in cellular autophagy
Katrin Fischer
Austria
Position
Exploring the IRF1 protein interactome in the interferon response
Kevin Eislmayr
Austria
Kovarik lab / finished 2021
IL-1 cytokines in S. pyogenes infection: new view of known players
Konstantina Georgiou
Greece
Position
Spatiotemporal gene regulation during muscle differentiation
Laura Boccuni
Italy
Position
Mechanism of cross-talk between p38 MAPK and interferons
Laura Santini
ITALY
Position
Signal integration at the exit from ES cell self-renewal
Lena Hess
AUSTRIA
Position
Histone deacetylase 1 and 2 as immune cell regulators
Levent Bas
TURKEY
Position
Dissecting the molecular mechanisms of Atg1 activation and autophagosome-vacuole fusion
Martina Borroni
Italy
Kovarik lab / finished 2021
The Role of type I IFN signalling in immune homeostasis
Raffaela Torggler
Austria
Position
Molecular mechanism of Atg1 kinase and autophagy activation
Ronja Reinhardt
Austria
Position
Insights to Protein kinase D activation – a conserved molecular switch for secretion
Stefan Benke
Austria
Position
Tripartite motif 52 as a context dependent regulator of glioblastoma cell proliferation
Swathi Jayaram
India
Position
Investigating the role of the cell cycle during exit from naive pluripotency