Sebastian Franz

Sebastian Franz is a researcher at the Chair for Bioinformatics (Informatics 12) of the Technische Universität München (TUM). He focuses on scientific software engineering and biomedical data analysis, with a strong emphasis on accessibility, reproducibility, and open-source solutions.

• Teaches Problembasiertes Lernen Bioinformatik (PBL) (course number IN2343) in the Sommersemester 2025.
• Develops biomedical software tools such as Biocentral and Biotrainer, available on GitHub and as web applications.
• Supervises students in projects related to protein language models, Bayesian optimization, and data/model evaluation.

His research spans software engineering for biomedical laboratories, protein language model distillation, and protein-protein interaction analysis. Projects under his supervision include deploying sustainable protein prediction models and integrating Bayesian optimization into biocentral.

Collaborations include partnerships with companies like iteratec GmbH, where students work alongside industry professionals such as Paula Schlötermann, Christian Rack, and Tehseen Rug.