Participating Professors
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Matthias Baumgartner, Prof.
- ITINERARE Co-director
- Division of Metabolic Diseases
- University Children's Hospital Zurich
- Phone
- +41 44 266 77 22
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Felix Beuschlein, Prof.
- ITINERARE Principal Investigator
- Clinic for Endocrinology Diabetology and Clinical Nutrition
- University Hospital Zurich
- Phone
- +41 44 255 36 25
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Nikola Biller-Andorno, Prof.
- ITINERARE Deputy-director
- Institute of Biomedical Ethics and History of Medicine (IBME)
- University of Zurich
- Phone
- +41 44 634 40 80
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Isaac Canals, Dr.
- ITINERARE Assistant Professor
- Division of Metabolic Diseases
- University Children's Hospital Zurich
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Michael Coors, Prof.
- ITINERARE Principal Investigator
- Center of Ethics
- University of Zurich
- Phone
- +41 44 634 8510
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Olivier Devuyst, Prof.
- ITINERARE Co-director
- Institute of Physiology
- University of Zurich
- Phone
- +41 44 635 50 82
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Johannes Häberle, Prof.
- ITINERARE Principal Investigator
- Division of Metabolic Diseases
- University Children's Hospital Zurich
- Phone
- +41 44 266 7342
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Markus Landolt, Prof.
- ITINERARE Principal Investigator
- Institute of Psychology
- University of Zurich
- Phone
- +41 44 635 7498
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Cristina Nevado, Prof.
- ITINERARE Steering Committee Member
- Department of Chemistry
- University of Zurich
- Phone
- +41 44 635 39 45
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Jana Pachlopnik, Prof.
- ITINERARE Principal Investigator
- Division of Immunology
- University Children's Hospital Zurich
- Phone
- +41 44 266 32 66
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Anita Rauch, Prof.
- ITINERARE Principal Investigator
- Institute of Medical Genetics
- University of Zurich
- Phone
- +41 44 556 33 00
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Janine Reichenbach, Prof.
- ITINERARE Director
- Institute for Regenerative Medicine (IREM)
- University of Zurich
- Phone
- +41 44 635 7685
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Gerald Schwank, Prof.
- ITINERARE Steering Committee Member
- Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology
- University of Zurich
- Phone
- +41 44 635 59 26
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Brigitte Tag, Prof.
- ITINERARE Deputy-director
- Faculty of Law
- University of Zurich
- Phone
- +41 44 634 39 39
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Hans-Ulrich Zeilhofer, Prof.
- ITINERARE Principal Investigator
- Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology
- University of Zurich
- Phone
- +41 44 635 59 12
Academic Staff
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Ariana Aebi
- PhD student (Prof. Tag)
- ELSI challenges of rare diseases concerning adolescents and young adults
- Phone
- +41 44 63 43941
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Jasmin Barman-Aksözen, Dr.
- Scientist and patient advocate for rare diseases
- Vice-President International Porphyria Patient Network (IPPN)
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Isabel Baur, Dr. iur.
- Scientific Associate (Prof. Tag)
- Phone
- +41 44 634 36 83
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Desirée Böck, Dr.
- PostDoc (Prof. Schwank)
- Therapeutic use of CRISPR/Cas9 base editing for the treatment of Vanishing White Matter Disease
- ITINERARE Junior Grant
- Phone
- +41 44 63 55989
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Federico Germani, Dr.
- Postdoc (Prof. Biller)
- Assessment of trade-offs between costs and benefits for rare diseases in Switzerland: a representative survey study of the Swiss population
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Monica Goldade
- Lab Technician (Prof. Devuyst)
- Phone
- 044 635 51 05
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Lou Bucher, BLaw
- Research Assistant (Prof. Tag)
- Phone
- +41 44 634 31 09
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Nadia Cascioni, MLaw
- Research Assistant (Prof. Tag)
- Phone
- +41 44 634 31 09
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Junyi Chen
- PhD student (Prof. Pachlopnik)
- The Hyperinflammatory Spectrum: From a Dysfunctional Killer to A Hyperactivated Target
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Zhiyong Chen
- ITINERARE associated Research Associate (Prof. Devuyst)
- Phone
- 044 635 51 07
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Caroline Frei
- PhD student (Dr. Froese)
- Investigating gene: gene interactions in mut-type methylmalonic aciduria
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Sean Froese, Dr.
- External PI (workpackage 2)
- Molecular therapies for methylmalonic aciduria
- ITINERARE Junior Grant
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Aline Girard
- PhD Student (Prof. Canals)
- Human iPSC-derived brain models of Sanfilippo syndrome
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Miriam Güra
- PhD student (Prof. Baumgartner)
- Molecular therapies for methylmalonic aciduria
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Saskia Hiltbrunner
- ITINERARE associated
- PhD student (Prof. Tag)
- Rare diseases in invalidity insurance
- Phone
- +41 44 634 39 33
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Sven Klassa
- PhD student (Prof. Häberle)
- Gene Editing for Urea Cycle Disorders
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Lucas Kissling
- PhD Student (Prof. Schwank)
- In vitro and in vivo screen for targetable single base mutations in brain and liver disorders
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Svenja Keller
- PhD student (Prof. Devuyst)
- Dietary regulation of the autophagy-lysosomal pathway in rare diseases
- Phone
- +41 44 635 50 70
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Alessandro Luciani, Dr.
- External PI (workpackage 2)
- Drug discovery strategy for rare kidney diseases
- ITINERARE Junior Grant
- Phone
- +41 44 635 50 70
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Julian März, Dr. iur. et Dr. sc. med.
- Research Associate (Prof. Biller-Andorno)
- Gene therapies and AI-enabled therapeutics for rare diseases: Ethical IP and regulatory issues
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Marta Mariniello
- PhD student (Prof. Devuyst)
- Phone
- 044 635 51 07
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Kostas Nikolaou, PhD
- Senior teaching and research assistant (Prof. Devuyst)
- Phone
- 044 635 51 07
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Julia Ruf, cand. BLaw
- Kompetenzzentrum Medizin - Ethik - Recht Helvetiae (Prof. Tag)
- Phone
- +41 44 634 36 83
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David Penton Ribas, Dr.
- ITINERARE associated
- Research Associate (Prof. Beuschlein)
- Towards novel treatments of endocrine autonomy using high throughput functional assays
- Phone
- +41 44 635 48 35
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Francesca Pietrafesa
- PhD student (Prof. Zeilhofer)
- CRISPR-Cas-associated base editors in Dravet syndrom
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Ola Sabet, Dr.
- Oberassistentin (Prof. Pachlopnik)
- Imaging Across Scale For Rare Hyperinflammatory Syndromes
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Gabriele Siegel, Dr.
- ITINERARE associated
- Senior scientist (workpackage 2)
- Genotype phenotype relation in severe neurodevelopmental disorders
- Phone
- +41 44 63 63349
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Sina Staudinger, MLaw
- Manager of the RSB Committee Faculty of Law Chair Tag (Prof. Tag)
- scientific assistant of the investigating person Faculty of Law Chair Tag (Prof. Tag)
- Phone
- +41 (0)44 634 39 32
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Nina Streeck, Dr.
- PostDoc (Prof. Coors)
- Fairness in research and treatment of rare diseases
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Beata Vekeriotaite
- PhD student (Dr. Froese/Prof. von Meyenn)
- Epigenetic changes in remethylation disorders: a novel target
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Ferdinand von Meyenn, Prof.
- ITINERARE Collaborator
- Department of Health Sciences and Technology
- University of Zurich
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Sebastian Wäscher, Dr.
- PostDoc (Prof. Biller-Andorno)
- Social innovation associated with rare disease therapies
- ITINERARE Junior Grant
- Phone
- +41 44 634 63 14
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Susanne Wehrli
- PhD student (Prof. Landolt)
- Patient-reported outcomes of Swiss child and adult rare disease patients
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Gerlinde Wieczorek
- Personal Assistant (Prof. Devuyst)
- Phone
- 044 635 50 71
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