Education. Finn Werner is a Danish/German scientist who trained at universities in Copenhagen (3-year Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry, and a 3-year Candidatum scientiarium post graduate degree in molecular biology under the guidance of Morten Johnsen) and in London (3-year PhD in biochemistry, mentored by Robert Weinzierl). Finn established his own laboratory at University College London (UCL) where he currently…
Professor Ioana Berindan-Neagoe is Professor of Medical Biotechnology at the “Iuliu Hațieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy (UMFCN), Cluj-Napoca, with expertise in cellular and molecular biology, RNA biology, and non-coding RNAs. In 2006, she joined UMFCN as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Immunology, where she established the first microarray laboratory in Romania. In 2010, with financial support from…
Understanding what plant genes do is essential for tackling global food security, sustainable agriculture, and environmental change. When we know a gene’s function, we can use that knowledge to improve crops by increasing disease resistance, lowering the energy cost of growth, or reducing the need for fertilisers. Yet for most plant genes, we still lack clear functional information. This “gene…
Nikolaus Rajewsky is a globally recognized leader in Systems Biology, renowned for groundbreaking work on the role of RNA in regulating gene expression in health and disease. His research blends cutting-edge experimental biology, biochemistry, and data science, including machine learning. He has pioneered single-cell and spatial biology approaches, applying them to human tissues and advanced model systems to better understand,…
I did my PhD at the Charles University in Prague working on ribosomal RNA processing. Then I moved to the US and Germany to investigate spliceosome assembly and nuclear organization. Since 2005 I am a group leader of the Laboratory of RNA Biology at the Institute of Molecular Genetics in Prague, Czech Republic. My long-term interest is to determine how…
