Kevin Dalgaard

from Malov, Denmark
at present: PhD student in Pospisilik lab

Address
Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics
Stuebeweg 51
D-79108 Freiburg

Tel. +49 (0) 761-5108-792
Fax +49 (0) 761-5108-720
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Curriculum vitae
10/2010 – present: IMPRS-MCB Program
09/2009: MSc in Biochemistry, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
07/2007: BSc in Biochemistry, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Research interests and goals
I am privileged to have a very broad interest in science and live by the mindset that I believe all research projects can turn into so-called “dream projects”. I am fascinated by the fact that cells are advanced “machineries” that are able to respond to stimuli which consequently can cause changes in gene expression without changing the underlying DNA sequence (epigenetics). The dramatic rise in obesity over the past 20 years cannot be explained solely by genetic and adult lifestyle factors. Increasing evidence points in the direction that epigenetics play a crucial role in the development of obesity, diabetes and other metabolic diseases. My desire to decipher this link led me to leave the field of molecular bacteriology and enter the field of epigenetics by applying to the IMPRS PhD programme, where I joined the lab of Dr. John Andrew Pospisilik. In our group we are mainly interested in epigenetic regulation of adipocyte differentiation, beta cells, obesity as well as how some of these traits are transgenerationally inherited.