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In our lab, we are interested in genetics and reproduction and use a wide range of approaches including experimental studies, mathematical modeling, genetics and genomics. We work on a multitude of organisms with a main focus on zebrafish and humans. Zebrafish because they are perfect for experimental work and in vitro fertilisations and we can use fantastic tools such as gene knockdown and knockout to study functional genetics and genomics. Humans because we still know so surprisingly little about human reproduction.

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People

Alumni: Andreas Sutter (postdoc) – now a data scientist at the Norfolk County Council Ding He (postdoc) – now a Marie Curie postdoctoral Fellow at Copenhagen University, Denmark Willian Silva (PhD student) – now a post-doctoral Researcher at Lund University, Sweden Hwei-yen Chen (postdoc) – now a Marie Curie postdoctoral Fellow at Copenhagen University, Denmark… Continue reading People

Publications

Graziano, M, Palit, S, Yethiraj, A, Immler, S, Gage, MJG & Purchase, CF. 2023. Frequency-dependent viscosity of salmon ovarian fluid has biophysical implications for sperm–egg interactions. J Exp Biol 226: jeb244712. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.244712 Godden, A & Immler, S. 2022. The potential role of the mobile and non-coding genomes in adaptive response. Trends Genet 39: P5-P8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tig.2022.08.006… Continue reading Publications