Institute of Human Genetics
The identification and functional characterization of genes related to disease are at the heart of the research carried out at the Institute of Human Genetics. Mapping techniques are applied in search of disease associated gene variants. Research groups focus are on endocrine (Tim M. Strom), cardiac (Arne Pfeufer), neurological (Juliane Winkelmann) and mitochondrial disorders (Holger Prokisch and Thomas Meitinger). The research groups use the spectrum of platforms including next generation sequencing, metabolomics, proteomics and mouse models in close collaboration with other institutes at the Helmholtz Zentrum München.
Research activities at the institute are carried out as part of the SAM Program. Projects are funded by the Helmholtz Association, the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), the German Research Foundation (DFG), and the European Union.
Research groups
1. Medical genomics, Genetics of Endocrine Disorders
Head: PD Dr. T.M. Strom
Postdocs: Dr. Bettina Lorenz-Depiereux, Dr. Anna Benet-Pages, Janine Wagenstaller
PhD/MD students: Sebastian Eck, Elisabeth Graf, Thomas Wieland
2. Neurogenetics (Guest Group – in collaboration with Klinikum rechts der Isar, TUM)
Head: Prof. Dr. Juliane Winkelmann
Postdocs: Dr. Derek Spieler, Dr. Barbara Schormair
PhD/MD students: Franziska Knauf, Maria Kaffe, Franziska Höpfner, Eva Schulte, Hannah Sophie Berger
3. Genetics of Mitochondrial Disorders
Head: Dr. Holger Prokisch and Prof. Dr. Thomas Meitinger
Postdocs: Dr. Arcangela Iuso, Dr. Tobias Haack
PhD/MD students: Katherina Heim, Birgit Haberberger, Katharina Danhauser
4. Genetics of Cardiac Disorders
Head: Dr. Arne Pfeufer
PhD/MD students: Zasie Schäfer
5. Core facility genotyping
Head: Dr. Peter Lichtner
Postdocs: Dr. Gertrud Eckstein, Dr. Simone Schuffenhauer