Peter Krawitz

Biosketch

I was trained as a physicist and physician in Munich (Germany) and continued with a residency in Medical Genetics and a postdoc in Bioformatics in Berlin (Germany). As a clinician scientist, I was able to identify the disease-causing variants in the gene PIGV in patients with Hyperphosphatasia with Mental Retardation (aka Mabry syndrome) by exome sequencing in 2009. Since that year, I am interested in the molecular pathway disease of glycosylphosphatidylinositol biosynthesis defects, of which PIGV is just one out of 30 genes involved. I contributed to establishing next-generation sequencing protocols in routine health care and soon realized that the large number of variants that these tests yield will require better and faster phenotyping. I therefore focused my research on deep learning methods to analyze medical imaging data.
After establishing the Institute for Genomic Statistics and Bioinformatics (IGSB) in 2017, I started collaborative research projects with groups at University Bonn but also internationally. One project that involves groups from all continents and that I enjoy very much is GestaltMatcher and its associated FAIR database. If you are interested in joining, please reach out!

Prof. Dr. med. Dipl. Phys. Peter Krawitz

peter.krawitz@gmail.com

2G/620

Venusberg Campus 1

53127 Bonn

Additional contact information

ResearchGate

IGSB
Immunosensation
TRA1 Modelling

Scientific Vitae

Since 2023 Postdoc at the Institute for Genomic Statistics and Bioinformatics, University of Bonn, Germany
Working on therapeutical approaches for GPI anchor deficiencies
2021-2023 Postdoc at the Institute of Human Genetics, University of Münster, Germany
Creating medical reports and working on the establishment of new molecular genetics methods
2019-2021 Postdoc at the Institute for Clinical Genetics and Tumor Genetics Bonn (Amedes Genetics), Germany
Working on genomic and proteomic signatures in neuromuscular diseases
April 2019 Obtained doctor rerum naturalium with magna cum laude from Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
2014-2019 PhD student at the Institute of Human Genetics, University Medical Center Mainz, Germany
Working on molecular mechanisms of brain function in mTOR-deficient intellectual disability syndromes
2014- Advanced training in human genetics, German Society of Human Genetics e.V., München, Germany
2011-2014 Master of Science in Biology at Justus-Liebig-University of Gießen, Germany