PD Dr. rer. nat. habil. Jens Vanselow
Research Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN)
Head of Competence area Reproduction and Development
Head of Working group Cell Physiology & Reproduction
Wilhelm-Stahl-Allee 2
18196 Dummerstorf
Head of Competence area Reproduction and Development
Head of Working group Cell Physiology & Reproduction
Wilhelm-Stahl-Allee 2
18196 Dummerstorf
Research interests
- Reproductive Biology
- Folliculogenesis, Luteinization
- Spermatogenesis
- Gene Regulation
- Epigenetics
Curriculum Vitae
- 2024-present: Head of Competence area Reproduction and Development, Research Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN), Dummerstorf, Germany
- 2013-2023: Head of the Institute of Reproductive Biology, Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN), Dummerstorf, Germany
- 2002: Habilitation and Lecturer at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences and the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences at the University of Rostock, Germany
- 1992-2012: Head of the Gene Regulation Group at the Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN), Dummerstorf, Research Unit Molecular Biology, Germany
- 1990-1992: Postdoctoral Grant, Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds
- 1990-1992: Harvard Research Fellow at Massachusetts General Hospital, Institute for Developmental Biology, Boston, USA
- 1988-1990: Member of the DFG Graduate College "Neurobiology", Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Germany
- 1990: Graduation (Dr. rer. nat.) at Eberhard Karls University Tübingen and Max-Planck-Institute for Developmental Biology, Tübingen, Germany
- 1987: Diploma Biology at Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Germany
- 1983: Prediploma Biology at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany
Teaching
- 2023-present: “Molecular Biology of the Cell” (B.Sc.) Biosciences, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Rostock, Germany
- 2024-present: “Reproduction and Reproductive Biotechnology” (M.Sc.) Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of Rostock, Germany
- 2013-present: „Population Genetics, Molecular Animal Breeding and Reproductive Technology“ (MSc), Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of Rostock, Germany
- 2014-present: “Breeding Programs and Reproduction Management” (B.Sc.), Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of Rostock, Germany
- 2011-present: „Molecular Animal Breeding“ (MSc), Biosciences, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Rostock, Germany
- 1997-2010: „Molecular Mechanisms of Development and Differentiation“ (Dipl-Biol), Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Rostock, Germany
Publications
Vanselow, J. (2002):
Expression und Regulation des Aromatase Cytochrom P450 kodierenden Gens Cyp19 bei Rind und Schaf. Habilitation Uni Rostock, Rostock: 1-129
Vanselow, J.; Fürbaß, R.; Zsolnai, A.; Kalbe, C.; Said, H.; Schwerin, M. (2001):
Expression of the aromatase cytochrome P450 encoding gene in cattle and sheep. J Steroid Biochem 79 (1-5): 279-288
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0960-0760(01)00144-3
Rehfeldt, C.; Kuhn, G.; Vanselow, J.; Fürbaß, R.; Fiedler, I.; Nürnberg, G.; Clelland, A.; Stickland, N. C.; Ender, K. (2001):
Maternal treatment with somatotropin during early gestation affects basic events of myogenesis in pigs. Cell Tissue Res 306 (3): 429-440
https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00441-001-0475-x
Lottmann, H.; Vanselow, J.; Hessabi, B.; Walther, R. (2001):
The Tet-on system in transgenic mice: Inhibition of the mouse pdx-1 gene activity by antisense RNA expression in pancreatic β-cells. J Mol Med-JMM 79 (5-6): 321-328
https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s001090100229
Fürbaß, R.; Said, H.; Schwerin, M.; Vanselow, J. (2001):
Chromatin structure of the bovine Cyp19 promoter 1.1: DNaseI hypersensitive sites and DNA hypomethylation correlate with placental expression. Eur J Biochem 268 (5): 1222-1227
https://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1432-1327.2001.01988.x
Kalbe, C.; Fürbaß, R.; Schwerin, M.; Vanselow, J. (2000):
Cis-acting elements regulating the placenta-specific promoter of the bovine Cyp19 gene. J Mol Endocrinol 25: 265-273
https://dx.doi.org/10.1677/jme.0.0250265
Vanselow, J.; Kühn, C.; Fürbaß, R.; Schwerin, M. (2000):
Isolation of the bovine CYP19 promoter 1.2 and identification of genetic variants. Anim Genet 31 (5): 337
https://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2052.2000.00668.x
Schmidt, P.; Kühn, C.; Kang'a, S.; Hanotte, C.; Vanselow, J.; Anton, I.; Langner, Ch.; Schwerin, M. (2000):
Interleukin-12 p35 encoding gene of cattle and sheep harbours a polymorphic T stretch in intron 4. Anim Genet 31 (4): 283-285
https://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2052.2000.00643.x
Fürbaß, R.; Kalbe, C.; Zsolnai, A.; Schwerin, M.; Vanselow, J. (2000):
Expression of the aromatase-encoding gene in cattle and sheep. Reprod Domest Anim 35 (3-4): 172-173
https://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1439-0531.2000.00235.x
Vanselow, J.; Zsolnai, A.; Fésüs, L.; Schmidt, P.; Schwerin, M. (1999):
A Bsp143I PCR-RFLP in exon 3 of the ovine aromatase gene (CYP19). Anim Genet 30 (5): 402-403
https://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2052.1999.00526-25.x
Vanselow, J.; Zsolnai, A.; Fésüs, L.; Fürbaß, R.; Schwerin, M. (1999):
Placenta-specific transcripts of the aromatase encoding gene include different untranslated first exons in sheep and cattle. Eur J Biochem 265 (1): 318-324
https://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00734.x
Goldammer, T.; Brunner, R. M.; Vanselow, J.; Zsolnai, A.; Fürbaß, R.; Schwerin, M. (1999):
Assignment of the bovine aromatase encoding gene CYP19 to 10q26 in goat and 7q24 -> q31 in sheep. Cytogenet Cell Genet 85 (3-4): 258-259
https://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000015307
Vanselow, J.; Kühn, C.; Fürbaß, R.; Schwerin, M. (1999):
Three PCR-RFLPs identified in the promoter region 1.1 of the bovine aromatase gene (CYP19). Anim Genet 30 (3): 232-233
https://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2052.1999.00404-11.x
Brunner, R. M.; Goldammer, T.; Fürbaß, R.; Vanselow, J.; Schwerin, M. (1999):
Fiber-FISH as a tool for resolving genomic structures as demonstrated with the bovine CYP19 locus. Allattenyesz Takarmanyozas : Hungarian J Anim Pro 48 (1): 24-28
Brunner, R. M.; Goldammer, T.; Fürbaß, R.; Vanselow, J.; Schwerin, M. (1998):
Genomic organisation of the bovine aromatase encoding gene and homologous pseudogene as revealed by DNA fiber FISH. Cytogenet Cell Genet 82 (1-2): 37-40
https://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000015060
Fürbaß, R.; Kalbe, C.; Vanselow, J. (1997):
Tissue-Specific Expression of the Bovine Aromatase-Encoding Gene Uses Multiple Transcriptional Start Sites and Alternative First Exons 1. Endocrinology 138 (7): 2813-2819
https://dx.doi.org/10.1210/endo.138.7.5257
Fürbaß, R.; Vanselow, J. (1995):
An aromatase pseudogene is transcribed in the bovine placenta. Gene 154 (2): 287-292
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0378-1119(94)00754-G
Vanselow, J.; Fürbaß, R. (1995):
Novel aromatase transcripts from bovine placenta contain repeated sequence motifs. Gene 154 (2): 281-286
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0378-1119(94)00753-F
Schwerin, M.; Brockmann, G.; Vanselow, J.; Seyfert, H.-M. (1995):
Perspectives of molecular genome analysis in Livestock improvement. Arch Tierzucht 38 (1): 21-31