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Grosswendt Lab
From Cell States to Function
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Cells communicate with their neighbors to shape gene expression and cellular decisions. Our team of wet lab and computational biologists aims to decode the language of cells by addressing four central questions: (1) Which cells are neighbors? (2) How do they communicate? (3) What are the consequences? (4) Can we build cell interactions?
We develop single-cell- and spatial transcriptomics-based genomic strategies to investigate how cells interact, focusing on the communication patterns that instruct neural crest cells in the mouse embryo. Furthermore, we develop strategies in complex in vitro systems and reconstruct interactions bottom-up. Ultimately, we aim to understand how cell interactions are organized and collectively instruct cells.
The group is part of the joint ‘Single Cell Approaches for Personalized Medicine’ Research Focus Area of the Berlin Institute of Health (BIH) at Charité and the Max-Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC). Our lab is located at the Berlin Institute of Medical Systems Biology of the MDC, and we closely collaborate with the clinical Department of Pediatric Oncology and Hematology at the Charité.
Team
Group Leader
Stefanie Grosswendt
101: Berlin Institute for Medical System Biology
Room: 5.42
stefanie.grosswendt@mdc-berlin.de
+49 30 94061427 – 1427
Postdocs
Elmir Mahammadov
101: Berlin Institute of Medical Systems Biology
Room: 5.44−49
elmir.mahammadov@mdc-berlin.de
+49 30 9406 – 1417
Room: 5.44−49
elmir.mahammadov@mdc-berlin.de
+49 30 9406 – 1417
PhD students
Tobias Christaller
101: Berlin Institute of Medical Systems Biology
Room: 5.44−49
Tobias.Christaller@mdc-berlin.de
+49 30 9406 – 1417
Michael Eibl
101: Berlin Institute of Medical Systems Biology
Room: 5.44−49
101: Berlin Institute of Medical Systems Biology
Room: 5.44−49
+49 30 9406 – 1417
Melanie Fattohi
+49 30 9406 – 1417
Fabian Gademann
101: Berlin Institute of Medical Systems Biology
Room: 5.44−49
Room: 5.44−49
+49 30 9406 – 1417
Matthew Hare
+49 30 9406 – 1417
Shriya Lele
101: Berlin Institute of Medical Systems Biology
Room: 5.44−49
shriya.lele@mdc-berlin.de
+49 30 9406 – 1417
Room: 5.44−49
shriya.lele@mdc-berlin.de
+49 30 9406 – 1417
Henrike Scherrer
101: Berlin Institute of Medical Systems Biology
Room: 5.44−49
henrike.scherrer@mdc-berlin.de
+49 30 9406 – 1417
Room: 5.44−49
henrike.scherrer@mdc-berlin.de
+49 30 9406 – 1417
Philipp Stachel-Braum
MDC-NYU Fellowship
101: Berlin Institute of Medical Systems Biology
Room: 5.44−49
Philipp.Stachel-Braum@mdc-berlin.de
+49 30 9406 – 1417
Lab Manager
Maria Will
101: Berlin Institute of Medical Systems Biology
Room: 5.44−49
Maria.Will@mdc-berlin.de
+49 30 9406 – 1595
Team Assistance
Juliane Großkopf
101: Berlin Institute of Medical Systems Biology
Room: 4.01
Juliane.Grosskopf@mdc-berlin.de
+49 30 9406 – 1452
Alumni
Leon Elias Kersting
Master student
Master student
Bárbara Zita Peters Couto
Master student
Master student
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Hiring:
Candidates interested in postdoc or PhD positions please contact Stefanie Grosswendt. Please provide your CV including names of at least two referees, a letter of motivation, and when applying for a PhD position, please also include your transcript of records listing the courses and grades of your university degree. We especially encourage applications by computational scientists for PhD and Postdoc positions. Computational PhD candidates can participate in the CompCancer program that our group is associated with.
