Stem cells are key for the development and maintenance of multicellular organisms. Some animals in addition have remarkable regenerative capacities, which also rely on the activation of stem cells. In this research platform we aim to study the regulation of stem cells during development, regeneration and maintenance in a variety of animals with different life history strategies in order to unravel the mechanisms of regulation that lead to the activation of stem cells. We employ modern single cell technologies in combination with functional genomics approaches.  We also seek to develop new bioinformatic tools for the analysis of single cell transcriptome data.

07.05.2021
 

EMBL/EMBO Symposium Poster Prize for Alison Cole

01.04.2021
 

Congratulations to Ulrich Technau for obtaining an FWF Grant!

17.03.2021
 

Paper on miRNA evolution in Proceedings of the Royal Society B

02.03.2021
 

New paper from Charlie Fieseler in the Zimmer lab

01.03.2021
 

Cover Story for the Emu Paper of Qi Zhou and Jing Liu!

18.01.2021
 

Oleg Simakov and Wai Yee Wong are co-authors in a new Nature paper about the Australian lungfish genome