Max-Planck-Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics, Freiburg, Germany

Dr. Nina Cabezas-Wallscheid is group leader at the Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics in Freiburg (Germany). Her group studies how hematopoietic stem cell dormancy is regulated in healthy and in the context of hematological, nutritional disorders and aging. Her laboratory is pursuing interdisciplinary projects that include the use of genetic mouse models, dietary treatments and primary human patient material in combination with the development of state-of-the-art omics, single-cell techniques and bioinformatic analysis (Zhang et al., Blood Advances 2023; Schönberger*, Obier* et al., Cell Stem Cell 2022; Schönberger et al., STAR Protocols 2022; Zhang et al., Nature Cell Biology 2022; Sommerkamp*, Romero-Mulero* et al., Blood 2021). Dr. Cabezas-Wallscheid received an ERC Starting Grant in 2017 and is part of the EMBO Young Investigator Program since 2022. She was honored with the German Stem Cell Network 2018 Young Investigator Award and the Janet Rowley Award by the International Society of Experimental Hematology in 2023. Dr. Cabezas-Wallscheid conducted her postdoctoral work in the laboratory of Prof. Andreas Trumpp at the German Cancer Research Center in Heidelberg (Germany). She gained her PhD at the Medical Center of Mainz under the supervision of Dr. Ernesto Bockamp.