Master Theses
in Bioinformatics / Applied Mathematics / Biomathematics / Statistics

Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy of the University Medicine Greifswald

Who are we?

We are a young, interdisciplinary research team with expertise in bioinformatics, biology, statistics, and psychiatry and we are looking for interested master students from the fields of bioinformatics/applied mathematics/ biomathematics/statistics or similar. We are interested in the statistical modeling of complex biomedical relationships between omics data (e.g. Metabolomics) and psychiatric or kidney diseases.

What can we offer?

1.) Master thesis in the context of metabolic network analyses

We plan to analyze a large number of publicly available Metabolomics data sets by network analysis in close collaboration with the University and Research Wageningen, NL. We are looking for an enthusiastic master student, who is interested in the analysis of complex data sets by alternative statistical/machine learning methods.

2.) Master thesis in the context of metabolomics and polysomnographical data

We have both metabolomics and polysomnographical data collected from the SHIP-TREND study. We plan to conduct a thorough statistical analysis of possible associations between metabolites and single polysomnographical parameters. We are looking for an enthusiastic master student, who is interested in the analysis of complex data sets by alternative statistical methods.

3.) Master thesis in the context of cost optimized biomarker signatures for renal diseases

The goal of this master thesis is the cost-optimized generation of novel multivariable biomarker signatures for the prediction of renal failure. We have access to a large cohort with more than 5,000 chronic kidney disease patients, who have been followed up for four years. We are looking for an enthusiastic master student, who is interested in the analysis of complex data sets by machine learning methods and in the development of novel machine learning algorithms.

4.) Master thesis in the context of biomarker signatures for specific renal diseases

We plan to generate novel multivariable biomarker signatures, e.g., to predict renal failure, for specific renal diseases, e.g., IgA nephropathy or diabetic nephropathy. We have access to a large cohort with more than 5,000 chronic kidney disease patients, who have been followed up for four years. We are looking for an enthusiastic master student, who is interested in the analysis of complex data sets by machine learning/statistical methods.

Who are we looking for?

We are looking for master students who have fun with the analysis of complex biological/clinical data. Basic knowledge of statistical software (R) is required.

Contact

Prof. Dr. Helena Zacharias
Klinische Datenwissenschaften
Peter L. Reichertz Institut für Medizinische Informatik der TU Braunschweig
und der Medizinischen Hochschule Hannover Standort Hannover
Et-Cetera-Gebäude, Karl-Wiechert-Allee 3
Postanschrift: Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, PLRI – OE 8420,
Carl-Neuberg-Straße 1
30625 Hannove
Germany
helena.zacharias@uni-greifswald.de