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)