PhD Mar Albà
Biological and related sciences Evolution, genomics, bioinformatics
Biological and related sciences , Health
Molecular cellular biology
Epigenetics
Gene expression
Regulation of genetic activity
Science Prize from the Fritz Winter Foundation, 1991
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize from the German Research Foundation (DFG), 1989
English, French, German, Russian
Santoro, R., Li, J., Grummt, I.: The nucleolar remodeling complex NoRC mediates heterochromatin formation and silencing of ribosomal gene transcription. In: Nature Genetics 32, 2002. S. 393-396.
Mayer, C. et al.: mTOR-dependent activation of the transcription factor TIF-IA links rRNA synthesis to nutrient availability. In: Genes Dev. 18, 2004. S. 423-434.
Mayer, C., Bierhoff, H., Grummt, I.: The nucleolus as a stress sensor: JNK inactivates the transcription factor TIF-IA and down-regulates rRNA synthesis. In: Genes Dev. 19, 2005. S. 933-941.
Yuan, X. et al.: Genetic inactivation of the transcription factor TIF-IA leads to nucleolar disruption, cell cycle arrest and p53-mediated apoptosis. In: Mol. Cell 19, 2005. S. 77-89.
Mayer, C. et al.: Intergenic transcripts regulate the epigenetic state of rRNA genes. In: Mol. Cell 22, 2006. S. 351-361.
Yuan, X. et al.: Activation of RNA polymerase I transcription by Cockayne Syndrome group B (CSB) protein and histone methyltransferase G9a. In: Mol. Cell 27, 2007. S. 585-595.
Ye, J. et al.: Nuclear myosin I and polymeric actin act as a molecular motor that drives RNA polymerase I transcription. In: Genes Dev. 22, 2008. S. 322-330.
Schmitz, K.M. et al.: TAF12 recruits Gadd45a and the nucleotide excision repair complex to the promoter of active genes leading to DNA demethylation. In: Mol. Cell 33, 2009. S. 344-353.
Zhou, Y. et al.: Acetylation by hMOF regulates NoRC-dependent heterochromatin formation, nucleosome positioning and transcriptional silencing. In: Nature Cell Biol. 11, 2009. S. 1010-1016.
Feng, W. et al.: The Jumonji-C domain containing histone demethylase PHF8 activates transcription of rRNA genes. In: Nature Struct. Mol. Biol. 17, 2010. S. 445-450.
Elected member of the National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, since 2008
Member of the Advisory Committee of the European Research Council (ERC), since 2007
Member of the Scientific Advisory Council of EuTRACC (European Transcriptome, Regulome & Cellular Commitment Consortium), since 2007
Member of the Advisory Council of the Institute of Molecular Biotechnology (IMB) in Jena, since 2004
Member of the European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO) Council, 2002 – 2007
Member of the Academia Europea, since 1998
Member of the Advisory Council of the National Research Centre for Biotechnology (GBF) in Braunschweig, 1996 – 2004
Member of the German American Academic Council (GAAC), 1994 – 1997
Elected member of the German Cancer Research Centre (DKFZ) board of trustees, 1992 – 2005
EMBO member, since 1985
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