PhD Program
Genomic and Molecular Medicine – Personalized Approaches to Childhood Health
The Ph.D. program “Genomic and Molecular Medicine – Personalized Approaches to Childhood Health” is offering an internationally acknowledged doctoral degree within the Munich Medical Research School to international and national students. This Ph.D. program covers a wide range of topics including genomics and the overall “omics”-approach to pediatric medicine as well as aspects of immunology, epigenetics and biochemistry. The programm is designed as a 3-year-full-time course, with lectures, retreats and seminars, also including methods workshops. High priority is given to the development of own research skills to be able to work independently as a researcher.
The program starts in October each year, the language is English, however the thesis can be written in German or English.
For more information please visit the Website of the Ph.D. program or the Munich Medical Research School.
Current members

Chaochen Lu, M.Sc.
Klein Lab
Project: In search of novel genetic causes for CVID and Gene therapy of hematopoietic stem cells
✉ chaochen.lu@med.uni-muenchen.de
☎ 089 - 2180 76861

Sathya Darmalinggam
Klein Lab
Project: Systems Biology of rare peadiatric diseases
✉ sathya.darmalinggam@med.uni-muenchen.de
☎ 089-4400-57763

Leyla Ataç, M.Sc.
Klein/Kotlarz Lab
Project: Novel genetic factors controlling immunity and intestinal homeostasis – Insights from patients with VEO-IBD
✉ leyla.atac@med.uni-muenchen.de
☎ 089 - 4400 57980

Daniel Petersheim, M.D.
Klein Lab
Project: Defining novel resilience pathways in rare monogenic disorders
✉ daniel.petersheim@med.uni-muenchen.de
☎ 089-4400-57985

Océane Sadonès, M.Sc.
Hübner Lab
Project: Vaccine antigen identification against systemic infections
✉ Oceane.Sadones@med.uni-muenchen.de

Dr. med. Sebastian Hesse
Klein Lab
Project: Proteome exploration of neutropenia in humans
✉ Sebastian.Hesse@med.uni-muenchen.de

Pin-Hsuan Chen, M.Sc.
Klein Lab
Project: Unraveling genetic underpinnings of severe congenital neutropenia (SCN) by single-cell sequencing
✉ pinhsuan.chen@med.uni-muenchen.de
☎ 089 4400 57524


Myriam Wowra, M.Sc.
Griese Lab
Project: Genetic causes of rare pulmonary disease
✉ myriam.wowra@med.uni-muenchen.de
☎ 089-4400-57717
Luija Zhang, M.Sc.
Griese Lab
Project: Etiological Identification of Gene Variants in Children’s Hereditary interstitial Lung Diseases
✉ Luija.Zhang@med.uni-muenchen.de
☎ 089-4400-57717
Yue Li, M.Sc.
Klein/Kotlarz Lab
Project: Deciphering the molecular pathomechanism of RIPK1 deficiency in very early onset inflammatory bowel disease
☎ 089 - 4400 57980

Stephanie Frenz, M.D.
Klein Lab
Project: Novel strategies for hematopoetic stem cell gene therapy
✉ stephanie.frenz@med.uni-muenchen.de
☎ 089 - 4400 57974

Chiara Lincetto, M.Sc.
Hübner Lab
Project: Towards recombinant phage-based manipulation of the gut microbiome to treat Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
✉ chiara.lincetto@med.uni-muenchen.de
☎ 089-4400-57712

Enisa Smlatic, M.Sc.
Hübner Lab
Project: Development of a therapeutic vaccine against Pseudomonas aeruginosa
✉ enisa.smlatic@med.uni-muenchen.de
☎ 089-4400-57712

Barbara Puzek, M.Sc.
Kim-Hellmuth Lab
Project: Building a global database of functional genetic variants of the immune system to develop transcriptome-wide prediction models of immune responsiveness in humans
✉ barbara.puzek@med.uni-muenchen.de
☎ 089 4400 57763

Andres Carbonell Adames, M.Sc.
Braun Lab
Project: Dissecting malignant glioma biochemical circuits into vulnerable targets
✉ Andres.Carbonell@med.uni-muenchen.de
☎ 089-4400-54724


Esha Shanbag, M.Sc.
Hübner Lab
Project: Increasing the Host range of therapeutic phages used in the treatment of Inflammatory Bowel Disease
✉ esha.shanbhag@med.uni-muenchen.de
☎ 089 2180-76861

Mohammed El Sharkawy, M.Sc.
Koletzko Lab
Project:Effect of early life exposures on epigenetic pathways of diseases
✉ Mohammed.El_Sharkawy@med.uni-muenchen.de

Marina Able, M.Sc.
Spiekermann Lab
Project: Identification of a FLT3-targeted antibody drug conjugate for the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia
✉ Marina.Able@med.uni-muenchen.de
☎ 089-4400-43988

Alumni

Ido Somekh, M.D.
Klein Lab
Project: Primary immunodeficiencies associated with novel genetic defects and predispose to EBV-lymphoproliferation
✉ ido.somekh@med.uni-muenchen.de
☎ 089-4400-

Florian Gothe, M.D.
Klein Lab
Project: Immune dysregulation as a consequence of genetic variants within the JAK-STAT signalling pathway
✉ florian.gothe@med.uni-muenchen.de
☎ 089-4400-57875

Prof. Dr. Christoph Klein
Director of the Dr. von Hauner Children’s Hospital & Principal Investigator, Gene Center, LMU Munich
✉ christoph.klein@med.uni-muenchen.de
☎ 089-4400-57701 (Sekretariat Frau Graf)
Ph.D. Program, Genomic and Molecular Medicine – Personalized Approaches to Childhood Health
Dr. von Hauner Children’s Hospital
Ludwig-Maximilian-University Munich
Lindwurmstr. 4
80337 Munich / Germany