Cracking open the nucleus to unlock the cell’s true potential.
Our mission is to understand how cells remember their function in our body, how we can erase such memory, and how we can predict fates using artificial intelligence, in order to manipulate them to perform new functions. We do this by understanding how cells package their genome, how they protect their chromosomes and how they acquire fitness.
Infinite cells, Infinite innovation, Infinite potential
Our goal is to generate cells that can make any cell type in the organism and to discover strategies to protect their genome against damage. Research within the Institute of Epigenetics and Stem Cells aims at establishing epigenetic principles behind changes in cellular plasticity, genome reprogramming and cellular decision making. Tell me more...
23.12.2020 Prof. Torres-Padilla joins the Editorial Board of Cell Stem Cell
17.12.2020 Maria-Elena Torres-Padilla has been awarded with a large grant under the NIH 4D Nucleome program
16.10.2020 Congratulations to Dr. Antonio Scialdone being awarded with a DFG grant
07.10.2020 “Art the IES” – The artist in residence program of the IES moves to the next level
29.09.2020 Torres-Padilla lab joins the international 4DNucleome project from the NIH
08.09.2020 “Responsible Research” – Working towards a societally impactful research requires ethical, legal...
08.09.2020 LifeTime Inititative – Promoting cell-based and patient-centered medicine to improve healthcare...
03.09.2020 Totipotent or not totipotent – the identity issues of a 2-cell-like cell