Participating PIs
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Matthias Baumgartner, Prof.
- ITINERARE Co-director
- Division of Metabolic Diseases
- University Children's Hospital Zurich
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Elvir Becirovic, Prof.
- ITINERARE Principal Investigator
- Department of Ophthalmology
- University Hospital Zurich
- Phone
- +41 43 253 30 16
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Abraham Bernstein, Prof.
- ITINERARE Principal Investigator
- Department of Informatics
- University of Zurich
- Phone
- +41 44 635 45 79
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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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Sophie Böttcher-Haberzeth, PD Dr.
- ITINERARE Principal Investigator
- Pediatric Burn Center Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
- University Children's Hospital Zurich
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Isaac Canals, Prof.
- ITINERARE Assistant Professor
- Division of Metabolic Diseases
- University Children's Hospital Zurich
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Lauren Clack, Prof.
- ITINERARE Principal Investigator
- Institute for Implementation Science in Health Care
- University of Zurich
- Phone
- +41 79 750 13 96
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Michael Coors, Prof.
- ITINERARE Principal Investigator
- Center for 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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Sean Froese, PD Dr.
- ITINERARE Principal Investigator
- Division of Metabolic Diseases
- University Children's Hospital Zurich
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Britta George, Prof.
- ITINERARE Principal Investigator
- Department of Nephrology
- University Hospital Zurich
- Phone
- +41 44 255 33 84
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Johannes Häberle, Prof.
- ITINERARE Deputy-director
- Division of Metabolic Diseases
- University Children's Hospital Zurich
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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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Alessandro Luciani, Dr.
- ITINERARE Principal Investigator
- Institute of Physiology
- University of Zurich
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Ute Modlich, Prof.
- ITINERARE Principal Investigator
- Institute for Regenerative Medicine
- University of Zurich
- Phone
- +41 44 635 29 10
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Cristina Nevado, Prof.
- ITINERARE Principal Investigator
- 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 Co-director
- Institute for Regenerative Medicine (IREM)
- University of Zurich
- Phone
- +41 44 635 7685
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Gerald Schwank, Prof.
- ITINERARE Principal Investigator
- Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology
- University of Zurich
- Phone
- +41 44 635 59 26
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Brigitte Tag, Prof.
- ITINERARE Principal Investigator
- 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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Julia Ackva
- PhD student (Prof. Modlich)
- Gene Therapy for Glanzmann Thrombasthenia
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Pascal Andermatt
- ITINERARE associated
- PhD student (Prof. Bernstein)
- RareSim – Similarity-based AI for Rare Diseases
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Selene Baez Santamaria, Dr.
- ITINERARE associated
- PostDoc (Prof. Bernstein)
- RareSim
- Phone
- +41 44 635 43 97
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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.
- Scientific Associate (Prof. Tag)
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Nathan Breuillard
- ITINERARE associated
- PhD student (Prof. Baumgartner / PD Dr. Froese)
- Methylmalonic aciduria
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Céline Bürer
- ITINERARE associated
- Research associate (PD Dr. Froese)
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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, Dr.
- ITINERARE associated
- Research Associate (Prof. Devuyst)
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Rita Coelho
- PhD student (Prof. Beuschlein/Dr. Penton Ribas)
- Towards novel therapies for endocrine diseases using high-throughput methods
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David Colameo
- ITINERARE associated
- Senior Scientist (Prof. Beuschlein/Dr. Penton Ribas)
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James Crowe, Dr.
- ITINERARE associated
- PostDoc (Prof. Canals)
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Carolin Ehrentraut, MLaw
- PhD student (Prof. Tag)
- Legal challenges of gene therapies as cancer treatment for children and adolescents
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Melinda Farkas, Dr.
- Senior Scientist (PD Dr. Böttcher-Haberzeth)
- Skin tissue engineering for epidermolysis bullosa patients
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Caroline Frei
- PhD student (PD Dr. Froese)
- Investigating gene: gene interactions in mut-type methylmalonic aciduria
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Federico Germani, Dr.
- Postdoc (Prof. Biller-Andorno)
- 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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Aline Girard
- PhD student (Prof. Canals)
- Human iPSC-derived brain models of Sanfilippo syndrome
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Monica Goldade
- Lab Technician (Prof. Devuyst)
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Miriam Güra
- PhD student (Prof. Baumgartner)
- Molecular therapies for methylmalonic aciduria
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Tanja Hirch, Dr.
- ITINERARE associated
- PostDoc (Prof. Modlich)
- Gentherapy for Glanzmann's Thrombastenia
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Oana Inel, Dr.
- ITINERARE associated
- PostDoc (Prof. Bernstein)
- RareSim - Similarity-based AI for Rare Diseases
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Sarah Jenny
- PhD student (Prof. Landolt)
- When everyday life is extraordinary: Family adaptation and relationship dynamics in rare childhood diseases
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Svenja Keller
- PhD student (Prof. Devuyst)
- Dietary regulation of the autophagy-lysosomal pathway in rare diseases
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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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Roswitha Kringel
- ITINERARE associated
- Research Coordinator (Prof. Clack)
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Pei Jin Lim
- ITINERARE associated
- Clinical Program Manager UCD Translational Center (Prof. Häberle)
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Chantal Kuske
- Project coordinator Swiss Rare Disease Registry (SRDR)
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Julian März, Dr. iur. et Dr. sc. med.
- ITINERARE associated
- Research Associate (Prof. Biller-Andorno)
- Gene therapies and AI-enabled therapeutics for rare diseases: Ethical IP and regulatory issues
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Timon Menzi
- PhD student (Prof. Reichenbach)
- Gene therapy for granulin related neurodegeneration
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David Mittas
- PostDoc (Prof. Becirovic)
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Raphael J. Morscher, Dr. Dr. med. univ. (A)
- ITINERARE associated PI
- Oncology Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation
- University Children’s Hospital Zurich
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Kostas Nikolaou, Dr.
- Senior teaching and research assistant (Prof. Devuyst)
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Francesca Pietrafesa
- PhD student (Prof. Zeilhofer)
- CRISPR-Cas-associated base editors in Dravet syndrom
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Simon Pöllmann
- PhD student (Prof. Modlich)
- Improving hematopoietic stem cell function for gene therapies
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Matteo Ranucci
- PhD student (Prof. Zeilhofer)
- CRISPR-Cas-associated base editors in Dravet syndrome
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David Penton Ribas, Dr.
- ITINERARE associated PI
- Electrophysiology Facility (e-phac)
- University of Zurich
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Ola Sabet, Dr.
- ITINERARE associated
- Oberassistentin (Prof. Pachlopnik)
- Imaging Across Scale For Rare Hyperinflammatory Syndromes
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Franziska Schenk
- Lab technician (Prof. Modlich)
- Gentherapy for Glanzmann's Thrombastenia
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Gabriele Siegel, Dr.
- ITINERARE associated
- Senior scientist (Prof. Rauch)
- Genotype phenotype relation in severe neurodevelopmental disorders
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Nina Streeck, Dr.
- PostDoc (Prof. Coors)
- Fairness in research and treatment of rare diseases
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András Tálas
- PostDoc (Prof. Schwank)
- Next generation gene editing solutions to treat urea cycle disorders in vivo
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Lisa Tidecks
- PhD student (Prof. Baumgartner)
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Florian Traversi
- ITINERARE associated
- Senior scientist (PD Dr. Froese)
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Beata Vekeriotaite
- PhD student (PD Dr. Froese/Prof. von Meyenn)
- Epigenetic changes in remethylation disorders: a novel target
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Elina Andrea Villiger
- PhD student (Prof. Schwank/Prof. Häberle)
- Treatment of citrin deficiency by in vivo gene editing
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Andrej Vondran
- PhD student (Prof. Häberle)
- Treatment of citrin deficiency by in vivo gene editing
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Ferdinand von Meyenn, Prof.
- ITINERARE Collaborator
- Department of Health Sciences and Technology
- ETH Zurich
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Toni Vukovic
- ITINERARE associated
- PhD student (Prof. Häberle)
- Treatment of citrin deficiency by in vivo gene editing
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Alix Wasilenko, Dr.
- PhD student (Prof. Nikola Biller-Andorno)
- Challenges in Clinical Translation of Novel Gene Therapies and Implications for Responsible Development and Therapeutic Roll-out
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Sebastian Wäscher, Dr.
- PostDoc (Prof. Coors)
- Social innovation associated with rare disease therapies
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Susanne Wehrli, Dr.
- PostDoc (Prof. Landolt)
- Patient-reported outcomes of Swiss child and adult rare disease patients
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Gerlinde Wieczorek
- Personal Assistant (Prof. Devuyst)
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Nataliia Zhovta
- Scientist (PD Dr. Böttcher-Haberzeth)
- Skin tissue engineering for epidermolysis bullosa patients
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Kathrin Zotter
- ITINERARE associated
- Resident / Metabolic Fellow & Researcher (Prof. Canals)
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