Qualifications:
BSc+MSc in Computational Mathematics (MSU); PhD (Dr.rer.nat, HUB); Dr.sc.nat. (HUB); facultas docendi (HUB).
Selected recent publications:
Zampetaki/Albrecht/Steinhofel: Long-noncoding RNA structure and function: Is there a link? Frontiers in Physiology, 9:1201, 2018.
Lataniotis/Albrecht/Kok/Monfries/Benedetti/Lawson/Hughes/Steinhofel/Mayr/Zampetaki: Crispr/Cas9 gene editing reveals novel tertiary constraints in clustered mirna processing. Cardiovascular Research, 114 (suppl 1), S1, 2018.
Lataniotis/Albrecht/Kok/Monfries/Benedetti/Lawson/Hughes/Steinhofel/Mayr/Zampetaki: CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing highlights the prominent role of structure in noncoding RNA function: The case of clustered MicroRNAs in the vasculature. Circulation, 136:A18034, 2017.
Key areas of research interest:
Combinatorial Optimisation, Stochastic Local Search Algorithms, Nature-inspired Computing, Machine Learning, Biomolecular Structure Prediction, MicroRNA Pathway Analysis, Boolean Circuit Complexity, VLSI Design.
Current Research Projects:
Software Tool Development
MSBind: Meta-stable RNA secondary structures analysis.
RNAapprox: Approximation of local minima in RNA folding landscapes.
RandomDescent: Random descent in attraction basins of RNA folding landscapes.
PhD Students:
Lataniotis, Lazaros and Albrecht, Andreas A. and Kok, Fatma and Monfries, Clinton A. L. and Benedetti, Lorena and Lawson, Nathan D. and Hughes, Simon M. and Steinhofel, Kathleen and Mayr, Manuel and Zampetaki, Anna (2018) Crispr/Cas9 gene editing reveals novel tertiary constraints in clustered miRNA processing. Cardiovascular Research, 114 (Supp_1). S1-S1. ISSN 0008-6363
Zampetaki, Anna and Albrecht, Andreas A. and Steinhofel, Kathleen (2018) Long non-coding RNA structure and function: Is there a link? Frontiers in Physiology, 9 . p. 1201. ISSN 1664-042X
Lataniotis, Lazaros and Albrecht, Andreas A. and Kok, Fatma O. and Monfries, Clinton A. L. and Benedetti, Lorena and Lawson, Nathan D. and Hughes, Simon M. and Steinhofel, Kathleen and Mayr, Manuel and Zampetaki, Anna (2017) Crispr/Cas9 editing reveals novel mechanisms of clustered microRNA regulation and function. Scientific Reports, 7 . p. 8585. ISSN 2045-2322
Lataniotis, Lazaros and Albrecht, Andreas A. and Kok, Fatma and Monfries, Clinton and Benedetti, Lorena and Lawson, Nathan D. and Hughes, Simon M. and Steinhofel, Kathleen and Mayr, Manuel and Zampetaki, Anna (2017) Crispr/Cas9 gene editing reveals novel tertiary constraints in clustered mirna processing. Heart, 103 (5). A133. ISSN 1468-201X
Day, Luke and Souki, Ouala Abdelhadi Ep and Albrecht, Andreas A. and Steinhofel, Kathleen (2016) Random versus deterministic descent in RNA energy landscape analysis. Advances in Bioinformatics, 2016 . ISSN 1687-8035
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