Dr. Steffi Bredemeyer


Address:
Permoserstr. 15
04318 Leipzig
Germany

Building: 6.1
Room: 902    
Phone: +49 341 6025 2500

Steffi Bredemeyer

Research Interests

A recurring theme in my work is dealing with research data that is difficult to reuse or compare. I am currently working on a metadata standard for video-tracking assays, which are used in ecotoxicology and neuroscience. In addition, I am interested in bioinformatic workflows and the use of Large Language Models, in particular for analyzing regulatory documents.
The starting point for this was my PhD in forensic genetics, where I investigated whether next generation sequencing provides additional information gain for forensic DNA analysis compared to capillary electrophoresis. Through a subsequent bioinformatics training program and my work in NGS-based molecular tumor diagnostics, my profile has increasingly developed toward programming and data analysis.

Curriculum Vitae

Since 09/2025 

Postdoc - UFZ, Research Data Management, Department of Monitoring and Exploration Technologies, Department of Ecotoxicology

09/2022 – 08/2025

Deputy Head of Bioinformatics - PathoNext GmbH, Leipzig

08/2021 – 08/2022 

Research Associate - PathoNext GmbH, Leipzig

09/2020 – 05/2021

Further training "Applied Bioinformatics and Biostatistics" - CQ Beratung + Bildung GmbH, Berlin

04/2016 – 09/2018

PhD Candidate - Institute of Legal Medicine, Department of Forensic Genetics, Charité Berlin (Disputation: 03/2022)
Dissertation: "Analysis of forensically relevant short tandem repeats (STRs) using massively parallel sequencing (MPS) and comparison with the standard method of capillary electrophoresis (CE)"

12/2013 – 03/2016

Student Assistant / Trainee - Institute of Legal Medicine, Department of Forensic Genetics, Charité Berlin

10/2012 – 11/2015

M.Sc. Molecular Life Sciences - Humboldt-Universität of Berlin

M.Sc. Thesis: "Investigation of novel potential methylation sites for body fluid identification in forensic casework"

04/2009 – 04/2012

B.Sc. Molecular Biology - Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

B.Sc. Thesis: "Molecular genetic and structural analysis of the hemocyanin gene of Laevipilina hyalina (Monoplacophora)"

Publications