The Network and Structural Bioinformatics (NeStOme) Lab

Dr. Khalique Newaz

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I am a Postdoc at Cosy.Bio. Additionally, I am part of the Computational Systems Biology (CDL3) group at the Center for Data Science and Computing. My research interests lie in developing data (network) science approaches to explore and understand biological systems. Currently, I study the effect of alternative splicing (a phenomenon through which a single gene gives rise to multiple proteins) on the interactions between proteins.
I did my Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Notre Dame, USA, where I developed network-based computational methods to compare protein 3D structures.

Jan-Ole Schulze

jan-ole.schulze[at.))uni-hamburg.de

I joined CosyBio as a PhD student in November 2024. I have a background in computer science, holding a master’s degree in Informatics from UHH, and I previously worked as a software engineer.  My research interests encompass data science in biomedicine, particularly machine and deep learning techniques for patient stratification

Sina Pralle 

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I am currently a master’s student in Intelligent Adaptive Systems at the University of Hamburg. Before moving to Hamburg, I completed my Bachelor’s in Electrical and Computer Engineering in Bremen, where I gained some research experience in joint source-channel coding and signal classification.
In Fall 2024, I will join the CoSy.Bio team as a HiWi, where I will work on developing a protein language model that integrates secondary structure information.

Jeanine Liebold

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Since April 2022, I am a PhD student at CoSy.Bio and at the Chair of Genome Informatics of Prof. Stefan Kurtz, both at the University of Hamburg. My research interests are mainly in machine learning and deep learning, with a focus on the application of these methods to bioinformatics problems, in particular, the prediction of protein-protein interactions in the event of alternative splicing. I hold a master’s degree in Intelligent Adaptive Systems from the University of Hamburg, where I wrote my master’s thesis on feature recognition in audio and video data with deep learning. Before that, I received my bachelor’s degree in Electrical and Information Engineering from HAW Hamburg.

Sabrina Klotz

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I am currently pursuing my Master’s in Bioinformatics at the Technical University of Munich, where I also completed my Bachelor's degree in the same field. Since October 2024, I have been working as a HiWi with the CoSyBio team, supporting the research of Jeanine Liebold and Khalique Newaz. My focus is on using machine learning and bioinformatics tools to predict protein-protein interactions, particularly in the context of alternative splicing. I still live in Munich and can’t wait to move to Hamburg to continue my scientific journey here!

Ann-Sofie Schäfer 

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In 2023, I joined CoSy.Bio as a science communicator and was entrusted with overseeing the social media presence. My journey took me from Munich to Hamburg in 2021, where I started studying Biology at the University of Hamburg and finished my Bachelor's degree.

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 I am currently doing my Masters in Bioinformatics at the University of Hamburg. In addition to my studies, I have been supporting the research of Khalique Newaz as a HiWi since November 2024.