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Following an earlier research visit, Lada Polyakova joins the lab as an EDCB doctoral student.

Lothar Bezzon joins the lab as a visiting master’s thesis student, working with Gioele La Manno and Luca Fusar Bassini on computational approaches to biological data. Welcome, Lothar!

Dr. Antonio Herrera has been awarded a Ramón y Cajal fellowship and will start as Group Leader at the University of Granada in 2026.

Francesco Danese joins us from Sapienza University of Rome for his master’s thesis, exploring how language models and biological knowledge graphs can help researchers make sense of single-cell data. Welcome, Francesco!

Irina Khven successfully defended her PhD thesis on fine-grained mapping of neural progenitor subtypes in the embryonic brain.

The lab continues to grow! Laura Lapeña Gil joins as a PhD student, while Evangelia Skoufa joins as our new lab technician. Welcome to the team!

Halima Hannah Schede has successfully defended her PhD thesis! Congratulations to Halima on this excellent achievement.

Alex Lederer has successfully defended his PhD thesis! Congratulations to Alex on this milestone achievement.

Three new PhD students join the lab! Xinyi Huang joins from the EDBB program to work on brain development, Morgane Storey joins from EDNE as a joint student with Prof. Petersen’s lab, and Alireza Gargoorimothlag joins from EDNE to develop computational approaches for understanding brain development. Welcome to the team!

Luca Fusar Bassini has been awarded the prestigious Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds (BIF) PhD Fellowship. This highly competitive fellowship (less than 10% acceptance rate) supports outstanding junior scientists pursuing ambitious PhD projects in basic biomedical research. Congratulations Luca!