Welcome

to the Zoology & Developmental Biology lab !

We explore organ formation in animal model systems. Our research focus is heart development and function in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster.

Zoology-Developmental Biology - AG Paululat

Senior Scientists at the Lab:

Cardiac ValvesMyoblast FusionExcretion and OsmoregulationNephrocyte Ageing and EndocytosisSudden Cardiac Death ModelCardiac ECM

Achim Paululat, Prof. Dr.

Research Focus: Cardiogenesis, Myogenesis, Nephrocytes, Cardiac function

SERCANeprilysin

Heiko Harten, Dr.

Research Focus: How peptides regulate the physiology of a cell

Evolution of EyesAnnelid Nervous SystemMorphology of BrachiaeEvolution of AnnelidaNephridiaHolopelagic AnnelidsMeiofauna Paradox

Günter Purschke, Prof. Dr.

Research Focus: The evolution of eyes

Actin dynamicsMyoblast Fusion

Maik Drechsler, Dr.

Reseach Focus: How cells organise their actin meshwork

Zoology-Developmental Biology - AG Paululat