PhD Student Integrative Transcriptomics Interfaculty Institute for Bioinformatics and Medical Informatics (IBMI) Sand 14 72076 Tübingen +49 (0)7071 – 29-70447 E-mail: simon.hackl[at]uni-tuebingen.de
Research topics
Genome and protein diversity and conservation in pathogenic bacterial strains and species with a focus on outer membrane proteins and antimicrobial resistance genes:
MUSIAL: Visualization and analysis software to infer genome, gene and protein variability from multiple genotyping datasets.
PRESERVE: Pipeline for the survey of protein conservation to identify antibody targets.
Collaboration with the TrepoGEN initiative to unravel the genomic landscape of Treponema pallidum and to develop an effective syphilis vaccine.
Analysis of the post-translational modification landscape in bacteria:
PTMVision: Interactive web platform for exploratory visual analysis of post-translational protein modifications.
Short Biography
Since 2023, PhD Representative of the Institute for Bioinformatics and Medical Informatics (IBMI)
Since 2022, PhD Candidate and Research Assistant in the “Integrative Transcriptomics” research group, University of Tübingen
2019 – 2022 MSc. Bioinformatics, University of Tübingen
2015 – 2019 BSc. Bioinformatics, University of Tübingen
Teaching Assistance
Summer 24
Lecture "Grundlagen der Bioinformatik"
Winter 23/24
Proseminar "Grundlagen der Bioinformatik"
Summer 23
Lecture "Grundlagen der Bioinformatik"
Winter 22/23
Lecture "Advances in Computational Transcriptomics"
Summer 22
Team Project "Serious Game: RNA Secondary Structure Prediction"
