People

Group Leader

Karsten

Karsten Weis
...steers the ship.

 

 

Lab Manager

Roberta

Roberta Mancini
...makes sure the lab runs smoothly.

Scientific Writer

Sarah

Sarah Khawaja
...helps write, revise and proofread the various scientific documents produced in the lab.

Senior Scientist

Elisa

Elisa Dultz
...heads a subgroup on nuclear pore biology.

Postdocs

Enlarged view: Felix

Felix Räsch
...wants to understand how biomolecular condensates become harmful for cells.

Enlarged view: Pablo Gómez García

Pablo Gómez García
…aims to probe the cytoplasm and nucleoplasm of live cells using advanced imaging methods.

Vamshi

Vamshidhar Gade
... investigates the interplay between biophysical properties and molecular pathways in cytosolic
organization. 

Arantxa

Arantxa Agote Arán
...wants to understand how the nuclear pore complex punches a hole in the nuclear envelope.

 

Enlarged view: Edoardo

Edoardo Fatti
...wants to understand how RNA regulates biomolecular condensates.

Mostafa

Mostafa Zedan
... wants to understand the determinants of mRNA degradation.

MAtthias

Matthias Wojtynek
...is studying the evolution of the NPC.

katerina_radilova

Katerina Radilova
...is investigating the mechanism of nuclear membrane fusion during NPC biogenesis.

PhD students

Lorena

Lorena Kronig
... is interested in how ageing promotes aggregation.

Janka

Janka Zsok
...wants to discover variant NPCs.

Jonas

Jonas Fischer
... follows the KARMA of complex assembly.

Maxime

Maxime Fondin
...aims to decipher the regulation of active nucleocytoplasmic transport in living cells using advanced imaging techniques.

 

Maximilian

Maximilian Seurig
...wants to identify pathways influencing the solidification of biomolecular condensates.

alexandra_schuerch

Alexandra Schürch
...seeks to understand the functions and assembly mechanisms of the nuclear pore complex with a focus on the nuclear basket.

annika-künne

Annika Künne
...wants to understand the influence of tRNA modifications on senescence phenotypes.

Research Support

Administrative Support

Brigitte

Brigitte Wicki
...keeps the office under control.

Alumni

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