EMBO Member
Maria Elena Torres Padilla
EMBO 2015
Former EMBO Young Investigator (2012)
Helmholtz Zentrum, München, Germany
Epigenetics and cell fate in mammalian development
My lab studies how early mouse development is regulated by chromatin-mediated processes, that is, by 'epigenetic' information. We are interested in how transitions in cell potency and cell fate are regulated by chromatin-mediated processes. For this we follow 3 different axes, which are designed to understand the changes in chromatin structure and dynamics that underlie early mammalian development and reprogramming.
Keywords
Epigenetic reprogramming / totipotency / pluripotency / chromatin / mouse embryo / heterochromatin establishment