Technology Platform

Clinical Data Science and Statistics Platform

The Clinical Data Science and Statistics platform extracts scientifically sound insights from complex clinical and molecular datasets.

In the modern era of biomedical research, clinical and molecular datasets have reached high levels of scale and complexity. Extracting meaningful insights from “big data” requires more than just processing power; it demands deep expertise to ensure that the conclusions drawn are both scientifically sound and statistically robust.

The clinical data science and statistics platform serves as a key pillar of our research infrastructure. By providing mathematical and computational expertise, the platform supports our scientists in navigating through their data. Beyond simple analysis, the platform provides strategic guidance on experimental design and data interpretation, ensuring that conclusions derived from our datasets meet the highest standards.

Group Leader

Marco Cattaneo

Head of Clinical Data Science and Statistics platform

Publications

Cell type-focused compound screen in human organoids reveals CK1 inhibition protects cone photoreceptors from death

Neuron, 2026
Stefan E. Spirig, Álvaro Herrero-Navarro, Larissa Utz, Valeria J. Arteaga-Moreta, Zoltan Raics, Susana Posada-Céspedes, Stephanie Chreng, Olaf Galuba, Inga Galuba, Isabelle Claerr, Steffen Renner, Miklos Boldogkoi, Verónica Moreno-Juan, P. Timo Kleindienst, Adrienn Volak, Jannick Imbach, Svitlana Malysheva, Rebecca A. Siwicki, Vincent Hahaut, Yanyan Hou, Tiago M. Rodrigues, Simone Picelli, Marco Cattaneo, Josephine Jüttner, Cameron S. Cowan, Myriam Duckely, Daniel K. Baeschlin, Magdalena Renner, Vincent Unterreiner, Botond Roska

High-efficiency base editing in the retina in primates and human tissues

Nature Medicine, 2025
Alissa Muller, Jack Sullivan, Wibke Schwarzer, Mantian Wang, Cindy Park-Windhol, Pascal W Hasler, Lucas Janeschitz-Kriegl, Mert Duman, Beryll Klingler, Jane Matsell, Simon Manuel Hostettler, Patricia Galliker, Yanyan Hou, Pierre Balmer, Tamás Virág, Luis Alberto Barrera, Lauren Young, Quan Xu, Dániel Péter Magda, Ferenc Kilin, Arogya Khadka, Pierre-Henri Moreau, Lyne Fellmann, Thierry Azoulay, Mathieu Quinodoz, Duygu Karademir, Juna Leppert, Alex Fratzl, Georg Kosche, Ruchi Sharma, Jair Montford, Marco Cattaneo, Mikaël Croyal, Therese Cronin, Simone Picelli, Alice Grison, Cameron S Cowan, Ákos Kusnyerik, Philipp Anders, Magdalena Renner, Zoltán Zsolt Nagy, Arnold Szabó, Kapil Bharti, Carlo Rivolta, Hendrik P N Scholl, David Bryson, Giuseppe Ciaramella, Botond Roska, Bence György