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.

01.06.2020
 

Science Advances paper about tissue clearing with contributions from Oleg Simakov and Hannah Schmidbaur

21.04.2020
 

Oleg Simakov published a new paper in Nature Ecology & Evolution about deeply conserved syntheny in vertebrates.

07.04.2020
 

FWF grant for Ulrich Technau

07.04.2020
 

University Research Platform SinCeReSt funded for 4 years

07.04.2020
 

DACH grant obtained by Oleg Simakov

01.01.2020
 

Department fusion