People
Lab Manager

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

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

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

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

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

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

Janka Zsok
...helps her colleagues out with their experiments.

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

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

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

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

Federico Cerullo
...wants to investigate mRNP composition in stress conditions.

Michaela Ristova
...wants to understand the function of repeat RNA aggregates and to identify their regulatory proteins.
PhD students

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

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

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

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

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

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