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.

15.03.2022
 

Audimax Podcast with Uli Technau

09.03.2022
 

Nature communications paper about evolutionary dynamics of parrot chromosomes by Luohao Xu, Jing Liu, et al.

02.03.2022
 

Cover Story in Journal of Genetics and Genomics

04.02.2022
 

Science Advances paper about deeply conserved synteny of metazoan chromosomes by Oleg Simakov et al.

21.01.2022
 

Roger Revilla obtained new FWF grant

03.12.2021
 

Molecular Biology and Evolution paper by Oleg Simakov et al.