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Contact
Lab: | Prof. Marc Timmers |
Department: | Centre for Clinical Research (ZKF) University Medical Center Freiburg |
Address: | Breisacher Strasse 66 79106 Freiburg |
Phone: | +49 761 270 63120 |
E-mail: | This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
Lab homepage: | www.uniklinik-freiburg.de/dktk-timmers-lab |
PhD positions available: | YES |
Research Area: | Molecular Medicine |
Research Interests: | - Control of transcription by chromatin modifications - Epigenetic control of TGF-beta signalling in cancer - Disturbed epigenetic pathways in kidney and bladder cancer |
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Education & Training: | 1985-1990: PhD, University of Leiden, Leiden, NL 1982-1985: MSc degree in Chemistry, University of Leiden, NL 1979-1982: BSc degree in Chemistry, University of Amsterdam, NL |
Employment & Experience: | Since 2017: Full Professor of Medical Epigenetics, German Cancer Consortium (DKTK) partner site Freiburg, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and Department of Urology, University of Freiburg Medical Center, DE 2000-2017: Full Professor of Epigenetics and Gene Regulation, Molecular Cancer Research and Regenerative Medicine Center, University Medical Center Utrecht, NL 1996-2000: Associate Professor, Laboratory for Physiological Chemistry, Utrecht University, NL 1992-1996: Assistant Professor, Laboratory for Physiological Chemistry, Utrecht University, NL 1990-1991: Postdoctoral research fellow at the Center for Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, MA, USA |
Scientific Activities: | Since 2017: EMBO member Since 2017: Academia Europaea member, section Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Since 2016: Editorial board member, Molecular and Cellular Biology 2010-2016: Organizer of EMBL meeting on Transcription and Chromatin, Heidelberg, DE 2009-2015: Editorial board member, The Journal of Biological Chemistry 2001-2003: Instructor Gene Expression summer course, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, USA |
Honors
Honors and Awards: | 1998: Pionier grant Medical Sciences NWO, The Netherlands |
Publications
Selected Publications: | Capponi S, Stöffler N, Irimia M, Van Schaik FMA, Ondik MM, Biniossek ML, Lehmann L, Mitschke J, Vermunt MW, Creyghton MP, Graybiel AM, Reinheckel T, Schilling O, Blencowe BJ, Crittenden JR, Timmers HTM. Neuronal-specific microexon splicing of TAF1 mRNA is directly regulated by SRRM4/nSR100. RNA Biol. 2020 Jan;17(1):62-74. Abstract |
SGBM PhD students
SGBM PhD students: | Jelle Bonthius (since June 2021) |