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Labs
The following research labs are currently known to work with Macrostomum lignano:
Innsbruck, Austria
Bernhard Egger and his lab members are working on regeneration and the nervous system of Macrostomum lignano and other free-living flatworms, e.g. acoels and polyclads.
Bert Hobmayer and his lab members are working on neurogenesis, Wnt and SFRP of Macrostomum lignano.
Peter Ladurner and his lab members are working on stem cells and germ line formation of Macrostomum lignano.
Willi Salvenmoser is supporting the aforementioned workgroups with transmission and scanning electron microscopy.
Ghent, Belgium
Stijn Mouton is working on ageing of Macrostomum lignano and triclad flatworms.
Freija Verdoodt is working on the stem-cell system of Macrostomum lignano.
Maxime Willems is working on the embryonic development of Macrostomum lignano.
Hasselt, Belgium
Tom Artois and his lab members are working on ecotoxicology of Macrostomum lignano.
Los Angeles, California
Volker Hartenstein and his lab members are working on the nervous system and neurogenesis of Macrostomum lignano and other flatworms, such as acoels.
Utrecht, Netherlands
Eugene Berezikov works on genome sequencing of Macrostomum lignano.
Katrien De Mulder is working on the stem-cell system of Macrostomum lignano and acoel flatworms.
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Angela Mousley is working on the nervous system of Macrostomum lignano and other flatworms.
Basel, Switzerland
Lukas Schärer and his lab members are working on sex allocation of Macrostomum lignano.