Marc Timmers#
| Membership Number: | 4552 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 2017 |
| Main Country of Residence: | GERMANY |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2017, 04- present: DKTK-professor of Medical Epigenetics, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany
- 2001, 01-2017, 03: Full Professor Epigenetics and Gene Regulation at the Laboratory for Physiological Chemistry (now Center for Molecular Medicine), University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, the Netherlands
- 1996, 04-2000, 12: Associate Professor at the Laboratory for Physiological Chemistry, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, the Netherlands
- 1991,12- 1996, 04: Assistant Professor at the Laboratory for Physiological Chemistry, Utrecht University, the Netherlands
- 1990, 04- 1991, 11: Post-doctoral training in laboratory of prof. P.A. Sharp (Nobel laureate Medicine 1993), Center for Cancer Research, M.I.T., Cambridge, U.S.A.
Fields of Scholarship
- Molecular biology
- Biochemistry
- Proteomics
- Gene regulation
- Transcription
- Epigenetics
- Chromatin regulation
Honours and Awards
- 2016 Distinguished speaker in Epigenetics, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston
- 2016 Keynote lecture WorldMen symposium, Utrecht
- 2016 Distinguished Speaker, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- 2016 Keynote lecture Dutch Society for Developmental Biology, Utrecht
- 2014 Keynote Lecture IGBMC departmental retreat, Obernai, France
- 1998 - 2003 Pionier award (prestigious early career grant) NWO
