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Saka Group

Spatial biology from molecules to tissues: high-dimensional investigation of cellular organisation

Alumni & Visitors

Alumni

PhD Students

  • Wouter-Michiel Vierdag (defended in Dec 2025)
  • Valeriy Pak (defended in March 2026)

MSc Thesis Students

  • Tatjana Tomek (defended in Jan 2026)
  • Jennifer Zilke (defended in Oct 2024) — currently PhD student at Heidelberg University
  • Diana Mengdesh (defended in Sept 2024) — currently PhD student at EMBL

Visitors

  • Dr. Nada Al-Refaie (Postdoctoral fellow, Muller-Tidow Lab), 2026 – Present.
  • Prof. Melike Lakadamyali (sabbatical visitor from UPenn), 2025 – Present.
  • Dr. Yulia Ermakova (Scientific Officer, EMBL GenTechDev Platform), 2022 – Present.
  • Dr. Pablo Rivera Meijas (EMBL-Stanford Life Science Alliance Postdoctoral Fellow, Savitski Lab), 2022 – Present.
  • Dr. Karin Prummel (Postdoctoral fellow, Zaugg Lab), 2021 – Present
  • Elena Pianfetti (Visiting PhD student from University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy), 2025. Corporate Partnership Program Fellow (shared with Kreshuk Lab)
  • Michelle Almeida de Paz (Visiting PhD student from University of Graz, Austria), 2024. (shared with Noh Lab)
  • Dr. Maria Christine Puschhof ( Health + Life Science Alliance Heidelberg Mannheim Postdoctoral Program Fellow, Saez-Rodriguez Lab), 2023-2024.
  • Jaqueline Geraldis (Visiting PhD student from University of Campinas, Brazil ) — 2023.

Interns

  • Jakob Mäeots
  • Sama AlMehallawi
  • Tim Hudelmaier
  • Tomáš Marťák
  • Christoph Trebesius
  • Christofer Richard
  • Anna-Maria Hullenman
  • Sophia Schelchshorn
  • Jéssica Bellotto Werlang
  • Helin Giris
  • Kolja Hildenbrand (joint internship with Dey Lab at EMBL)
  • Yaren Canten (joint internship with Zaugg Lab at EMBL)
  • Berkan Kanmaz
  • Justus Fricke
  • Teresa Lobo

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