Our research is embedded in a broad network of collaborations spanning genetics, epigenetics, RNA biology, structural and quantitative biology, bioinformatics, and proteomics.

Current collaborations

Cornelia Kilchert — Justus Liebig University Giessen — RNA metabolism: Braun et al. 2026
Marek Bartkuhn — Justus Liebig University Giessen — Bioinformatics
Annette Becker — Justus Liebig University Giessen — Transcription factor networks: Garrecht et al. 2026
Philipp Korber — LMU Munich — Nucleosome positioning
Bassem Al-Sady — University of California, San Francisco — Single-cell chromatin reporters: Al-Sady et al. 2016, Greenstein et al., 2020, Murawska et al. 2021, Greenstein et al. 2022, Muhammad, Sarkadi et al. 2024, Mazumder et al. 2026
Marc Bühler — Friedrich Miescher Institute, Basel — RNAi, Transcription factor networks: Flury et al. 2017, Skribbe et al. 2025
Kaushik Ragunathan — Brandeis University — Heterochromatin establishment & in vitro reconstitution: Seman et al. 2026
Alfonso Fernández-Álvarez — IBFG Salamanca — Centromere–telomere interactions: Jiménez-Martín et al. 2025
Junko Kanoh — The University of Tokyo — Subtelomeric heterochromatin: Mazumder et al. 2026
Mo Motamedi — Harvard Medical School — RNA-dependent heterochromatin: Mazumder et al. 2026
Marcus Buschbeck — Josep Carreras Institute, Badalona — Histone variant macroH2A
Ilya Finkelstein — University of Texas at Austin — Single-cell lifespan assays: Mazumder et al. 2026
Mandy Jeske — Heidelberg University — Protein interaction technologies (ReLo)
Thomas Schalch — University of Leicester — Structural biology
Falk Butter — Friedrich Loeffler Institute, Greifswald — Chromatin proteomics: Öztürk et al. 2022

Previous collaborations

Elizabeth Bayne — University of Edinburgh — Verrier et al. 2015
Frédéric Berger — Gregor Mendel Institute, Vienna — Lei et al. 2021, Schmücker et al. 2021
Tamás Fischer — Australian National University — Martín Caballero et al. 2022
Mario Halic — St. Jude Children's Research Hospital — van Emden, Forn et al. 2019
Yasushi Hiraoka — Osaka University — Martín Caballero et al. 2022
Axel Imhof — LMU Munich — van Emden, Forn et al. 2019
Sarah Lambert — Institut Curie, Paris — Muhammad, Sarkadi et al. 2024
Balázs Papp — University of Szeged — Muhammad, Sarkadi et al. 2024
Boris Pfander — TU Dortmund — Capella et al. 2020, Capella et al., 2021
Mathieu Rougemaille — i2BC, Paris-Saclay — Martín Caballero et al. 2022
Irmgard Sinning — Heidelberg University — Martín Caballero et al. 2022