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In our lab, we are interested in genetics and reproduction and use a wide range of approaches including experimental studies, mathematical modeling, genetics and genomics. We work on a multitude of organisms with a main focus on zebrafish and humans. Zebrafish because they are perfect for experimental work and in vitro fertilisations and we can use fantastic tools such as gene knockdown and knockout to study functional genetics and genomics. Humans because we still know so surprisingly little about human reproduction.

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People

Current Masters Students: Weronika Robak Jayme Cohen Sara Irish Alumni: Andreas Sutter (postdoc) – now a data scientist at the Norfolk County Council Ding He (postdoc) – now a Marie Curie postdoctoral Fellow at Copenhagen University, Denmark Willian Silva (PhD student) – now a post-doctoral Researcher at Lund University, Sweden Hwei-yen Chen (postdoc) – now… Continue reading People

Publications

Silva, WTAF, Otto, SP & Immler, S. 2021. Evolution of plasticity in production and transgenerational inheritance of small RNAs under dynamic environmental conditions. PLoS Genetics in press. Ivimey-Cook, ER, Sales, K, Carlsson, H, Immler, S, Chapman, T, Maklakov, AA. 2021. Transgenerational fitness effects of lifespan extension by dietary restriction in Caenorhabditis elegans. Proc R Soc Lond… Continue reading Publications