Ana Pombo

Ana Pombo serves as a Research Professor at Johns Hopkins University with extensive cross-institutional collaborations across transatlantic research networks. Her primary academic appointment is complemented by active affiliations with Berlin-based entities including the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC), where she engages with the Berlin Institute for Medical Systems Biology (BIMSB), and the NeuroCure cluster of excellence at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin. She also participates in the German Research Foundation priority program SPP 2202 focusing on multiscale brain signaling dynamics.

Her research program integrates Systems Biology, Neuroscience, and Medical Systems Biology methodologies to decode complex biological networks, particularly emphasizing computational modeling of brain signaling pathways and their implications for neurological disorders. This interdisciplinary approach bridges molecular mechanisms with higher-order physiological processes through collaborative frameworks spanning computational biology, experimental neuroscience, and medical systems analysis.

Dr. Pombo's laboratory work centers at the MDC's Berlin Institute for Medical Systems Biology (BIMSB), a premier hub for interdisciplinary systems biology research that unites biologists, physicists, mathematicians, and computer scientists. Her involvement with NeuroCure further anchors her research within translational neuroscience initiatives aimed at developing novel therapeutic strategies for brain diseases through integrated team science approaches.