Research Projects

The FBN is involved in many renowned individual funding programmes and collaborative projects with high scientific and social relevance at national and EU level.

2024 - 2027 EpiHeat - Heat stress-induced epigenetic regulation of hepatic metabolism and immunity in Holstein dairy cows Dr. rer. nat. Franziska Koch				2024 - 2027
2024 - 2027 PigBones - Improved Phosphorous Utilization and Increased Bone Stability in Pigs Dr. troph. Michael Oster				2024 - 2027
2024 - 2030 Agroecology - European partnership on accelerating farming systems transition – agroecology living labs and research infrastructures Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil. Klaus Wimmers				2024 - 2030
2024 - 2028 T!Raum – One Health – Bringing animals to life, transfer workshop for farm animal husbandry (RealLab-OH) Marianne Zenk Dipl.-Ing. agr.				2024 - 2028
2024 - 2030 European Partnership on Animal Health and Welfare (EUP AH&W or EUPAHW) Dr. rer. nat. Jan Langbein				2024 - 2030
2024 - 2026 Establishment of specific sturegon cell lines for further industrial application PD Dr. rer. nat. habil. Bianka Grunow				2024 - 2026
2023 - 2026 Development of technical requirements for weaning of dairy calves after adequate milk feeding PD Dr. med. vet. Harald Michael Hammon				2023 - 2026
2023 - 2026 Sensorbasiertes Informationssystem zur Unterstützung des Managements von Schafherden in Weidehaltung Volker Röttgen Vet.				2023 - 2026
2023 - 2026 Lasst mich raus! Proximate Faktoren, die helfendes Verhalten bei Schweinen vermitteln Liza Rose Moscovice Ph.D.				2023 - 2026
2023 - 2025 Ganzkörperanalysen zur Evaluierung der Nährstoffversorgung und -ausscheidung von Mastebern Prof. Dr. agr. habil. Steffen Maak				2023 - 2025
2023 - 2025 EuroFAANG – A European infrastructure for farmed animal genotype to phenotype research Tina Hartwig				2023 - 2025
2023 - 2025 Studies on the expression of skeletal and muscle development genes during larval development of the herring PD Dr. rer. nat. habil. Bianka Grunow				2023 - 2025
2022 - 2022 Arbeitszeitdaten Schweinehaltung – Haltung von Schweinen mit unkupierten Schwänzen und Bewegungsbuchten im Abferkelbereich Marianne Zenk Dipl.-Ing. agr.				2022 - 2022
2022 - 2025 Characterization of mineral utilisation by functional genomics in two contrasting high-yielding laying hen strains Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil. Klaus Wimmers				2022 - 2025
2022 - 2025 Epigenetics, molecular pathways, and data integration to derive biological networks related to myo-inositol and P utilization in two contrasting high-yielding laying hen strains PD Dr. sc. agr. habil. Siriluck Wimmers				2022 - 2025
2022 - 2025 ProFeed Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil. Cornelia Christiane Metges				2022 - 2025
2022 - 2025 Marine Polysialyltransferases for the Generation of Immunomodulatory Bioconjugates PD Dr. biol. hom. habil. Sebastian Peter Galuska				2022 - 2025
2022 - 2023 Gene networks of phosphorus metabolism in fish and facultative anaerobic invertebrates Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil. Tom Goldammer				2022 - 2023
2022 - 2026 Animal Welfare Indicators at the Slaughterhouse (aWISH) Dr. agr. Christian Manteuffel				2022 - 2026
2021 - 2023 MethAnLand PD Dr. rer. nat. habil. Björn Kuhla				2021 - 2023
2021 - 2024 Programming effects of lactational stress Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil. Ulrike Gimsa				2021 - 2024
2021 - 2021 Innovations for healthy and "happy" cows (IGG) Prof. Dr. med. vet. Lisa Bachmann				2021 - 2021
2021 - 2021 Analysis of genetic factors influencing embryonal and larval growth during Transgression of Sander (S. lucioperca) PD Dr. rer. nat. habil. Bianka Grunow				2021 - 2021
2021 - 2024 MonoGutHealth-CHICKEN – Investigations on nematode-induced alterations in metabolite profiles of chickens to seek for novel metabolic proxies with key roles in exchange between immune defence and performance parameters Dr. sc. agr. Gürbüz Daş				2021 - 2024
2021 - 2024 MonoGutHealth-PIG -The role of neonatal supplementation of glutamine in modulating growth, gut functional development, and antioxidative status in neonatal piglets Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil. Cornelia Christiane Metges				2021 - 2024
2021 - 2022 Genome analyses for the breeding of African catfish in the aquaculture of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil. Tom Goldammer				2021 - 2022
2020 - 2025 NFDI4Biodiversity – NFDI Consortium for Biodiversity, Ecology and Environmental Data Sarah Oranna Fischer				2020 - 2025
2020 - 2024 Investigation of muscular growth and differentiation processes to elucidate cellular signaling pathways PD Dr. rer. nat. habil. Bianka Grunow				2020 - 2024
2020 - Prosocial pigs: Behavioral and hormonal indicators of social relationships and cooperation in Domestic pigs (Sus scrofa domesticus) Liza Rose Moscovice Ph.D.				2020 -
2020 - 2021 CELLZERO Meat – Innovative Lösungen zur Zell-basierten, Gentechnik- und Antibiotika-freien Erzeugung von hochwertigem tierischem Protein PD Dr. med. vet. habil. Monika Röntgen				2020 - 2021
2020 - 2023 Molecular mechanisms of phosphate homeostasis and osteoimmunological processes and their consequences for health and welfare Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil. Klaus Wimmers				2020 - 2023
2020 - 2020 Molecular preliminary studies on adipose fin function in salmonids in aquaculture Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil. Tom Goldammer				2020 - 2020
2020 - 2023 LeakyCow – Heat stress-induced local and systemic immune responses in dairy cows with leaky gut syndrome Dr. rer. nat. Franziska Koch				2020 - 2023
2020 - 2021 Gas emissions by Black Soldier Fly Larvae Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil. Cornelia Christiane Metges				2020 - 2021
2020 - 2023 Mitochondrial miRNAs (mitomiRs): Plausible key players of metabolic stress induced sub-fertility in high yielding cows Vijay Simha Baddela Ph.D.				2020 - 2023
2020 - 2024 BioFiA - Bioindicators for the husbandry, health and product quality of fish in aquaculture Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil. Tom Goldammer				2020 - 2024
2019 - 2023 BovReg - Identification of functionally active genomic features relevant to phenotypic diversity and plasticity in cattle PD Dr. rer. nat. habil. Jens Vanselow				2019 - 2023
2019 - 2022 Efficiency of recovered phosphorous for monogastric animals Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil. Cornelia Christiane Metges				2019 - 2022