
Miki Ebisuya
Group Leader
Ebisuya Group
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Tissue Biology and Disease Modelling
Group Leader
Ebisuya Group
EditAnna Erzberger, EMBL Heidelberg (mechanobiology of organoids)
Kristina Haase, EMBL Barcelona (cardiac organoid zoo)
Group Leader
Haase Group
EditMaria Bernabeu, EMBL Barcelona (SARS-CoV-2)
Miki Ebisuya, EMBL Barcelona (Cardiac organoid zoo)
Evangelia Petsalaki, EMBL-EBI targeting (Endothelial dysfunction in ageing)
Yannick Schwab, EMBL Heidelberg (Ultrastructural investigation of vascular networks)
Structural Biology
Group Leader
Bhogaraju Group
EditJoe Lewis, EMBL Heidelberg (Legionella, small molecule inhibitors)
Mikhail Savitski, EMBL Heidelberg (Ubiquitin networks, proteomics)
Group Leader
Galej Group
EditGroup Leader
Kowalinski Group
EditWojciech Galej, EMBL Grenoble (Trans-splicing in Trypanosoma brucei)
Joe Lewis, EMBL Heidelberg Biotools targeting RNA modifiers)
José Márquez, EMBL Grenoble ( Crystallographic fragment screening)
Silvo Conticello, ISPRO Florence, Italy (APOBEC family deaminases)
Juan Alfonzo, Ohio State University, USA ( tRNA modification enzymes)
Structural Biology
Head of EMBL SPC Facility
Garcia Alai Team
EditSimone Mattei, EMBL Heidelberg (Membrane trafficking, Cryo-ET, CLEM)
Jan Kosinski, EMBL Hamburg (Integrative modeling, eukaryotic protein complexes, endocytosis)
Stephen Muench, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Leeds (cryoEM, time-resolved EM)
Cell Biology and Biophysics
Group Leader
Banterle Group
EditSvetlana Dodonova, EMBL Heidelberg (high-speed atomic force microscopy, cryo-electron tomography, archaeal chromatin structure and dynamics, centrioles ultrastructure and cytoskeletal organisation)
Jonas Ries, EMBL Heidelberg (developing automated live and super-resolution imaging of centriole ultrastructure
in cells)
Group Leader
Cuylen Group
EditGroup Leader
Deo Group
EditGroup Leader
Dey Group
ORCID: 0000-0003-1416-6223
EditJustin Crocker, EMBL Heidelberg (Nuclear autonomy in developing syncytia)
Omaya Dudin, EPFL Lausanne, (Nuclear dynamics in Ichthyosporea)
Jan Ellenberg, EMBL Heidelberg (NPC assembly/disassembly, chromosome dynamics, mitosis)
Sinem Saka, EMBL Heidelberg (Multiplexed phenotyping in yeast)
Yannick Schwab, EMBL Heidelberg (Electron microscopy of protist nuclear architecture)
Group Leader
Diz-Muñoz Group
EditAnna Erzberger, EMBL Heidelberg (Physical modelling of biological processes)
Robert Prevedel, EMBL Heidelberg, (Brillouin microscopy)
Vikas Trivedi, EMBL Barcelona:, (Morphogenesis, stem cell engineering and organoids, multiplexed imaging)
Virginie Uhlmann, EMBL-EBI Hinxton (Bioimage analysis, shape characterisation)
Head of CBB/ Head of EIC
Ellenberg Group
EditEwan Birney, EMBL EBI (Modelling chromosome structure and assembly)
Jan Kosinski, EMBL Hamburg (Imaging of nuclear pore structure and assembly)
Anna Kreshuk, EMBL Heidelberg (AI-based image analysis, various biological topics)
Jonas Ries, EMBL Heidelberg (Super-resolution microscopy, nuclear pore and chromatin)
Sinem Saka, EMBL Heidelberg (Imaging of genome structure and function)
Group Leader
Erzberger Group
EditMiki Ebisuya, EMBL Heidelberg (Nuclear mechanics)
Aissam Ikmi, EMBL Heidelberg (ECM mechanics)
Nicoletta Petridou, EMBL Heidelberg (Multicellular organization)
Vikas Trivedi, EMBL Barcelona (Multicellular organization)
Hanh Vu, EMBL Heidelberg (Body size control, planarian tissue mechanics)
Group Leader
Köhler Group
EditAissam Ikmi, EMBL Heidelberg (Meiosis in Nematostella vectensis)
Group Leader
Kreshuk Group
EditDirector of Scientific Core Facilities and Scientific Services
Pepperkok Team
ORCID: 0000-0002-9762-3583
EditJulio Saez-Rodriguez, Heidelberg University (SC-multiomics, phenomics, high throughput microscopy, microfluidics)
Sinem Saka, EMBL Heidelberg (SC-multiomics, phenomics, high throughput microscopy, microfluidics)
Group Leader
Prevedel Group
ORCID: 0000-0003-3366-4703
EditTeam Leader and Head of Electron Microscopy Core Facility
Schwab Team
EditDevelopmental Biology
Head of Developmental Biology Unit
Laboratory Animal Resources (LAR)
ORCID: 0000-0003-3487-9239
EditGroup Leader, Senior Scientist and Academic Mentor Postdoctoral Training
Arendt Group
ORCID: 0000-0001-7833-050X
EditCornelius Gross, EMBL Rome (Evolution of the bilateral forebrain, associative and neurosecretory centres)
Georgia Rapti, EMBL Heidelberg (Evolution of neurons, evolution of glial cells)
Group Leader
Ikmi Group
EditAnna Erzberger, EMBL Heidelberg (Biophysical modelling, morphogenesis and tissue mechanics)
Arnaud Krebs, EMBL Heidelberg (Single-molecule genomics, cellular plasticity and regeneration)
Robert Prevedel, EMBL Heidelberg (Label-free microscopy, animal behavior and neuro-imaging)
Group Leader
Petridou Group
EditBernat-Corominas Murtra, University of Graz (Theory, structural phase transistions)
Anna Erzberger, EMBL Heidelberg (Theory, self-organisation)
Edouard Hannezo, IST (Theory, structural phase transistions)
Anna Kreshuk, EMBL Heidelberg (Image analysis)
Vikas Trivedi, EMBL Barcelona (Imaging, engineering, mechanics)
Group Leader
Rapti Group
EditDetlev Arendt, EMBL Heidelberg (Nervous system comparative analysis, glia cell evolution)
Lars Hufnagel, Luxendo Bruker (Smart live imaging & cell tracing)
Anna Kreshuk, EMBL, Heidelberg (Computational analysis of neurodevelopment)
Mikhail Savitski, EMBL Heidelberg (Proteomics of nervous system development)
Yannick Schwab, EMBL Heidelberg (Correlative electron microscopy, neurodevelopment phenomics)
Michael Dorrity, EMBL Heidelberg (Planetary biology, single cell genomics)
Anna Erzberger, EMBL Heidelberg (Theory, body size control, tissue mechanics)
Yannick Schwab, EMBL Heidelberg (Planetary biology, multimodal cell atlas, volume electron microscopy)
Steffen Werner, Wageningen University & Research (Theory, body size control)
Directors' Research
Director General
Director General
ORCID: 0000-0001-8052-7117
EditDirector, Co-Director of MMPU
Alumni Relations
EditJanosch Hennig, EMBL Heidelberg (Structural biology of riboregulation)
Andreas Kulozik, Heidelberg University (RNA biology, hematological disorders and cancer)
Martina Muckenthaler, Heidelberg University (Iron metabolism: systems biology and human diseases)
Genome Biology
Head of Genome Biology Unit
Furlong Group
EditGroup Leader and Senior Scientist
Huber Group
ORCID: 0000-0002-0474-2218
EditSascha Dietrich, University Hospital Heidelberg (Tumour-stroma interactions,spatial sc-RNA-seq)
Susan Holmes, Stanford University (Statistical method development for multi-omics data)
Sinem Saka, EMBL Heidelberg (Spatial proteomics at (sub)cellular resolution)
Lars Steinmetz, Stanford University, USA & EMBL Heidleberg (Systems genetics, genomic technologies)
Nassos Typas, EMBL Heidelberg (Bacterial communities and high-throughput perturbation assays)
Thorsten Zenz, University Hospital Zurich, (Genomics of drug sensitivity inblood cancers)
Group Leader
Krebs Group
EditGroup Leader
Saka Group
EditTheodore Alexandrov, EMBL Heidelberg (Spatial Omics, Multi-modalimaging)
Eileen Furlong, EMBL Heidelberg (Spatial single cell omics)
Kyung-Min Noh, EMBL Heidelberg (Spatial biology ofneurodegeneration, iPSCs)
Rainer Pepperkok, EMBL Heidelberg (Multiplexed imaging, new biomarkers for diagnosis)
Julio Saez-Rodriguez, Heidelberg University (Multiplexed imaging, new biomarkers for diagnosis)
Yannick Schwab, EMBL Heidelberg (Correlative light and electron microscopy)
Lars Steinmetz, EMBL Heidelberg (Phenotypic screens, gene editing)
Team Leader and Head of Proteomics Core Facility
Proteomics Core Facility
EditAssociate Group Leader
Stegle Group
EditSenior Scientist and Director of Life Science Alliance
Steinmetz Group
EditSara Cuylen, EMBL Heidelberg (Genomics and microscopy)
GSK/Cellzome, Germany/UK (Functional genomics)
Theodore Alexandrov, EMBL Heidelberg (Multiomics technologies)
Wolfgang Huber, EMBL Heidelberg (Multiomics and systems genetics)
Benjamin Meder, Universitäts Klinikum, Heidelberg (Personalised medicine, heart failure, clinical informatics)
Group Leader and Senior Scientist
Typas Group
EditPeer Bork, EMBL Heidelberg (Metagenomics, bacterial functional modules, microbiome-drug interactions)
Kiran Patil, MRC Cambridge (Microbial communities & interactions, metabolic models)
Mikhail Savitski, EMBL Heidelberg (Quantitative proteomics in bacteria, microbiome, phages)
Matthias Wilmanns, EMBL Hamburg (Structural biology, toxin-antitoxin systems)
Maria Zimmermann, EMBL Heidelberg (Microbiome, modeling, metabolic pathways)
Group Leader
Zimmermann-Kogadeeva Group
EditJulia Mahamid group, EMBL Heidelberg (Cryo-EM and multi-omics-based modelling of molecular interactions inside the cells)
Mikhail Savitski , EMBL Heidelberg (Proteomics-based modelling of microbial metabolism)
Nassos Typas, EMBL Heidelberg (High-throughput functional genomics in bacteria)
Structural and Computational Biology
Group Leader
Dodonova Group
EditJulia Mahamid, EMBL Heidelberg (Transcription-translation coupling, phase separation, archaea)
Sebastian Eustermann, EMBL Heidelberg (Archaeal chromatin reconstitution, transcription, sequencing, cryo-ET)
Group Leader
Dorrity Group
EditAlexander Aulehla, EMBL Heidelberg (Developmental robustness, temperature stress)
Hanh Vu, EMBL Heidelberg (Environmental adaptation, single cell genomics)
Group Leader
Duss Group
EditKristine Arnvig, University College London, UK (Mycobacterium tuberculosis, non-coding RNAs)
Anne Ephrussi, EMBL Heidelberg (RNP dynamics in vivo, phase separration RNP assembly and function)
Julia Mahamid, EMBL Heidelberg (Cryo-ET, single-molecule FRET, phase separation)
Simone Mattei, EMBL Heidelberg (Protein-RNA complexes, Single molecule fluorescence microscopy, Cryo-EM, CLEM)
Christoph Müller, EMBL Heidelberg (CryoEM, eukaryotic transcription and ribosome assembly)
Group Leader
Eustermann Group
EditGroup Leader and Senior Scientist
Mahamid Group
EditOlivier Duss, EMBL Heidelberg (Protein-RNA complexes, single molecule fluorescence microscopy, Cryo-EM, CLEM)
Maria Garcia, EMBL Hamburg (Membrane trafficking, Cryo-ET, CLEM)
Christoph Mueller, EMBL Heidelberg (High-throughput cryo-EM, sample characterisation and screening, cellular tomography)
Gergely Papp, EMBL Grenoble (Cryo-EM sample preparation, instrument development)
Timo Zimmermann, EMBL Heidelberg (Cryo-CLEM, super-resolution microscopy, method development)
Head of Structural and Computational Biology Unit
Structural and Computational Biology Unit
EditOlivier Duss, EMBL Heidelberg (Pol I transcription, ribosome assembly, single-molecule light microscopy, cryo-EM)
Michael Zimmermann, EMBL Heidelberg (Single-particle cryo-EM, microbiome, metabolomics, structural enzymology_
Simone Mattei,, EMBL Heidelberg (Single-particle cryo-EM, small molecule screening by cryo-EM, chemoproteomics)
Group Leader
Zimmermann Group
EditAndrew Leach, EMBL-EBI (Chemoinformatics, microbiome, drug metabolism)
Mikhail Savitski, EMBL Heidelberg (Mass spectrometry, proteomics, host-microbe interactions)
Nassos Typas, EMBL Heidelberg (Microbial genetics, systems microbiology)
Matthias Wilmanns, EMBL Hamburg (Structural biology, enzymology, microbiome)
Maria Zimmermann-Kogadeeva, EMBL Heidelberg (Microbiome, metagenomics, metabolic modeling)
Epigenetics and Neurobiology
Group Leader
Asari Group
EditCornelius Gross, EMBL Rome (Mouse genetics, behavioural assays)
Robert Prevedel, EMBL Heidelberg (Neural circuits, in vivo imaging)
Santiago Rompani, EMBL Rome (Sensory processing, viral engineering)
Virginie Uhlmann, EMBL-EBI Hinxton (Image analysis, modelling)
Group Leader
Boskovic Group
ORCID: 0000-0003-1258-4376
EditJamie Hackett, EMBL Rome (Paternal effects, epigenetic inheritance, environment sensing)
Group Leader
Boulard Group
EditHiroki Asari, EMBL Rome (Olfaction and chromatin regulation)
Evangelia Petsalaki, EMBL-EBI Hinxton (Post-translational regulatory networks)
Virginie Uhlmann, EMBL-EBI Hinxton (Morphometry of the developing embryo)
Jamie Hackett, EMBL Rome (Morphometry of the developing embryo)
Interim Head of EMBL Rome
Gross Group
EditDetlev Arendt, EMBL Heidelberg (Brain evolution, hypothalamus, behavior)
Hiroki Asari, EMBL Rome (2P in vivo calcium imaging, approach/avoidance behavior, computational circuit modeling)
Anna Kreshuk, EMBL Heidelberg (ML-based EM segmentation, high resolution X-ray brain imaging)
Helen Parkinson, EMBL EBI Hinxton (GWAS, mental illness, anxiety, stress, GxE, human cell atlas)
Robert Prevedel, EMBL Heidelberg (3P in vivo imaging, adaptive optics, photoacoustic brain imaging)
Santiago Rompani, EMBL Rome (Rabies barcoding, single-cell connectomics)
Group Leader
Hackett Group
EditAna Boskovic, EMBL Rome
Edith Heard, EMBL Heidelberg
Virginie Uhlmann, EMBL-EBI
Michael Zimmermann, EMBL Heidelberg
Group Leader
Rompani Group
EditSenior Team Leader – Protein Sequence Resources
Sequence Family Resources
EditNassos Typas, EMBL Heidelberg (Retron systems)
Matthias Wilmanns, EMBL Hamburg (bacterial toxin/antitoxin systems)
Group Leader
Cortes Ciriano Group
EditEwan Birney, EMBL-EBI Hinxton (Cancer genomics, long-read sequencing, nanopore sequencing, adaptive sampling, structural variation)
Nick Goldman, EMBL-EBI Hinxton (Cancer genomics, long-read sequencing, nanopore sequencing, adaptive sampling, structural variation)
Jan Korbel, EMBL Heidelberg (Cancer genomics, long-read sequencing, nanopore sequencing, adaptive sampling, structural variation)
Associate Director of EMBL-EBI Services
Flicek Group
EditGroup Leader
Goldman Group
EditIsidro Cortés, EMBL-EBI Hinxton
Jan Korbel, EMBL Heidelberg
Head of Research
Marioni Group
EditGroup Leader
Petsalaki Group
EditKristina Haase, EMBL Barcelona (Endothelial dysfunction, scRNAseq, ageing)
Judith Zaugg, EMBL Heidelberg (Cell signalling, gene regulation, transcription factors)
Group Leader
Uhlmann Group
EditMatthieu Boulard, EMBL Rome (Epigenetic modifications, computational morphometry, machine learning)
Jamie Hackett, EMBL Rome (Epigenetic modifications, computational morphometry, machine learning)
Vikas Trivedi, EMBL Barcelona (Morphogenesis, image analysis, quantitative morphology)
The EIPOD programme underlines EMBL’s strong commitment to promoting interdisciplinary research.
This programme received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under Marie Skłodowska Curie Actions (Grant agreement number 847543).