Prof. Dr. rer. nat.

Eileen Furlong

Projects:

Head of Genome Biology Department Unit
European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg
Germany
Meyerhofstrasse 1
69117 Heidelberg

Research Interests

Genome regulation during embryonic development, cell fate decisions, transcriptional networks, developmental enhancers, chromatin topology, single cell genomics, heart development

Selected Coordinating Functions and Awards

2025
Elected member of Heidelberg Academy (the Academy for the state of Baden-Württemberg)
2022
Elected Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS), UK
2022
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize 2022
Since 2020
Scientific Advisory Board member for MDC Berlin, and IGBMC Strasbourg
2019-2023
ERC advanced grant (DeCryPt)
Since 2018
Elected member to EMBO council
2016
Elected member Academia Europaea
Since 2017
Co-founder & co-director with Karsten Rippe of the Single Cell Genomics Centre Heidelberg, an inter-institutional center
2013
Elected EMBO member
2013 – 2018
ERC advanced grant (CisRegVar)

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