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.

07.04.2020
 

University Research Platform SinCeReSt funded for 4 years

07.04.2020
 

DACH grant obtained by Oleg Simakov

01.01.2020
 

Department fusion

30.10.2019
 

BioEssays Paper for Elena Ritschard, Oleg Simakov et al.

29.10.2019
 

New paper in PNAS for Wai Yee Wong, Oleg Simakov et al

24.09.2019
 

New Development paper for Ekaterina Pukhlyakova et al.