Your teachers come from the university, the medical faculty, the Max-Planck Institutes and the Primate Center

GroupsInstitutionTopicOrganismsTechniques

Invertebrate model systems
Prof. Ernst Wimmer Faculty of Biology - Stink gland biology
- Evolution of development
- Pest control
Several Diptera, red flour beetle Tribolium Transgenesis, RNAi, development of novel transgenic tools
Prof. Gregor Bucher Faculty of Biology - Insect head development and evolution
- Brain development and evolution
Red flour beetle Tribolium RNAi, transgenics, genetics, RNA-seq, in vivo imaging, development of novel transgenic tools
Dr. Nico Posnien Faculty of Biology - Evolution and development Spider, Drosophila, Tribolium Population genetics, RNA-seq, RNAi
Dr. Gerd Vorbrüggen MPI-BPC Muscle development Fruit fly Drosophila Genetics, biochemistry
Prof. Reinhard Schuh MPI-BPC Tracheal development Fruit fly Drosophila Genetics, imaging
Dr. Julia Gross Medical faculty Extracellular vesicles in signaling Fruit fly Drosophila Cell biology, genetics, imaging
Prof. Jochen Rink MPI-BPC Regeneration Flatworms Signaling, regeneration, diversity
And other research groups of the Göttingen research campus

Vertebrate model systems
Prof. Gregor Eichele MPI-BPC Chronobiology Mouse Knock-out and knock-in mice, embryological, behavioral essays
Dr. Roland Dosch Medical faculty Oogenesis Zebrafish Danio rerio Genetics, biochemistry
And other research groups of the Göttingen research campus

Cell biology
Prof. Sigrid Hoyer-Fender Faculty of Biology Centrosome Biology Human cell culture siRNA mediated knockdown, biochemstry
Dr. Niklas Engels Medical faculty Mammalian Immune system Human cell culture
Prof. Jürgen Wienands Medical faculty Mammalian Immune system Human cell culture
Dr. Michael Engelke Medical faculty Mammalian Immune system Human cell culture
Prof. Dirk Görlich MPI-BPC Cellular logistics
And other research groups of the Göttingen research campus



Note that many more groups are working on developmental biology in Göttingen and will welcome you for rotations, theses and subsequent PhD projects. Please browse the web sites of the university medical faculty, the Max-Planck-Instituts of Biophysical Chemistry, Max-Planck-Insitute of Experimental Medicine, and the primate center for more information.