News

23/4/23: the new CeMM Scientific Report is out, featuring our group and role model Oliver Smithies. Check the report here, and see a short video on our science and values.
8/11/22: we welcome two new lab members: Sophie Müller joined as new lab manager/TA. Joel Wong from the Bergthaler lab will rotate in our group for 4 weeks.
11/10/22: new grant! Our project on intergenic variants in pediatric leukemia received funding from the FWF.

12/9/22: the lab is growing! Robert Paxton from the University of Virginia joined the lab as a PhD student. Welcome Robert!
3/9/22: Davide will present at the 2022 TT meeting in Helsinki.
24/8/22: we are looking for a lab manager and a technician, join us!

14/7/22: new publication! We used dTAG to degrade BCL11A in human erythroid cells and in the mouse; check the paper here.

7/7/22: new fellowship! Ana Kutschat awarded a prestigious MSCA PF fellowship for her B-ALLeles project. Congrats Ana!

5/7/22: new grant! Our project on the SAGA complex in MYC-driven cancer received funding from the FWF.

4/7/22: new lab member! Maura Hofmann joined us under the VBC Summer School. Welcome Maura!

27/4/22: We are hiring! We are looking for a Lab Manager/TA to help us run the lab. More details here.

10/1/22: Sandra Wittibschlager joined the lab for her Master project. Welcome Sandra!

31/12/21: new paper out! We described a shadow enhancer, 3′ to Cdx2, that is relevant in intestinal metaplasia. Read the full article on Genes and Dev.

16/12/21: Davide received the 8th ISTT Young Investigator Award, recognizing young scientists with outstanding achievements in transgenic technologies. Davide will give a talk at the next ISTT meeting in Finland.

4/12/21: The Vienna BioCenter Summer School 2022 call is open. Positions available in our and 26 other labs at IMP, IMBA, CeMM, GMI and MPL. More information here.

8/11/21: Yi Xiao, PhD student in the Maulide lab, joins us for a 4-weeks rotation: welcome Yi!

1/9/21: Leonie Lehmayer is the first PhD student of the lab! Leonie joined us through the CeMM PhD Programme.

1/9/21: Maciej Zaczek, PhD, joined the lab as Postdoc welcome Maciej!

1/7/21: Ana Patricia Kutschat, PhD, joined the lab within the CeMM Pre-ERC Postdoc Programme.

14/6/21: today Davide gave a presentation of the lab results at the department of Hematopoiesis and Regenerative Medicine (HERM) at Karolinska Institutet within the 2021 seminar series.

3/5/21: Anzhelika joined the lab TA/Lab Manager

7/3/21: Davide will present the projects of the lab at the Symposium “The Immune System: in sickness and in health” organized by the Josep Carreras Institute in Barcelona. Join the virtual event here.

24/2/2021: We are hiring a Postdoc and a Lab Manager/Research Assistant to join the team. Reach out if you are interested!

15/2/2021: Davide joined CeMM as Adjunct PI.

31/1/2021: We are looking for a Master Student to join our lab. If you are interested in molecular biology, curious about gene regulation, and want to learn how to apply CRISPR & NGS to study regulatory, non-coding DNA sequences, please visit this link and submit your application.

27/1/2021: Read the press release about the Pediatric Leukemia Biology lab at CCRI. Check also the video-interview!

19/12/2020: We are hiring PhD students to join our team. Please apply to the CeMM PhD Program. Deadline: Jan 27, 2021. Details about the position here. Details about the PhD Program here.

1/1/2021: The Seruggia Lab opens doors at the St. Anna CCRI in Vienna.

15/10/2020: Davide is one of the three finalists for the 2020 ISSNAF Young Investigator Awards. See press release here.

16/9/2020: Great news! The lab received funding from ERC to study non-coding elements, 3D genome organization and sequence variation in leukemia (ERC-2020-StG; FIND-seq)

2/9/2020: we received the 2020 WES Foundation Award to study the role of ARID5B in leukemia: see press release here

About Us

We study non-coding regulatory elements, chromatin modifiers and other epigenetic factors in the context of pediatric malignancies