Institute for Fish and Wildlife Health

Epigenetics & Evolution

Is heat stress heritable?

We investigate same- and next-generation effects of heatstress on zebrafish using ATACseq and RNAseq. We want to understand whether the effects are directional and adaptive, and whether effects are immediate or long-lasting.

Project team:

Irene Adrian-Kalchhauser (PI)
Dragan Stajic (postdoc)
Anastasiia Berezenko (PhD student)
Simone Oberhänsli (bioinformatics)