Team

Claus D. Kuhn, Principal Investigator
Claus is and always has been interested in understanding how RNAs and proteins interact and how these interactions bring about biological function. He is an X-ray crystallographer by training, yet is becoming more and more interested in next-gen sequencing applications to decipher the structures and functions of non-coding RNAs.
Scientific CV
E-mail: claus.kuhn@uni-bayreuth.de
Phone: +49 (0)921 / 55-4356

Vlada Gorbovytska, PhD Student
Vlada studied biochemistry in Bielefeld and Bayreuth and decided to enter the mysterious field of enhancer RNAs for her PhD. She is investigating their biological function by combining biochemistry, next-gen sequencing and structural biology.
E-mail: vlada.gorbovytska@uni-bayreuth.de
Phone: +49 (0)921 / 55-4391 or -4354

Felix Klatt, PhD Student
Felix, a native of Berlin, studied biochemistry in Bayreuth and decided to stay in the Bavarian province to tackle the Mediator kinase module using structural biology techniques.
E-mail: felix.klatt@uni-bayreuth.de
Phone +49 (0)921 / 55-4353 or -4354

Andreas Pittroff, Bioinformatician
Andreas is at the core of our bioinformatics expertise. He primarily works on eRNAs and piRNAs.
E-mail: andreas.pittroff@uni-bayreuth.de
Phone +49 (0)921 / 55-4386

Lisa-Marie Schneider, PhD Student
Lisa is interested in understanding the effect of neuronal enhancer RNAs on promoter-proximal pausing. For her work she combines "old-school" in vitro biochemistry with next-generation sequencing applications and work in zebrafish.
E-mail: lisa-marie.schneider@uni-bayreuth.de
Phone +49 (0)921 / 55-4391 or -4354

Fabienne Lindner, Master Student
Fabienne combines biology/biochemistry and systems biology to study the planarian piRNA pathway and its connection to the planarian epitranscriptome.
E-mail: fabienne.lindner@uni-bayreuth.de
Phone +49 (0)921 / 55-4353 or -4354

Filiz Kuybu, Master Student
Filiz is tackling eRNAs and their influence on promoter-proximal pausing. She is using biochemical approaches with lots and lots of different sorts of gels ...
E-mail: filizkuybu@yahoo.de
Phone +49 (0)921 / 55-4391 or -4354
Alumni

Sebastian Riedelbauch, Master Student
Now PhD student in the Andersen Lab at Aarhus University in Denmark
https://mbg.au.dk/en/research/research-areas/gene-expression-gene-medicine/peter-refsing-andersen/

Jonathan Patzke, Master Student
Now PhD student in the Kisker Lab at the University of Würzburg, Germany
https://www.uni-wuerzburg.de/en/rvz/research/research-groups/kisker-group/

Amelie Lindner, Bachelor Student
Now Master Studies in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Bayreuth

Dr. Iana Kim, PhD Student
Now postdoc at CRG in Barcelona (Spain).
https://www.crg.eu/en/programmes-groups/sebe-pedros-lab

Anna Liznar, Master Student
Now Scientific Sales, Marketing & Bioinformatics at siTOOLs Biotech, Martinsried (Germany)
https://twitter.com/siTOOLsBiotech

Silke Spudeit, Lab Technician
Now in the Kisker Lab at the University of Würzburg, Germany
https://www.uni-wuerzburg.de/en/rvz/research/research-groups/kisker-group/

Meret Kuck, Bachelor Student
Now Master Studies in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Bayreuth

Robin Weinmann, Master Student
Now PhD student at German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) in Heidelberg (Germany)
https://malone.bioquant.uni-heidelberg.de/index.html

Ezgi June Olgac, Practical Student, Middle East Technical University in Ankara (Turkey)
Now Master Studies in Genetics and Molecular Biosciences at the University of Helsinki (Finland)

Franziska Langhammer, Master Student
Now PhD student at the University of Erlangen (Germany)
https://www.humangenetik.uk-erlangen.de/en/

Melanie Müller, Master Student
Now PhD student at the University of Düsseldorf (Germany)

Martin Kuric, Master Student
Now PhD student at the University of Würzburg (Germany)
https://www.med.uni-wuerzburg.de/orthopaedie/bernhard-heine-centrum-fuer-bewegungsforschung/grundlagenforschung-muskuloskelettaler-regeneration/stammzellbiologie-und-skelettmetastasen/