Zoya Ignatova, PhD profile page

Zoya Ignatova is a professor of RNA Biology and managing director of the Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Hamburg (UHH), Germany. She received her PhD in 2001 from the Technical University of Hamburg and was a postdoctoral fellow at University of Massachusetts.
Prof. Ignatova established her independent research group at the Max-Planck-Institute of Biochemistry in Munich, Germany in 2005, was an associated professor at the University of Potsdam between 2008-2014 and was appointed chair in RNA Biology at UHH in 2015.
She has made fundamental discoveries on the role of tRNAs in modulating translation kinetics and protein folding and function and her group’s work now focuses on addressing the fundamental biological processes underlying a range of severe, currently incurable conditions, ranging from monogenic disorders, to complex genetic and non-genetic conditions. Along with elucidating fundamental mechanisms of translational control, the group is deeply engaged in unraveling molecular processes challenging translation and driving pathological states. The research provides valuable insights into the molecular states of diseases, guiding the development of innovative gene therapies to combat these pathologies.