Prof. Dr. Wojciech Makalowski
Current affiliations
- Institute of Bioinformatics
- Münster Graduate School of Evolution (MGSE)
Academic Education | |
| 1998 | MA in philosophy of science, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland |
| 1992 | PhD in molecular biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland |
Work Experience | |
| since 2007 | Professor (W3) of Bioinformatics, WWU Münster, Germany |
| 2001 - 2007 | Associate Professor of Biology and Computer Science, Pennsylvania State University, USA |
| 1999 - 2001 | Staff Scientist, NCBI/NIH, Bethesda, USA |
| 1994 - 1998 | Research Associate, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, USA |
| 1992 - 1994 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Université de Montréal, Canada |
Functions and Memberships | |
| Member of the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution | |
| Member of the review panel of (as independent expert) FP7-HEALTH-2010-two-stage and FP7-HEALTH-2011-two-stage | |
| Editor of the bioinformatics area for Macmillan’s Encyclopedia of the Human Genome | |
| Member of the SBIR/STTR review panel in the Genetic Sciences Initial Review Group | |
| Member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science | |
| Member of the Polish Biochemical Society | |
| Member of the International Society for Computational Biology | |
| since 2001 | Organizer and Co-Director of the Summer School in Bioinformatics at the Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland |
| 2002 - 2007 | Penn State’s contact person in the Bioinformatics area for the Worldwide Universities Network |
| 1997 - 2007 | Member of the Editorial Board of RNA Biology, Database, BMC Bioinformatics, International Journal of Biological Sciences, and Genome Research |
| 2003 - 2006 | Organizer and Co-Director of the Penn State Summer School in Bioinformatics |
| 1998 - 2006 | Editor of Gene |
| 1996 - 2002 | Coeditor of the Web Alert section in the Current Opinion in Biotechnology and Current Opinion in Genetics and Development |
Publications
Manske F; Ogoniak L; Jürgens L; Grundmann N; Makałowski W; Wethmar K (2023) In: Nucleic Acids Research, 51(D1) Type of Publication: Research article (journal) | |
Smit A.F.A., Straight A.F., Olson D., Rosen J., Schatz M.C., Eichler E.E., Vollger M.R., Wheeler T.J., Miga K.H., O'Neill R.J., Phillippy A.M., Timp W., Hoyt S.J., Hartley G.A., Storer J.M., Gershman A., Grady P.G.S., Limouse C., de Lima L.G., Wojenski L., Halabian R., Altemose N., Rodriguez M., Core L.J., Rhie A., Makalowski W., Gerton J.L. (2022) In: Science, 376(6588) Type of Publication: Research article (journal) | |
Hall W., Pain A., Wan K.L., Na B.K., Yamagishi J., Suzuki Y., Eshita Y., Maeda R., Sathirapongsasuti N., Runtuwene L.R., Komalamisra N., Srisawat R., Mongan A.E., Tuda J.S.B., Shabardina V., Aboge G.O., Nesti D.R., Makalowski W., Nguyen-Thi L.A., Artama W.T. (2022) In: BMC Research Notes, 15(1) Type of Publication: Research article (journal) | |
Rodriguez M., Makalowski W. (2022) In: Genes, 13(5) Type of Publication: Research article (journal) | |
Rodriguez M., Makałowski W. (2022) In: Mobile DNA, 13(1) Type of Publication: Research article (journal) |
Projects
Duration: 01/01/2023 - 31/12/2023 Funded by: DAAD - Programm des projektbezogenen Personenaustauschs mit verschiedenen Partnerländern Type of project: Individual project | |
Duration: 01/01/2022 - 31/12/2024 Funded by: DFG - Individual Grants Programme Type of project: Individual project | |
Duration: 01/01/2013 - 31/12/2018 Funded by: Santander Consumer Bank AG Type of project: Individual project | |
Duration: 01/01/2011 - 31/12/2011 Type of project: Own resources project | |
Duration: 01/12/2010 - 31/12/2015 Funded by: EC FP 7 - Marie Curie Actions - International Research Staff Exchange Scheme Type of project: EU-project hosted at University of Münster |
Doctorates
| Software Components for increased Data Reuse and Reproducibility in Phylogenetics and Phylogenomics
Candidate: Stöver, Ben | Supervisors: Müller, Kai; Quandt, Dietmar; Makalowski, Wojciech Period of time: 01/03/2011 - 13/12/2018 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster | |
| Next-generation sequencing-based genome and transcriptome studies of unicellular Apicomplexa and Kinetoplastida parasites Candidate: Jakalski, Marcin | Supervisors: Makalowski, Wojciech; Bornberg-Bauer, Erich; Brosius, Jürgen Period of time: 12/10/2009 - 07/03/2017 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster | |
| Evolutionary Impact of Vertebrate Transposons Candidate: Pande, Amit | Supervisors: Makalowski, Wojciech; Kurtz, Joachim; Brosius, Jürgen Period of time: 25/08/2008 - 27/06/2013 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster | |
| Phyletic distribution and evolution of ancient globin genes Candidate: Dröge, Jasmin | Supervisors: Makalowski, Wojciech; Bornberg-Bauer, Erich; Brosius, Jürgen Period of time: 30/09/2009 - 08/03/2013 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster | |
| Evolution of U12-type intron and its role in gene expression regulation Candidate: James Peter, Jessin Janice | Supervisors: Makalowski, Wojciech; Kurtz, Joachim; Brosius, Jürgen Period of time: 25/08/2009 - 05/04/2012 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster |