Dr. rer. nat. Henry Reyer
Research Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN)
Working Group Physiological Genomics
Wilhelm-Stahl-Allee 2
18196 Dummerstorf
Working Group Physiological Genomics
Wilhelm-Stahl-Allee 2
18196 Dummerstorf
Research interests
- Genetics of complex traits in the context of sustainable, circular livestock farming
- Molecular diversity and the role of the microbiome in the utilization of micro- and macronutrients
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
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
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
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
Genomics 117 (3): 111050, 1-13
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 73 (17): 10304−10315
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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]
Animal Nutrition 19: 287-300
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
BMC Genomics 25: 407, 1-15
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-024-10308-z
Li, S.; Siengdee, P.; Hadlich, F.; Trakooljul, N.; Oster, M.; Reyer, H.; Wimmers, K.; Ponsuksili, S. (2024):
Dynamics of DNA methylation during osteogenic differentiation of porcinesynovial membrane mesenchymal stem cells from two metabolically distinctbreeds
Epigenetics 19 (1): 2375011, 1-15
https://doi.org/10.1080/15592294.2024.2375011
Koch, F.; Reyer, H.; Görs, S.; Hansen, C.; Wimmers, K; Kuhla, B. (2024):
Heat stress and feeding effects on the mucosa-associated and digesta microbiome and their relationship to plasma and digesta fluid metabolites in the jejunum of dairy cows
Journal of Dairy Science 107 (7): 5162-5177
https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2023-24242
Hasan, M.; Reyer, H.; Oster, M.; Trakooljul, N.; Ponsuksili, S.; Magowan, E.; Fischer, D.-C.; Wimmers, K. (2024):
Exposure to artificial ultraviolet-B light mediates alterations on the hepatic transcriptome and vitamin D metabolism in pigs
The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 236: 106428, 1-8
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsbmb.2023.106428
Reyer, H.; Abou-Soliman, I.; Schulze, M.; Henne, H.; Reinsch, N.; Schön, J.; Wimmers, K. (2024):
Genome-Wide Association Analysis of Semen Characteristics in Piétrain Boars
Genes 15 (3): 382, 1-12
https://doi.org/10.3390/genes15030382