Fish Genetics Unit

Research in our group is focused on analyses of genome biological, molecular, and cellular principles of adaptation capacity and immune response of aquaculture and stocking fishes. 

• Comparative structural and functional annotation of salmonid genomes, such as rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), Baltic whitefish (Coregonus maraena) – see "Aquakultur in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern" (in German), and Percids, such as pike-perch.
• Identification and evaluation of molecular bio-indicators detecting stress in fish and development of indicator based tools for determination of stress levels of fish generally usable in different aquaculture systems.
• Understanding gene and protein regulatory processes of fish coping with stress and diseases on cellular level using fish cell models for in-vitro analyses.