[2] During his diploma thesis (supervised by Dirk Bohmann) he focused on the tandem affinity purification of protein complexes in Drosophila.
He obtained his PhD degree in 2005 (summa cum laude) from Heidelberg University jointly with the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL).
[6] In October 2020, the AGES (Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety) explicitly recommended this technique for application in hospitals and diagnostic laboratories.
His research group focuses on the model organism Drosophila melanogaster and applies diverse approaches, such as genetics, genomics, biochemistry, imaging technologies, and computational biology.
Nature (2016) DOI: 10.1038/nature20162 Andersen, PR., Tirian, L., Vunjak, M., Brennecke, J.: A heterochromatin-dependent transcription machinery drives piRNA expression.