Welcome to the Loosolab!

We are a Bioinformatics Lab based at the Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research in Germany.
As such, we operate as a joint facility in collaboration with the institute’s IT infrastructure group, combining expertise in computational biology and data systems. Our mission is to apply cutting-edge bioinformatics approaches to support and advance scientific research both within the institute and across our broader research network.

Research

Our research is focused on the development and application of computational methods to assess heart and lung development, regeneration, and disease progression. We bring together expertise from multiple fields to maintain an efficient computational infrastructure, to develop advanced bioinformatic workflows and make use of public resources such as the de.NBI cloud. Most of our projects include high throughput omics components that aim to monitor many levels of molecular organization in cellular systems (genomics, epigenomics, transcriptomics and proteomics). Read more about our research and the technologies we use.

Teaching

Mario Looso is a honorary professor at the faculty for Life Science Engineering at the University of Applied Science Mittelhessen. He gives lectures in bioinformatics for bachelor and master students, provides practical courses for groups of students and conducts training courses for young scientists up to postdoctoral levels. Read more about teaching.