Verena Zuber

About Me | Research Group

Currently, I am Post-Doc in the Statistics and Computational Biology research group headed by Korbinian Strimmer at the Institute of Medical Informatics, Statistics, and Epidemiology (IMISE) of the University of Leipzig. In July 2012 I finished my PhD on multivariate strategies for variable selection and identification of biomarkers in high-dimensional omics data at the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science of the University Leipzig.

Between 2002 and 2008 I studied Statistics (B.Sc. and M.Sc.) at the Department of Statistics of the University of Munich. During my studies I worked as a research assistant at the Max-Planck-Institute for Psychiatry.

Research Interests

• High-dimensional feature selection
• Biomarker discovery
• Gene expression and SNP analysis
• fMRI imaging data

Publications

Refereed journals:

1. 
   R code for reproducing the results in the GAW17 SNP analysis paper. V. Zuber, P. Duarte Silva, and K. Strimmer. 2012. A novel algorithm for simultaneous SNP selection in high-dimensional genome-wide association studies.
   BMC Bioinformatics 13: 284.
   (arXiv:1203.3082)
2. V. Zuber and K. Strimmer. 2011. High-Dimensional Regression and Variable Selection Using CAR Scores
   Statistical Applications in Genetics and Molecular Biology 10: 34 or arXiv:1007.5516
3. For an R implementation of the car score see the care package. The cat score is implemented in the st package.
   V. Zuber and K. Strimmer. 2009. Gene ranking and biomarker discovery under correlation.
   Bioinformatics 25 (20): 2700-2707 or arXiv:0902.0751
4. M. Kluge, P. Schüssler, V. Zuber, S. Kleyer, A. Yassouridis, M. Dresler, M. Uhr, and A. Steiger. 2007. Ghrelin enhances the nocturnal secretion of cortisol and growth hormone in young females without influencing sleep.
   Psychoneuroendocrinology 32:1079-1085
5. M. Kluge, P. Schüssler, V. Zuber, A. Yassouridis, and A. Steiger. 2007. Ghrelin administered in the early morning increases secretion of cortisol and growth hormone without affecting sleep.
   Psychoneuroendocrinology 32:287-292
6. M. Kluge, P. Schüssler, J. Weikel, M. Dresler, V. Zuber, F. Querfurt, A. Yassouridis, and A. Steiger. 2006. Altered nocturnal growth hormone (GH) secretion in obsessive compulsive disorder
   Psychoneuroendocrinology 31:1098-1104

Conference contributions:

6. V. Zuber and K. Strimmer. 2009. Correlation-adjusted t-scores in application to functional magnetic resonance imaging data. Proceedings of the 6th International Workshop on Computational Systems Biology, WCSB 2009 (June 10-12, 2009, Aarhus, Denmark). pp. 163-166.

Theses:

7. This is Justus, the beautiful cat on the cover of my thesis.
   V. Zuber. 2012. A Multivariate Framework for Variable Selection and Identification of Biomarkers in High-Dimensional Omics Data . PhD thesis, Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Sciences, University of Leipzig.
8. V. Zuber. 2008. Dynamische ICA-basierte Untersuchung von Ruhenetzwerken. M.Sc. thesis, Dept. of Statistics, University of Munich.
9. V. Zuber. 2006. Spektralanalyse von Schlafdaten. B.Sc. thesis, Dept. of Statistics, University of Munich.

Recent presentations

• Bridging Biostatistical Theory and Application, 2nd Conference of the Central European Network, September 12-16, 2011, Zurich.
• Mathematical and Statistical Aspects of Molecular Biology, 21st Annual MASAMB Workshop, April 11-12, 2011, Vienna.
• 1th International Workshop on Validation in Statistics and Machine Learning, October 6-7, 2010, Berlin.
• 73rd Annual Meeting of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics, August 9-13, 2010, Gotenburg.
• 6th International Workshop on Computational Systems Biology WCSB 2009, June 10-12, 2009, Aarhus.
• 55. Biometrisches Kolloquium of the German Region of the International Biometric Society, March 17-19, 2009, Hannover.
• "Statistical Methods for Post-genomic Data" workshop (SMPGD 2009), January 29-30, 2009, Paris.

Teaching

• Winter term 2012/13: Introduction to R: Thursday 11:00-12:30, IMISE Computer Pool
• Summer term 2012: Tutorial for "Introduction to Biometry"
• Winter term 2011/12: Introduction to R: Thursday 11:15-12:45, IMISE Computer Pool
• Summer term 2011: Tutorial for "Introduction to Biometry"
• Winter term 2010/11: Introduction to R: Thursday 11:00-12:30, IMISE Computer Pool
• Summer term 2010: Tutorial for "Introduction to Biometry"
• Winter term 2009/10: Introduction to R: Wednesday 13:30-15:00, IMISE Computer Pool
• Summer term 2009: Tutorial for "Introduction to Biometry"