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Prof Dr Yang Li
Prof Dr Yang Li Research Group Leader +49 511220027-200 E-Mail People are different in genetic background. We study this inter-individual variation and want to understand susceptibility to infections and predict disease risk — Prof Dr Yang Li Leader of the…
Prof. Dr. Thomas Pietschmann
Prof Dr Thomas Pietschmann Research Group Leader +49 511-220027-130 E-Mail Thomas Pietschmann, born in Würzburg, studied biology at the Justus Maximilian University of Würzburg and Duke University, Durham USA. In 2000, he received his doctorate at the…
Prof. Dr. Mark Brönstrup
Prof Dr Mark Brönstrup Head of Research Group +49 531 6181-3400 E-Mail Mark Brönstrup studied Chemistry at the Philipps-Universität Marburg and at the Imperial College in London. In 1999 he received his doctorate from the Technical University Berlin in…
Prof Dr Alice McHardy
Prof Dr Alice McHardy Head of Research Group +49 531 391-55271 E-Mail Alice Carolyn McHardy holds a diploma in biochemistry and a doctoral degree (Dr. rer. nat) in bioinformatics, both from Bielefeld University in Germany. From 2005 to 2007 she first was a…
Prof. Dr. Till Strowig
Prof Dr Till Strowig Head of Research Group +49 531 6181-4700 E-Mail Till Strowig studied Medical Biotechnology at the “Technische Universität” Berlin. After his diploma thesis at The Rockefeller University in New York, he remained there for his Ph.D.…
Prof. Dr. Wulf Blankenfeldt
Prof Dr Wulf Blankenfeldt Head of Department +49 531 6181-7000 E-Mail Wulf Blankenfeldt studied chemistry at the Technische Universität Braunschweig (TU) and earned his doctorate in “Crystal structure analysis of tyrosine aminotransferase from Trypanosoma…
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Dirk Heinz
Prof Dr Dr h.c. Dirk Heinz Head of Department +49 531 6181-3700 E-Mail Dirk Heinz is a German biochemist and structural biologist. He studied chemistry in Freiburg/Germany and received his PhD in structural biology from the University of Basel/Switzerland.…
Prof. Dr. Luka Cicin-Sain
Prof Dr Dr Luka Cicin-Sain Head of Research Group +49 531 6181-4608 E-Mail Born in Croatia, Luka Cicin-Sain studied medicine at the University of Rijeka, his hometown. In 1996, he received his M.D. After that he studied biomedicine and spent a year as a…
Pathogen Evolution
Ecological interactions that underpin human life are highly dynamic, and changes in complex ecosystems can have far-reaching consequences on human health. Therefore, One Health also has a very strong evolutionary component. Over the last decades, evolutionary biology concepts have provided a major contribution towards unveiling the short- and long-term dynamics of pathogen emergence and spread. The importance of evolutionary approaches has become particularly evident during the COVID-19 pandemic. Both the initial emergence event and the later spread and evolution of SARS-CoV-2 have been investigated using evolutionary genomics – with the rise of variants of concern (VOC) being pointed out in the first place by observational data and inferential statistics. The Department of Pathogen Evolution studies both current and historical samples and uses them to make targeted predictions about the potential spread of important pathogens, thus providing important contributions to public health. The department is located at the Helmholtz Institute for One Health .
