
Research interests
- Genetic regulation of Lipoprotein(a) and genomics of the apolipoprotein(a) gene (LPA)
- Investigation of extreme Lipoprotein(a) phenotypes
- Mutation screening of the LPA gene locus in family and populations with extreme Lp(a) phenotypes
- Development of approaches for mutation screening and genotyping of variants in the LPA KIV-2 copy number repeat
- Identification of regulatory variants in the LPA locus
- Applications of Nanopore sequencing
- GWAS studies and functional analysis of SNP associations
CV | ORCID | ResearcherID |
| Follow me on
Teaching
- Coordinator of the “Genetics, Epigenetics and Genomics” module of the master program in Molecular Medicine
- Bachelor program in Molecular Medicine
- Lecture “Molecular Methods 2“: Next generation sequencing
- Master program in Molecular Medicine, Study module “Genetics, Epigenetics and Genomics“
- Lecture “Genetics”
- Laboratory course “Genetics”
- Journal Club “Genetics”
- Seminar “Genetics”
- Study program Medicine
- Laboratory course: “Biology”: DNA sequencing, human genetics
- Laboratory course: “Genotyping and Genetic Epidemiology” (pending)
- Study program PhD Genetics, Epigenetics and Genomics
- Lecture “Methods 2”: Third generation sequencing technologies
- Practical course and lecture in NGS data analysis (with Sebastian Schönherr)
Projects
FWF P31458: Investigation of the molecular effects of the LPA KIV-2 mutation 4925 G>A. Project page