Welcome

Our lab is currently in the process of transitioning from the Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research in Würzburg, our home since 2019, to the Institute of Medical Virology at the University Hospital of Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Germany. We look forward to launching exciting new research projects at our new home. Stay tuned.

We are an interdisciplinary team of virologists, biochemists and computational biologists with a passion for unlocking the secrets of pathogenic RNA viruses. We are interested in learning how RNA-binding proteins shape the fate of viral RNA to influence infection outcomes. We take a systems biology-inspired approach and combine cutting-edge technologies from the area of mass spectrometry and genomics to understand the molecular interactions between RNA viruses and their hosts. Ultimately, we strive to identify novel host-dependency or antiviral mechanisms that can inspire the design of the next generation of antivirals.