Nils Friederich, MSc Computer Science, Pre-Doc Mikut Group & Hilbert Lab, Short Bio Nils

Helmholtz Information & Data Science School for Health, Institute for Automation and Applied Informatics (IAI), and Institute of Biological and Chemical systems – Biological Information Processing (IBCS-BIP), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology; nils.friederich@kit.edu


Aaron Gadzekpo, MSc Physics, Pre-Doc Hilbert Lab, Short Bio Aaron

Institute of Biological and Chemical systems – Biological Information Processing (IBCS-BIP) , Karlsruhe Institute of Technology; aaron.gadzekpo@kit.edu, +49 721 608-23429


Alicia Günthel, Biological Laboratory Technician (Ausblidung), Hilbert Lab, Short Bio Alicia

Institute of Biological and Chemical systems – Biological Information Processing (IBCS-BIP), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology; alicia.guenthel@kit.edu, +49 721 608-23429


Hamideh Hajiabadi, MSc Computer Engineering; Pre-Doc Koziolek Group & Hilbert Lab, Short Bio Hamideh

Helmholtz Information & Data Science School for Health, Institute for Program Structures and Data Organization (IPD), and Institute of Biological and Chemical systems – Biological Information Processing (IBCS-BIP), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology; hamideh.hajiabadi@kit.edu

Lennart Hilbert, PhD Physiology, BSc Physics; Tenure-Track Professor Systems Biology/Bioinformatics, Short Bio Lennart, formal CV

Institute of Biological and Chemical systems – Biological Information Processing (IBCS-BIP) and Zoological Institute (ZOO), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology; lennart.hilbert@kit.edu, +49 721 608-22887, Twitter @lennarthilbert

Elly Lohrer, BSc Biology, MSc Program Biology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology; Master thesis student, Hilbert Lab, Short Bio Elly

Zoological Institute, Dept. of Systems Biology and Bioinformatics & Institute of Biological and Chemical systems – Biological Information Processing (IBCS-BIP), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology; ellylohrer@gmail.com, +49 721 608-23429

Ewa Anna Oprzeska-Zingrebe, PhD Physics, MSc Biotechnology, MSc Physics; Postdoc Hilbert Lab, Short Bio Ewa

Institute of Biological and Chemical systems – Biological Information Processing (IBCS-BIP) and Zoological Institute (ZOO), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology; ewa.zingrebe@kit.edu, +49 721 608-23429

Alica Schmidt-Heydt, BSc Biology, MSc Program Biology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology; Student Research Assistant, Hilbert Lab

Zoological Institute, Dept. of Systems Biology and Bioinformatics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology; alicaschmidtheydt@gmail.com, +49 721 608-23429

Xenia Tschurikow, BSc Biology, MSc Program Biology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology; Student Research Assistant, Hilbert Lab, Short Bio Xenia

Zoological Institute, Dept. of Systems Biology and Bioinformatics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology; xenia.tschurikow@student.kit.edu, +49 721 608-23429

Irina Wachter, MSc Biology; Pre-Doc Hilbert Lab, Short Bio Irina

Institute of Biological and Chemical systems – Biological Information Processing (IBCS-BIP), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology; irina.mamontova@kit.edu, +49 721 608-23429

Mona Wellhäusser, MSc Biology; Pre-Doc Hilbert Lab, Short Bio Mona

Institute of Biological and Chemical systems – Biological Information Processing (IBCS-BIP), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology; mona.wellhaeusser@kit.edu, +49 721 608-23429

Portrait of Yuzhi Bao

Yuzhi Bao, MSc Biology, BSc Biotechnology; Pre-Doc Hilbert Lab, Short Bio Yuzhi

Institute of Biological and Chemical systems – Biological Information Processing (IBCS-BIP), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology; yuzhi.bao@kit.edu, +49 721 608-23429


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Alumni (with description of position held in the Hilbert lab)

Ajit Roy
Student Research Assistant, MSc Program Karlsruhe School of Optics and Photonics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Maria Kokarakis
Master thesis student, MSc Program Chemical Biology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Roshan Prizak
Postdoctoral research fellow
Contributed to
‘Transcriptional clusters follow a conserved condensation-dispersal sequence during stem cell differentiation.’ bioRxiv, 2023
‘Deep-learning microscopy image reconstruction with quality control reveals second-scale rearrangements in RNA polymerase II clusters.’ PNAS Nexus, 2022
‘Clustered transposon insertion via formation of chromatin loops.’ bioRxiv, 2022
‘RNA polymerase II clusters form in line with surface condensation on regulatory chromatin.’ Molecular Systems Biology, 2021

Süheyla Eroğlu-Kayıkçı
Biological laboratory technician
Contributed to
Photon-Efficient Aberration Correction for 3D-STED Imaging of Thick Biological Specimens Using Sensorless Adaptive Optics.‘ ACS Photonics, 2024
Stimulated emission double depletion nanoscopy with background correction at the single-pixel level.‘ Optics Letters, 2023
Transcriptional clusters follow a conserved condensation-dispersal sequence during stem cell differentiation.’ bioRxiv, 2023

Elisa Kämmer
Biological laboratory technician (Hilbert lab and Sanchez-Iranzo lab, IBCS-BIP) and Biological Lab Technician Trainee
Contributed to
Transcriptional clusters follow a conserved condensation-dispersal sequence during stem cell differentiation.’ bioRxiv, 2023

Vojtěch Kumpošt
Pre-Doc Mikut Group & Hilbert Lab, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Contributed to
‘Noise facilitates entrainment of a population of uncoupled limit cycle oscillators.‘ Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 2023
‘Synchronization of oscillatory growth prepares fungal hyphae for fusion.’ bioRxiv preprint, 2022
‘A stochastic oscillator model simulates the entrainment of vertebrate cellular clocks by light.’ Scientific Reports, 2021

Marcel Sobucki
Biological Lab Technician Trainee
Contributed to
Transcriptional clusters follow a conserved condensation-dispersal sequence during stem cell differentiation.’ bioRxiv, 2023
Amphiphiles formed from synthetic DNA-nanomotifs mimic the step-wise dispersal of transcriptional clusters in the cell nucleus.‘ Nano Letters, 2023
RNA polymerase II clusters form in line with surface condensation on regulatory chromatin. Molecular Systems Biology, 2021

Amra Noa
Biological laboratory technician
Contributed to
RNA polymerase II clusters form in line with surface condensation on regulatory chromatin. Molecular Systems Biology, 2021
‘The hierarchical packing of euchromatin domains can be described as multiplicative cascades.’ PLoS Computational Biology, 2021
Super-resolution imaging of densely packed DNA in nuclei of zebrafish embryos using stimulated emission double depletion microscopy.’ Journal of Physics D, 2019

Agnieszka Pancholi
Master internship and thesis student, MSc Program Biochemistry and Biophysics, Albert-Ludwig University Freiburg
Contributed to
Transcriptional clusters follow a conserved condensation-dispersal sequence during stem cell differentiation.’ bioRxiv, 2023
RNA polymerase II clusters form in line with surface condensation on regulatory chromatin. Molecular Systems Biology, 2021

Tommaso Bianucci
Master student assistant, MSc Program for Computational Sciences and Engineering, Technical University Munich
Contributed to
‘Transcription organizes euchromatin via microphase separation.’ Nature Communications, 2021

Khalid Ibrahim
Master student assistant, MSc Program in Optics and Photonics, Aix-Marseille University and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology