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The Medical Systems Biology group focuses on the computational investigation and integration of multi-omics data in explorative, preventative, and therapeutic contexts.

About us
We deploy concepts from non-linear dynamics and complex systems to develop mathematical models that unravel the self-organizing principles behind the interactions with biological entities.
Team

The complementary experience and research emphases of our team allow integrating all scales of resolution from genetic code to phenotypic expression.

Meet The Team

Service & Research Units

In the medical context, we work in cooperation with clinical facilities and research groups in the exploration of disease etiology, identification of pathways , and the development of treatment options in personalized medicine.

Bioinformatics Service Unit

We can advise on project planning to clarify at an early stage whether specific scientific questions can be answered within your experimental planning to avoid future complications.

Single Cell Core Facility

New sequencing technologies have revolutionized genome research over the last decade.

Systems Genetics

We work towards a systems level understanding of biological organisms by investigating the relationship between the genome and phenotypic and molecular traits as well as disease using computational methods.

Cancer Research Unit

What are the molecular drivers in tumor progression? How can current methods of molecular medicine, sequencing, and machine learning in the clinical diagnostics and routine be transferred?

Projects

A particular focus is put on the field of cancer research which culminated in the design of computational diagnostics pipelines for the Molecular Tumor Board at the UKSH Lübeck, which is an interface between clinical treatment and cutting-edge scientific insights by applying state-of-the-art sequencing and analysis approaches to the most challenging cases.

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News and publications

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Jan16

New publication in BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

Empowering personalized oncology: evolution of digital support and visualization tools for molecular tumor boards
Nov19

New publication in nutrients

Characterization of the Gut and Skin Microbiome over Time in Young Children with IgE-Mediated Food Allergy
Nov18

New publication in Frontiers in Pharmacology

Increase in body weight is lowered when mice received fecal microbiota transfer from donor mice treated with the AT1 receptor antagonist telmisartan
Sep26

New publication in Molecular Sciences

Transcriptome Profiling Associated with CARD11 Overexpression in Colorectal Cancer Implicates a Potential Role for Tumor Immune Microenvironment and Cancer Pathways Modulation via NF-κB
Sep26

New publication in Frontiers in Oncology

Case report: Tenosynovial giant cell tumor

Career

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The group for Medical Systems Biology focuses on the development and verification of mathematical models for cellular behavior and cell communication from an initial stimulus to the final phenotype.

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