4R Principal Investigators
Our Principal Investigators from JGU, IMB, and UMC supervise 4R-RTG students.
Prof. Dr. Peter Baumann
JGU
Telomerase biogenesis, Telomeres, Chromosomal inheritance
Prof. Dr. Petra Beli
JGU
Chromatin biology, Ubiquitin, Mass spectrometry
Prof. Dr. Sven Danckwardt
UMC
Alternative polyadenylation of RNA 3' end, RNA binding proteins, vascular medicine
Prof. Dr. Dorothee Dormann
JGU
RNA binding proteins, Phase separation, Molecular mechanisms of neurodegeneration
Prof. Dr. René Ketting
IMB
Biology of non-coding RNAs, RNA-driven germline regulations
Prof. Dr. Christof Niehrs
IMB
DNA demethylation, Embryonic development and reprogramming, DNA repair
Prof. Dr. Brian Luke
JGU
RNA:DNA hybrids, Telomeres, Genome stability
Prof. Dr. Helle Ulrich
IMB
Ubiquitin, Sumo, DNA damage bypass, Genome stability
Prof. Dr. Andreas Wachter
JGU
Molecular plant science, Alternative splicing
Dr. Jan Padeken
IMB
Heterochromatin, DNA Damage Response, Histones modifications
Dr. Roopesh Anand
IMB
DNA Damage Repair, Homology-directed Repair
Dr. Sina Wittmann
IMB
Transcription, Phase separation
Dr. Ulrich Hohmann
IMB
Mechanisms of mRNA export regulation, Evolutionary play in gene expression
Dr. Siyao Wang
IMB
Epigenetics, Transgenerational Inheritance
Dr. Claudia Keller Valsecchi
IMB
Biology of gene dosage alterations
Prof. Dr. Thomas Hofmann
UMC
DNA Damage Signaling, Cell fate decision-making in cancer
Dr. Maria Felicia Basilicata
UMC
Epigenetics, Genetic diseases of central nervous system
Dr. Julian König
IMB
RNA modifications, Alternative splicing
