{"id":4011,"date":"2025-01-21T13:57:14","date_gmt":"2025-01-21T13:57:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/?post_type=head&#038;p=4011"},"modified":"2025-04-30T11:48:35","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T11:48:35","slug":"vikram-sunkara","status":"publish","type":"head","link":"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/en\/koepfe\/vikram-sunkara\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Vikram Sunkara"},"content":{"rendered":"\n  <section id=\"scientific-background\"\n           class=\"section accordion  alignwide  toc-item\"\n           data-open=\"multiple\">\n    <div class=\"container container--center container--medium\">\n              <h2 class=\"h3 section__heading launimation slideBottom\">Scientific Background<\/h2>\n      \n      \n      \n              <div id=\"panel-\"\n             class=\"accordion__category active\" role=\"tabpanel\"\n             aria-labelledby=\"tab-\">\n                    <script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\n            {\n              \"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\",\n              \"@type\": \"FAQPage\",\n              \"mainEntity\": [{\"@type\": \"Question\",\"name\": \"Scientific Career\",\"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\",\"text\": \"2012-2014\nPostdoc. 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Zuse Institute Berlin\n2019-2020\nPostdoc Fu Berlin \/ Zuse Institute Berlin\nsince 2021\nGroup Leader, Zuse Institute Berlin\nsince 12\/2023\nGroup Leader, \u201cArtificial Intelligence for Inflammation\u00a0 at the DRFZ Berlin\"}},{\"@type\": \"Question\",\"name\": \"Education\",\"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\",\"text\": \"2013\nDoctor of Philosophy (Mathematics) Australian National University\"}},{\"@type\": \"Question\",\"name\": \"Professional Activities\",\"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\",\"text\": \"2019-2021\nPostdoctoral Representative on the Board of the Mathplus Centre of Excellence\n2020-2021\nMember of Gender and Diversity Committee\"}}]\n            }\n          <\/script>\n\n          <div class=\"accordion__content\">\n                          <div class=\"accordion-item  box box--accordion over launimation slideBottom\">\n                <button class=\"accordion-item__title\"\n                        aria-expanded=\"false\"\n                        aria-controls=\"accordion_69db59d7933e0_0\"\n                        aria-label=\"Zeige den Inhalt an\">\n                    <span class=\"accordion-item__title-wrapper\">\n                      <span class=\"accordion-item__title-main h5\">Scientific Career<\/span>\n                                          <\/span>\n                  <span class=\"icon-wrapper\"><\/span>\n                <\/button>\n\n                <div class=\"accordion-item__content-container\" id=\"accordion_69db59d7933e0_0\">\n                  <div class=\"accordion-item__content\">\n                    \n                    <div class=\"accordion-item__content-text wysiwyg\">\n                      <p>2012-2014<br \/>\nPostdoc. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology<\/p>\n<p>2014-2015<br \/>\nPostdoc. University of Adelaide<\/p>\n<p>2015-2019<br \/>\nPostdoc. Zuse Institute Berlin<\/p>\n<p>2019-2020<br \/>\nPostdoc Fu Berlin \/ Zuse Institute Berlin<\/p>\n<p>since 2021<br \/>\nGroup Leader, Zuse Institute Berlin<\/p>\n<p>since 12\/2023<br \/>\nGroup Leader, \u201cArtificial Intelligence for Inflammation\u00a0 at the DRFZ Berlin<\/p>\n\n                                          <\/div>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n                          <div class=\"accordion-item  box box--accordion over launimation slideBottom\">\n                <button class=\"accordion-item__title\"\n                        aria-expanded=\"false\"\n                        aria-controls=\"accordion_69db59d7933e0_1\"\n                        aria-label=\"Zeige den Inhalt an\">\n                    <span class=\"accordion-item__title-wrapper\">\n                      <span class=\"accordion-item__title-main h5\">Education<\/span>\n                                          <\/span>\n                  <span class=\"icon-wrapper\"><\/span>\n                <\/button>\n\n                <div class=\"accordion-item__content-container\" id=\"accordion_69db59d7933e0_1\">\n                  <div class=\"accordion-item__content\">\n                    \n                    <div class=\"accordion-item__content-text wysiwyg\">\n                      <p>2013<br \/>\nDoctor of Philosophy (Mathematics) Australian National University<\/p>\n\n                                          <\/div>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n                          <div class=\"accordion-item  box box--accordion over launimation slideBottom\">\n                <button class=\"accordion-item__title\"\n                        aria-expanded=\"false\"\n                        aria-controls=\"accordion_69db59d7933e0_2\"\n                        aria-label=\"Zeige den Inhalt an\">\n                    <span class=\"accordion-item__title-wrapper\">\n                      <span class=\"accordion-item__title-main h5\">Professional Activities<\/span>\n                                          <\/span>\n                  <span class=\"icon-wrapper\"><\/span>\n                <\/button>\n\n                <div class=\"accordion-item__content-container\" id=\"accordion_69db59d7933e0_2\">\n                  <div class=\"accordion-item__content\">\n                    \n                    <div class=\"accordion-item__content-text wysiwyg\">\n                      <p>2019-2021<br \/>\nPostdoctoral Representative on the Board of the Mathplus Centre of Excellence<\/p>\n<p>2020-2021<br \/>\nMember of Gender and Diversity Committee<\/p>\n\n                                          <\/div>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n                      <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n\n\n\n  <section id=\"top-5-publications\" class=\"section links-list  alignwide  toc-item\">\n    <div class=\"container container--center\">\n                        <h2 class=\"section__heading launimation slideBottom\">TOP PUBLICATIONS<\/h2>\n        \n              \n      <div class=\"links-list__items-wrap\">\n        \n<div class=\"links-list__items links-list__items--row \">\n      <div class=\"links-list__item  launimation slideBottom\">\n      \n      <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.artint.2024.104240\" target=\"_self\" class=\"h6 links-list__item-title\">Chimeric U-Net \u2013 Modifying the standard U-Net towards Explainability<\/a>\n\n              <span class=\"links-list__item-underline\">Schulze, K., Peppert, F., Sch\u00fctte, C., &amp; Sunkara, V. (2024).Chimeric U-Net \u2013 Modifying the standard U-Net towards Explainability, Artificial Intelligence 388, 104240. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.artint.2024.104240<\/span>\n      \n      <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.artint.2024.104240\" target=\"_self\" class=\"links-list__item-link\">\n        <span class=\"button button--arrow button--arrow-nw button--arrow-link\" ><\/span>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n      <div class=\"links-list__item  launimation slideBottom\">\n      \n      <a href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/document\/9415465\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"h6 links-list__item-title\">On the Sufficient Condition for Solving the Gap-Filling Problem Using Deep Convolutional Neural Networks<\/a>\n\n              <span class=\"links-list__item-underline\">Peppert, F., Von Kleist, M., Schutte, C., &amp; Sunkara, V. (2022). On the Sufficient Condition for Solving the Gap-Filling Problem Using Deep Convolutional Neural Networks. IEEE Trans Neural Netw Learn Syst,33(11), 6194-6205. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1109\/TNNLS.2021.3072746<\/span>\n      \n      <a href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/document\/9415465\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"links-list__item-link\">\n        <span class=\"button button--arrow button--arrow-nw button--arrow-link\" ><\/span>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n      <div class=\"links-list__item  launimation slideBottom\">\n      \n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oarsijournal.com\/article\/S1063-4584(21)00638-5\/fulltext\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"h6 links-list__item-title\">Combining segmental bulk- and single-cell RNA-sequencing to define the chondrocyte gene expression signature in the murine knee joint<\/a>\n\n              <span class=\"links-list__item-underline\">Sunkara, V., Heinz, G. A., Heinrich, F. F., Durek, P., Mobasheri, A., Mashreghi, M. F., &amp; Lang, A. (2021). Combining segmental bulk- and single-cell RNA-sequencing to define the chondrocyte gene expression signature in the murine knee joint. Osteoarthritis Cartilage, 29(6), 905-914. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.joca.2021.03.007<\/span>\n      \n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oarsijournal.com\/article\/S1063-4584(21)00638-5\/fulltext\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"links-list__item-link\">\n        <span class=\"button button--arrow button--arrow-nw button--arrow-link\" ><\/span>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n      <div class=\"links-list__item  launimation slideBottom\">\n      \n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cell.com\/patterns\/fulltext\/S2666-3899(21)00180-X?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS266638992100180X%3Fshowall%3Dtrue\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"h6 links-list__item-title\">Inferring gene regulatory networks from single-cell RNA-seq temporal snapshot data requires higher-order moments<\/a>\n\n              <span class=\"links-list__item-underline\">Raharinirina, N. A., Peppert, F., von Kleist, M., Schutte, C., &amp; Sunkara, V. (2021). Inferring gene regulatory networks from single-cell RNA-seq temporal snapshot data requires higher-order moments. Patterns (N Y), 2(9), 100332. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.patter.2021.100332<\/span>\n      \n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cell.com\/patterns\/fulltext\/S2666-3899(21)00180-X?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS266638992100180X%3Fshowall%3Dtrue\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"links-list__item-link\">\n        <span class=\"button button--arrow button--arrow-nw button--arrow-link\" ><\/span>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n      <div class=\"links-list__item  launimation slideBottom\">\n      \n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/08927022.2020.1839660\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"h6 links-list__item-title\">How to calculate pH-dependent binding rates for receptor\u2013ligand systems based on thermodynamic simulations with different binding motifs<\/a>\n\n              <span class=\"links-list__item-underline\">How to calculate pH-dependent binding rates for receptor-ligand systems based on thermodynamic simulations with different binding motifs, Molecular Simulation, 2020, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/08927022.2020.1839660<\/span>\n      \n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/08927022.2020.1839660\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"links-list__item-link\">\n        <span class=\"button button--arrow button--arrow-nw button--arrow-link\" ><\/span>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n      <div class=\"links-list__item  launimation slideBottom\">\n      \n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41589-020-0566-1\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"h6 links-list__item-title\">Single-molecule analysis reveals agonist-specific dimer formation of \u00b5-opioid receptors<\/a>\n\n              <span class=\"links-list__item-underline\">Moller, J., Isbilir, A., Sungkaworn, T., Osberg, B., Karathanasis, C., Sunkara, V., Grushevskyi, E. O., Bock, A., Annibale, P., Heilemann, M., Schutte, C., &amp; Lohse, M. J. (2020). Single-molecule analysis reveals agonist-specific dimer formation of micro-opioid receptors. Nat Chem Biol, 16(9), 946-954. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41589-020-0566-1<\/span>\n      \n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41589-020-0566-1\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"links-list__item-link\">\n        <span class=\"button button--arrow button--arrow-nw button--arrow-link\" ><\/span>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n\n\n\n  <section id=\"explainable-ai-for-inflammation\" class=\"section cta  alignwide toc-item\">\n    <div class=\"container container--center\">\n\n      <div class=\"cta__wrapper bg bg--surface\">\n        <div class=\"cta__content\">\n                      <h2 class=\"cta__heading launimation slideBottom\">Explainable AI for inflammation<\/h2>\n          \n                      <div class=\"cta__desc wysiwyg launimation slideBottom\">Sunkara lab<\/div>\n          \n          \n                      <div class=\"cta__ctas button-group\">\n              <a href=\"\/en\/arbeitsgruppen\/erklarbare-ki-fur-entzundungen\/\" class=\"cta__button button button--arrow launimation slideBottom\" title=\"learn more\" target=\"_blank\"><span>learn more<\/span><\/a>            <\/div>\n                  <\/div><!-- content -->\n\n                  <div class=\"cta__image launimation fadeIn\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"auto, \" src=\"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Sunkara_group-150x98.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Sunkara_group-1024x666.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Sunkara_group-1920x1248.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Sunkara_group-1600x1040.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Sunkara_group-1366x888.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Sunkara_group-1024x666.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Sunkara_group-768x499.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Sunkara_group-550x358.jpg 550w\" class=\"\" alt=\"\"  width=\"1024\"  height=\"666\">          <\/div>\n              <\/div><!-- wrapper -->\n\n    <\/div><!-- container -->\n  <\/section>\n\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":1412,"menu_order":0,"template":"","department":[296],"function":[],"liaison":[302],"programme-area-function":[],"programme-area-tax":[181],"working-group-function":[521],"working-group-tax":[247],"class_list":["post-4011","head","type-head","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","department-pa-3-systems-rheumatology","liaison-zuse-institut-berlin-zib-en","programme-area-tax-programme-area-3","working-group-function-group-leader","working-group-tax-explainable-ai-for-inflammation"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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