Christian von Mering

Prof. Dr. Christian von Mering is a Professor in the Department of Molecular Life Sciences at the University of Zurich, where he leads an active research group focusing on bioinformatics, systems biology, and microbial ecology. His laboratory maintains strong collaborations across multiple institutions and has established several widely used bioinformatics resources including the STRING database, eggNOG, and PaxDb.

His research spans computational biology with a particular emphasis on protein-protein interaction networks, microbial community analysis, and genomic data integration. The von Mering group employs advanced computational methods to analyze large-scale biological datasets, with significant contributions to understanding microbial ecosystems, protein networks, and genomic evolution. Their work bridges theoretical computational approaches with experimental validation.

The research output from von Mering's laboratory demonstrates consistent productivity across multiple domains, with recent publications showing particular strength in microbial ecology, protein interaction networks, and genomic resource development. The group's work on the STRING database represents one of their most significant and widely adopted contributions to the field of systems biology.

As a research leader, von Mering supervises multiple postdoctoral fellows, PhD students, and research associates. His group includes senior researchers like Dr. Damian Szklarczyk and Dr. Janko Tackmann, along with several postdoctoral fellows and PhD candidates working on diverse projects within the lab's research scope.