
Reconstruction of human metabolic networks
Meet The Team

Dr. Alan Bridge
Co-Director of the Swiss-Prot group at the SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, overseeing the development of key bioinformatics resources including SwissLipids, Rhea, HAMAP, and PROSITE. A biologist by training, with research experience in molecular and cell biology with a focus on cancer research, complemented by specialist training in bioinformatics.

Joost Holthuis
Professor of Molecular Cell Biology at the University of Osnabrück, researching membrane lipid metabolism, transport and homeostasis. He trained in biology at Utrecht University, earned his PhD at Radboud University Nijmegen, and held postdoctoral and faculty positions at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Utrecht University.

Dr. Nevila Nouspikel
Received a diploma in Biology and a PhD in Immunology from the University of Geneva, followed by postdoctoral work at DNAX Research Institute in California and the University of Sheffield, researching molecular and cellular processes in autoimmunity and tumorigenesis. For over a decade, she has worked as a biocurator at the Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics.

Dr. Florence Mehl
Develops data-driven workflows to discover metabolic pathways and link molecular findings to clinical outcomes, while also managing large, heterogeneous datasets and implementing FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable) data stewardship strategies through the Resource Description Framework (RDF).

Dr. Vitalina Kharchenko
Postdoctoral researcher in Molecular Cell Biology at the University of Osnabrück, previously specialising in the age-related biochemistry of sphingolipids. Within Recon4IMD, works on mapping membrane compartments and enzyme localisation across the lipid metabolic network, alongside curating lipid transfer proteins and transporters that interconnect key metabolic reactions.









