Master Thesis and Diploma Projects
Current Diploma and Master theses in bioinformatics in our lab:
| Subject | Student | Co-advisor(s) |
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| Ab initio prediction of functionalsegments in genomic sequences |
Robin Forster |
Prof. Ralf Sommer (MPI-DB) |
| Kernel methods |
Arunkumar Srinivasan |
Dr. Karsten Borgwardt (MPI-K) |
| Datenbankgestützte Analyse von Metagenomikdaten |
Prof. Thorsten Grust (Datenbanken) |
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| Functional and pathway analysis of metagenomic data |
Paul Rupek |
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| Metagenomic analysis of 16 S rRNA data using the RDP database |
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| SNP and methylome caller for next-generation sequencing | |
Prof. Detlef Weigel (MPI-DB) |
| Automated image analysis for high-throughput phenotyping | Claudia Eisbrenner |
Prof. Detlef Weigel (MPI-DB) |
| Subtracting host DNA from host-associated metagenome datasets |
Prof. Stephan Schuster (PennState) | |
| Phylogenetic analysis of next-generation sequencing data |
Prof. Stephan Schuster (PennState) | |
| Machine-Learning based gene finding for human sequences |
Peter Niermann |
Dr. Gunnar Rätsch (MPI-FML) |
| Phylogenetic networks from multi-labeled trees |
Thomas Bonfert |
Prof. Vincent Moulton (UEA) |
| 2008 | ||
| Domain adaption in Genome Biology | Christian Widmer | Dr. Gunnar Rätsch (MPI-FML) |
| Peephole-Optimierung in einem Scheme-48-Compiler mittels Sequenzvergleichsverfahren aus der Bioinformatik | Dirk Hüsken | Prof. H. Klaeren (Informatik) |
| Evolution von Geschlechtsausprägungen | Annekatrin Widmann | Prof. Nico Michiels (Biologie) |
| Time series image processing and data warehousing in plant genetics | Anja Rossipa | Prof. Detlef Weigel and Prof. Bernhard Schölkopf |
| Two complementary DNA Motif Discovery Tools and their Application to Caenorhabditis |
Vassilena Gaykova |
Dr. Christoph Dieterich (MPI-DB) |
| 2007 | ||
| Analysis of dark DNA in metagenomic datasets | Nikita Meyer | Prof. Stephan Schuster (PennState) |
| Modeling and analysis of hox response elements | Martin Schaefer | Dr. Ingrid Lohmann, Prof. Detlef Weigel (MPI-DB) |
| Optimal Taxonomy ( PDF ) | Patrick Sobetzko | Dr. Markus Göker (Biologie) |
| Polymorphism detection in rice | Regina Bohnert | Dr. Gunnar Rätsch (MPI-FML) |
| Development of a metagenome simulator METASIM | Felix Ott | Prof. Stephan Schuster (PennState) |
| Verhalten kophylogenetischer Tests in Simulation | Marc Lohrer | Dr. Markus Göker (Biologie) |
Further Diploma and Master theses in bioinformatics can be found here.

