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Johannes Krug

Germany
LGSA Member

Establishing the short-lived African killifish Nothobranchius furzeri as a tumor model

Friedrich Schiller University Jena (FSU): Faculty of Biological Sciences
Leibniz Institute on Aging - Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI): Englert Research Group

First Supervisor:

Christoph Englert (Leibniz Institute on Aging - Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI))

Doctoral Disputation:

2021

Publications 2021:

  • Generating a transparent vertebrate model for in vivo applications in aging research
    Krug J
    Dissertation 2021, Jena, Germany

    • Publications 2020:

    • Der Türkise Prachtgrundkärpfling – ein Leben im Zeitraffer
      Krug J, Richter A, Reuter H, Englert C
      BIOspektrum 2020, 26, 375-77

    Publications 2018:

    • The African turquoise killifish Nothobranchius furzeri as amodel for aging research
      Reuter* H, Singer* P, Krug* J, Englert C
      Drug Discovery Today: Disease Models 2018, 27, 15-22 * equal contribution

Scientific CV

2011 – 2014       Bachelor of Science: Biology, Friedrich-Schiller University Jena
Thesis: Analyse des sfrp1 Gens im kurzlebigen Killifisch Nothobranchius furzeri und verwandten Fischarten
Englert Research Group (Leibniz Institute on Aging – Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI))
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Christoph Englert
2014 – 2016       Master of Science: Molecular Life Sciences, Friedrich-Schiller University Jena
Thesis: CRISPR/Cas9-mediated knockout of the p53 gene in the short-lived African killifish Nothobranchius furzeri
Englert Research Group (Leibniz Institute on Aging – Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI))
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Christoph Englert