PhD Theses
Completed PhD theses
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PhD theses completed at the Freie Universität Berlin are also listed in the publication repository of the FU Berlin: refubium.fu-berlin.de
2025
Copy number variation characterization using nanopore sequencing. Dissertation, xviii, 151 Seiten pp. (2025)
Integrative Analysis of Enhancer Hijacking Events in Cancer Reveals Recurring Patterns and Functional Implications. Dissertation, v, 129 Seiten pp. (2025)
Cell-type annotation in single-cell chromatin accessibility data. Dissertation, xi, 193 Seiten pp. (2025)
2024
Correspondence analysis based biclustering and joint visualization of cells and genes for single cell transcriptomic data. Dissertation, xviii, 135 Seiten pp. (2024)
Identification and Prioritization of Putative Pathogenic Structural Variants based on Functional Annotation. Dissertation, 134 Seiten pp. (2024)
Exploring feature identification and machine learning in predicting protein-protein interactions of disordered proteins. Dissertation, vii, 123 Seiten pp. (2024)
2023
Dissecting regional heterogeneity and modeling transcriptional cascades in brain organoids. Dissertation, vii, 129 pp. (2023)
A Multi-Omics Analysis of Transcription Control by BRD4. Dissertation, ix, 205 pp. (2023)
2022
Deciphering cellular heterogeneity by single-cell transcriptome analysis. Dissertation, xiii, 131 pp. (2022)
Computational interpretation of disease-causing, structural, and non-coding human genetic variants. Dissertation, 118 pp. (2022)
Analysis of the determinants of Pol II pausing. Dissertation, vi, 125 pp. (2022)
Dynamical Aspects of the Evolution of Segmental Duplications in the Human Genome. Dissertation, xiii, 129 pp. (2022)
Association Plots visualize cluster-specific genes from high-dimensional transcriptomics data. Dissertation, vi, 108 pp. (2022)
2021
Genome-wide Determination Of Splicing Efficiency And Dynamics From RNA-Seq Data. Dissertation, ix, 100 pp. (2021)
Computational Approaches for the Prediction of Gene Regulatory Elements and the Analysis of their Evolutionary Conservation. Dissertation, vii, 155 pp. (2021)
Structural variant calling using third-generation sequencing data. Dissertation, xiii, 139 pp. (2021)
2020
Bioinformatic Reconstruction of Gene Regulatory Networks Controlling EMT and Mesoderm Formation. Dissertation, 151 Seiten pp. (2020)
2019
De novo and haplotype assembly of polyploid genomes. Dissertation, vii, 157 pp. (2019)
Enhancer Prediction Based on Epigenomic Data. Dissertation, iv, 186 pp. (2019)
Approximate String Matching: Improving Data Structures and Algorithms. Dissertation, 175 pp. (2019)
2018
Efficient Sparse-Group Bayesian Feature Selection for Gene Network Reconstruction. Dissertation, 115 pp., Freie Universität, Berlin (2018)
Using machine learning to predict and better understand DNA methylation and genomic enhancers. Dissertation, viii, 143 pp., Freie Universität, Berlin (2018)
2017
Robust Normalization of Next Generation Sequencing Data. Dissertation, xii, 145 pp. (2017)
Statistical methods for motif hit enrichment in DNA sequences. Dissertation, 216 pp. (2017)
Aspects of Quality Control for Next Generation Sequencing Data in Medical Genetics. Dissertation, vi, 137, XXVII pp pp., Freie Universität, Berlin (2017)
2016
Patterns and Algorithms in High-Throughput Sequencing Count Data. Dissertation, viii, 117 Seiten pp. (2016)
2015
Bioinformatic approaches for understanding chromatin regulation. Dissertation, IX, 103 pp. (2015)
Prediction of transcription factor co-occurrence using rank based statistics. Dissertation, X, 169 pp. (2015)
2013
Statistical analysis of high-throughput sequencing count data. Dissertation, VI, 107 pp. (2013)
2012
Analysis of long-distance gene regulatory elements. Dissertation (2012)
Influence of histone modifications on mRNA abundance and structure. Dissertation, X, 135 pp. (2012)
Biclustering analysis for large scale data. Dissertation, VIII, 86 pp. (2012)
2011
Modeling signal transduction pathways and their transcriptional response. Dissertation, 134 pp., Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin (2011)
Data structures and algorithms for analysis of alternative splicing with RNA-Seq data. Dissertation, X, 139 S. + Anhänge pp., Freie Universität, Berlin (2011)
2009
Statistics for transcription factor binding sites. Dissertation, 232 pp pp., Freie Universität, Berlin (2009)
2007
Algorithm to identify protein complexes from high-throughput data. Dissertation, 118 pp., Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin (2007)