PD Dr. sc. agr. habil. Siriluck Wimmers

Research Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN)
Head of Working group Integrative Genomics
Wilhelm-Stahl-Allee 2
18196 Dummerstorf

Research interests

  • Molecular genetics and expression of traits related to meat quality and other productive traits in livestock
  • miRNA regulatory network involved in energy metabolism and meat quality in muscle cells
  • Trait-associated variation at the molecular levels of the genotype-phenotype map

Curriculum Vitae

  • Since 2014: Head of unit Functional Genome Analysis, Institute of Genome Biology, FBN
  • 2004-2013: Senior Scientist, Functional Genome Analysis, FBN
  • 2003: Habilitation, venia legendi Animal Breeding and Genetics, University of Bonn
  • 1997-2003: Scientist at the Faculty of Agriculture, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelm-University Bonn
  • 1997: Assisted Professor of Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Chiang Mai, Thailand
  • 1990-1995: DAAD-Scholarship, Doctoral student at the Institute of Animal production, TU Berlin
  • 1987-1997: Lecturer of Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Chiang Mai, Thailand

Teaching

Lectures and seminars at the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Bonn

Publications

Paul, D.; Oster, M.; Ponsuksili, S.; Wimmers, K.; Reyer, H. (2025):
Genome-wide association study of blood vitamin D metabolites and bone remodelling markers in pigs.
BMC Genomics 26: 718
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-025-11914-1
Oster, M.; Qasir, H.; Reyer, H.; Ponsuksili, P.; Trakooljul, N.; Sommerfeld, V.; Rodehutscord, M.; Wimmers, K. (2025):
Transcriptional and endocrine orchestration of medullary bone formation and mineral turn-over in female chickens.
Poultry Science 104 (11): 105798
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psj.2025.105798
Iqbal, M. A.; Hadlich, F.; Reyer, H.; Oster, M.; Trakooljul, N.; Wimmers, K.; Ponsuksili, S. (2025):
A comprehensive analysis of allele-specific expression and transcriptomic profiling in pig limbic and endocrine tissues.
Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience 18: 1616363
https://doi.org/10.3389/fnmol.2025.1616363
Oster, M.; Reyer, H.; Hadlich, F.; Ponsuksili, S.; Wolf, P.; Wimmers, K.; Keiler, J. (2025):
Parathyroid glands exhibit reduced parenchymatic chief cells and increased extracellular collagen as a response to a long-term low-phosphorus diet in pigs
Animal Nutrition
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aninu.2025.04.007
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
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
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
Theriogenology 240: 117394, 1-11
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.theriogenology.2025.117394
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
Sommerfeld, V.; Hanauska, A.; Huber, K.; Bennewitz, J.; Camarinha-Silva, A.; Feger, M.; Föller, M.; Oster, M.; Ponsuksili, S.; Schmucker, S.; Seifert, J.; Stefanski, V.; Wimmers, K.; Rodehutscord, M. (2024):
Effects of myo-inositol supplementation in the diet on myo-inositol concentrations in the intestine, blood, eggs, and excreta of laying hens
Poultry Science: 104545, 1-30
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psj.2024.104545
Sommerfeld, V.; Bennewitz, J.; Camarinha-Silva, A.; Feger, M.; Föller, M.; Huber, H.; Oster, M.; Ponsuksili, S.; Schmucker, S.; Seifert, J.; Stefanski, V.; Wimmers, K.; Rodehutscord, M. (2024):
Effects of feeding diets without mineral P supplement on intestinal phytate degradation, blood concentrations of Ca and P, and excretion of Ca and P in two laying hen strains before and after onset of laying activity
Poultry Science 103 (12): 104407, 1-12
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psj.2024.104407
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
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
Tiwari, M.; Gujar, G.; Shashank, C. G.; Ponsuksili, S. (2024):
Selection signatures for high altitude adaptation in livestock: A review
Gene 927: 148757, 1-14
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gene.2024.148757
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
Adzigbli, L.; Ponsuksili, S.; Sokolova, I. (2024):
Mitochondrial responses to constant and cyclic hypoxia depend on the oxidized fuel in a hypoxia tolerant marine bivalve Crassostrea gigas
Scientific reports 14: 1-15
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-60261-w
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
J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol 236: 106428, 1-8
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsbmb.2023.106428
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. Poultry Sci 102 (2): 102351, 1-38