This is the website for Miguel Andrade's Computational Biology and Data Mining Research Group of the Johannes-Gutenberg University in Mainz (Germany), located at the Biozentrum I. We are interested in exploring gene function using computational techniques including algorithms and databases (existing or developed by us). Generally, we have a focus on studying the mechanisms involved in human disease with the goal of facilitating the development of better therapies.
We work, among other topics, on the prediction of the function of proteins with a focus on compositionally biased regions, repeats and disorder, the study of protein interaction networks, the development of methods to aid the interpretation of transcriptomics data, and the prediction of transcript regulation and function.
The results of our work are often distributed as software or online web tools. Take a look at the group members' publications or at our projects page for more information. Contact details and individual web pages can be accessed from the Lab Members page.
News:
19 September 2025: We extended the deadline for submissions to a special issue of the journal Genes on Batch effects we are editing to15 February 2026.
14 May 2025: PDBPaint (invented in 2011 by David Fournier) is back: color PDB files with manual and external annotations.
20 March 2025: Max Sprang was awarded the Boehringer Ingelheim Foundation Prize for Excellent Doctoral Thesis in Biology for the year 2024.
28 January 2025: We are editing a special issue of the journal Genes on Batch effects. Accepting submissions until 20 September 2025.
Photo Gallery (2007-2014, MDC-Berlin)
Photo Gallery (2003-2007, OHRI-Ottawa)
Our group's address is:
Computational Biology and Data Mining Group
Biozentrum I
Hanns-Dieter-Hüsch-Weg 15, 55128 Mainz, Germany