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Prof. Dr. Jörg Hackermüller |
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Professur für Integrative Bioinformatik - Computational Biology |
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| Department of Computer Science | |
| Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science | |
| Leipizg University | |
| Härtelstr. 16-18 | |
| 04107 Leipzig | |
| Germany | |
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Head of Department Computational Biology |
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| Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research GmbH - UFZ | |
| Permoserstr. 15 | |
| 04318 Leipzig | |
| Germany | |
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This professorship is a joint appointment between Leipzig University and the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research GmbH - UFZ. Please find details on our research interests, team, publications, and software at the pages of the Department Integrative Bioinformatik - Computational Biology.
CV
Jörg Hackermüller holds the professorship for Integrative Bioinformatics - Computational Biology at Leipzig University since 2021. At at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research GmbH - UFZ he heads the Department Computational Biology, which is part of the research unit Chemicals in the Evironment.
Jörg Hackermüller received his Doctor of Science from the University of Vienna after pursuing a PhD project at the Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research. He held previous appointments as a group leader at the Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunoloy and the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research GmbH - UFZ. His professional training as a chemist included studies at the University of Vienna and at Karolinska Institute, Stockholm.
Research interests
- Bioinformatic method development for omics data analysis and integration
- Non-coding RNAs in disease and toxicity, drug discovery, and as biomarkers
- Using omics data in chemical risk assessment and for understanding mechanisms of toxicity
- Environmental epigenetics, gene-environment interactions
- Developing artificial intelligence approaches for toxicological problems
- Investigating the potential of single-cell omics in toxicology and environmental health
- RNA-based mechanisms