ETH - BSSE - CBG Niko Beerenwinkel

Our paper Reliable detection of subclonal
single-nucleotide variants in tumor cell populations appeared in Nature Communications today (see also ETH Life). In this work, we present the deepSNV algorithm and demonstrate its capability to detect subclonal mutations present in only 1/10,000 cells.

Gerstung et al. (2012) Nat Commun 3:811. DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1814.

ETH Zurich, D-BSSE
Computational Biology Group (CBG)
Office: 8.40
Mattenstrasse 26
CH-4058 Basel, SWITZERLAND

Phone: +41 61 387 3169
Fax: +41 61 387 3990
niko.beerenwinkel@bsse.ethz.ch

Short Biography

Niko Beerenwinkel was born in Düsseldorf, Germany. He studied mathematics, biology, and computer science, and received his Diploma degree in Mathematics from the University of Bonn in 1999 and his PhD in Computer Science from Saarland University in 2004. He was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of California at Berkeley (2004-2006) and at Harvard University (2006-2007) before joining ETH Zurich as assistant professor of computational biology.

Niko Beerenwinkel's research is at the interface of mathematics, statistics, and computer science with biology and medicine. His interests range from mathematical foundations of biostatistical models to clinical applications. Current research topics include haplotype inference from ultra-deep sequencing data, somatic evolution of cancer, reconstruction of signaling pathways from RNAi screens, HIV drug resistance, graphical models, and algebraic statistics.

He has authored over 50 research articles in the areas of computational biology, bioinformatics, biostatistics, virology, and cancer biology. His honors include the Otto Hahn Medal of the Max Planck Society and the Emmy Noether Fellowship of the German National Science Foundation.

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