Epigenetics, genetics, development, gene regulation, chromatin, nuclear organization, non-coding RNA, random monoallelic gene expression, X chromosome inactivation, genetic engineering

2022 Elected member of the Royal Academy in Denmark

2021 Elected member of the USA National Academy of Medicine

2021 Heidelberg University, Faculty of Biosciences, Honorary Professor

2021 Member of German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina

2021 International member of US National Academy of Science

2020 Cambridge University, Doctor of Science Honoris causa

2020 L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science International Awards

2019 Karl Friedrich Bonhoeffer Award

2019 Hansen Family Award

2018 Honorary Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, UK

1) Marion-Poll L, Forêt B, Zielinski D, Massip F, Attia M, Carter AC., Syx L, Chang HY, Gendrel A-V, Heard E. Locus specific epigenetic modalities of random allelic expression imbalance. Nat Commun 12:5330, 2021

2) Dossin F, Pinheiro I, Żylicz JJ, Roensch J, Collombet S, Le Saux A, Chelmicki T, Attia M, Kapoor V, Zhan Y, Dingli F, Loew D, Mercher T, Dekker J, Heard E. SPEN integrates transcriptional and epigenetic control of X-inactivation. Nature 578:455-460, 2020

3) Collombet S, Ranisavljevic N, Nagano T, Varnai C, Shisode T, Leung W, Piolot T, Galupa R, Borensztein M, Servant N, Fraser P*, Ancelin K*, Heard E*. Parental-to-embryo switch of chromosome organization in early embryogenesis. Nature 580:142-146, 2020

4) Zylicz J., Bousard A., Zumer K., Dossin F., Mohammad E., Texeira S., Schwalb B., Syx L., Dingli F., Loew D., Cramer P. and Heard, E. The Implication of Early Chromatin Changes in X Chromosome Inactivation. Cell 176, 1-16, 2018

5) Gendrel A-V, Attia M, Chen C, Diabangouaya P, Servant N, Barillot E, Heard E. The developmental dynamics and disease potential of random monoallelic gene expression. Developmental Cell, 28: 366–380, 2014