Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil. Klaus Wimmers

Research Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN)
Director
Head of Working Group Physiological Genomics
Wilhelm-Stahl-Allee 2
18196 Dummerstorf
Germany

ResearchGate

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 Research 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 Research 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

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

Henry Reyer, Michael Oster, Siriluck Wimmers, Klaus Wimmers

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

Henry Reyer, Ibrahim Shawki Abou Soliman, Norbert Reinsch, Klaus Wimmers

Genes 15 (3): 382, 1-12

https://doi.org/10.3390/genes15030382

Nossol, C.; Landgraf, P.; Oster, M.; Kahlert, S.; Barta-Böszörmenyi, A.; Kluess, J.; Wimmers, K.; Isermann, B.; Stork, O.; Dieterich, D. C.; Dänicke, S.; Rothkötter, H. J. (2024):

Deoxynivalenol triggers the expression of IL-8-related signaling cascades and decreases protein biosynthesis in primary monocyte-derived cells

Michael Oster, Klaus Wimmers

Mycotoxin Research 40 (2): 279-293

https://doi.org/10.1007/s12550-024-00528-3

Omotoso, A. O.; Reyer, H.; Oster, M.; Maak, S.; Ponsuksili, S.; Wimmers, K. (2023):

Broiler physiological response to low phosphorus diets at different stages of production

Henry Reyer, Michael Oster, Steffen Maak, Siriluck Wimmers, Klaus Wimmers

Poultry Science 102 (2): 102351, 1-38

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psj.2022.102351

Ponsuksili, S.; Hadlich, F.; Perdomo-Sabogal, A.; Reyer, H.; Oster, M.; Trakooljul, N.; Iqbal, M. A.; Schmucker, S.; Stefanski, V.; Roth, C.; Camarinha-Silva, A.; Huber, K.; Sommerfeld, V.; Rodehutscord, M.; Wimmers, K. (2023):

The dynamics of molecular, immune and physiological features of the host and the gut microbiome, and their interactions before and after onset of laying in two hen strains

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

Poultry Science 102 (1): 102256, 1-14

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psj.2022.102256

Salilew-Wondim, D.; Tholen, E.; Held-Hoelker, E.; Shellander, K.; Blaschka, C.; Drillich, M.; Iwersen, M.; Suess, D.; Gebremedhn, S.; Tesfaye, D.; Parys, C.; Helmbrecht, A.; Guyader, J.; Miskel, D.; Trakooljul, N.; Wimmers, K.; Hoelker, M. (2023):

Endometrial DNA methylation signatures during the time of breeding in relation to the pregnancy outcome in postpartum dairy cows fed a control diet or supplemented with rumen-protected methionine

Klaus Wimmers

Frontiers in Genetics 14: 1267053, 1-22

https://doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2023.1267053

Sallam, A. M.; Reyer, H.; Wimmers, K.; Bertolini, F.; Aboul-Naga, A.; Braz, C. U.; Rabee, A. E. (2023):

Genome-wide landscape of runs of homozygosity and differentiation across Egyptian goat breeds

Henry Reyer, Klaus Wimmers

BMC Genomics 24: 573, 1-16

https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-023-09679-6

Sallam, A. M.; Abousoliman, I.; Reyer, H.; Wimmers, K.; Rabee, A. E. (2023):

New insights into the genetic predisposition of brucellosis and its effect on the gut and vaginal microbiota in goats

Ibrahim Shawki Abou Soliman, Henry Reyer, Klaus Wimmers

Scientific Reports 13: 20086, 1-17

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-46997-x

Li, S.; Siengdee, P.; Oster, M.; Reyer, H.; Wimmers, K.; Ponsuksili, S. (2023):

Transcriptome changes during osteogenesis of porcine mesenchymal stem cells derived from different types of synovial membranes and genetic background

Michael Oster, Henry Reyer, Klaus Wimmers, Siriluck Wimmers

Scientific Reports 13: 10048, 1-15

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-37260-4

Dotsev, A. V.; Koshkina, O.; Kharzinova, V. R.; Deniskova, T. E.; Reyer, H.; Kunz, E.; Mészáros, G.; Shakhin, A.; Petrov, S. N.; Medvedev, D.; Kuksin, A.; Bat-Erdene, G.; Munkhtsog, B.; Bagirov, V. A.; Wimmers, K.; Sölkner, J.; Medugorac, I.; Zinovieva, N. A. (2023):

Genome-wide insights into intraspecific taxonomy and genetic diversity of argali (Ovis ammon)

Henry Reyer, Klaus Wimmers

Diversity 15 (5): 627, 1-13

https://doi.org/10.3390/d15050627

Prahl, M. C.; Müller, C. B. M.; Wimmers, K.; Kuhla, B. (2023):

Mammary gland, kidney and rumen urea and uric acid transporters of dairy cows differing in milk urea concentration

Klaus Wimmers, Björn Kuhla

Scientific Reports 13: 17231, 1-12

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-44416-9

Omotoso, A. O.; Reyer, H.; Oster, M.; Ponsuksili, S.; Wimmers, K. (2023):

Jejunal Microbiota of Broilers fed varying Levels of Mineral Phosphorus

Henry Reyer, Michael Oster, Siriluck Wimmers, Klaus Wimmers

Poultry Science 102 (12): 103096, 1-11

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psj.2023.103096

Brenmoehl, J.; Brosig, E.; Trakooljul, N.; Walz, C.; Ohde, D.; Noce, A.; Walz, M.; Langhammer, M.; Petkov, S.; Röntgen, M.; Maak, S.; Galuska, C. E.; Fuchs, B.; Kuhla, B.; Ponsuksili, S.; Wimmers, K.; Hoeflich, A. (2023):

Metabolic Pathway Modeling in Muscle of Male Marathon Mice (DUhTP) and Controls (DUC)—A Possible Role of Lactate Dehydrogenase in Metabolic Flexibility

Julia Brenmoehl, Monika Röntgen, Steffen Maak, Christina Galuska, Beate Fuchs, Björn Kuhla, Siriluck Wimmers, Klaus Wimmers, Andreas Höflich

Cells 12(15): 1925, 1-21

https://doi.org/10.3390/cells12151925

Gu, H.; Du, Z.; Murani, E.; D Alessandro, E.; Chen, C,; Wang, X.; Mao, J.; Wimmers, K.; Song, C. (2023):

A 314-bp SINE insertion in the ZNF2 promoter region may act as a repressor related to regulation of fat deposition in pigs

Eduard Muráni, Klaus Wimmers

Journal of Integrative Agriculture 22 (2): 526-536

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jia.2022.08.128

Iqbal, M. A.; Hadlich, F.; Reyer, H.; Oster, M.; Trakooljul, N.; Murani, E.; Perdomo-Sabogal, A.; Wimmers, K.; Ponsuksili, S. (2023):

RNA-Seq-based discovery of genetic variants and allele-specific expression of two layer lines and broiler chicken

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

Evolutionary Applications 16 (6): 1135-1153

https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.13557

Honerlagen, H.; Reyer, H.; Abousoliman, I.; Segelke, D.; Ponsuksili, S.; Trakooljul, N.; Reinsch, N.; Kuhla, B.; Wimmers, K. (2023):

Microbial signature inferred from genomic breeding selection on milk urea concentration and its relation to proxies of nitrogen-utilization efficiency in Holsteins

Henry Reyer, Ibrahim Shawki Abou Soliman, Siriluck Wimmers, Norbert Reinsch, Björn Kuhla, Klaus Wimmers

Journal of Dairy Science 106 (7): 4682-4697

https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2022-22935

Pan, Z.; Wang, Y.; Wang, M.; Wang, Y.; ZHU, X.; Gu, H.; Zhong, C.; An, L.; Shan, M.; Damas, J.; Halstead, M.; Guan, D.; Trakooljul, N.; Wimmers, K.; Bi, Y.; Wu, S.; Delany, M. E.; Bai, X; Cheng, H.; Sun, C.; Yang, N.; Hu, X.; Lewin, H.A.; Fang, L.; Zhou, H. (2023):

An atlas of regulatory elements in chicken: A resource for chicken genetics and genomics

Klaus Wimmers

Science Advances 9 (18): 1-14

https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.ade1204

Hasan, M.; Oster, M.; Reyer, H.; Wimmers, K.; Fischer, D.-C. (2023):

Efficacy of dietary vitamin D3 and 25(OH)D3 on reproductive capacities, growth performance, immunity and bone development in pigs

Michael Oster, Henry Reyer, Klaus Wimmers

British Journal of Nutrition 130 (8): 1298-1307

https://doi.org/10.1017/s0007114523000442

Stollmeier, M.; Kahlert, S.; Zuschratter, W.; Oster, M.; Wimmers, K.; ISermann, B.; Rothkötter, H.-J.; Nossol, C. (2023):

Air–liquid interface cultures trigger a metabolic shift in intestinal epithelial cells (IPEC-1)

Michael Oster, Klaus Wimmers

Histochemistry and Cell Biology 159: 389-340

https://doi.org/10.1007/s00418-023-02180-x

Romanov, M. N.; Sölkner, J.; Zinovieva, N. A.; Wimmers, K.; Weigend, S. (2023):

Editorial: Traditional and up-to-date genomic insights into domestic animal diversity

Klaus Wimmers

Frontiers in Genetics 13: 1117708, 1-7

https://doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2022.1117708