inheritance and expression of traits related to productive adaptability and resilience in livestock
Trait-associated variation at the molecular levels of the genotype-phenotype map
Transcriptional response to exogenous stimuli and epigenetic basis of genotype-environment interaction
Curriculum Vitae
since 2016: director of the Leibniz-Institute for Farm Animal Biology & Professor "Animal Breeding and Genetics", Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Science, University Rostock
2008-2016: adjunct Professor, University of Bonn
2004-2016: head of Institute for Genome Biology of the Leibniz-Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN)
2002: habilitation in Animal Breeding and Genetics, University of Bonn 1996-2003: scientific coworker at the Institute of Animal science, University of Bonn
1994: doctorate (Dr. rer. nat.)
1990-1996: research fellow at the Institute of Animal production, TU Berlin
1989: Study of veterinary science, FU Berlin
Teaching
Lectures and seminars at the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Bonn and at the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of Rostock
Molecular analysis of a new variant of the ev21 insertion/K‐gene complex in the super slow feathering Nunukan chicken. J Anim Breed Genet 113 (1-6): 323-330