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Thomas Jenuwein serves as Director of the Department of Epigenetics at the Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics in Freiburg, Germany, and holds an Honorary Professorship at the University of Freiburg. Previously, he was Senior Scientist (2002-2008) and Group Leader (1993-2001) at Vienna's Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP).
Education:
- University of Erlangen, Germany (1978-1980)
- University of Heidelberg, Diploma in Molecular Biology (1980-1983)
- PhD in Molecular Biology at EMBL, Heidelberg (1983-1987)
- Postdoctoral fellow at UCSF, San Francisco (1988-1993)
Research Interests: Jenuwein's pioneering work centers on epigenetic mechanisms including chromatin dynamics, histone lysine methylation, and heterochromatin formation. His laboratory investigates how histone modifications regulate gene expression, chromosome stability, and cellular inheritance patterns using mammalian Polycomb/Su(var) systems and mouse developmental models.
Scientific Awards:
- Elected member of EMBO (2002)
- Member Faculty of 1000 (Nuclear Structure and Function) (2002-2007)
- Sir Hans Krebs Medal of FEBS Society (2005)
- Erwin Schrödinger Prize, Austrian Academy of Sciences (2007)
Grants and Leadership: He secured 8 major grants (1996-2016) from EU, DFG, and BMBF, including coordination of the GEN-AU Programs 'Epigenetic Plasticity of the Mammalian Genome' (2003-2008) and EU FP6 Network of Excellence 'The Epigenome' (2004-2009). As ERC panel member (2009) and IHEC Steering Committee member (2009-2011), he shaped international epigenetics research. His textbook 'Epigenetics' (2007) remains a field standard.
Laboratory: The Department of Epigenetics at MPI Freiburg investigates fundamental epigenetic mechanisms through chromatin biochemistry, mouse genetics, and genome-wide analyses, with significant contributions to understanding epigenetic inheritance and disease.
