Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Klaus Wimmers

+49 38208 68-600

+49 38208 68-602

wimmers@fbn-dummerstorf.de

Research Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN)
Director
Wilhelm-Stahl-Allee 2
18196 Dummerstorf
Germany

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Research interests

• 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

Publications