Former Summer School Fellows

Fatma Afify - Zewail City of Science and Technology, Giza, Egypt – Pauli Group (IMP)

Hollie Byrne - Trinity College Dublin, Ireland – Kuchler Group (Max Perutz Labs)

Angus Bucknell - University of Birmingham, UK - Mari Ordonez Group (GMI)

Manouk de Jong - Utrecht University, the Netherlands – Elling Group (IMBA)

Stefania Di Ciccio - Utrecht University, the Netherlands – Urban Group (IMBA)

Paula Fröling - Freie Universität Berlin, Germany – Djinovic Group (Max Perutz Labs)

Max Graf - Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Germany – Plaschka Group (IMP)

Olena Grebenchuk - Freie Universität Berlin, Germany – Tanaka Group (IMP)

Maura Hofmann - TU Dresden, Germany – Seruggia Group (CeMM)

Alexis Ioannou - Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden - Busslinger Group (IMP)

Eftychia Kormari - Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupoli, Greece - Villunger Group (CeMM)

Anastasiia Martyniak - Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine - Campbell Group (Max Perutz Labs)

Maria Miron - Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Mexico – Burga Group (IMBA)

Sofia Moysiadou - Utrecht University, the Netherlands - Obenauf Group (IMP)

Lyudmila Protsenko - Institute of Physics and Technology – Brennecke Group (IMBA)

Jackson Ridges - University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA – Brennecke Group (IMBA)

Philippa Rolfe - University of Oxford, UK - Kubicek Group (CeMM)

Ignasi Grau - University of California San Diego, USA - Juffmann Group (Max Perutz Labs)

Kata Szabo - Ötvös Lóránd University, Budapest, Hungary - Matos Group (Max Perutz Labs)

Julia Toplak - University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science, Croatia - Haselbach Group (IMP)

Aleksandra Wolska - University of Manchester, UK - Superti-Furga Group (CeMM)

Dzianis Yarotski - Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg, Germany - von Haeseler Group (Max Perutz Labs)

Catherine Isabella Somoza - Cornell University, United States - Andreas Bergthaler (CEMM)

Yuchen Wu - Cambridge University, United Kingdom - Stefan Kubicek (CEMM)

Colleen Russett - McGill University, Canada - Fred Berger (GMI)

Sarah Barnes - University of St Andrews, United Kingdom - Julius Brennecke (IMBA)

Emilija Jovanovic - University of Belgrade, Serbia - Sasha Mendjan (IMBA)

Christoph Oberist - Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Germany - Daniel Gerlich (IMBA)

Zoe Kentischer - Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Germany - Anna Obenauf (IMP)

Harry Orrin - University of Oxford, United Kingdom - Clemens Plaschka (IMP)

Mireia Codina - Pompeu Fabra University, Spain - Andrea Pauli (IMP)

Alexandria Adigun, Howard University, Washington - Tanaka Group, IMP

Pavla Berankova, Charles University, Prague 2 - Otsuka Group, MFPL

Sara Berent, University of Glasgow, Glasgow - Stary Group, CEMM

Charlotte Biese, Free University, Berlin - Karagoz Group, MFPL

Israel Campo Bes, Universitat de Valencia, Valencia - Burga Group, IMBA

Alondra Concepcion-Gonzalez, Boston University , Boston - Urban Group, IMBA

Borja Diego, Polytechnic University of Valencia , Valencia - Mari-Ordonez Group, GMI

Kristie Dinh, Wright State University, Fairborn, USA - Bergthaler Group, CEMM

Simona Grazioli, Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies , Pisa - Peters Group, IMP

Dana Grozavu, University of York, York - Haselbach Group, IMP

Nataliia Kashko, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow - Kuchler Group, MFPL

James Kiraly, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, USA - Pauli Group, IMP

Antonia Kolb, University of Tübingen, Tübingen - Kralovics Group, CEMM

Jovana Lazarevic, UNS /Faculty of Technical Sciences, Novi Sad - Menche Group, CEMM

Simon Lichtinger, University of Cambridge, Churchill College, Cambridge - Plaschka Group, IMP

Lidia Llacsahuanga, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima - Ameres Group, IMBA

Toni Manolova, University of Tübingen, Tübingen - Cochella Group, IMP

Ksenia Meteleva, University of Toronto, Toronto - Raible Group, MFPL

Denys Oliinyk, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kiev - Falk Group, MFPL

Richard Pleuger, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen - Gerlich Group, IMBA

Ludovica Proietti, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome - Leeb Group, MFPL

Kimberly Quililan, University of the Philippines, Quezon City - Stark Group, IMP

Anna Rams, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Sosnowiec - Elling Group, IMBA

Rahul Ranjan, IIIT Senapati, Imphal, India - von Haeseler Group, MFPL

Miruna Rascu, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest - Haubensak Group, IMP

Tatjana Schmitz, Albert-Ludwig Universität Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau - Mendjan Group, IMBA

Vera Van Melis, Maastricht University, Maastricht - Tachibana Group, IMBA

Alexandra Vilceanu, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Carol Davila, Bucharest - Keays Group, IMP

Marek Wolczynski, Imperial College London, London - Brennecke Group, IMBA

Ilia Zykov, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Moscow - Juffmann Group, MFPL

Melanie Arndt, Ruprecht-Karls Universität Heidelberg, Germany

Leonard Group (MFPL)

Charlie Beales, King's College London, UK

Gerlich Group (IMBA)

Ha Yoon Cho, Imperial College London, UK

Koehler Group (MFPL)

Rodolfo Diogenes da Paixao, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

Keays Group (IMP)

Viktoria Frajs, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Germany

Mendjan Group (IMBA)

Caterina Giannini, Università di Pisa, Italy

Djamei Group (GMI)

Madeleine Heep, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Germany

Brennecke Group (IMBA)

Akanksha Jain, University College London, UK

Baccarini Group (MFPL)

Pauline Jung, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden

Obenauf Group (IMP)

Patricia Kim, McGill University, Canada

Jantsch Group (MFPL)

Tin Kocijan, Sorbonne University, Paris

Stark Group (IMP)

Julia Kornienko, Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic, Russia

Zuber Group (IMP)

Annika Kuehn, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Germany

Berger Group (GMI)

Mikhail Lebedev, Novosibirsk State University, Russia

Peters Group (IMP)

Francesca Macaluso, Università degli studi di Torino, Italy

Penninger Group (IMBA)

Hassan Mahmudul, Durham University, UK

Buecker Group (MFPL)

Ines Martinez Martin, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain

Haselbach Group (IMP)

Rebecca McDonald, University of Nottingham, UK

Urban Group (IMBA)

Maia Mesyngier, Massachussetts Institute of Technology, USA

Peters Group (IMP)

Elise Moses, Aston University, UK

Obenauf Group (IMP)

Carolina Rodriguez Bobadilla, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Mexico

Tachibana Group (IMBA)

Marina Sarantseva, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia

Dammermann Group (MFPL)

Ekaterina (Katja) Shvetsova, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia

Pavri Group (IMP)

Gergely Tihanyi, Heidelberg University, Germany

Ameres Group (IMBA)

Tiago Alves - University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Andrea Pauli Group (IMP)

Elizaveta Besedina - Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russian Federation
Alex Stark Group (IMP)

Daniel Buendia - Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
Fred Berger Group (GMI)

Irini Dijkhoff - Leiden University, the Netherlands
Fumiyo Ikeda Group (IMBA)
 
Anamaria Elek - University of Zagreb, Croatia
Alwin Koehler Group (MFPL)
 
Andreea Emilia Felea - Jacobs University, Bremen, Germany
Kikue Tachibana-Konwalski Group (IMBA)
 
Lucrezia Ferme - University of Trento, Italy
Christa Buecker Group (MFPL)
 
Fedor Gorbenko - Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russian Federation
Alex Stark Group (IMP)
 
Antonia Hauth - Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
Uli Elling Group (IMBA)
 
Elizabeth Hubbard - Harvard College, Cambridge, United States
Armin Djmaei Group (GMI)
 
Kotryna Kauneckaite - Vilnius University, Lithuania
Julius Brennecke Group (IMBA)
 
Marina Makharova - St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, Russian Federation
Rushad Pavri Group (IMP)
 
Luca Michetti - Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Oliver Bell Group (IMBA)
 
Tsimafei Navalayeu - Lomonosov Moscow State Univeristy, Russian Federation
Stefan Ameres Group (IMBA)
 
Veronica Pinamonti - University of Trento, Italy
Anna Obenauf Group (IMP)
 
Sirelin Sillamaa - University of Tartu, Estonia
Javier Martinez Group (MFPL)
 
Lisa Spannagel - Hochschule Furtwangen University, Germany
Meinrad Busslinger Group (IMP)
 
Mark Aldonza - Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, Korea
Daniel Gerlich Group (IMBA)
 
Laura Tasca - University of Turin, Italy
Jan-Michael Peters Group (IMP)
 
Peter Vincent - University College London, United Kingdom
David Keays Group (IMP)
 
Anna-Lena Keller - Eberhard Karls University, Tuebingen, Germany
Sasha Mendjan Group (IMBA)

Marisol Alvarez-Martinez, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Mexico
Pavri Group (IMP)

Evrydiki Asimaki, University of Patras, Greece
Peters Group (IMP)

Laura Brandt, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Campbell Group (MFPL)

Krista Briedis, Linköping University, Sweden
Pauli Group (IMP)

Nadejda Capatina, University of Manchester, United Kingdom
Djamei Group (GMI)

Evelyn Eastwood, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Dammermann Group (MFPL)

Marine Hemmerle, University of Strasbourg, France
Ameres Group (IMBA)

Tobias Kaster, Eberhard-Karls-University, Tübingen, Germany
Busslinger Group (IMP)

Maria Fernanda Martinez Reza, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Mexico
Keays Group (IMP)

Michaela Morlock, Eberhard-Karls-University, Tübingen, Germany
Ikeda Group (IMBA)

Filip Nemcko, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic
Stark Group (IMP)

Aparna Pandey, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Germany, Germany
Brennecke Group (IMBA)

Pilar Puig Serra, Universitat Politècnica de València , Spain
Tachibana-Konwalski Group (IMBA)

Laura Santini, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Leeb Group (MFPL)

Sara Scinicariello, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Penninger Group (IMBA)

Heping Sheng, University of Toronto, Canada
Haubensak Group (IMP)

William Snider, Columbia University, United States
Keays Group (IMP)

Paloma Sola, Universidad Francisco de Vitoria, Spain
Mendjan Group (IMBA)

Edvinas Stankunas, Vilnius University, Lithuania
Koehler Group (MFPL)

Andrea Terceros, McGill University, Canada
Zimmer Group (IMP)

Marit van der Does, Tu Delft, the Netherlands
Gerlich Group (IMBA)

Szu-Hsien (Sam) Wu, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Elling Group (IMBA)

 Igor Asanovic, University of Belgrade, Serbia
Javier Martinez Group (IMBA)

Laura Baggaley, University of Warwick, United Kingdom
Armin Djamei Group (GMI)

Man Han Chan, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Josef Penninger Group (IMBA)

Arun Durvasula, University of California, Davis, United States
Angela Hancock Group (MFPL)

Michal Koltun, Jagiellonian University, Poland
Kikue Tachibana-konwalski Group (IMBA)

Rebecca Muff, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Josef Penninger Group (IMBA)

Kinga Nemeth, Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary
Luisa Cochella Group (IMP)

Joanna Nosarzewska, Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse, France
Wolfgang Busch Group (GMI)

Angela Rodrigues Viana, University of Strasbourg, France
Stefan Ameres Group (IMBA)

Gonzalo Saiz Castro, Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland
Juergen Knoblich Group (IMBA)

Oriana Salazar, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Germany
Manuel Zimmer Group (IMP)

Maximilian Schneider, University of Tübingen, Germany
Daniel Gerlich Group (IMBA)

Patrycja Schwiertz, Free Universtity, Germany
Rushad Pavri Group (IMP)

Pernille Seiffert, Copenhagen University, Denmark
Tim Clausen Group (IMP)

Raika Sieger, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Germany
Juergen Knoblich Group (IMBA)

Ezgi Taskopru, Bosphorus University, Turkey
Matthias Schaefer Group (MFPL)

Milica Vunjak, University of Belgrade, Serbia
Jan Michael Peters Group (IMP)

Bianca Walter, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Germany
Johannes Zuber Group (IMP)

Bruno Costa, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil
Meinrad Busslinger Group (IMP)

Long Hei Timothy Wong, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
David Keays Group (IMP)

Jorge Almagro, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain - Ikeda Group (IMBA)
The role of linerar ubiquitination in Drosophila immune response

Veselin Andreev, University of Sheffield, UK - Peters Group (IMP)
Probing the interaction between the chosen acetyltransferase Esco2

Wisenave Arulvasan, University College London, UK - Slade Group (MFPL)
New histone reasers in DNA damage response

Marina Barcena, Universidad de Navarra, Spain - Djamei Group (GMI)
Ustilago maydis effector virulence screen

Solomiia Boyko, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Ukraine - Goerke Group (MFPL)
Identification and characterization of novel adaptor proteins of RNase E for regulated RNA turnover in E. Coli

Azzurra Codino, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy - Brennecke Group (IMBA)
Towards the isolation of specific RNA - protein complexes

Philipp Dexheimer, University of Regensburg, Germany - Cochella Group (IMP)
The role of miRNAs in embryonic development of C. elegans

Ilya Flyamer, M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russian Federation - Tachibana-konwalski Group (IMBA)
Establishment of CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing to generate cohesin mutant mouse strains

Teresa FritschMartin-Luther University, Halle-Wittenberg, Germany - Nodine Group (GMI)
How do miRNAs influence differentiation patterning in Arabidopsis plant development?

Hakan Guney, Bogazici University, Turkey - Versteeg Group (MFPL)
Characterising the role of TRIM47 in antiviral innate immunity

Franziska Hoppe, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Germany - Knoblich Group (IMBA)
Cerebral organoids: potential and limitations of mini brains

Juan Iglesias Artola, Universidad Ricardo Palma, Peru - Westermann Group (IMP)
Kar3: a minus end directed kinesin with only one motor domain

Tina Jenus, University of Rijeka, Croatia - Schroeder Group (MFPL)
Complex life of sense and antisense RNAs at oppA locus in E. Coli

Hon Liu, University of Cambridge, UK - Gerlich Group (IMBA)
Revealing the role of Ki-67 during Mitosis

Reece McWalter, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland - Mochizuki Group (IMBA)
Tetrahymena - Measuring relative elimination index within interanl elimination sequences

Mikolaj Nowak, Jagiellonian University, Poland - Busslinger Group (IMP)
Rapid funcitional validation of TF binding sites by a novel TALE-based approach

Anete Romanauska, Latvian University, Latvia - Koehler Group (MFPL)
Revealing the targeting of Nup60 to nuclear pore complex

Angelo Salazar, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden - Bell Group (IMBA)
Chemically induced cytoplasmic export, and its potential to reversibly perturb chromatin modifying complexes

Yuqi Tan, Chinese University of Hong Kong - Keays Group (IMP)
Expression analysis of novel genes during mourse embryonic brain development

Linda Zhang, University of California, Berkeley, USA - Pavri Group (IMP)
Establishing tools to unravel AID targeting

Anna Sawicka, Jagiellonian University, Poland - Vaziri Group (IMP/MFPL)
Design of microfluidics and optical trapping setup for single-molecule DNA studies

Julia Batki, Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary - Brennecke Group
Art in a different way: Painting the chromosomes

Yan Gong, Peking University, China - Busch Group
Gravitropism response of Arabidopsis root

Florence Meier, ETH, Switzerland - Mochizuki Group
Establishment of CRISPR-Cas system for efficient genome editing in Tetrahymena thermophile

Lucas Kuhlen, University of Cambridge, UK - Martinez Group
Inactivation of the tRNA ligase complex by oxidative stress

Aleksandra Lewandowska, Jagiellonian University, Poland - Nordborg Group
Search for new a gene responsible for A. thaliana flowering

Ivan Ferreira, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil - Stark Group
Sequence requirements for hormone-inducible enhancers in Drosophila

Jayne Watson, University of East Anglia, UK - Leonard Group
Purification of PKC? and investigations aiming towards crystallisation

Maarja Lepamets, University of Tartu, Estonia - von Haeseler Group
Finding sRNA candidates by detecting peaks from the RNA-seq coverage data

Maciej Zaczek, University of Warsaw, Poland - Peters Group
In vitro reconstitution of the Anaphase Promoting Complex/Cyclosome

Lam Dai Vu, University of Freiburg, Germany - Clausen Group
Towards the structure of the protein arginine kinase McsB

Morayma Temoche, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Peru - Marlovits Group
Purification of Proteasome from Tetrahymena thermophila

Hyunsun Roh, Amherst College, United States - Keays Group
Disease Implicated Tubulin Mutations: Their effects on tubulin structure and function

Simon Grüter, University of Bern, Switzerland - Zimmer Group
G protein signalling-controlled hunger and satiety states in C. elegans

Manuel Fazio, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Peru - Rumpel Group
Modulation of in vivo spine dynamics in the mouse auditory cortex

Silvia Monari, Universita' di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Italy - Haubensak Group
Feeling good or bad in insular circuits

Michael Wong, University of Pennsylvania, United States - Vaziri Group
Attempts at measuring the response of zebrafish rods to single photons from number defined and Poissonian sources

Peter Higgins, Imperial College London, UK - Straw Group
Understanding the differences between free and tethered flight in Drosophila melanogaster

Laurie Herviou, Université Montpellier 2, France - Tachibana-Konwalski Group
Role of cohesin in the oocyte-to-zygote transition

Magdalena Szczygiel, Jagiellonian University, Poland - Yudushkin Group
Investigating the role of subcellular localization in Akt activation

Mehtap Isik, Bogazici University, Turkey - Westermann Group
Uncovering the Role of Histone-like Proteins at the Kinetochore

Livius Penter, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany - Zuber Group
SWI/SNF in leukemia - friend or foe?

Michael Bogdan, Jacobs University Bremen, Germany - Gerlich Group
Error correction and spindle checkpoint signaling at metaphase-to-anaphase transition

Jason Feng, Columbia University, USA - Vaziri Group
Overcoming the temporal resolution limit in fluorescent calcium imaging

Lily Chan, Brown University, USA - Zagrovic Group
Physico-chemical properties of mRNAs and their cognate proteins

Franziska Teusel, University of Constance, Germany - Ikeda Group
How do linear ubiquitin signals determine the fate of a cell?

Rosa Martinez Corral, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain - Knoblich Group
Investigating the role of Opa, a direct SWI-SNF target, in regulation of Notch response

Sofia Gearty, Yale University, USA - Kraft Group
Discovering protein interactions in autophagy using an artificial fusion system

David Wartmann, Goethe University, Germany - Marlovits Group
Type III secretion system specific substrates

Benoit Pignard, UM2 Université des science de Montpellier, France - Peters Group
Developing new tools to probe the impact of cohesin depletion on gene expression

Anna Dowbaj, University of Edinburgh, UK - Seiser Group
The role of histone deacetylases in the transcriptional regulation of the immune response

Máté Borsos, Eötvös Lóránd University, Faculty of Science, Hungary - Tachibana-Konwalski Group
Chromosome cohesion during the oocyte to zygote transition

Eva Maleckova, Palacky University Olomouc, Czech Republic - Jonak Group
Arabidopsis stress responses

Sushovan Dam, Institute of Bioinformatics and Biotechnology, University of Pune, India - Ogris Group
Generation of monoclonal antibodies specific for lamin A/C point-mutants

Ali Karimi, University of Tehran, Iran - Penninger Group
The role of RANK and RANKL in learning and memory

Katarzyna Buczak, Jagiellonian University, Poland - Waldsich Group
Human telomerase RNA structure

Lorenzo Errichell, University of Rome, Italy - Zuber Group
Validation of potentially therapeutic targets in AML using RNAi

Anne Turberfield, University of Cambridge, UK - Brennecke Group
Searching for novel piRNA cluster regulators

Eliana Torres, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Peru - Busch Group
Regulatory pathways in Arabidopsis root development

Olga Boryczka, Warsaw University, Poland - Martinez Group
Subcellular localization of proteins involved in Unfolded Protein Response

Ivan Sinitsyn, Novosibirsk State University, Russian Federation - Stark Group
Conservation and sequence basis of enhancer activity across 6 Drosophila species

Doris Voina, Princeton University, USA - Dickson Group
Moonwalking Drosophilas: a characterization of interesting walking phenotypes in Drosophila melanogaster

Joanna Kaczanowska, Jagiellonian University, Poland - Haubensak Group
Exploring the functional geography of insular cortex

Gavril Rosoklija, Columbia University, USA - Keays Group
Characterising a New Gene Required for Neuronal Migration

Brianne Chereau, UMPC, Paris IV, France - Straw Group
Towards a new genetic tool for detecting neuronal activity in the Drosophila visual system

Ruta Sakalauskaite, University of Cambridge, UK - Zimmer Group
Oxygen sensing pathways in C. elgans

Kaya Akyuz, Bogazici University, Turkey - Stark Group
Understanding the sequence basis of transcriptional regulation

Natália Dörr, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, Brazil - Dorner Group
How to fish and cut an RNA?

Fiona Grimm, ETH, Zurich - Brennecke Group
Fishing for ribosomes

Anna LabnoJagiellonian University, Poland - Zuber Group
An optimized TET-­regulatable expression system for studying drug target using shRNA

Bryan Luu, Carleton University, Canada - Busslinger Group
Transcriptional control of Pax5 by Ebf1 in early B cell development

Hannah Stuart, University of Cambridge, UK - Ringrose Group
The effect of mutations on non-­coding transcription from a Polycomb Response Element

Darko Barisic, University of Zagreb, Croatia - Martinez Group
RNA processing in mammalian cells

Daniel Mannion, University of Oxford, UK - Clausen Group
Characterising the SpoIVB Active Site: A Novel Catalytic Diad for protein digestion?

Cecilie Oest-Jacobsen, University of Copenhagen, Denmark - Marlovits Group
Design of artificial substrates for the injectisome

Jamie Carrington, University of Edinburgh, UK - Dammermann Group
Investigating ciliary development using neuronal RNAi in C. elegans

Kasia Drzewicka, Warsaw University, Poland - Westermann Group
Molecular analysis of kinetochore function in budding yeast

Omar Julca, Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, Peru - Keays Group
Magnetoreception in Vertebrates

Veronika Nogellova, University of Cambridge, UK - Martens Group
The role of Atg19 in selective autophagy

Jenny Mei, Yale University, USA - Knoblich Group
Reversibility of Drosophila larval brain tumors

Chris Powell, University of Oxford, UK - Peters Group
Studying recombinant cohesin at the single molecule level

Rhianna Knable, University of Queensland, Australia - Keleman Group
Learning and Memory in Drosophila

Sui Poh Tee, University of Cambridge, UK - Rumpel Group
To Lick or Not to Lick -­ Analysis of Fine Temporal Structure of Sound Discrimination Task in Mice

Ana Stankovic, University of Belgrade, Serbia - Mochizuki Group
Nuclear localisation signal of H2B protein

Takato Honda, University of Tsukuba, Japan - Dickson Group
Pheromone Processing in the defined Drosophila neural circuits

Linda Ma, Columbia University, USA - Straw Group
Searching for Visual Neurons Involved in Figure-­Ground Discrimination in Drosophila

Dahlia Hassan, Columbia University, USA - Tessmar Group
Circadian and Lunar Cycles in Platynereis dumerilli and Clunio marinus

Katie Lockwood, University of Cambridge, UK - Haubensak Group
Neural circuits for emotions in mice

Aaron Appleyard, University of Oxford, UK - Busch Group
Natural variation of root development under iron deficiency

Kristina Katsemonova, University College London, UK - Jonak Group
Biotic and abiotic stress in Arabidopsis thaliana plants

Whitney Quong, University of British Columbia, Canada - Penninger Group
A novel tool to visualize, purify, and genetically manipulate RANK-­expressing cells

Lisa Sabir, University of Cambridge, UK - Zimmer Group
The effect of food availability on locomotive behaviour in C. elegans

Leo Otsuki, University of Cambridge, UK - Knoblich group
Asymmetric and symmetric division in the Drosophila neuroblast
Awarded the VWR Summer School Prize

Michael Hauer, University of Tubingen, Germany - Peters group 
The ATPase activity of the human cohesin complex

Daniel Dyer, University of Cambridge, UK - Westermann group 
Functional analysis of the CH-domain in budding yeast Ndc80

Amaia Carrión, Barcelona University, Spain - Cowan group
The role of AIR-1 at polarity establishment in C. elegans

Antoinette Hardijzer, University of Utrecht, Netherlands - Small group
Actin-based motility of Baculovirus

Wendan Li, Columbia University, USA - Dickson group
Neural circuits in Drosophila locomotion
Awarded the IMP Summer School Prize

Freddy Vonberg, University of Cambridge, UK - Keays group
Functional Dissection of the Tubulin Gene Family

Mehtap Bacioglu, Istanbul University, Turkey - Keleman group
Identification of Orb2-interacting proteins

Gideon Loevinsohn, Brown University, USA - Rumpel group
Auditory Learning in Mice using Positive Reinforcement
Awarded the Invitrogen Summer School Prize

Violet Feng, Imperial College London, UK - Dong group
Interactions between SAS4, SAS5 and SAS6 proteins involved in centriole formation
Awarded the Biorad Summer School Prize

Kimberly McManus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA - Marlovits group
Analysis of the C terminal of PrgH

Björn Schorch, Freiburg University, Germany - Stolt-Bergner group
Dab1 phosphorylation after artificial dimerisation

Ti Xu, New York University, USA - Clausen group
Analysis of the unfoldase activity of an AAA ATPase

Chris Cho, Yale University, USA - Martinez group
Characterising candidates for siRNA and tRNA ligation

Henry Stanley, University College London, UK - Stark group
Using p300 to predict genome-wide enhancer activity in Drosophila

Yukyee Wu, Imperial College London, UK - Raible group
Do marine worms dream of fluorescent bristles? Tracking action in developing Platynereis

Kasia Kowalik, Jagiellonian University, Poland - Brennecke group
The mystery of arginine methylation in the Drosophila ovary

Andrew Dimond, University of Cambridge, UK - Ringrose group
The role of non-coding RNAs in polycomb regulation

Tillmann Taape, University of Cambridge, UK - Mochizuki group
Nuclear protein targeting in Tetrahymena thermophila

Martyna Popis, Edinburgh University, UK - Busslinger group
Establishment of Ebf1 induction system in B cell progenitors

Rodina Peachey, Oxford University, UK - Hartmann group
The contribution of beta-catenin to signalling versus adhesion during in vitro ES cell differentiation

Geoffrey Li, Yale University, USA - Penninger group
Hungry? The neuronal regulation of appetite in Drosophila