Dr. Nicolas Battich
Principal Investigator Helmholtz Pioneer CampusResearch Area
Nico Battich began his scientific career in Scotland, where in 2010 he obtained a first-class degree in Molecular and Cellular Biology from the University of Glasgow. He carried out his Ph.D. in Systems Biology at the University of Zurich. Nicolas has been awarded postdoctoral fellowships from the Swiss National Science Foundation and the Human Frontier Science Program to conduct research at the Hubrecht Institute in the Netherlands. He is a group leader at the Helmholtz Pioneer Campus in Munich since August 2022, where he works on the systems biology of stem cell differentiation.
Professional Background
Principal Investigator Helmholtz Pioneer Campus, Helmholtz Munich
Postdoctoral Fellow at the Hubrecht Institute, Utrecht, NL
Ph.D. Researcher at the Institute of Molecular Life Sciences, University of Zurich
Master Student at Astra Zeneca, Dept. of Molecular Toxicology, Macclesfield, UK
Internship at the Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics (AMOLF), Amsterdam
Internship at the Sainsbury Laboratory, John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK
Honors and Awards
2021
ERC Starting Grant, EU2019
EMBO workshop on Single Cell Biology Poster Prize, Japan2017
Human Frontier Science Program Postdoctoral Fellowship2017
SNSF Early Mobility Postdoctoral Fellowship, Switzerland2016
Annual Prize of the Faculty of Science for Best Doctoral Thesis, University of Zurich, Switzerland2013
EMBO Poster Prize, 5th EMBO meeting, Amsterdam, NL2013
SystemsX Day Poster Prize, Bern, Switzerland2010
Class Prize Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Glasgow, UK2009
Sainsbury Studentship of the Gatsby Foundation, UK2007
Lorimer Bursary, University of Glasgow, UK2007
Gatsby Work-Placement Bursary, Gatsby Foundation, UK2007
Dobbie Smith Prize for Plant Science, Univ. of Glasgow, UK
