Univ.-Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Joao Matos
Professur für Cell and Developmental Biology am Zentrum für Molekulare Biologie
Curriculum Vitae:
born in Guimarães, Portugal
1997-2002 Diploma in Biochemistry, UAlg, Portugal
2003-2007 Doctoral student with Dr. Wolfgang Zachariae, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology
and Genetics; TU Dresden, Germany
2007-2008 Postdoctoral Researcher with Dr. Wolfgang Zachariae, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics; Germany
2009 Recipient of the Otto-Hahn Medal of the Max-Planck Society, Mainz, Germany
2009-2013 HFSP, EMBO and CRUK Postdoctoral Fellow with Dr. Stephen West, London Research Institute, Clare Hall Labs (now Francis Crick Institute), UK
2014-2020 Assistant Professor of Cellular Biochemistry, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
2014-2020 Research Group Leader at the Institute of Biochemistry, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
2015 Starting Grant (Swiss ERC-replacement program)
2017 EMBO Young Investigator Award
since September 2020 Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology, Department of Chromosome Biology, Max Perutz Labs, University of Vienna
Research Areas:
* DNA Repair & Genome Stability
* Chromosome Segregation
* Cell Cycle & Division
* Meiosis
"With our work on DNA repair and recombination we expected to provide new insight into the molecular basis of heredity: the passing of traits from parents to their offspring." (Joao Matos)