Dr. Andreas Ladurner

Biography

Andreas Ladurner is a full professor and chair of the Department of Physiological Chemistry at the Biomedical Center of Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. His research focuses on the molecular regulation of chromatin plasticity and its implications for gene activity and disease. His interests include the dissection of PARP signaling mechanisms, the roles of histone chaperones in genome maintenance, and the metabolic regulation of gene expression. He is particularly interested in the identification and characterization of novel molecular mechanisms that govern the regulatory plasticity of chromatin structure. His research emphasizes the importance of post-translational modifications, especially acetylation and ADP-ribosylation, in regulating the assembly and remodeling of chromatin, as well as the function of ATP-dependent chromatin remodelers. Before joining LMU Munich in 2011, he led the Genome Biology Unit at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory in Heidelberg and served as an editor for Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. He holds a PhD in Chemistry from the University of Cambridge, U.K.

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