Pieterjan Dierickx

Research Group Leader @ the Max Planck Institute for Heart & Lung Research

Bad Nauheim, Hesse, Germany

About

I am a cardiovascular molecular biologist specialized in circadian rhythms, metabolism and gene expression regulation. My ambition is to study how the circadian clock influences cardiac function in order to better understand and treat heart failure.

Experience

  • Research Group Leader @ the Max Planck Institute for Heart & Lung Research at Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research
    May 2022 - Present · 4 yrs 5 mos

  • Postdoctoral Researcher at Institute for Diabetes, Obesity & Metabolism (UPenn)
    Sep 2017 - May 2022 · 4 yrs 9 mos

    Lab of Dr. Mitch Lazar, interested in the links between the circadian clock, metabolism and heart function

  • PhD Student at Hubrecht Institute, Developmental Biology and Stem Cell Research
    Jan 2012 - Mar 2017 · 5 yrs 3 mos