Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Christoph Dieterich
Head of the Institute
(Klaus Tschira Institute for Computational Cardiology)
Head of the Institute
(Professorship for Bioinformatics and Systems Cardiology)
Member
(Use & Access Commitee)
Medical/Professional background
- since 2018
Site Coordinator HiGHmed UK-HD
BMBF funded consortium HiGHmed (www.highmed.org)- since 2015
Leiter Bioinformatik und Systemkardiologie, Klaus Tschira Institute for Computational Cardiology, Abteilung Innere Medizin III, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg
- since 2015
Principal investigator at the German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK)
- 2013 – 2015
Nachwuchsgruppenleiter „Computational RNA Biology and Ageing“, sowie Leiter der core facility „Bioinformatik“ am MPI für Biologie des Alterns, Köln
- 2009 – 2013
Leiter der wissenschaftlichen Plattform Bioinformatik, Max Delbrück Zentrum für Molekulare Medizin, Berlin
- 2005 – 2009
Bioinformatics Research Assistant
Evolutionary Biology Department, MPI for Developmental Biology, Tübingen, Germany
Scientific background
- 2001 – 2005
PhD in Bioinformatics
Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics and Free University Berlin, Germany
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Martin Vingron- 2000 – 2001
Studium: University of York, UK
- 1994 – 2000
Studium: Universität Stuttgart
Grants
- 2001
Stipend from Serono Biotech (now Merck) for MRes studies in York, UK.
- 2000
Hugo Geiger Prize of the Bavarian Government for my work on an in vitro tissue system.
Professional memberships
- 2019
Research Network “EU-CardioRNA
(https://cardiorna.eu)- 2018
Research Network “Epitran”
(https://epitran.eu)- 2017
Research Network “Cardiolinc”
(https://www.cardiolinc.org)- 2017
German Society of Cardiology (DGK)
- 2013
International RNA Society
- 2009
International Society for Computational Biology
Interessensgebiete/ Forschungsschwerpunkte
Computational RNA Biology & Bioinformatics
- RNA modifications & editing
- RNA splicing and 3’ emd formation
- RNA localization, stability and translation
- ncRNAs (lncRNAs and circular RNAs in particular)
- RNA interactions
Data integration and dissemination
- Systems cardiology by network level analysis
- Personalized Medicine through OMICS data
- Web applications and databases
Data integration and dissemination
- Systems cardiology by network level analysis
- Personalized Medicine through OMICS data
- Web applications and databases
Patente
DE 2000-10062626 A: 20001215. In Vitro-Gewebetestsystem
