Daniel Richter

Background

• 10/1999 - 03/2005 study of Bioinformatics at University of Tübingen, Germany.
  Diploma in Computer Science (Bioinformatics)
  Thesis: Optimal syntenic layout assembly of two related genomes
• 12/2000 - 11/2001 Student assistant at the NMI (Natural and Medical Sciences Institute), Reutlingen, Germany
• 10/2002 - 09/2004 Student assistant at the MPI for Developmental Biology, Tübingen, Germany
• since 04/2005 PhD student and research assistant at the Department Algorithms in Bioinformatics, Tübingen University, Germany
• 02/2006 - 05/2006 Exchange research assistant at Penn State University, Pennsylvania, USA (Schuster Lab)

Research Interest

• Comparative genome analysis
• Sequence assembly: algorithms for genome finishing: OSLay Project Page
• Comparison of metagenomic data sets

Teaching

• Practical Course "Bioinformatics Software Tools" (WS 06/07)
• Proseminar Grundlagen der Bioinformatik (SS 06)
• Seminar Gene Genealogies, Variation and Evolution (WS 05/06)
• Exercises for the lecture Algorithms in Bioinformatics 2 (SS 05)

Publications

• D.C. Richter, S.C. Schuster and D.H. Huson, OSLay: optimal syntenic layout of unfinished assemblies.
  Bioinformatics. 23(13):1573-9. 2007  PDF.
• Huson DH, Richter DC, Rausch C, Dezulian T, Franz M, Rupp R., Dendroscope: An interactive viewer for large phylogenetic trees, BMC Bioinformatics. 2007 Nov 22;8(1):460 [Epub ahead of print]
  http://www.dendroscope.org

Posters

• OSLay - Layout of unfinished assemblies of two related genomes using synteny (pdf)
  
  D.C. Richter, S.C. Schuster, D. Huson
  3rd RECOMB Comparative Genomics Satellite Workshop, 18th-20th September 2005, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland