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Portrait Jan Brugués
© MPI-CBG

Jan Brugués

Chair of Spatiotemporal Organization of Subcellular Structures

CV

Scientific Career

Since 12/2022
Chair of Spatiotemporal Organization of Subcellular Structures

2013–2022
Research Group Leader at the MPI-CBG

2008–2013
Postdoctoral Researcher at the department of Molecular and Cell Biology and the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University

Honors and Awards

2022
ERC Consolidator Grant for the project “Understanding emergent physical properties of chromatin using synthetic nuclei.”

2018
Volkswagen Foundation grant for “The spark of life: initiation of transcription in embryos, and recapitulating such in synthetic nuclei”, a joint project with the Nadine Vastenhouw Lab (as part of the VW Foundation initiative “Life? – A fresh scientific approach to the basic principles of life”

2014
Human Frontiers Science Program Career Development Award

2008–2011
Human Frontiers Science Program Cross-disciplinary Fellowship

2006
Ph.D. fellowship by the Spanish government “Formación de Profesorado Universitario, Ministerio de Educacion y Ciencia”

2002
Ph.D. fellowship by the Spanish government “Formacion de Personal Investigador, Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnologia”

Education

2008
PhD in Physical Biology, École Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles de la Ville de Paris/ University of Barcelona

2004
M.Sc. in Theoretical Physics, University of Barcelona

Group Members

Maria Elsner

Lab Technician

maria.elsner@tu-dresden.de

Joon Ho Lee

Lab Technician

joon_ho.lee@tu-dresden.de

Melissa Rinaldin

Postdoc

melissa.rinaldin@tu-dresden.de

Michael Riedl

Postdoc

michael.riedl@tu-dresden.de

Alison Kickuth

Graduate student

alison.kickuth@tu-dresden.de

Franziska Lesche

Graduate student

franziska.lesche@tu-dresden.de

Vasanthanarayan Murugesan

Graduate student

vasanth.murugesan@tu-dresden.de

Elissavet Sandaltzopoulou

Graduate student

elissavet.sandaltzopoulou@tu-dresden.de

Urša Uršič

Graduate student

ursa.ursic@tu-dresden.de

Shuzo Kato

Graduate Student

shuzo.kato@tu-dresden.de

Kateryna Ivanova

Research Assistant

kateryna.ivanova1@mailbox.tu-dresden.de