Dr. rer. nat. Henry Reyer

reyer@fbn-dummerstorf.de

Research Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN)
Working group Physiological Genomics
Wilhelm-Stahl-Allee 2
18196 Dummerstorf

Research interests

Diversity and inheritance of complex traits related to performance, immunity and behaviour
Genetic variation with regard to the utilisation of micro- and macronutrients in farmed animals

Curriculum Vitae

since 2014: Postdoctoral Fellow, Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN)
2009-2014: Ph.D. Student, University of Rostock/Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN)
2009: Diploma (Biology), University of Rostock
2003-2009: Studies in biology, University of Rostock

Publications

Paul, D.; Oster, M.; Ponsuksili, S.; Wimmers, K.; Reyer, H. (2025):

Genome-wide association study of blood vitamin D metabolites and bone remodelling markers in pigs

Dipanwita Paul, Michael Oster, Siriluck Wimmers, Klaus Wimmers, Henry Reyer

BMC Genomics 26: 718

https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-025-11914-1

Oster, M.; Qasir, H.; Reyer, H.; Ponsuksili, P.; Trakooljul, N.; Sommerfeld, V.; Rodehutscord, M.; Wimmers, K. (2025):

Transcriptional and endocrine orchestration of medullary bone formation and mineral turn-over in female chickens

Michael Oster, Hiba Qasir, Henry Reyer, Siriluck Wimmers, Klaus Wimmers

Poultry Science 104 (11): 105798

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psj.2025.105798

Iqbal, M. A.; Hadlich, F.; Reyer, H.; Oster, M.; Trakooljul, N.; Wimmers, K.; Ponsuksili, S. (2025):

A comprehensive analysis of allele-specific expression and transcriptomic profiling in pig limbic and endocrine tissues

Muhammad Arsalan Iqbal, Henry Reyer, Michael Oster, Klaus Wimmers, Siriluck Wimmers

Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience 18: 1616363

https://doi.org/10.3389/fnmol.2025.1616363

Oster, M.; Reyer, H.; Hadlich, F.; Ponsuksili, S.; Wolf, P.; Wimmers, K.; Keiler, J. (2025):

Parathyroid glands exhibit reduced parenchymatic chief cells and increased extracellular collagen as a response to a long-term low-phosphorus diet in pigs

Michael Oster, Henry Reyer, Siriluck Wimmers, Klaus Wimmers

Animal Nutrition

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aninu.2025.04.007

Oladosu, O. J.; Reyer, H.; Trakooljul, N.; Görs, S.; Metges, C. C.; Daş, G. (2025):

Tissue-specific transcriptomic adaptation in three strains of chickens during coinfections with parasites

Oyekunle John Oladosu, Henry Reyer, Solvig Görs, Cornelia Christiane Metges, Gürbüz Daş

Gut Pathogens 17: 43, 1-18

https://doi.org/10.1186/s13099-025-00716-1

Qasir, H.; Reyer, H.; Oster, M.; Ponsuksili, S.; Trakooljul, N.; Muráni, E.; Sommerfeld, V.; Rodehutscord, M.; Wimmers, K. (2025):

Effects of a transient lack of dietary mineral phosphorus on renal gene expression and plasma metabolites in two high-yielding laying hen strains

Hiba Qasir, Henry Reyer, Michael Oster, Siriluck Wimmers, Eduard Muráni, Klaus Wimmers

BMC Genomics 26: 129, 1-13

https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-025-11294-6

Ponsuksili, S.; Muráni, E.; Fuchs, B.; Galuska, C. E.; Reyer, H.; Iqbal, M. A.; Li, S.; Oster, M.; Wimmers, K. (2025):

Genetic regulation and variation of fetal plasma metabolome in the context of sex, paternal breeds and variable fetal weight

Siriluck Wimmers, Eduard Muráni, Beate Fuchs, Christina Galuska, Henry Reyer, Muhammad Arsalan Iqbal, Shuaichen Li, Michael Oster, Klaus Wimmers

Open Biology 15 (3): 240285, 1-20

https://doi.org/10.1098/rsob.240285

Ponsuksili, S.; Li, S.; Siengdee, P.; Hadlich, F.; Trakooljul, N.; Oster, M.; Reyer, H.; Wimmers, K. (2025):

DNA methylation in adipocyte differentiation of porcine mesenchymal stem cells and the impact of the donor metabolic type

Siriluck Wimmers, Shuaichen Li, Michael Oster, Henry Reyer, Klaus Wimmers

Genomics

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ygeno.2025.111050

Oster, M.; Gladbach, C. A.; Vernunft, A.; Reyer, H.; Otten, W.; Metges, C. C.; Muráni, E.; Ponsuksili, S.; Frölich, K.; Wimmers, K.; Bostedt, H. (2025):

Influence of genotype-environment interaction on stress parameters during spontaneous farrowing in modern and traditional pig breeds housed in crates and pens

Michael Oster, Andreas Vernunft, Henry Reyer, Cornelia Christiane Metges, Eduard Muráni, Siriluck Wimmers, Klaus Wimmers

Theriogenology 240: 117394, 1-11

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.theriogenology.2025.117394

Lickfett, H.; Oster, M.; Vernunft, A.; Reyer, H.; Görs, S.; Metges, C. C.; Bostedt, H.; Wimmers, K. (2025):

Influence of genotype and environment on piglet vitality and metabolic state during the suckling period of divergent birth weight classes

Heinke Lickfett, Michael Oster, Andreas Vernunft, Henry Reyer, Solvig Görs, Cornelia Christiane Metges, Klaus Wimmers

Animal 19 (4): 101460, 1-14

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.animal.2025.101460

Cavalleri, M.; Sciascia, Q. L.; Görs, S.; Vernunft, A.; Reyer, H.; Wimmers, K.; Zentek, J.; Kluess, J.; Dänicke, S.; Metges, C. C. (2025):

Measurement of Oro-Cecal Transit Time in LPS-Treated Pigs Fed High and Low Fiber Diets Using the Lactose-13C-Ureide Test in Breath and Saliva Samples

Miriama Sciascia, Solvig Görs, Andreas Vernunft, Henry Reyer, Klaus Wimmers, Cornelia Christiane Metges

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jafc.5c00534

Reyer, H.; Mielenz, M.; Daş, G.; Metges, C. C.; Wimmers, K. (2025):

Microbial profiling of black soldier fly larvae reared on substrates supplemented with different mineral sources originating from phosphorus recycling technologies

Henry Reyer, Manfred Mielenz, Gürbüz Daş, Cornelia Christiane Metges, Klaus Wimmers

Animal Microbiome 7: 14, 1-14

https://doi.org/10.1186/s42523-025-00380-5

Ponsuksili, S.; Hadlich, F.; Li, S.; Trakooljul, N.; Reyer, H.; Oster, M.; Abitew, Y. A.; Sommerfeld, V.; Rodehutscord, M.; Wimmers, K. (2025):

DNA methylation dynamics in the small intestine of egg-selected laying hens along egg production stages

Siriluck Wimmers, Shuaichen Li, Henry Reyer, Michael Oster, Yosef Amsalu Abitew, Klaus Wimmers

Physiological Genomics 57 (3): 125-139

https://doi.org/10.1152/physiolgenomics.00063.2024

Omotoso, A. O.; Reyer, H.; Oster, M.; Ponsuksili, S.; Metzler-Zebeli, B.; Wimmers, K. (2024):

Hepatic Transcriptomics of Broilers with Low and High Feed Conversion in Response to Caloric Restriction

Henry Reyer, Michael Oster, Klaus Wimmers, Siriluck Wimmers

Metabolites 14: 625, 1-13

https://doi.org/10.3390/metabo14110625

Oladosu, O. J.; Reyer, H.; Weikard, R.; Grafl, B.; Liebhart, D.; Metges, C. C.; Kühn, C.; Das, G. (2024):

Hepatic transcriptomic analysis reveals differential regulation of metabolic and immune pathways in three strains of chickens with distinct growth rates exposed to mixed parasite infections

Oyekunle John Oladosu, Henry Reyer, Cornelia Christiane Metges, Gürbüz Daş

Veterinary Research 55: 125, 1-17

https://doi.org/10.1186/s13567-024-01378-8

Honerlagen, H.; Reyer, H.; Wimmers, K. (2024):

Fundamental insights into the host genome - rumen microbiota - trait complex of cow-individual nitrogen (N) utilisation and N excretion

Henry Reyer, Klaus Wimmers

Züchtungskunde 96 (1), 34-42

Abitew, Y. A.; Reyer, H.; Hadlich, F.; Oster, M.; Trakooljul, N.; Sommerfeld, V.; Rodehutscord, M.; Wimmers, K.; Ponsuksili, S. (2024):

Transcriptional responses to diets without mineral phosphorus supplementation in the jejunum of two high-yielding laying hen strains

Yosef Amsalu Abitew, Henry Reyer, Michael Oster, Klaus Wimmers, Siriluck Wimmers

Poultry Science 103 (12): 104484, 1-11

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psj.2024.104484

Reyer, H.; Honerlagen, H.; Oster, M.; Ponsuksili, S.; Kuhla, B.; Wimmers, K. (2024):

Multi-tissue gene expression profiling of cows with a genetic predisposition for low and high milk urea levels

Henry Reyer, Michael Oster, Siriluck Wimmers, Björn Kuhla, Klaus Wimmers

Animal Biotechnology 35 (1): 2322542, 1-9

https://doi.org/10.1080/10495398.2024.2322542

Müller, C. B. M.; Tümmler, L.-M.; Reyer, H.; Viergutz, T.; Kuhla, B. (2024):

Interactions between rumen epithelium-associated microbiota and host immunological and metabolic adaptations in response to different milk replacer feeding intensities in dairy calves [epublished ahead of print]

Henry Reyer, Björn Kuhla

Animal Nutrition: 1-44

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aninu.2024.09.001

Ponsuksili, S.; Siengdee, P.; Li, S.; Kriangwanich, W.; Oster, M.; Reyer, H.; Wimmers, K. (2024):

Effect of metabolically divergent pig breeds and tissues on mesenchymal stem cell expression patterns during adipogenesis

Siriluck Wimmers, Shuaichen Li, Michael Oster, Henry Reyer, Klaus Wimmers

BMC Genomics 25: 407, 1-15

https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-024-10308-z