Hendrik Stunnenberg

Hendrik Stunnenberg

Netherlands
Radboud University
Head of Department

Henk Stunnenberg is full professor at the Science and Medical faculty and head of the Department of Molecular Biology and Director of the Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences of the Science faculty at Radboud University, Nijmegen. He is member of EMBO, was the chair of Scientific Steering Committee of the International Human Epigenome Consortium (IHEC), he is a member of the Council of Scientists of Human Frontier Science Program Organization (HFSPO), Program Committee member for the International Cancer Genome Consortium (ICGC) and member of the Organising Committee of the Human Cell Atlas.
He is taking epigenome and single-cell approaches to advance and exploit our knowledge of the underlying biological processes and mechanisms in health and disease with the focus on innate immune memory. He applies a systems biology approach to the transition of mouse embryonic stem cells from serum-to-2i to uncover gene regulatory networks.