SYSCILIA - A systems biology approach to dissect cilia function and its disruption in human genetic disease
We are among some 15 groups from all over europe participaing in the project SYSCILIA funded by the European Union under a Systems Biology Call.
Cilia are long known cellular organelles of growing biomedical importance. A cilium can be regarded as a relatively small, experimentally tractable, isolated system that is ideally suited to such analyses. The project will focus on the core systems biology activities of data generation, integration, assay development, model building and model refinement. The models and associated discoveries will ultimately be employed to accurately diagnose and therapeutically target the growing number of human diseases associated with ciliary dysfunction. A systems analysis of cilia will deliver insights into a wide range of biological processes and diseases, including cancer.
If you are a prospective PhD student or Post-doc and this sounds interesting to you in the context of what our group does, then contact us.