Univ.-Prof. Dr. phil. nat. Dipl. Biol.

Ulrich Technau

Ulrich Technau

Professor für Entwicklungsbiologie an der Universität Wien

Corresponding Member of the Division of Mathematics and Natural Sciences in Austria since 2019

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0000-0003-4472-8258

Research Areas:

  • Biology
  • Zoology
  • Developmental biology
  • Evolutionary research
  • Genomics
  • Molecular biology

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Publications:

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Selected Memberships:

  • Gesellschaft für Entwicklungsbiologie (GfE) (Präsidentschaft 2018-2020)
  • Deutsche Zoologische Gesellschaft (DZG)
  • European Evolutionary Developmental Biology Society (EED)
  • Österreichische Gesellschaft für Molekularbiologie und Biotechnologie (ÖGMBT) Verband der Biologen (VBIO)
  • Member of Faculty of 1000

Selected Prizes:

  • Stipendium der Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes
  • Longterm Postdoctoral EMBO fellowship

Selected Publications:

  • Steinmetz, P. R. H.; Aman, A.; Kraus, J. E. M. and Technau, U. (2017) Gut-like ectodermal tissue in a sea anemone challenges gern layer homology. Nature Ecol. Evol. (145).
  • Steinmetz, P. R. H.; Kraus, J. E. M.; Larroux, C.; Hammel, J. U.; Amon-Hassenzahl, A.; Houliston, E.; Wörheide, G.; Nickel, M.; Degnan, B. M. and Technau, U. (2012) Independent evolution of striated muscles in cnidarians and bilaterians. Nature (487), S. 231-234.
  • Putnam, N. H.; Srivastava, M.; Hellsten, U.; Dirks, B.; Chapman, J.; Salamov, A.; Terry, A.; Shapiro, H.; Lindquist, E.; Kapitonov, V. V.; Jurka, J.; Genikhovich, G.; Grigoriev, I. V.; Lucas, S. M.; Steele, R. E.; Finnerty, J. R.; Technau, U.; Martindale, M. Q. and Rokshar, D. S. (2007) Sea anemone genome reveals ancestral eumetazoan gene repertoire and genomic organization. Science (317), S. 86-94.
  • Chourrout, D.; Delsuc, F.; Chourrout, P.; Edvardsesn, R. B.; Rentzsch, F.; Renfer, E.; Jensen, M. F.; Zhu, B.; de Jong, P.; Steele, R. E. and Technau, U. (2006) Minimal protohox cluster inferred from bilaterian and cnidarian Hox complements. Nature (442), S. 684-687.
  • Arendt, D. Technau, U. and Wittbrodt, J.* (2001) Evolution of bilaterian larval foreguts. Nature (409), S. 81-85.