Anja Groth
Professor, Center Director
Center for Epigenetic Cell Memory (EpiC), Danish Cancer Institute
Biografi
Anja Groth is Professor and group leader at the Danish Cancer Institute, where she leads research on epigenome replication and maintenance and heads the DNRF Center of Excellence EpiC. Her work focuses on how chromatin is copied during cell division so that cells preserve genome stability, epigenetic information, and cellular identity.
A central theme in her research is understanding how histones and other chromatin components transmit information from one cell generation to the next, and how failures in these processes contribute to cancer and ageing. Her group combines genomics, proteomics, chromatin biochemistry, imaging, genome editing, and structural approaches to study DNA replication and repair.
Groth’s research has helped establish direct links between DNA replication, epigenetic inheritance, and genome maintenance. She is also co-founder of Ankrin Therapeutics, which aims to translate discoveries in chromatin-linked DNA repair into new targeted cancer treatments.
