Hansi Weißensteiner
Hansi Weissensteiner
I develop and apply computational tools to study the complexities of mitochondrial genomics. My work focuses on haplogroup estimation, heteroplasmy detection, and high-fidelity QC to investigate the role of mtDNA in cancer and age-related disorders.
| Bioinformatics | Precision Genomics | Mitochondrial DNA |
Position & Education
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Employment: Postdoctoral Researcher, Medical University of Innsbruck
Department of Genetics · Institute of Genetic Epidemiology -
Education: Dr.techn., University of Innsbruck, Institute of Computer Science
Group: Databases and Information Systems
Research Interests
- Bioinformatics · Computational Genomics · Precision Genomics
- Mitochondrial genomes (mtDNA) for population and clinical genetics
- DNA sequencing: Sanger · Next-generation · Third-generation
- Haplogroup classification
- Variant calling (incl. low-level/heteroplasmy)
- Contamination detection & QC
- Genetics & population genetics
Projects
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HaploGrep — mtDNA haplogroup classification
Website: https://haplogrep.i-med.ac.at/ -
mitoverse — integrated mtDNA analysis platform
Website: https://mitoverse.i-med.ac.at/index.html#!-
mtDNA-Server / mutserve2 — variant calling and heteroplasmy
GitHub: https://github.com/seppinho/mutserve -
Haplocheck — contamination detection & QC
GitHub: https://github.com/genepi/haplocheck
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Askimed
Team member at Askimed — next-generation eCRF system for cloud-based medical studies.
Teaching
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Modul 2.02: Medizinische Wissenschaften Medical Sciences -
Modul 3.30: Statistik für Diplomandinnen und Diplomanden Statistics for Diploma Students