Federico TELONI
Federico TELONI
- Postdoc
- Research Gerlich
Biographical sketch
Federico grew up in Italy, where he obtained his degrees in Biotechnology and Biological Sciences at the Università degli Studi di Camerino. He then pursued a PhD in Molecular Life Sciences at the University of Zürich in the Altmeyer Lab, studying replication stress resilience in cancer cells. His work was recognized with the Mercator Award for outstanding junior researchers. He is now a postdoctoral fellow in the Gerlich Lab at the Institute of Molecular Biotechnology (IMBA) in Vienna, where he investigates genome organization during DNA damage and repair. His research has been supported by fellowships from the Swiss National Science Foundation and the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions. Beyond the lab, Federico has been involved in the postdoctoral community as a representative at IMBA and organizer of the Vienna Postdoc Networking Day. Outside the lab, he enjoys reading, walking, and playing video games.
Funding
- 2022 – 2024 Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship (101022896)
- 2020 – 2021 SNSF Early Postdoc.Mobility (191408)
Academic Honors and Awards
- 2019 Mercator award for junior researchers, Graduate Campus & Mercator Foundation Switzerland, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.
Research Projects
The role of chromosome conformation in DNA double-strand break repair
In this research project, I am investigating the role of chromosome conformation in facilitating the high-fidelity DNA repair pathway called homologous recombination. My work focuses on understanding how the chromatin architecture of replicated sister chromatids is dynamically reshaped after DNA double-strand breaks induction to enable accurate repair, using innovative technologies to map intermolecular and intramolecular interactions. This research aims to uncover the key structural and molecular mechanisms that ensure genomic stability by guiding broken DNA ends to their homologous templates during repair.