Genetic and molecular dissection of RNA-induced heterochromatin
Positions held
- 2015-2017: Executive Director, IMB, Mainz
- Since 2012: Scientific Director, Institute of Molecular Biology (IMB), Mainz;
Professor, Faculty of Biology, University of Mainz - Since 2010: Professor of Epigenetics in Development, University of Utrecht
- 2005-2012: Group Leader, Hubrecht Institute, Utrecht
- 2000-2004: Postdoctoral Researcher, Hubrecht Laboratory, Utrecht
- 2000: Postdoctoral Researcher, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratories
Education
- 2000: PhD in Molecular Biology, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam
- 1994: Masters in Chemistry, University of Leiden
Recent publications publications by René Ketting
Almeida MV, Dietz S, Redl S, Karaulanov E, Hildebrandt A, Renz C, Ulrich HD, König J, Butter F, Ketting RF (2018). GTSF-1 is required for formation of a functional RNA-dependent RNA Polymerase complex in Caenorhabditis elegans. EMBO J, 37(12). pii: e99325
Bronkhorst AW, Ketting RF (2018). Trimming it short: PNLDC1 is required for piRNA maturation during mouse spermatogenesis. EMBO Rep, 19(3). pii: e45824
Roovers EF, Kaaij LJT, Redl S, Bronkhorst AW, Wiebrands K, de Jesus Domingues AM, Huang HY, Han CT, Riemer S, Dosch R, Salvenmoser W, Grün D, Butter F, van Oudenaarden A and Ketting RF (2018). Tdrd6a regulates the aggregation of Buc into functional subcellular compartments that drive germ cell specification. Dev Cell, 46: 285–301.e9
Lebedeva S, de Jesus Domingues AM, Butter F, Ketting RF (2017). Characterization of genetic loss-of-function of Fus in zebrafish. RNA Biol, 14, 29-35
Kaaij LJ, Mokry M, Zhou M, Musheev M, Geeven G, Melquiond AS, de Jesus Domingues AM, de Laat W, Niehrs C, Smith AD, Ketting RF (2016). Enhancers reside in a unique epigenetic environment during early zebrafish development. Genome Biology, 17(1):146