Person
Geisler, Robert
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Biography and Research Interest
1982-1988: Undergraduate student in physiological chemistry, Tübingen University.
1988-1989: Diploma student (physiological chemistry, Tübingen University)
1989-1996: Doctoral student (Dr. rer. nat. in genetics, Tübingen University), in the laboratory of Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard, Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology
1996-1999: Postdoctoral fellow (zebrafish genomics) in the laboratory of Pascal Haffter, Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology
1999-2009: Group leader at the Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology (MPI EB), with a focus on genome mapping and gene expression profiling in the zebrafish, particularly of pigment genes. Scientific Coordinator of the European ZF-MODELS consortium.
Since 2009: Group leader at the Institute of Toxicology and Genetics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). Managing Director of the European Zebrafish Resource Center (EZRC). Scientific Coordinator of the European ZF-HEALTH consortium.
Current projects:
1. Genome-wide phenotyping of of knock-out mutations
2. Identification of zebrafish genes that control embryonic/larval motility and behavior
3. High-throughput methods for mapping of mutations by sequencing
4. Generation and characterisation of inbred zebrafish lines.
1988-1989: Diploma student (physiological chemistry, Tübingen University)
1989-1996: Doctoral student (Dr. rer. nat. in genetics, Tübingen University), in the laboratory of Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard, Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology
1996-1999: Postdoctoral fellow (zebrafish genomics) in the laboratory of Pascal Haffter, Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology
1999-2009: Group leader at the Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology (MPI EB), with a focus on genome mapping and gene expression profiling in the zebrafish, particularly of pigment genes. Scientific Coordinator of the European ZF-MODELS consortium.
Since 2009: Group leader at the Institute of Toxicology and Genetics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). Managing Director of the European Zebrafish Resource Center (EZRC). Scientific Coordinator of the European ZF-HEALTH consortium.
Current projects:
1. Genome-wide phenotyping of of knock-out mutations
2. Identification of zebrafish genes that control embryonic/larval motility and behavior
3. High-throughput methods for mapping of mutations by sequencing
4. Generation and characterisation of inbred zebrafish lines.
Non-Zebrafish Publications
Bergmann, A., Stein, D., Geisler, R., Hagenmaier, S., Schmid, B., Fernandez, N., Schnell, B. and Nüsslein-Volhard, C. (1996). A gradient of cytoplasmic Cactus degradation establishes the nuclear localization gradient of the dorsal morphogen in Drosophila. Mech. Dev. 60, 109-123.
Geisler, R., Bergmann, A., Hiromi, Y. and Nüsslein-Volhard, C. (1992). cactus, a gene involved in dorsoventral pattern formation of Drosophila, is related to the I kappa B gene family of vertebrates. Cell 71, 613-621.