Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne

Dr. Janine Altmüller - Curriculum Vitae

Education and Professional Career

since 2021: Head of Genomics core facility, Berlin Institute of Health at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin and Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin
2018 - 2021: Core leader West German Genome Center
2009 - 2021: Head of CCG NextGenerationSequencing platform
since 2006: Scientist, Cologne Center for Genomics, University Cologne
2003 / 2004: Scientist Gene Mapping Center, MDC Berlin 
2002 / 2003: Guest Scientist, Gene Mapping Center, MDC Berlin
2000 - 2003: Scientist, Institute for Epidemiology, GSF Research Center Munich
1997 / 1998: Trainee in Molecular Genetics, Institute for Pharmacology
1997 - 2000: Residency in Pediatrics, University Pediatric Clinic RWTH Aachen

Professional Activities

Janine Altmüller works on various aspects of NGS data production, technology development and implementation. Next to standard genome and transcriptome sequencing, she and her team accomplished particular expertise in approaches that focus on chromatin conformation, low-input, single cell and spatial protocols, cell-free DNA assays, detection of structural genomic variation, and epigenomic analysis. Janine Altmüller serves as PI in DFG funded projects on nephrogenetics together with Bodo Beck from the Institute of Human Genetics in Cologne. Currently she works on biomarker discovery in cfDNA, cell-type specific DNA methylation, and RNA isoform detection using single cell and long read technologies.

Publications

Link to PubMed