Thomas Jenuwein - Curriculum Vitae#
Research interests
chromatin, histone lysine methylation, chromosome stability, epigenetic gene regulation, cell-type inheritance, mammalian Polycomb and Su(var) genes, mouse development
Personal Data and Professional Appointments
- Born 1956 in Lohr am Main, Germany
- 1978-1980 University of Erlangen, Germany
- 1980-1983 University of Heidelberg, Diploma in Molecular Biology
- 1983-1987 Ph.D. studies at EMBL, Heidelberg, PhD in Molecular Biology
- 1988-1993 Postdoctoral fellow at UCSF, San Francisco
- 1990-1993 Special fellow of the Leukemia Society of America
- 1993-2001 Group leader at the Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP), Vienna
- 2002-2008 Senior Scientist at IMP, Vienna
- since 2008 Director, Department of Epigenetics at the MPI-IE Freiburg, Germany
Publications, Lectures, Grants and Patents
- Publications: 104 publications in peer-reviewed journals
- Invitations: more than 200 invited lectures and seminars
- Meetings: co-organizer of 8 international meetings (EMBL, FASEB, Gordon, MPG, Keystone)
- Grants: 8 grants since 1996 (FFF, WWFF, EU FP5, GEN-AU, EU FP6, DFG, BMBF)
- Patents: 3 patent applications and 1 patent (6,555,329 B2)
Public Science and Textbooks
- 2006 "Henry Stewart Lectures", CD-ROM compilation of narrative lectures
- 2007 'Epigenetics', a textbook (eds. D. Allis, T. Jenuwein, D. Reinberg and M.L. Caparros), CSHL-Press
International Collaborations and Advisory Boards
- Coordinator BM: BWK GEN-AU Programs (2003-2005, 2006-2008), “Epigenetic Plasticity of the Mammalian Genome”
- Coordinator EU FP6, Network of Excellence (2004-2009) "The Epigenome"
- SAB member Constellation Pharma (Boston, USA) (2008-2013)
- Panel member European Research Council (ERC), panel LS2 (Epigenetics) (2009)
- Editorial Board Epigenetics & Chromatin (on-line journal) (since 2008)
- Member Interim Scientific Steering Committee, International Human Epigenome Consortium, IHEC (2009 - 2011)
External Funding
- BM:BWK GEN-AU “Epigenetic Plasticity of the Mammalian Genome” (2003-2005, 2006-2008)
- EU FP6 Network of Excellence “The Epigenome” (2004-2009)
- SFB 992 MEDEP Medical Epigenetics - From basic mechanisms to clinical applications (2012-2015)
- DEEP “Deutsches Epigenom Programm” (2012-2016)