Dr. Carsten Magnus

Dr. Carsten Magnus
Lecturer at the Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering
ETH Zurich
Hofwiesenstrasse 250
8057 ZürichSwitzerland
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Short CV
I studied mathematics in Münster, Germany, and moved to the field of theoretical biology in 2007 when I started a PhD with Roland Regoes at the ETH Zurich, Switzerland. After a short postdoctoral stay in Zurich, I continued my research with Prof. Angela McLean in Oxford, UK, and with Prof. Alexandra Trkola in Zürich, Switzerland, funded by the SNF and DFG. Since September 2015 I am a member of the Computational Evolution group at the D-BSSE in Basel where I am continuing my research as a senior scientist.
My main interests focus on the interaction of antibodies with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). I apply newly developed mathematical techniques to study different questions such as how many antibodies are needed to neutralize the virus or which route of cell infection leads to faster immune escape of the virus. At the moment, I am extending existing phylodynamic tools to study the within-host diversification of HIV.
Besides applying mathematical concepts to biological questions, I am passionate about communicating science to a non-scientific audience. “Mit Mathematik gegen HIV” (fighting HIV with mathematics) was the title of one of our papers featured in “20Minuten” and I was recently awarded with a “Flash poster award” for explaining virological concepts with minions (the little yellow child movie characters).
If you want to know more about my research, e.g. if you are interested in collaborating or if you want to start a master or PhD thesis, please do not hesitate to browse my papers or contact me directly via email.
Publications
Click here for a list of my publications or visit my Google Scholar external page profile