Prof. Dr. Axel Janke

Dr. Frank Hailer - Genomics of Arctic Vertebrates

Dr. Maria Nilsson-Janke - Genome-wide Analysis of Marsupial Retroposons
Tobias Bidon - PhD student - Genomics of Arctic Mammals

Susanne Gallus - soon to be PhD student

Vikas Kumar - PhD student - Genome Evolution in Mammals 

Verena Kutschera - PhD student - Genomics of Arctic Mammals
Nancy Schreck - Diplom-Bioinformatikerin - Genome Evolution of Arctic Mammals
Gabriele Krenzer-Misch - Coordination Secretary D

Prof. Dr. Axel Janke

D2.3: BIOINFORMATIC TOOLS FOR STUDYING LONG-SCALE CHANGES IN BIODIVERSITY (PHYLOGENY) AND THEIR CORRELATION WITH ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES

D2.4: BIODIVERSITY AND EVOLUTION OF ARCTIC VERTEBRATES

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I am interested in the evolution of vertebrates in general, including marsupials, birds, almost every placental mammalian order, lizards, snakes, crocodiles and fishes. Besides reconstructing and dating their evolutionary tree, placing the events into larger contexts of e.g. biogeography, plate tectonics and climate is exciting. Currently - as of July 2010 - I am interested and working on the following topics for which PhD, master or project students are welcome:

Mammalian phylogenomics (see D2.3)

Arctic adaptation (see D2.4)

Genomics and speciation (see D2.3)

Genomics and climate (environmental) change (see D2.4)

The basic divergences of crocodiles

The evolution of marsupials

Teleost and gnathostome relationships

Tools for phylogenomic studies

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Publications, Citations, h- and ilo-index

These are our four most recent publications:

Bidon, T., Frosch, C., Eiken, H. G., Kutschera, V. E., Hagen, S. B., Aarnes, S. G, Fain, S. R., Janke, A., Hailer, F. (2013) A sensitive and specific multiplex PCR approach for sex identification of ursine and tremarctine bears suitable for non-invasive samples. Molecular Ecology Resources, 13:362-368. doi: 10.1111/1755-0998.12072

Hailer, F., Kutschera, V. E., Hallström, B. M., Fain, S. R., Leonard, J. A., Arnason, U., Janke, A. (2013) Response to Comment on "Nuclear Genomic Sequences Reveal that Polar Bears Are an Old and Distinct Bear Lineage". Science 339:1522

Kumar, V., Hallstrom, B. M, Janke, A. (2013) Coalescent-based genome analyses resolve the early branches of the euarchontoglires. PLoS ONE 8(4): e60019

Kleven, O., Hallström, B., Hailer, F., Janke, A., Hagen, B. S., Kopatz, A., Eiken, H. G. (2012). Identification and evaluation of novel di- and tetranucleotude microsatellite markers from the brown bear (Ursus arctos). Conservation Genet Resources 4:737-741. DOI 10.1007/s12686-012-9634-5

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