Prof. Karima Djabali

Karima Djabali earned her doctorate in biology at the College de France (Prof. Gros) and at the Rockefeller University under Prof. Guenter Blobel (Nobel Prize 1999). Her further positions included postdoc at EMBL Heidelberg (1992), chargé de recherche at the CNRS (1994), and assistant professor at Columbia University, NY, USA (2004). Since 2010, she and her laboratory have been part of the Clinic and Polyclinic for Dermatology and Allergology at the Technical University of Munich. She successfully acquired several third-party funded projects from NIH/NIAMS (2002-2009), NIH/NIA (2005-2010), DFG (2012-present), Progeria Research Foundation and others. Her research into the molecular and cellular pathogenesis of the premature aging process, particularly Hutchinson-Gildford Progeria Syndrome (HGPS), aims to develop preventive strategies to slow down the aging process and the progression of age-related diseases. One focus is on stem cell research and its importance for tissue regeneration during the aging.