Our interdisciplinary team strives to understand the interface between the external and internal environment, the neuroendocrine system and epigenetics. We are particularly interested in how this interplay can epigenetically shape germ cells and influence offspring development to bring about complex behavioral phenotypes relevant for disease risk.
Triple publication alert!!! congrats to all authors, especially to Mahshid Gazorpak, Miriam Kretschmer and Vincent Fischer as well as to all our great collaborators from the Carreira lab (ETHZ), Hierlemann lab (ETH Basel), Meijer lab (Uni Leiden, Netherlands) and Konrat lab (Max Perutz Laboratories Vienna, Austria)
Very stimulating discussions during our INS seminar. We hosted Dr. Raf Tepperino from the Helmholtz Institute and he shared superinteresting insights on indirect genetic effects in the context of metabolic disease.
We are very proud of Iryna Ivanova for securing a competitive scholarship for her Masters in Oxford! We sadly say goodbye to Iryna after a wonderful 1.5 years and wish her all the best for her future! We will miss you!
Wonderful to welcome Prof. Onno Meijer from Leiden University to our INS seminar We heard a rich overview on his exciting work on pharmacological targeting of stress hormone receptors. Miriam also gave him a small PROTAC present to take away…