Saarland University

Saarland University currently hosts about 19.000 students and offers degree programs in a broad spectrum of disciplines. Biosciences, informatics, and nanotechnology are key research disciplines, which are shaping the university's profile.

The EpiGenetics group at Saarland University has a research focus on principles, mechanisms and consequences of epigenetic regulation. The group especially concentrates on DNA-methylation and DNA-hydroxymethylation in the context of epigenetic reprogramming and mammalian development, genomic imprinting as well as epigenetic profiling of different celltypes associated with stress or cancer. As part of SP2-1 the EpiGenetics group at Saarland University will analyse genome-wide DNA-methylation patterns in the context of steatosis and T-cell memory as well as chromatin accessibility profiles of all celltypes within DEEP. As the DEEP coordinator Prof. Dr. Jörn Walter is an active member of the management team (SP3-1, SP3-2).

Principal Investigators

Prof. Dr Jörn Walter

Professor of EpiGenetics Department

FR 8.3 Biosciences, Laboratory of EpiGenetics

Campus A2 4, 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany

Tel: +49 681 302 4367/2425

Fax: +49 681 302 2703

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Additional Team Members