Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Christoph Dieterich
Leitung
(Klaus Tschira Institute for Computational Cardiology)
Leitung
(Professur für Bioinformatik und Systemkardiologie)
Mitglied
(Use & Access Commitee)
Ärztlicher / Beruflicher Werdegang
- seit 2018
Site Coordinator HiGHmed UK-HD
BMBF funded consortium HiGHmed (www.highmed.org)- seit 2015
W3 Stiftungsprofessur (Klaus Tschira Foundation)
Section of Bioinformatics and Computational Cardiology,
Klaus Tschira Institute for Integrative Computational Cardiology & Department of Internal Medicine III, University Hospital Heidelberg, Germany.- seit 2015
Principal investigator at the German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK)
- 2013 – 2015
Head of Bioinformatics
Research Group ‘Computational RNA Biology & Ageing’
and Bioinformatics Core Facility Leader, MPI for Biology of Ageing, Cologne, Germany.- 2009 – 2013
Scientific platform leader (Bioinformatics)
Berlin Institute for Medical Systems Biology, Max Delbrück Centre for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany- 2005 – 2009
Bioinformatics Research Assistant
Evolutionary Biology Department, MPI for Developmental Biology, Tübingen, Germany
Wissenschaftlicher Werdegang
- 2001 – 2005
PhD in Bioinformatics
Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics and Free University Berlin, Germany
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Martin Vingron- 2000 – 2001
MRes in Bioinformatics, University of York, United Kingdom
- 1994 – 2000
MSc in Technical Biology, University of Stuttgart, Germany
Stipendien
- 2001
Stipend from Serono Biotech (now Merck) for MRes studies in York, UK.
- 2000 – 2001
Industrial stipend from Serono Pharmaceutical Research (now Merck), Geneva
- 2000
Hugo Geiger Prize of the Bavarian Government for my work on an in vitro tissue system.
Mitgliedschaften
- 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
Lehrtätigkeiten und wissenschaftliche Dienstleistungen
Regular lectures as part of BSc and MSc program in Bioinformatics at the Eberhardt Karls Universität Tübingen (2005-2009).
Gave lectures as part of Master program in Molecular Medicine at the Humboldt Universität Berlin (2010-2012),
Tutorials and introductory lectures for Biochemists at the Universität zu Köln (2014).
Since 2015, lecture activities at Heidelberg University (as part of HBIGS program) and at Medical Informatics Masters (joint MSc program with university of applied sciences Heilbronn).
Associate Editor for BMC Genomics
Manuscript review for Bioinformatics, Proteomics, Genome Research, Genome Biology, BMC Genomics, BMC Bioinformatics, Nature Communication, Nucleic Acids Research, PLOS One, Hypertension, Circulation, European Heart Journal, RNA Journal, etc.
Grant review for DFG - German Science Foundation, GIF German-Israeli Foundation for Scientific Research and Development, FWO – Research Foundation Flanders, Wellcome Trust, BMBF
