The Team
Lara Urban
PI
lara.h.urban@gmail.com
Interested in all of the research below:)
Also: Fieldwork, outdoor swimming, Politics & Philosophy
Albert Perlas Puente
Team leader & post-doctoral fellow
albert.perlaspuente@helmholtz-munich.de
Real-time and portable genomics for viral surveillance in the field
Also: Hiking, Wildlife, Sailing
Ela Djamila Sauerborn
Medical doctor & PhD student
ela.sauerborn@helmholtz-munich.de
Real-time metagenomics for rapid pathogen detection and resistance predictions in bloodstream infections
Also: Pilates, Writing, Music
Anastasiia Grekova
EMBL PhD student (Bork group)
Microbiome studies using nanopore sequencing
Also: Alpinism, Coding, Poetry
Daniel Gygax
PhD student
Daniel.Gygax@helmholtz-munich.de
Evolutionary genomics and conservation genetics
Also: Fitness, Reading, Nature
Tim Reska
PhD student
timthilomaria.reska@helmholtz-munich.de
Environmental genomics & transcriptomics analyses
Also: Fitness, Reading, Cooking
Harika Urel
PhD student
harikamuazzez.urel@helmholtz-munich.de
Deep learning for pathogen detection
Also: Yoga, Reading, Movies
Samir Vargas da Fonseca Atum
Post-doctoral & CAPES/HIDA fellow
Freshwater monitoring
Also: Archery, Hiking, Reading
Visitors and Alumni
Camila Acosta-López
Associate Professor & HIDA fellowship recipient
Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Central del Ecuador
Eddie Martin
PhD student & EASTBIO DTP recipient
University of Edinburgh
Valentin Rauscher
BSc student
Technical University of Munich
Amir Reza Varzandi
PhD student & Erasmus+ recipient
University of Turin
Linus Hoelzel
MSc student
linus.hoelzel@helmholtz-munich.de
Genomics, causality, systems biology
Also: Volleyball, Chess, Card games
Fazal Adnan
Associate Professor & HIDA fellowship recipient
National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad