Prof. Dr. Anne-Kathrin Classen

Group: Collective signaling dynamics in multicellular systems
www.classenlab.net

Phone: +49 (0)761 203-97190

2022 Heisenberg Professor, University of Freiburg, Germany
2017-2021 Boehringer Ingelheim Plus3 Group Leader, University of Freiburg, Germany
2017 Interim Professor Cell Biology, University of Freiburg, Germany
2011-2017 Emmy Noether Group Leader, LMU Munich, Germany
2006-2010 Postdoc, UC Berkeley, USA
2006 PhD in Biology, MPI-CBG and TU Dresden, Germany
2002 MSc in Biomolecular Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
2000 BSc in Cell Biology, University of Manchester, UK

Balaji R, Weichselberger V, Classen AK. Response of epithelial cell and tissue shape to external forces in vivo Development. 2019. doi: 10.1242/dev.171256
Cosolo A, Jaiswal J, Csordás G, Grass I, Uhlirova M, Classen AK. JNK-dependent cell cycle stalling in G2 promotes survival and senescence-like phenotypes in tissue stress Elife. 2019. pii: e41036. doi: 10.7554/eLife.41036
La Fortezza M, Grigolon G, Cosolo A, Pinduyrin A, Breimann L, van Steensel B, Classen AK. DamID-profiling of dynamic Polycomb-binding sites in Drosophila imaginal disc development and tumorigenesis Epigenetics and Chromatin. 2018. 11(1):38. doi: 10.1186/s13072-018-0206-0
La Fortezza M, Schenk M, Cosolo A, Kolybaba A, Grass I, Classen AK. JAK/STAT signalling mediates cell survival in response to tissue stress Development. 2016. 143(16):2907-19. doi: 10.1242/dev.132340.
Bielmeier C, Alt S, Weichselberger V, La Fortezza M, Harz H, Jülicher F, Salbreux G, Classen AK. Interface contractility between differently fated cells drives cell elimination and cyst formation Current Biology. 2016. 26(5):563-74. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2015.12.063.