Dissertation

Akinbote, Akinola (2026) Engineered Models of Human Microvasculature: Investigating the Cardiac Microenvironment’s Role in Vascular Remodeling. [Dissertation]

Al Alwash, Ahmad (2026) Spatial multi-omics profiling of host-microbiome interactions in primary colorectal tumors. [Dissertation]

Al-Shami, Kamal Mohammed Nasser (2026) Defining oncogene-specific metabolic alterations in a mouse model of hepatocellular carcinoma for therapeutic targeting. [Dissertation]

Araujo Ramos, Tania (2026) Deciphering the Role of the Chromatin Regulator HMGA1 in Macrophage Function. [Dissertation]

Balzasch, Bianca Maria (2026) Molecular and functional evaluation of myeloid cell programming in a patient-derived colon cancer organoid co-culture. [Dissertation]

Başlar, Gizem Eylem (2026) Influence of Hypoxia and Tissue-Specific Factors on NK Cell Effector Functions in the Lung Microenvironment. [Dissertation]

Brandt, Helena (2026) The S-acylation switch in activated T cells. [Dissertation]

Buglakova, Elena (2026) Multimodal image analysis in biology. [Dissertation]

Burger, Luisa Maria (2026) Genetic Modification of Natural Killer Cells using SMAR DNA Vectors for Cancer Immunotherapy. [Dissertation]

Buterus, Anastasia (2026) Regulatory mechanisms in RIG-I-like receptor-mediated antiviral interferon signaling. [Dissertation]

Campos Fornés, Víctor (2026) Re-wiring of KRAB zinc finger protein - transposable element regulatory networks in stimulated human neurons. [Dissertation]

Dereddi, Ram Reddy (2026) Dissecting the Function of TMEM63A Mechanochannles in Oligodendrocyte Development and Myelination. [Dissertation]

Dittus, Katia (2026) Radiovirotherapy for the treatment of refractory tumors. [Dissertation]

Fiore, Frederic (2026) From Signal Diversity to Cellular Identity – How Complex Ca2+ Transients Shape the Fate of Oligodendrocyte Lineage Cells. [Dissertation]

Fu, Rebecca (2026) The role of integrins and the cellular endosomal network in cell entry of hepatitis E virus. [Dissertation]

Gabdulkhakova, Adelya (2026) Beyond the linear genome: a comprehensive study of extrachromosomal circular DNA in dilated cardiomyopathy. [Dissertation]

Gehrs, Stephanie (2026) Epigenetic regulation of the endothelial cell transcriptome during angiogenesis and quiescence. [Dissertation]

Gerber, Janina Lara (2026) Structural and functional analysis of the human tRNA ligase complex RTCB. [Dissertation]

Gerritsen, Manouk (2026) An investigation of poly(C)-binding protein 1 (PCBP1) and its RNA-interactome in cellular stress responses. [Dissertation]

Ghezzi, Ian (2026) Identification and functional interrogation of dormant cancer stem cells in JAK2V617F-driven Myeloproliferative Neoplasms. [Dissertation]

Gioè, Simona (2026) Investigating the functional role of oscillatory signalling via experimental entrainment of the somite segmentation clock. [Dissertation]

Gor, Kavan Parag (2026) Exploring Co-Transcriptional RNA Folding Dynamics and Its Functional Implications on Ribonucleoprotein Complex Assembly Using Single-Molecule Imaging. [Dissertation]

Hauth, Antonia Raphaela (2026) Exploring the mechanisms of escape from X chromosome inactivation in neural progenitor cells. [Dissertation]

Heine, Leon (2026) TIR-domain-containing protein C of uropathogenic E. coli CFT073 as a modulator of innate immune checkpoints. [Dissertation]

Hung, Hao-Chih (2026) Ribosome-associated quality control (RQC) in neurons. [Dissertation]

Kaplan, Ecem (2026) Investigation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis dodecin and human papillomavirus capsomers as multimerization platforms for next-generation prophylactic human papillomavirus vaccines. [Dissertation]

Karpusha, Halyna (2026) Structure-function analysis of the small heat shock protein sequestrase Hsp42 from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. [Dissertation]

Kaydanov, Nikita (2026) Towards photoacoustic neuroimaging in mice: development and validation of novel calcium sensors with tailored photoacoustic instrumentation. [Dissertation]

Kotan, Ilgin Eser (2026) Proteome-wide analysis of nascent chain targeting to the endoplasmic reticulum and Signal Recognition Particle interactions. [Dissertation]

Köhler, Sandra (2026) Structure and Chemical Targeting of the Fungal tRNA Splicing Machinery. [Dissertation]

Langhinrichs, Maurice (2026) Inferring in vivo clonal dynamics of development from single-cell barcoding. [Dissertation]

Lobato Moreno, Sara (2026) Ultra-high-throughput single-cell multi-omics reveals APOE4-driven alterations in microglial and neuronal inflammatory responses. [Dissertation]

Logan, Rhiannon Agnes Ellis (2026) Insecticide resistance and vector competence: disentangling complex phenotypes in Anopheles mosquitoes. [Dissertation]

Long, Rory Kirk Mackenzie (2026) Wrapping your brain (microvasculature) around cerebral malaria: A 3D brain microvessel model to explore pericyte alteration and angiopoietin/Tie-2 dysregulation. [Dissertation]

Matveishina, Elena (2026) Consensus approach for assessing and resolving uncertainty in genome-scale metabolic models: advancing systems-level understanding of microbial metabolism. [Dissertation]

Metz, Jonas (2026) Molecular determinants of hematopoietic lineage specification inferred from single-cell transcriptome and chromatin accessibility profiles. [Dissertation]

Mikus, Felix (2026) Compositional heterogeneity and homeostasis of the nuclear pore complex. [Dissertation]

Morath, Katharina (2026) The Role of HIV-1 Nef in Antigen-Specific Interactions of CD4 T Cells and Dendritic Cells. [Dissertation]

Muñiz Chicharro, Abraham (2026) Prediction of drug-protein binding kinetics. [Dissertation]

Pakari, Kaisa (2026) Modeling human PMM2-CDG in medaka to understand systemic effects of hypoglycosylation on development. [Dissertation]

Pino, Gabriela (2026) Control of defensive behaviors by local midbrain networks. [Dissertation]

Pohořalá, Veronika (2026) Behavioral and Molecular Mechanisms of Cocaine Addiction Vulnerability: Functional Evidence from Rodent Models. [Dissertation]

Potakowskyj, Iris (2026) Mitochondrial Signatures in Extracellular Vesicles:A Link Between Autoimmunity and Aging. [Dissertation]

Prats, Amandine (2026) Metabolomic and structural characterisation of tumour-nerve interaction in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. [Dissertation]

Preuss, Stephanie F. (2026) Systemic vascular reprogramming regulates cancer cachexia progression. [Dissertation]

Ranawat, Harsh (2026) Structural analysis of Asgard archaeal chromatin. [Dissertation]

Ritter, Michael (2026) Applications of Spatial Transcriptomics in the Diagnosis of Brain Tumours. [Dissertation]

Rosing, Fabian (2026) Early detection and post-therapy surveillance of human papillomavirus-driven cancers by cell-free DNA. [Dissertation]

Schindler, Magdalena (2026) An Optimum Cell Cycle Heterogeneity Times Tissue Fluidisation at the Onset of Zebrafish Morphogenesis. [Dissertation]

Spänig, Lisa (2026) Spatial and temporal localization of unipolar brush cells in mice and humans using multiplexing immunofluorescence imaging approaches. [Dissertation]

Stadler, Tomasz (2026) Target Discovery for Pro-Resolution Therapies in Inflammatory Diseases Using CRISPR and Small Molecule Screening in iPS-Derived Macrophage. [Dissertation]

Tegethoff, Jana Franziska (2026) Active repression of early developmental and non-neuronal genes by MYT1L is required to induce and maintain neuronal cell fate and function. [Dissertation]

Truxa, Sven Fabian (2026) Spatial Mapping of Single Cell Metabolic States Across Human Tumors and Tumor Model Systems Using Multiplexed Ion Beam Imaging. [Dissertation]

Vorberg, Tim (2026) ecDNA-driven ABCB1 expression dynamics determine paclitaxel resistance in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma cells. [Dissertation]

Vuckovic, Nika (2026) Effect of chemoradiotherapy on the immunopeptidome of HPV16-positive cervical cancer and head and neck squamous cell carcinoma cell lines. [Dissertation]

Wellach, Kathrin (2026) Functional Characterization of HPV16 Epitopes for Population-Wide Therapeutic Vaccine Design. [Dissertation]

Yu, Dingquan (2026) Searching for host protein interactors with Lassa virus L protein: a multi-omics and AI-powered structural modelling study. [Dissertation]

Zimmermann, Liv (2026) In situ cryo-electron tomography of SARS-CoV-2 replication pore complex and virus assembly. [Dissertation]