Our Clinical neurogenetics research group is focused on the investigation of the genetic background of a number of neurological disorders. Patients with disorders like …

Remarkably few vertebrates display tumor resistance properties. This select group includes salamanders, renowned for their tumor resistance, yet the molecular mechanisms underlying this ability …

We use whole-genome and whole-transcriptome sequencing data from primary cancer samples to elucidate genetic subgroups of potential clinical relevance. Our next step will be …

Description: Endogenous retroviruses (ERVs) are genomic remnants of retroviral infections and subsequent expansion that are present in most organisms. In the human genome ERVs occupy …

Accelerometers allow the remote study of animal activities and thus offer a huge advantage over traditional studies based on direct human observations. Beyond simple …

In the forest ecosystem, dead wood is a dynamic and complex ecological niche in which fungi play a central role in the decomposition of …

There are several known cases of fungi altering insect behaviour, but few studies have turned the question around and asked the opposite: how are …

The loss of plant diversity is a growing global concern, driven by changes in land-use and climate. Maintaining plant diversity is important for ecosystem …

Soil microbial decomposers, including bacteria and fungi, are the gatekeepers of the soil carbon cycle, determining the fraction of decomposed carbon that becomes part …

Bacteria and fungi associated with plants play critical roles in plant growth, fitness, and stress tolerance. These microbial communities inhabit the rhizosphere—the soil zone …

Soils are the largest organic carbon reservoir in terrestrial ecosystems, storing carbon as organic matter derived from decomposed plant, microbial, and animal residues that …

Ectomycorrhizal fungi form symbiotic relationships with trees, playing a pivotal role in forest ecosystems by enhancing plant nutrient uptake in exchange for carbon from …

Songbirds rely on an endogenous program to follow species-specific routes and schedule their migrations to the annual cycle. Due to competition, birds are often …

The main goal of the project is to process microscope images of fungal mycelium and conduct dimensionality reduction and hierarchical clustering to find out …

The task is to develop and make publicly available a web application that allows anyone to calculate population trends based on systematic monitoring data …

The evolutionary ecology of cognition and memory in Caenorhabditis worms We have two MSc projects (45-60 credits each) to investigate the evolution and ecology …

Cancers are bad, but why do they occur? The prevalence of cancer, or malignant neoplasia, varies across and within species. Theories argue that life-history …

We are looking for a highly motivated project student with a specific interest in bioinformatics, omics profiling and immunology, to join our highly cooperative …

The most well-known life-history trade-off involves the survival cost of reproduction – reproduction (e.g., fertility, number of eggs) is commonly ‘costly’ in terms of …

Fungi can tidy up nanoplastics form their surrounding! We recently found that nanoplastics stick to hyphae of certain fungi. You wonder if that is …