Ana Pombo

Ana Pombo
Alma mater	University of Lisbon, University of Oxford
Scientific career
Institutions	Imperial College London, BIMSB at the MDC Berlin

Ana Pombo is an appointed Professor (W3) of Biology at Humboldt University[1][2] and senior group leader at the Berlin Institute for Medical Systems Biology (BIMSB)[3] at the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) in Berlin-Buch with the focus on "Epigenetic Regulation and Chromatin Architecture".[4] Since May 2018, Pombo is an elected member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).[5]

Early education

From 1988–1992, Pombo did her Bachelor of Science as well as her Master of Science in Biochemistry at the University of Lisbon.[6][7] In 1998, Pombo graduated with a DPhil (Physiological Sciences) from the Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford,[6] where she described transcription factories in the mammalian nucleus.[2][8]

Research and career

From 1998 to 2002, Pombo was a Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Fellow at the Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford.[7] In 2000, Pombo started her own research group at the MRC London Institute for Medical Sciences, Imperial College London.[9] From April 2012 till March 2015, she was a full professor (0.2 FTE) in Cell Biology of the Institute of Clinical Sciences (ICS) at the Imperial College London.[7] In 2013, Pombo moved her lab to the BIMSB at the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine.[6][9] Her research aims to characterize the interaction between gene regulation and genome architecture, to determine the underlying rules and principles of functional genes.[10]

Awards and honours

• 2025: Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize[11]
• 2018: member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)[5]
• 2007: Robert Feulgen Prize,[12] Society for Histochemistry
• 1998–2002: Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship[9]
• 1997–2000: Hayward Junior Research Fellowship, Oriel College, Oxford[13]
• 1994–1997: PhD scholarship, Junta Nacional para a Investigação Científica e Tecnológica[13]

References

1. "Joint professorships — Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin". www.hu-berlin.de. Retrieved 2019-03-07.
2. "Ana Pombo". Crick. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
3. "Medical Systems Biology | Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine". www.mdc-berlin.de. Retrieved 2019-03-07.
4. "Pombo Lab | Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine". www.mdc-berlin.de. Retrieved 2019-03-07.
5. EMBO. "62 life scientists elected as EMBO Members". EMBO. Retrieved 2019-03-07.
6. "Prof. Dr. Ana Pombo - AcademiaNet". www.academia-net.org. Retrieved 2019-03-07.
7. "Ana Pombo | DPhil | Max-Delbrück-Centrum für Molekulare Medizin, Berlin | MDC | Berlin Institute for Medical Systems Biology". ResearchGate. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
8. Martin, Sonya; Pombo, Ana (2003). "Transcription factories: quantitative studies of nanostructures in the mammalian nucleus". Chromosome Research. 11 (5): 461–470. doi:10.1023/A:1024926710797. ISSN 0967-3849. PMID 12971722. S2CID 10855976.
9. "Ana Pombo". Crick. Retrieved 2019-03-07.
10. "Pombo lab - Epigenetic regulation and chromatin architecture". Pombo lab - Epigenetic regulation and chromatin architecture. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
11. "Leibniz Prize awarded to Ana Pombo". Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine. 2024-12-18. Retrieved 2024-12-18.
12. "Society for Histochemistry". www.histochemistry.eu. Retrieved 2019-03-07.
13. "CV Ana Pombo" (PDF). NeuroCure. Retrieved 2019-03-07.

External links

• List of Publications from Ana Pombo
• Pombo Lab: Epigenetic Regulation and Chromatin Architecture
• Video about Pombo's research (DNA folding and gene activity in development and disease)