Gene Technology
The department has thirteen research groups active in different areas of genomics and high throughput biology.
More specifically, the research groups span fields like experimental genomics, molecular programming, statistical biotechnology, spatial biology, expression bioinformatics, environmental genomics, evolutionary genetics and forensics, regulatory genomics, and functional population genomics. Please see links to the thirteen research groups and their research below.
Recent publication highlights
Rare regulatory mutations disrupt mesenchymal molecular programs driving endocardial cushion formation in bicuspid aortic valve patients
Nature Communications (2026, in press)
ProHap enables human proteomic database generation accounting for population diversity
Nature Methods (2025)
Gene expression of single cells mapped in tissue sections
Nature (2024)
Genetic and molecular architecture of complex traits
Cell (2024)
Automated model building and protein identification in cryo-EM maps
Nature (2024)
A second space age spanning omics, platforms and medicine across orbits
Nature (2024)
Discovery of target genes and pathways at GWAS loci by pooled single-cell CRISPR screens
Science (2023)
Large-scale phylogenomics of aquatic bacteria reveal molecular mechanisms for adaptation to salinity
Science Advances (2023)
Spatial transcriptomics of B cell and T cell receptors reveals lymphocyte clonal dynamics
Science (2023)
This department belongs to the
School of Engineering Sciences in Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health
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