Team
Robin Andersson, PhD – Principal Investigator
Robin Andersson graduated as a Computer Scientist at Linköping University (Sweden, 2004), after which he obtained a PhD in Bioinformatics at Uppsala University (Sweden, 2010). He was a postdoc in the lab of Prof. Albin Sandelin at University of Copenhagen (Denmark), where he mainly focused on transcriptional regulation and enhancer transcription. In 2015, Robin received a European Research Council (ERC) starting grant, which was the starting point of the Andersson lab at the Section for Computational and RNA Biology, Dept. of Biology, University of Copenhagen. In 2020 he became a tenured Associate Professor of Bioinformatics. From 2024, he is the Head of Section for Computational and RNA Biology.
Xuening He – PhD student
Xuening He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Life science from University of Science and Technology of China, and a Master’s degree in Bioinformatics (computer science track) from University of Copenhagen. Her work focuses on using interpretable machine learning models to understand the sequence determinants of promoters and enhancers.
Maddie Murphy – PhD student
Maddie Murphy holds a Master’s degree in Bioinformatics from University of California Los Angeles (UCLA). Her work focuses on modelling enhancer activity and enhnacer-to-gene regulatory interactions in single cells.
Natsuda Navamajiti – PhD student
Natsuda graduated from Chulalongkorn University, Thailand with a Bachelor’s Degree in Biology and a Master’s degree in Biomedical Engineering (Bioinformatics). Her work focuses on developing computational methods to resolve regulatory activities of enhancers and promoters using transcription start site data. Natsuda is part of the ENHPATHY Marie Sklodowska-Curie actions (MSCA) European Training Network.
Marta Greedy Escudero – PhD student
Marta holds a BSc in Biology from University of Barcelona and a MSc in Molecular Biology and Genetics from University of Copenhagen. Her work focuses on investigating mechanisms of robustness in gene regulation using Drosophila melanogaster as a model system.
Christian Vaagenso – Lab technician
Christian Vaagenso is a retired ice hockey professional and has work experience in the chemical industry. He is a lab technician at the Section for Computational and RNA Biology and is experienced in various lab techniques, including CAGE, ATAC-seq, PCR, qPCR, Western Blot, RACE and cloning.
Alumni
- Maria Dalby, PhD student 2015-2018. Head of Bioinformatics, Muna Therapeutics.
- Sarah Rennie, Postdoc 2015-2021. Assistant Professor at University of Copenhagen.
- Nicolas Alcaraz, Postdoc 2016-2020. Assistant Professor at University of Copenhagen.
- Stylianos Bakoulis, PhD student 2017-2022. Postdoc at University of Copenhagen.
- Hjörleifur Einarsson, PhD student & Postdoc 2017-2025. Bioinformatics Research Scientist at Contera Pharma
- Lucas van Duin, PhD student 2018-2022.
- Carlotta Porcelli, PhD student 2018-2023 (joint with Peter Brodersen). Novo Nordisk.
- Robert Krautz, Postdoc 2019-2025. Assistant Professor at University of Copenhagen.
- Marco Salvatore, Postdoc 2019-2022. Head of Target & Biomarker Discovery, Abzu.
- Renato Salazar, Postdoc 2022-2023. QIAGEN.
- Wei-Lin Qiu, Postdoc 2022-2025. Assistant professor ay Inner Mongolia University.