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Ana Pombo

b. 1969

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About Ana Pombo

Born 1969. Ana Pombo is a researcher.

Ana Pombo is a Research Professor at Johns Hopkins University, Krieger School of Arts & Sciences, Department of Biology, and a group leader at the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC). Since May 2018, Pombo is an elected member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).

Early education From 1988–1992, Pombo did her Bachelor of Science as well as her Master of Science in Biochemistry at the University of Lisbon. In 1998, Pombo graduated with a DPhil (Physiological Sciences) from the Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford,

Research and career From 1998 to 2002, Pombo was a Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Fellow at the Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford. From April 2012 till March 2015, she was a full professor (0.2 FTE) in Cell Biology of the Institute of Clinical Sciences (ICS) at the Imperial College London. at the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) in Berlin-Buch with the focus on "Epigenetic Regulation and Chromatin Architecture". From April 2013 till February 2025, she was Professor (W3) of Biology at Humboldt University.

Awards and honours 2025: Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize 2018: member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) Society for Histochemistry 1998–2002: Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship

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University of Oxford, Imperial College London, University of Lisbon
Employers
Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Imperial College London, MRC London Institute of Medical Sciences
Awards
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize

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Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Ana Pombo

· Wikidata: Q38321553

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