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Scientific Minds

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Diana Le Duc

Principal Investigator (MD/PhD)

Diana  is a medical doctor trained in human genetics. She has experience in comparative genomics, evolutionary genetics, bioinformatics, as well as molecular biology techniques for gene manipulation. She intends to advance comparative genomics to the benefit of human health.

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Marek Körner

PhD Student (MSc)

Marek is a biochemist by training. He joined the group in 2021 and has been working on understanding molecular mechanisms underlying neurodevelopmental disorders using gene manipulation in Drosophila melanogaster in collaboration with the group from Dr. Nicole Scholz and the Prof. Langenhan Lab.

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Linnaeus Bundalian

PhD Student (MSc)

Linnaeus is an experienced software developer and engineer. He has a keen interest in the application of computational methods to life science research. He joined the group in 2021 and works on developing computational methods to delineate the molecular mechanism of obesity-related genes in tight collaboration with Dr. Antje Garten's group.

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Moritz Paha

MD Candidate

Moritz is a medical student who joined the group in Oktober 2021. He is testing in vitro pathogenic variants identified in patients with WDFY3-associated neurodevelopmental disorders in a collaboration with Dr. Antje Garten's group.

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Julika Friedrich

MD Candidate

Julika has joined the group in March 2023. She is inquiring lipomas from patients with tuberous sclerosis and in a close collaboration with Dr. Antje Garten's group tests in vitro different therapeutic options.

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Robert Künzel

MD Candidate

Robert is a medical student who joined the group in December 2023. He is working on identifying genes associated with monogenic obesity and determining the yield of genetic diagnostic for morbid obesity.

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Anna Kirstein

Post Doc

Anna is a biologist with a PhD in mTOR signaling working in the lab of Dr. Antje Garten in collaboration with us. She is currently deciphering the involvmentof mTOR in lipid accumulation using lipoma models from patients with PTEN and TSC pathogenic variants. 

Open positions

Interested in joining the lab?

We are recruiting PhD students, master students in the field of bioinformatics and molecular biology, and medical students who wish to work scientifically. If you are interested please send an email to diana_leduc (at) eva.mpg.de or diana.leduc (at) gmail.com

Flexible

Master student

in functional impact of synonymous genetic variants.

Research Area: Human Genetics

Project background and requirements: 

We are seeking a motivated Master's student with a solid understanding of Linux, Python, and either C++ or Java to join our research team focused on the analysis of synonymous variants. Our lab has developed a scoring system to identify deleterious synonymous variants, which may play a critical role in disease mechanisms.

The student will have the opportunity to contribute to this cutting-edge research either by designing a webpage to make our scoring system accessible to the broader scientific community or by analyzing patient cohorts to validate the effectiveness of our scoring metrics. This project offers hands-on experience in bioinformatics, data analysis, and web development, making it an excellent opportunity for those looking to enhance their skills and contribute to impactful genetic research.

If you are passionate about genetics and computational biology, and eager to apply your coding skills to a meaningful project, we encourage you to apply.

We offer:

  • The candidate can gain insight in genetic diagnosis of diseases including exome and RNA sequencing.

  • We are an international research team and have strong collaborations with Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

  • The candidate will present results in seminars and (inter)national conferences.

  • We will support the candidate in writing up the results in form of a publication in a peer-reviewed journal.

Applications:

Please apply by email to Gabriela-Diana.LeDuc (at) medizin.uni-leipzig.de in English and include a cover letter with a brief statement of research interest.

Alumni

Elisabeth Jäger (PhD)

Check out her publication with us: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26851221/

Zuqin Yang (MSc)

Check out her publication with us: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33235355/

Carolin Meier (MSc)

Check out her publication with us: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33319852/

Jessica Kromp (BSc)

Jessica did her Practical Rotation together with us and Isabell Schumann in a collaboration with the lab of Andreas Thum. She is currently writing up her contribution for a publication.

Akhil Velluva (PhD)

Akhil did his PhD  in bioinformatics (Dr. rer. nat.) with us and is currently doing a PostDoc at the 
Helmholtz-Institute of the DKFZ Mainz in Translational Oncology

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