Nico Gerstner

Researcher

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My name is Nico and I am a researcher at the chair of Prof. Dr. Hans-Peter Lenhof. I am interested in the development of new algorithms and databases to aid biology research in the field of epigenetic transcription regulation. Furthermore, I apply existing knowledge and methods with the goal to generate knowledge about human diseases like cancer.

Contact

Center for Bioinformatics
Saarland Informatics Campus
Saarland University
Building E2.1, Room 402
P.O. Box 15 11 50
66041 Saarbrücken
Germany

+49 681 302 68613

+49 681 302 68608

Research

  • Bioinformatics
  • Computational Biology
  • Cancer ResearchQ
  • Epigenetic Transcription Regulation

Education

  • M.Sc. Computational Molecular Biology, Saarland University, 2018
  • B.Sc. Computational Molecular Biology, Saarland University, 2016

Latest Publications

[LEG+22] Lenhof, K., Eckhart, L., Gerstner, N., Kehl, T., Lenhof, H.-P. Simultaneous regression and classification for drug sensitivity prediction using an advanced random forest method. Scientific Reports, 2022. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-17609-x.

[GKL+21] Gerstner, N., Kehl, T., Lenhof, K., Eckhart, L., Schneider, L., Stöckel, D., Backes, C., Meese, E., Keller, A., Lenhof, H.-P. GeneTrail: A Framework for the Analysis of High-Throughput Profiles. Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 2021. DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2021.716544.

[LGK+21] Lenhof, K., Gerstner, N., Kehl, T., Eckhart, L., Schneider, L., Lenhof, H.-P. MERIDA: a novel Boolean logic-based integer linear program for personalized cancer therapy. Bioinformatics, btab 546, 2021. DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btab546.

[GKL+20] Gerstner, N., Kehl, T., Lenhof, K., Müller, A., Mayer, C., Eckhart, L., Grammes, N.L., Diener, C., Hart, M., Hahn, O., Walter, J., Wyss-Coray, T., Meese, E., Keller, A., Lenhof, H.-P. GeneTrail 3: advanced high-throughput enrichment analysis. Nucleic Acids Research, 2020. DOI:10.1093/nar/gkaa306.

[SKT+19] Schneider, L., Kehl, T., Thedinga, K., Grammes, N. L., Backes, C., Mohr, C., Schubert, B., Lenhof, K., Gerstner, N., Hartkopf. A. D., Wallwiener, M., Kohlbacher, O., Keller, A., Meese, E., Graf, N., Lenhof, H.-P. ClinOmicsTrail bc: a visual analytics tool for breast cancer treatment stratification, Bioinformatics, btz302, 2019. DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btz302.