Maria Bernabeu Aznar
Group Leader and Co-chair of Infection Biology Transversal Theme
Bernabeu Group
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Tissue Biology and Disease Modelling
Group Leader and Co-chair of Infection Biology Transversal Theme
Bernabeu Group
EditKristina Haase, EMBL Barcelona, Spain (Placental malaria, bioengineered placenta model)
Simone Mattei, EMBL Heidelberg, Germany (cryo-EM, Plasmodium, host-pathogen interactions)
Group Leader
Dayton Group
EditJan Korbel, EMBL Heidelberg, Germany (single cell genomics, automated autohigh-resolution imaging, organoid models of neuroendocrine development and cancer, cancer evolution, DNA structural rearrangements)
Group Leader
Haase Group
EditGroup Leader and Co-chair of Theory at EMBL Transversal Theme
Trivedi Group
EditTalya Dayton, EMBL Barcelona, Spain
Alba Diz Muñoz, EMBL Heidelberg, Germany
Julio Saez Rodriguez, EMBL-EBI, UK
Iñaki Ruiz Trillo, IBE, Barcelona, Spain
Maria Garcia Alai, EMBL Hamburg, Germany
Michael Dorrity, EMBL Heidelberg, Germany
Nicoletta Petridou, EMBL Heidelberg, Germany
Group Leader
Torres-Sánchez Group
EditMaria Bernabeu, EMBL Barcelona, Spain (endothelial mechanics and malaria-infected red blood cells)
Agathe Chaigne, Utrecht University, The Netherlands (mechanics of cell division and cytoplasmic bridges)
Rashi Priya, Francis Crick Institute, UK (heart morphogenesis)
Vikas Trivedi, EMBL Barcelona, Spain (self-organisation of multicellular systems)
Structural Biology
Head of EMBL Grenoble
EMBL Grenoble
EditMisha Savitsky, EMBL Heidelberg, Germany (Complete ammonia oxidation bacteria; integrative structural biology of microbial dark matter;
Thermal Proteome Profiling; visual proteomics)
Holger Daims, University of Vienna, Austria (MComplete ammonia oxidation bacteria; integrative structural biology of microbial dark matter; Thermal Proteome Profiling; visual proteomics)
Michael Wagner, University of Vienna, Austria (Complete ammonia oxidation bacteria; integrative structural biology of microbial dark matter; Thermal Proteome Profiling; visual proteomics)
Structural Biology
Head of EMBL SPC Facility
Garcia Alai Team
EditDonato Giovannelli, University of Naples, Italy (microbiology, extreme environments, biogeochemistry, extremozymes)
Vikas Trivedi, EMBL Barcelona, Spain
Cell Biology and Biophysics
Group Leader
Dey Group
EditPhilippe Bastin, Pasteur, France (Evolution of pathogenesis)
Monica Bettencourt-Sias,IGC, Portugal (Evolution of the microtubule cytoskeleton)
Thibaut Brunet, Pasteur, France (Evolution of the actin cytoskeletan)
Yasin Dagdas, GMI Vienna, Austria (life cycles in red algae)
Sinem Saka, EMBL Heidelberg, Germany (Integrating spatial omics with expansion microscopy)
Andela Saric, IST, Austria (Biophysics of nuclear remodeling)
Jordi van Gestel, EMBL Heidelberg (Physiology and ecology of Slime moulds)
Group Leader
Erzberger Group
EditNiccolo Banterle, EMBL Heidelberg, Germany (Microtubule organisation)
Gautam Dey, EMBL Heidelberg, Germany (Ciliate hydrodynamics)
Caren Norden, IGC, Portugal (Nuclear mechanics)
Thomas Quail, EMBL Heidelberg, Germany (Droplet physics and chromatin)
Jordi van Gestel, EMBL Heidelberg, Germany (Evolution of fruiting body mechanics)
Flora Vincent, EMBL Heidelberg, Germany (Size dynamics of diatoms)
Hanh Vu, EMBL Heidelberg, Germany (Body size control, planarian tissue mechanics)
Group Leader
Kreshuk Group
anna.kreshuk [at] embl.de
EditGroup Leader
Prevedel Group
robert.prevedel [at] embl.de
EditBrice Bathellier, Institut Pasteur France (Auditory neuroscience, functional brain imaging)
Kareem Elsayad, Medical University of Vienna, Austria (Biophysics, brillouin microscopy)
Sylvain Gigan, Laboratoire Kastler-Brossel, France (Computational imaging, adaptive optics)
Martin Jechlinger, MOLIT Heilbronn, Germany (Organoid intravital imaging, optical coherence microscopy)
Anna Kreschuk, EMBL Heidelberg, Germany (Computational image analysis, machine learning)
Group Leader
Quail Group
EditTeam Leader and Head of Electron Microscopy Core Facility
Schwab Team
ORCID: 0000-0001-8027-1836
EditDetlev Arendt, EMBL Heidelberg, Germany
Johan Decelle, CNRS, France
Liz Duke, EMBL Hamburg, Germany
Anna Kreschuk, EMBL Heidelberg, Germany
Flora Vincent, EMBL Heidelberg, Germany
Developmental Biology
Group Leader
Graf Group
EditGroup Leader
Petridou Group
EditGroup Leader
van Gestel Group
EditGautam Dey, EMBL Heidelberg, Germany
Anna Erzberger, EMBL Heidelberg, Germany
John Less, EMBL-EBI Hinxton, UK
Nassos Typas, EMBL Heidelberg, Germany
Group Leader
Vincent Group
EditOmaya Dudin, University of Geneva, Switzerland (Development, multicellularity, stramenopiles, marine microbial interactions, expansion microscopy)
Genome Biology
Head of Data Science
Korbel Group
jan.korbel [at] embl.de
EditTalya Dayton, EMBL Barcelona, Spain (Single cell genomics, automated autohigh-resolution imaging, organoid models of neuroendocrine development and cancer, cancer evolution, DNA structural rearrangements )
Associate Group Leader
Stegle Group
EditGroup Leader
Zimmermann-Kogadeeva Group
maria.zimmermann [at] embl.de
EditGroup Leader and Senior Scientist
Huber Group
wolfgang.huber [at] embl.org
EditAedín Culhane, University of Limerick, Ireland (Dimension reduction and latent spaces for (single cell resolution) omics data)
Sascha Dietrich, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Germany (Spatial omics, immunotherapies and the tumor microenvironment, immunooncology)
Anna Kreshuk, EMBL Heidelberg, Germany (Biological phenotyping in imaging-based latent spaces, foundation models, LLMs)
Davide Risso, University of Padova, Italy (Statistical method development for spatial omics, deep learning, latent space models)
Sinem Saka, EMBL Heidelberg, Germany (Spatial biology from molecules to tissues)
Misha Savitski, EMBL Heidelberg, Germany (Stability proteomics)
Oliver Stegle, EMBL Heidelberg, Germany (Statistical genomics and systems genetics)
Lars Steinmetz, EMBL Heidelberg, Germany (Statistical method development for phenotyping environmental microbial communities using high-speed fluorescence image–enabled cell sorting)
Nassos Typas, EMBL Heidelberg, Germany (High-throughput phenotyping of microbial communities under genetic and chemical perturbations; antibiotica, phages)
Thorsten Zenz, University Hospital Zürich, Switzerland (Omics of drug sensitivity in blood cancers)
Molecular Systems Biology
Group Leader
Dodonova Group
EditGroup Leader
Dorrity Group
michael.dorrity [at] embl.de
EditLionel A Christiaen, Michael Sars Centre, Bergen, Norway (The hallmarks of thermal adaptation: insights from aquatic chordates)
Group Leader
Eustermann Group
EditHead of Molecular Systems Biology Unit
Mahamid Group
julia.mahamid [at] embl.de
EditAnna Kreshuk, EMBL Heidelberg, Germany (Cryo-ET, Deep learning for image analysis)
Misha Savitski, EMBL Heidelberg, Germany (Cryo-ET, multi-omics, T-cells, visual proteomics, bacteria)
Joel Selkrig, Uniklinik RWTH Aachen, Germany (Visual proteomics, bacteria)
Nassos Typas, EMBL Heidelberg, Germany (Visual proteomics, bacteria)
Judith Zaugg, University of Basel, Switzerland (Cryo-ET, multi-omics, T-cells)
Team Leader
Mattei Team
simone.mattei [at] embl.de
ORCID: 0000-0002-2005-8977
EditTeam Leader, Senior Scientist and Head of Proteomics Core Facility
Savitski Team
EditHead of Molecular Systems Biology Unit
Typas Group
athanasios.typas [at] embl.de
EditJean-Francois Collet, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium (Bacterial cell envelope)
Rotem Sorek, Weizmann, Israel (Bacterial innate immunity)
Till Strowig, HZI (Human gut microbiome, colonisation resistance)
Jordi van Gestel, EMBL Heidelberg, Germany (Microbial communities, cell biology)
Karina Xavier, GIMM, Portugal (Human gut microbiome, interspecies communication and interactions)
Group Leader
Zimmermann Group
EditEpigenetics and Neurobiology
Group Leader
Cortes Ciriano Group
icortes [at] ebi.ac.uk
EditTeam Leader and Senior Scientist
Microbiome Informatics
rdf [at] ebi.ac.uk
EditHead of Research
Research Office
saez [at] ebi.ac.uk
EditKristina Haase, EMBL Barcelona, Spain
Misha Savitski, EMBL Heidelberg, Germany
Sinem Saka, EMBL Heidelberg, Germany
James Sharpe EMBL Barcelona, Spain
Vikas Trivedi, EMBL Barcelona, Spain
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