01/03/2024
Speakers: Stefan H. Stricker - LMU Munich, Germany
Title: "Manipulation of facilitators and barriers of cell identity"
Date: Friday, 1 March 2024
Time: 11:00 CEST
Venue: Building 14 seminar room EMBL Rome,
Epigenetics and Neurobiology Unit, Adriano Buzzati-Traverso Campus,
Via Ramarini 32, 00015 Monterotondo (RM)
Hosts: Mathieu Boulard & Jamie Hackett
About the speaker: Stefan Stricker serves as the head of the Epigenetic Engineering group at the Institute of Stem Cell Research and holds the position of Professor of Reprogramming and Regeneration at the Biomedical Center of LMU Munich.
He completed his undergraduate studies in Biology in Munich and earned his Ph.D. from the University of Vienna in Austria. During his time at the Center for Molecular Medicine (CeMM) in Vienna, he focused on the epigenetic control of genes regulating embryonic growth.
Subsequently, during his PostDoc positions at Cambridge University and UCL London, he conducted research into how epigenetics can influence the tumorigenicity of brain tumor cells. In his current role, Prof. Stricker's research group at the Institute for Stem Cell Research is dedicated to unravelling the molecular mechanisms that govern cell identities. To achieve this, his laboratory pioneers innovative technologies based on direct cell fate reprogramming, CRISPR and single-cell sequencing.