Team
Iovino Lab
Group Leader Nicola Iovino
Nicola Iovino studied Biology at the University of Federico II in Naples, Italy. He completed his PhD at the Rockefeller University in New York, USA, and the University of La Sapienza in Rome, Italy. From 2009, he pursued postdoctoral research with Giacomo Cavalli at the Institute of Human Genetics (IGH-CNRS) in Montpellier, France.
In 2014, Nicola Iovino established his independent research group, "Chromatin Regulation in Early Embryo," at the Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics in Freiburg in the department of Chromatin Regulation. Since then, he and his lab have become pioneers in the field of epigenetic inheritance.
His significant scientific contributions have been recognized by his selection as an EMBO Young Investigator in 2017 and the award of a prestigious European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grant in 2018. In 2024, he was appointed Director at the MPI-IE, heading the department of »Epigenetic Development«.
Qualifications and history
- Undergraduate studies in Biological Sciences at the University Federico II, Naples, Italy
- 2003-2007 PhD studies at the Rockefeller University, New York, USA and University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
- 2007-2013 Postdoctoral fellow at the Rockefeller University, New York, USA and at IGH-CNRS, Montpellier, France
- 2014-2024 Independent Group Leader at the Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics, Freiburg, Germany
- Since 2024 Director at the Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics, Freiburg, Germany
Team
Alumni & Alumnae
| Name | Position | Years | Current affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fides Zenk | PhD student | 2015-2020 |
Tenure Track Assistant Professor, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland (Zenk lab) |
| Dafne Andrea Ibarra Morales | PhD student | 2015-2022 |
MPI for Biology, Tübingen, Germany
(Head of the Sequencing Facility) |
| Mariana Schulte-Sasse | PhD student | 2016-2022 |
DKFZ, Heidelberg, Germany
(Program Manager at the Cancer Research Academy) |
| Filippo Ciabrelli | Postdoc | 2019-2024 | Project Manager at Materias, Campania, Italy |
| Nazerke Atinbayeva | PhD student | 2019-2024 |
FMI for Biomedical Research, Basel, Switzerland
(SNSF Postdoctoral Fellow) |