Dr. Na Cai
Assistant Professor in Computational Medical Genomics in D-BSSE in ETH Zurich and the Basel Research Centre for Child Health (BRCCH)
Twitter: @caina89, Email: na.cai@bsse.ethz.ch
ORCID: 0000-0001-7496-2075
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I am a quantitative geneticist studying the genetic basis of psychiatric disorders (specifically Major Depressive Disorder, MDD). I am an active member of the ExDEP Consortium whose goal is to leverage biobanks and EHRs around the world to investigate the genetic architecture and heterogeneity of MDD. I am also part of other international efforts such as the MDD and Cross-Disorder Working Groups of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium (PGC-MDD, PGC-CDG), as well as the diagnostic committee for the Schizophrenia Working Group (PGC-SCZ).
Current members
Dr. Yazheng Di
Postdoc
PhD, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Research direction
Genetics of depression and identification of voice features that predict depressive states
Ayshan Aliyeva
Munich Data Science Graduate School (MUDS) PhD Student
(Primary supervisor: Dr Paolo Casale, Helmholtz Munich)
Project:
Mito-nuclear cross talk of gene regulatory effects in brain tissue at bulk and single cell levels
Antonio Nappi
Munich Data Science Graduate School (MUDS) PhD Student
(Primary supervisor: Dr Paolo Casale, Helmholtz Munich)
Project:
Interaction between rare variant burden and common variant liabilities in complex traits
Former members
Dr. Simon Chang
Former Postdoc
(now Junior Professor at University of Regensburg)
PhD Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Germany
Research direction
Molecular neurobiology of stress
Projects:
Spatial transcriptomic unrevealing molecular signature of chronic stress
Spatiotemporal dynamic of CRH neurons in the extended amygdala
Dr. Federica Fermani
Former Postdoc
(now Postdoc at University of Regensburg)
PhD Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), IMPRS-LS, Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology, Germany
(Magna cum laude)
Research direction
Molecular neurobiology of stress
Projects:
Early-life stress induced molecular changes in extended amygdala mediating by Crh/Crhr1
Dr. Lianyun Huang
Former PhD Student
(now Postdoc in Aarhus University)
Dr. rer. nat Technische Universität München (TUM), Helmholtz Pioneer Campus, Germany
Project:
Identifying genetically driven subtypes of MDD
Xenofon Giannoulis
Former PhD Student
(Now postdoc in Helmholtz Munich)
Dr. rer. nat Technische Universität München (TUM), Munich Data Science Graduate School (MUDS), Helmholtz Pioneer Campus, Germany
(awaiting defense)
Project:
Tissue-specific mtDNA regulation of gene expression
Simon Wengert
Former PhD Student
(Now postdoc in University of Copenhagen)
Dr. rer. nat Technische Universität München (TUM), Munich Data Science Graduate School (MUDS), Helmholtz Pioneer Campus, Germany
(awaiting defense)
Project:
mtDNA heteroplasmy and RNA modifications in ageing and disease
Jolien Rietkerk
Former PhD Student
(Now postdoc in University Medical Centre Groningen)
Dr. rer. nat Technische Universität München (TUM), Helmholtz Pioneer Campus, Germany
(awaiting defense)
Project:
Identifying interacting etiological pathways that contribute to psychiatric disorders and comorbidity
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