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Tanja Gesell


Research Interests:

  • Evolution and Structure
  • Complex Models of Sequence Evolution
  • RNA Molecules

Short Vita:

Degrees:

  • 'M.Sc.' in Biology (Diplom Biologin), Düsseldorf, Germany, in 2003
    Advisors: Arndt von Haeseler, Gerhard Steger
  • 'M.Art' in Fine Arts (Diplom), Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Germany, in 2004
    Advisors: Rosemarie Trockel, Magdalena Jetelova
  • Award 'Meisterschülerin' of Rosemarie Trockel, in 2003

Education:

  • 2008/06 : CSSS-08 Participant Fellow, Santa Fe Institute, US.
  • 2006/01-2008/12: Graduate studies in Molecular Biology, University of Vienna, Austria.
  • 2004/08-2005/12: Graduate studies in Computer Science, University of Duesseldorf.
  • 2004/03-2004/07: EU Marie Curie Fellow at the European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI), Goldman Group, Cambridge, Uk.
  • 1993/04-2004/07: Undergraduate studies in Biology, University of Duesseldorf and Muenster, Germany.
  • 1993/04-2004/07: Undergraduate studies in Fine Art, Kunstakademie Duesseldorf, Germany.

Professional Experience:

  • 2006/07-present: Research assistant at the Center for Integrative Bioinformatics Vienna (CIBIV), Max F. Perutz Laboratories (MFPL), Vienna, Austria.
  • 2006/01-present: International PhD student in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology of the Bioinformatics Integration Network II, Genome Research (GEN-AU), Austria.
  • 2004/01-2006/06: Research assistant at the Institute for Bioinformatics, Duesseldorf, Germany.
  • 2002/09-2003/12: Student research assistant at the Institute for Bioinformatics, Duesseldorf, Germany.
  • 1998/01-2000/12: Student research assistant at the C. and Vogt-Institute for Brain Research, Duesseldorf, Germany.
  • 1996/01-1996/12: Student research assistant (excavations of the Bronze Age) at the Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe, Germany.
  • 1994/01-1995/12: Student research assistant at the Laboratory Stolle, Duesseldorf, Germany.

Publications / Conference Contributions

Paper

Talks

  • Struktur.
    Invited Talk, Kick-Off Event Interdisziplinaeres Dialogforum, Vienna, Austria, 04.12.2008.
  • Who is SISSI? SISSIz: An Application to RNA Gene Predictions.
    Invited Talk, Cornell University, US, 01.07.2008.
  • Towards Accurate Background Models for Comparative Genomic Screens.
    BIN II PhD Workshop, Vienna, Austria, 25.04.2008.
  • A Phylogenetic Definition of Structure and Further Animations on the Sequence Space.
    Phylogenetics (PLG), Future Directions in Phylogenetic Methods and Models, Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Cambridge, UK, 17.12-21.12.2007.
  • A Phylogenetic Definition of Structure.
    MASAMB (Mathematical and Statistical Aspects of Molecular Biology), Manchester, UK, 29-30.03.2007.
  • SISSI: Simulating Site-Specific Interactions.
    BIN II PhD Workshop, Vienna, Austria, 21.03.2007.
  • Simplicity versus Complexity: Examples of Sequence Evolution Models and Structure.
    22th TBI Winterseminar, Bled, Slovenia, 18.02-24.02.2007
  • A Phylogenetic View on Structure Evolution.
    PhyloGroup Meeting, European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI), Hinxton, Cambridge, UK. 12.01.2007
  • A Phylogenetic View on Structure Evolution.
    EBSV06: Evolution of Biomolecular Structure, A Symposium on current topics at the interface of molecular and computational biology and bioinformatics (Peter Schuster's birthday conference), Vienna, Austria, 25.05-27.05.2006.

Conference Posters

  • T. Gesell and S. Washietl (2008) Towards Accurate Background Models for Comparative Genomic Screens. Posterprize, BIN II PhD Workshop, Vienna, Austria.
  • B. Zimmermann, T. Gesell, C. Lorenz, J. Boots, F. von Pelchrzim, D. Chen R. Schroeder (2008) Structural Stability of RNA Sequences under SELEX Selection Constraints, RNA 2008, Berlin, Germany.
  • U. Schauer, C. Lorenz, T. Gesell, C. Waldsich, A. von Haeseler, and R. Schroeder (2007) Characterization of high affinity Hfq binding sites FEBS J., 274, 86. (DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-2956.2007.05861_1.x) and RNA Society., Madison, US.
  • M.R. Eckert, T. Gesell, M. Grabner, A. Gruber, K. Gonzales, I.L. Hofacker, A. von Haeseler, and E. Charpentier (2007) A bioinformatic screen reveals novel small noncoding RNAs in Streptococcus pyogenes FEBS J., 274, 189. (DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-2956.2007.05861.x)
  • T. Gesell and S. Washietl (2007) Improved RNA gene predictions through dinucleotide controlled randomization of multiple sequence alignments, RNA in Biology, Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, Minnesota, US.
  • T. Gesell (2007) SISSI: Simulating Site-Specific Interactions. BIN II PhD Workshop, Vienna, Austria.
  • T. Gesell and A. von Haeseler (2006) In Silico Sequence Evolution with Dependencies. WWTF Life Science Day, Vienna, Austria.

Addresses

Tanja Gesell

Center for Integrative Bioinformatics Vienna (CIBIV)
(CIBIV is a joint institute of Vienna University, Medical University, and University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria)
Max F. Perutz Laboratories (MFPL)
Dr. Bohr Gasse 3 / 6.15
A-1030 Wien, Austria
Phone: ++43 +1 / 4277-24025
Fax: ++43 +1 / 4277-24098
Email: tanja.gesell(AT)univie.ac.at

Postal Address:

Center for Integrative Bioinformatics Vienna (CIBIV)
Max F. Perutz Laboratories (MFPL)
Dr. Bohr Gasse 9
A-1030 Wien, Austria