Angelika has moved to the Heidelberg in October 2021 to start the Research Group ‘Mechanisms of Genome Control’. Here, she can follow her passion to unravel the basic principles of gene regulation in the 3D nucleus that underpin normal and carcinogenic cell-type transitions. She enjoys working with her exceptionally bright colleagues, spending time with her family, great food and books.
CV
Independent positions
2021 – present
Helmholtz Young Investigator
German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
Post-doctoral
2016 – 2021
Sir Henry Wellcome Trust Research Fellow (University of Oxford, Oxford, UK)
2014 - 2016
Postdoctoral fellow University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
2014
Postdoctoral fellow Friedrich-Miescher-Institute (FMI), Basel, Switzerland
Education
2009 – 2014
Ph.D. in Genetics, Friedrich-Miescher-Institute (FMI), Basel, Switzerland
2004-2009
Diploma in Molecular Medicine, Albert-Ludwigs-University, Freiburg, Germany
Major Grants and Fellowships:
2023 ERC Starting Grant
2021 Helmholtz Young Investigator Award
2016 Sir Henry Wellcome Trust Research Fellowship
2015 EMBO Long-Term Fellowship
2010 Fellow of the Marie-Curie ITN Nucleosome 4D
Key publications:
#corresponding author, *co-first author
S Mahara, S Prüssing, V Smialkovska, S Krall, S Holliman, B Blum, V Dachtler, H Borgers, E Sollier, C Plass, and A Feldmann# (2024). Transient promoter interactions modulate developmental gene activation. Molecular Cell
Feldmann, A.#, E. Dimitrova, A. Kenney, A. Lastuvkova and R. J. Klose# (2020). CDK-Mediator and FBXL19 prime developmental genes for activation by promoting atypical regulatory interactions. Nucleic Acids Research
Rhodes, J. D. P.*, A. Feldmann*, B. Hernandez-Rodriguez*, N. Diaz*, J. M. Brown, N. A. Fursova, N. P. Blackledge, P. Prathapan, P. Dobrinic, M. K. Huseyin, A. Szczurek, K. Kruse, K. A. Nasmyth, V. J. Buckle, J. M. Vaquerizas# and R. J. Klose# (2020). Cohesin Disrupts Polycomb-Dependent Chromosome Interactions in Embryonic Stem Cells. Cell Reports
Ginno, P. A.*, D. Gaidatzis*, A. Feldmann*, L. Hoerner, D. Imanci, L. Burger, F. Zilbermann, A. Peters, F. Edenhofer, S. A. Smallwood, A. R. Krebs and D. Schubeler# (2020). A genome-scale map of DNA methylation turnover identifies site-specific dependencies of DNMT and TET activity. Nat Communications
Feldmann A*, Ivanek R*, Murr R*, Gaidatzis D, Burger L, Schübeler D# (2013). Transcription factor occupancy can mediate active turnover of DNA methylation at regulatory regions. PloS Genetics