Career Profile

Hey, there! I’m Lukas, a PhD student in computational biology shared between ETH Zürich (D-BSSE) and Roche (IHB). I specialize in computational genomics, systems biology, and machine learning applications. For my PhD studies I want to decode how gene regulatory networks are rewired in the intestine and which components are truly unique to humans. For that I’m using single-cell multi-omics, perturbation & comparative genomics data.

Experiences

Postgraduate Researcher

September 2022 - Present
Institute of Human Biology (IHB/Roche)

Multimodal analysis of intestinal tissue & 3D cell culture models

  • Single-cell RNA/ATAC sequencing
  • Comparative genomics
  • Perturbation modeling
  • Machine learning

Master Thesis

August 2021 - March 2022
Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (DKFZ)

Splicing effect prediction in single cells

  • scNMT sequencing
  • Deep learning

Working Student

April 2021 - January 2022
Ferchau GmbH & Dentsply Sirona Inc.

Image registration of CBCT data

  • Image processing
  • Database management (SQL)

Internship

September 2020 - December 2020
EMBL Heidelberg

Structure refinement of a membraneassociated complex in Mycoplasma pneumonia

  • Cryo-electron tomography

Internship

April 2020 - August 2020
Bioquant & Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (DKFZ)

Inferring dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 host cell interactions

  • Bulk RNA sequencing
  • Cloning, Cell culture & Cleavage probe assays

Internship

October 2019 - February 2020
eilslabs, Berlin Institute of Health (BIH)

Combining image and RNA-seq analysis in order to study subcellular phenotypes

  • 3D Light-Sheet Microscopy
  • Image analysis
  • RNA-seq
  • Machine learning

Internship

April 2019 - October 2019
ETH Zurich, DBBSE

Pipeline development for novel transcriptional recording systems

  • Cloning, Cell culture
  • Sequencing & Data analysis

Internship

December 2018 - March 2019
Hits gGmbH

Employing a deep neural network for the rapid identification of Hit molecules.

  • Machine & Deep learning
  • Molecular Dynamics Simulations
  • In-silico Drug Screening

Publications

  • Leveraging implicit knowledge in neural networks for functional dissection and engineering of proteins.
  • Upmeier zu Belzen, Julius, et al.
    Nature Machine Intelligence 1.5 (2019): 225-235.
  • RASPD+: fast protein-ligand binding free energy prediction using simplified physicochemical features.
  • Holderbach, Stefan, & Adam, Lukas et al.
    Frontiers in molecular biosciences 7 (2020): 601065.
  • Automated 3D light-sheet screening with high spatiotemporal resolution reveals mitotic phenotypes.
  • Eismann, Björn, et al.
    Journal of cell science 133.11 (2020): jcs245043.
  • Transcriptomics-inferred dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 interactions with host epithelial cells.
  • Adam, Lukas, et al.
    Science Signaling 16.804 (2023): eabl8266.

    Skills & Proficiency

    Python

    R

    Bash

    HTML5

    CSS3

    Javascript

    MongoDB

    PyTorch

    Tensorflow