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Hentze Group

RNA-binding proteins in RNA biology and riboregulation

Alumni

2024

  • Norito Tamura : Postdoctoral Fellow (2020 – 2024)
    Postdoctoral Researcher, Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, Cologne, Germany

2023

  • Michelle Noble : Predoctoral Fellow, bridging Postdoctoral Fellow (2018 – 2023)
    Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Bayer AG, Germany
  • Thomas Schwarzl : Postdoctoral Fellow, Research Staff Scientist (2014 – 2023)
    Senior Scientist, Boehringer Ingelheim, Germany
  • Aindrila Chatterjee : Postdoctoral Fellow (2018 – 2023)
    Senior Scientist, AIRNA, Tübingen, Germany
  • Joel Perez-Perri : Postdoctoral Fellow, Research Staff Scientist (2014 – 2023)
    Research Group Leader, iMM Lisbon, Portugal

2022

  • Natalie Katarina Horvat : Visiting Predoctoral Fellow (2017 – 2022)

2021

  • Ina Huppertz : Postdoctoral Fellow (2015 – 2021)
    Reseach Group Leader, Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, Cologne, Germany
  • Zuzana Koskova : Master Student (2021)
    Predoctoral Fellow, Cuylen Group, EMBL Heidelberg, Germany
  • William Martin : Postdoctoral Fellow (2018 – 2021)
    Project Manager, European Vaccine Initiative, Heidelberg, Germany
  • Annika Brosig : Predoctoral Fellow (2016 – 2021)

2020

  • Magdalena Büscher : Predoctoral Fellow (2016 – 2020)
    Postdoctoral Fellow,  Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine, Münster, Germany
  • Francesco Russo : Master Student (2020)
  • Rastislav Horos : Postdoctoral Fellow, Research Staff Scientist (2011 – 2020)
    Director, Assay Development and Lab Services, Hummingbird Diagnostics GmbH, Heidelberg, Germany

2019

  • Claudio Asencio Salcedo : Visiting Scientist (2015 – 2019)
    Research Associate, Genomics Core Facility, EMBL Heidelberg
  • Iryna Charapitsa : Visiting Researcher (2019)
    Founder, Executive VP Research, WM-Therapeutics, Heidelberg, Germany
  • Anne-Marie Alleaume : Research Technician (2012 – 2019)
    BIOcean5D Public Engagement and Outreach Project Manager, Fondation Tara Océan, Paris, France
  • Dmytro Dziuba : Postdoctoral Fellow (2016 – 2019)
    CNRS researcher, University of Strasbourg, France
  • Lena Muckenthaler : Trainee (2018 – 2019)
    MD Student, University of Heidelberg, Germany
  • Mai Sun : Postdoctoral Fellow (2014 – 2019)
    Manager, Illumina, Germany
  • Virginia Roland : Master Student (2018 – 2019)

2018

  • Ulf-Peter Günther : Postdoctoral Fellow (2016 – 2018)
    Senior Scientist, DKMS Life Science Lab GmbH, Dresden, Germany
  • Panagiotis Mantas : Bioinformatics Engineer (2016 – 2018)
    PhD researcher, DTU, Denmark
  • Joana Neves : Visiting Predoctoral Fellow (2013 – 2018)
  • Gozde Buyukkahraman : Master Student (2018)
    Predoctoral fellow, University of Texas at Dallas, USA
  • Kumar Parijat Tripathi : Visiting Predoctoral Fellow ( 2017 – 2018)
    Postdoctoral Research Scientist, University Hospital Cologne, Germany
  • David Kuster : Trainee (2017 – 2018)
    PhD candidate, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology (MPI-CBG), Dresden, Germany

2017

  • Rozemarijn Kleinendorst : Research Technician (2016 – 2017)
    Laboratory Officer in charge, Krebs Group, EMBL Heidelberg
  • Amy Cooke : Postdoctoral Fellow (2011 – 2017)
    Scientist, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
  • Ana Rita Ladeira Courelas da Silva : Postdoctoral Fellow (2012 – 2017)
    Project Assistant – Clinical Management, PPD
  • Birgit Rogell : Postdoctoral Fellow (2012 – 2017)
    Product- and Marketing Manager, Roche, Germany

2016

  • Jasmin Dehnen : Scientific Trainee (2016)
    Institute for Technology-Inspired Regenerative Medicine (MERLN)
  • Marko Fritz : Trainee (2015 – 2016)
    Software Developer & Software Architect, Meteoserve GmbH
  • Kerstin Grund : Visiting Scientist (2016)
  • Christian Hauer : Predoctoral Fellow MMPU Hentze Kulozik Group (2011 – 2016)
  • Andreas Simmelbauer : Visiting Scientist (2015 – 2016)
  • Julia Glockenmeier : Visiting Scientist (2014 – 2016)
  • Ina Hollerer : Predoctoral Fellow, Postdoctoral Fellow MPU Hentze Kulozik Group (2011 – 2016)
    Postdoctoral fellow,University of California, Berkeley, USA

2015

  • Antonia Hauth : Trainee (2015)
    Predoctoral Fellow, Heard Group, EMBL Heidelberg, Germany
  • Johannes Popow : Postdoctoral Fellow (2013 – 2015)
    Laboratory Head Oncology, Boehringer Ingelheim RCV GmbH & Co KG
  • Ralitsa Langova : Diploma Student (2014 – 2015)
    Predoctoral fellow, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
  • Marcelo Perez : Visitor (2015)
    Predoctoral fellow, Foundation Leloir Institute,  Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • Marlene Reichel : Predoctoral Fellow (2015)
    Predoctoral Fellow, Australian National University
  • Christoph Metzendorf : Visiting Scientist MMPU Hentze Muckenthaler Group (2010 – 2015)
    Researcher, Uppsala University, Sweden

2014

  • Daniela Casarrubea : Predoctoral Fellow (2008 – 2014)
    Scientist, Anocca AB
  • Richard Sparla : Visiting Scientist MMPU Hentze Muckenthaler Group (2009 – 2014)
  • Alfredo Castello Palomares : Postdoctoral Fellow, Research Staff Scientist (2009 – 2014)
    Professor and Principal Investigator, MRC University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research (CVR)
  • Claudia Guida : Predoctoral Fellow MMPU Hentze Muckenthaler Group (2010 – 2014)
    Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Oxford
  • Milene Costa da Silva : Visiting Predoctoral Fellow (2012 – 2014)
    Predoctoral fellow, Heidelberg University Hospital, Germany
  • Benedikt Beckmann : Postdoctoral Fellow (2011 – 2014)
    Group Leader , Humboldt University, Berlin
  • Suzana Kovac : Postdoctoral Fellow (2011 – 2014)
    IP Portfolio manager, Anocca AB

2013

  • Bruno Galy : Postdoctoral Fellow, Research Staff Scientist (1999 – 2013)
    Group Leader, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
  • Tomaž Curk : Postdoctoral Fellow (2012 – 2013)
    Assistant Professor, Faculty of Computer and Information Science, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
  • Maja Vujic Spasic : Visiting Scientist MMPU Hentze Muckenthaler Group (2003 – 2013)
    Professor, University of Ulm, Germany
  • Madhuri Cherukumilli : Postdoctoral Fellow MMPU Hentze Kulozik Group (2009 – 2013)
    Senior Business Development Specialist, NEC Laboratories Europe GmbH, Heidelberg, Germany

2012

  • Giuseppe Ferrandino : Postdoctoral Fellow (2012)
  • Katarzyna Mleczko-Sanecka : Predoctoral Fellow MMPU Hentze Muckenthaler Group (2007 – 2012)
  • Jan Medenbach : Postdoctoral Fellow (2006 – 2012)
    Group Leader, University of Regensburg, Germany
  • Claudia Strein : Research Technician (2002 – 2012)
    Technician, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Germany
  • Flavia D’Alessio : Predoctoral Fellow MMPU Hentze Muckenthaler Group (2008 – 2012)
    Project Manager, European Vaccine Initiative, Heidelberg, Germany
  • Ana Quintas Gorozarri : Visiting Predoctoral Fellow (2012)
    Senior Qualified Technician, Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC), Madrid, Spain
  • Klodiana Jani : Visiting Scientist MMPU Hentze Kulozik Group (2009 – 2012)
  • Elias Riether : Trainee (2011 – 2012)
  • Christian Thoma : Postdoctoral Fellow (2002 – 2012)
    Clinical Program Leader Immunology,Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG
  • Francesca Moretti : Postdoctoral Fellow (2011 – 2012)
    Postdoctoral fellow,Department of Biomedicine University of Basel, Switzerland

2011

  • Constanze Kaiser : Postdoctoral Fellow (2009 – 2011)
    Global Integrated Strategy Leader for GI cancers, Roche, Switzerland
  • Rolf Thermann : Postdoctoral Fellow (2003 – 2011)
  • Aurelie Rakotondrafara : Postdoctoral Fellow (2007 – 2011)
    Assistant Professor,University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
  • Francesca Moretti : Predoctoral Fellow (2007 – 2011)
    Lab Head, Cellular Models &High Content Biology-Preclinical Safety, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research (NIBR), Basel, Switzerland
  • Agnieszka Zdanowicz-Specht : Predoctoral Fellow, Postdoctoral Fellow (2006 – 2011)
    Medical Manager, Roche Pharma AG
  • Corinne Kox : Predoctoral Fellow MMPU Hentze Kulozik Group (2006 – 2011)
    Chargee de mission, Ministère de l’enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche

2010

  • Rebecca Berrens : Diploma Student (2010)
    Research Associate,Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute
  • Petra Jakob : Research Technician (2008 – 2010)
    Scientist, AbbVie, Ludwigshafen Am Rhein, Germany
  • Wolfgang Alexander Markus Gilles : Visiting Scientist (2008 – 2010)
    Medical assistant, Department of Internal Medicine IV,Heidelberg University Hospital, Germany
  • Mayka Sanchez Fernandez : Postdoctoral Fellow (2001 – 2010)
    Professor Titular Agregado and Group Leader, International University of Catalunya, Catalunya, Spain
  • Kent Duncan : Postdoctoral Fellow (2002 – 2010)
    Principal Scientist, Evotec, Hamburg, Germany
  • Niels Gehring : Reserch Staff Scientist (2008 – 2010)
    Professor, Institute for Genetics, University of Cologne, Germany

2009

  • Styliani Lamprinaki : Predoctoral Fellow MMPU Hentze Kulozik Group (2005 – 2009)
    Internal Medicine Specialist, Evangelical Hospital Bethel (EvKB)
  • Yevhen Vainshtein : Visiting PhD Student (2007 – 2009)
    Biostatistician ,Fraunhofer IGB

2008

  • Sonja Lück : Visiting Scientist (2007 – 2008)
  • Lydie Viatte : Postdoctoral Fellow (2006 – 2008)
    Head of Sourcing and Maturation, Institut Curie, Paris, France
  • Judit Kiss : Predoctoral Fellow MMPU Hentze Muckenthaler Group (2004 – 2008)
    Senior Research Associate, University of Heidelberg, Germany
  • Pavel Ivanov : Postdoctoral Fellow MMPU Hentze Kulozik Group (2004 – 2008)
    Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School/Brigham and Women’s Hospital
  • Maria Polycarpou-Schwarz : Technical Officer (2008)
  • Apriliana Kartikasari : Visiting Scientist (2007 – 2008)
    Research Fellow,RMIT University

2007

  • Kathrin Kerschgens : Diploma Student MMPU Hentze Kulozik Group (2007)
    Specialist Technical Support, Molecular Biology, Thermo Fisher Scientific
  • Marcelo Viegas : Predoctoral Fellow MMPU Hentze Kulozik Group (2003 – 2007)
    Director of Business Development, ProteoGenix, Madrid, Spain
  • Stephanie Buschbacher-Boelz : Predoctoral Fellow (2003 – 2007)
    Trainee, Diagnostics Deutschland GmbH
  • Maria Vittoria Verga Falzacappa : Predoctoral Fellow (2004 – 2007)
    Medical Writing Manager, Edra – LSWR Group
  • Stefanie Kante : Visitor (2006 – 2007)

2006

  • Mirco Castoldi : Postdoctoral Fellow MMPU Hentze Muckenthaler Group (2004 – 2006)
    Principal Investigator, Clinic of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectiology, University Hospital of Düsseldorf, Germany
  • Karsten Beckmann : Predoctoral Fellow (2002 – 2006)
    Senior Director MAP, BioNTech SE, Mainz, Germany
  • Marija Mihailovic : Visitor (2005 – 2006)
    Postdoctoral fellow,European Institute of Oncology (IEO)

2005

  • Patrick Hundsdörfer : Postdoctoral Fellow (2002 – 2005)
    Chefarzt & Zentrumsleiter, Helios Pädiatrie-Zentrum, Berlin, Germany

2004

  • Marica Grskovic : Predoctoral Fellow (1999 – 2004)
    Director R&D, CareDx Inc

2003

  • Martina Muckenthaler : Postdoctoral Fellow, Research Staff Scientist (1994 – 2003)
    Professor, Head of Molecular Medicine, MMPU Group Leader, University of Heidelberg, Germany
  • Julie Baron : Predoctoral Fellow (2000 – 2003)
    Director, Field Medical (MSL) Effectiveness International, Shire
  • Thomas Schell : Predoctoral Fellow (1998 – 2003)
    Director, Program Operational Leader, MorphoSys AG
  • Nadia Hubert : Postdoctoral Fellow (1999 – 2003)

2002

  • Karen Brennan : Research Technician (1997 – 2002)
    Head Australian Phenomics Facility, Australian National University
  • Thomas Preiss : Postdoctoral Fellow (1997 – 2002)
    Professor of RNA Biology, Australian National University
  • Fátima Gebauer : Postdoctoral Fellow, Research Staff Scientist (1996 – 2002)
    Head of the Protein synthesis group, Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), Barcelona, Spain
  • Dirk Ostareck : Postdoctoral Fellow (1995 – 2002)
    Head of Experimental Research Unit, Department of Intensive Care, University Hospital Aachen, Germany
  • Elisabeth Bragado Nilsson : Research Technician (1996 – 2002)
    Academic Research Technician, Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research, Copenhagen, Denmark
  • Giovanna Bergamini : Postdoctoral Fellow (1999 – 2002)
    Director of Discovery Biology, Cellzome GmbH, Heidelberg, Germany

2001

  • Antje Ostareck-Lederer : Postdoctoral Fellow (1995 – 2001)
    Professor, Department of Intensive Care, University Hospital Aachen, Germany
  • Sabine Hentze : Medical Research Officer (2000 – 2001)

2000

  • Claudia Beu Volpato : Visitor (1999 – 2000)
    Senior Researcher, Institute of Genetic Medicine

1999

  • Ennio De Gregorio : Predoctoral Fellow (1996 – 1999)
    Head Of Research And Development Center, GSK Vaccines, Italy

1998

  • Britta Schläger : Research Assistant (1989 – 1998)
    Project Manager for Grants and Organisational Support, Kobris, Sandhausen, Germany
  • Kostas Pantopoulos : Postdoctoral Fellow (1992 – 1998)
    Professor, Division of Experimental Medicine, Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
  • Kristina Mathews : Technical Assistant (1995 – 1998)
    Research Associate, University of Zurich, Switzerland

1997

  • Efrosyni Paraskeva : Predoctoral Fellow (1993 – 1997)
    Assoc. Professor of Cell Physiology, University of Thessaly

1995

  • Angelika Sperle : Visitor (1995)
  • Günter Weiss : Postdoctoral Fellow (1993 – 1995)
    Professor , Innsbruck Medical University, Austria
  • Stephanie Sumner-Jones : Trainee (1994 – 1995)
  • Nicola Gray : Postdoctoral Fellow (1990 – 1995)
    Professor, The Centre for Reproductive Health, Institute for Regeneration and Repair, Edinburgh
  • Sabine Quick : Research Technician (1991 – 1995)

1994

  • Öjar Melefors : Postdoctoral Fellow (1991 – 1994)
    Associate Professor, National veterinary institute, Karolinska Institute, Sweden
  • Hans Johansson : Predoctoral Fellow (1989 – 1994)
    Consultant – Industry Specialist, Third Bridge Group Limited, London, UK
  • Renata Stripecke : Predoctoral Fellow (1990 – 1994)
    Professor / Institute Chair, Institute of Translational Immune-Oncology, University of Cologne, Germany

1991

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