Dirk Schübeler

Born in Germany, Dirk Schübeler obtained his PhD from the Technical University in Braunschweig, Germany, working with Jürgen Bode. He then worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the Hutchinson Cancer Center in Seattle, USA, with Mark Groudine. Dirk joined the FMI in 2003 as a junior group leader, in 2008 he was appointed senior group leader, and in 2011 he became adjunct professor at the University of Basel. Dirk’s research focuses on understanding gene regulation and the function of chromatin. He received several awards for his research including the Friedrich Miescher Price of the Swiss Society for Biochemistry (2007), the Novartis VIVA Leading Scientist Award (2011), the ESCI Award for Excellence in Basic/Translational Research (2014) and three prestigious ERC grants.

Dirk led the FMI as co-director ad interim from March 2019 until April 2020, together with Silvia Arber. In April 2020, he was appointed Director of the FMI. Since 2021, Dirk has been a Full Professor of Molecular Biology at the University of Basel.