Wolf Reik#
| Membership Number: | 2947 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 2011 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.babraham.ac.uk/our-research/epigenetics/wolf-reik |
Present and Previous Positions
- Head, Epigenetics Programme, Associate Director of Research, Babraham Institute, Cambridge; Honorary Professor of Epigenetics, University of Cambridge
- Board of Management, Centre for Trophoblast Research, University of Cambridge
- Since 2008 Honorary Professor of Epigenetics, Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge
- Since 2004 Associate Director of Research, The Babraham Institute, Cambridge
- Since 1997 Head, Epigenetics Programme, The Babraham Institute, Cambridge
- 1992-2011 Head, Laboratory of Developmental Genetics and Imprinting, The Babraham Institute
- Since 1989 Principal Investigator, The Babraham Institute, Cambridge
- 1987 - 1993 Fellow of the Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine at Institute of Animal Physiology, Cambridge
Fields of Scholarship
- Epigenetic reprogramming
- Epigenetics
- DNA methylation
- Imprinting
- Epigenomics
Honours and Awards
- 2011 Member of the Academia Europaea
- 2010 Elected Fellow of the Royal Society
- 2003 Elected Member of the European Molecular Biology Organisation
- 2003 Elected Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences
- 2002 Research Councils Individual Merit Promotion (Band 2)
- 1997 Research Councils Individual Merit Promotion (Band 3)
- 1994 Wellcome Prize in Physiology
- 1993 Member, Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine
- 1987-1993 Fellowship of the Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine
- 1985-1987 EMBO Long Term Fellowship
- 1977 Studienstiftung Fellowship for undergraduate studies
