pinto@mpi-cbg.de

+49 351 210-1270

Max Planck Institute of Molecular
Cell Biology and Genetics
- Pinto -

Pfotenhauerstr. 108
01307 Dresden
Germany

Madalena Reimão Pinto

Group Leader

Scientific Career

since 2025

Research Group Leader at MPI-CBG

2019 – 2025

Postdoctoral Fellow
Biozentrum, University of Basel, CH
Laboratory of Alex Schier
Translational control during zebrafish embryogenesis

2013 – 2018

PhD Student
Institute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (IMBA) and the University of Vienna, AUT
Laboratory of Stefan Ameres
Molecular basis and biological function of RNA 3´ end uridylation in D. melanogaster

2013

Research Assistant
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology Division, Cambridge, UK
Laboratory of Simon Bullock
Mechanisms and regulation of mRNA transport in Drosophila neurons

2012 - 2013

Research Assistant
Institute of Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon (IMM/FMUL), PT
Laboratory of Tiago Outeiro 
Regulation of alpha-synuclein phosphorylation in pathological and physiological conditions

2011

Research Fellowship
Laboratory of Pedro Viana Baptista
Faculty of Science and Technology, New University of Lisbon (FCT/UNL), PT
Light activation of transcription by photolabile protecting groups caging ribonucleotides

2011

MSc Student
King’s College London, UK
Laboratory of Michael Antoniou 
Novel vectors for gene therapy for ß-thalassaemia

Education

2013 - 2018

PhD in Molecular Biology
Vienna BioCenter (VBC) in Vienna, Austria

2010 - 2011

MSc in Human Molecular Genetics
Imperial College London in London, United Kingdom

2007 – 2010

BSc in Cell and Molecular Biology
Faculty of Science and Technology, New University of Lisbon (FCT/UNL) in Lisbon, Portugal

 

Fellowships and Awards

2024

Research Fund for Excellent Junior Researchers, University of Basel

2024

"PIs of Tomorrow” Jury Prize, Life Sciences Switzerland (LS2) 

2021

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowship (MSCA-IF)

2019

EMBO Long-term Postdoctoral Fellowship

2019

Vienna BioCenter PhD Award

2014

Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds PhD Fellowship