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Just before Christmas, Barbara, Heidi, Alex and Yao defended their Doctoral theses. Barbara Bastos contributed to understanding the molecular evolution, gene dynamics and ecological drivers of thermoregulation in mammals. Heidi Roth worked on the molecular mechanisms shaping skylight processing neural circuits in … Continue reading →

Tima’s work discovered co-expression network changes related to Alzheimer’s disease. In addition, she provides functional associations for several long non-coding RNAs in the human brain. Very nice work! Thanks also to Michael for providing an insightful network visualization!

This was a project we had already started in Leipzig with Stefano and Katja and finally finished in Berlin with Ama and Vladi and two great Master students, Amanda and Sebastian. We show that the transcription factor ZEB2 regulates different … Continue reading →

Together with the group of Zbyszek Boratynski, we got two papers accepted almost on the same day. In one we investigated metabolic changes in rodents from the highly contaminated areas of Chornobyl, in the other one the evolution of genes … Continue reading →

The first two doctoral students from our group at FU Berlin defended. We are proud and congratulate Ama and Tima for their very fantastic work and very good defenses! Jeong-Eun Lee (Ama): Defense: 05.03.2025: Titel der Dissertation: Regulatory divergence of … Continue reading →

Our study „A single gene orchestrates androgen variation underlying male mating morphs in ruffs“ made in on the cover of Science! Ruffs – a shore bird species – come in three different morphs that differ in appearance and behavior. “Independents,” have … Continue reading →

Our genomic study of rhesus macaques from Cayo Santiago in Puerto Rico “Estimating realized relatedness in free-ranging macaques by inferring identity-by-descent segments” has been published in PNAS. We show that utilizing information from identity-by-descent (IBD) segments, relatedness of individuals in natural population can be … Continue reading →

Yao’s paper on his new tool for the interaction of Transposable Elements (TEs) with genes, TEKRABber, is published as Reviewed Preprint, “Regulatory networks of KRAB zinc finger genes and transposable elements changed during human brain evolution and disease” in eLife. … Continue reading →

Our manuscript has been accepted for publication in Ecology and Evolution. Congratulations to Baja and Vanessa!

Are you interested in provenience, human remains at FU and ethical considerations? We are discussing this in a new seminar series organized by Vanessa. It takes place Tuesdays at 5pm in the big lecture hall of the Zoology building (Koenigin-Luise-Strasse … Continue reading →