Christian Schlötterer

Christian Schlötterer is a Full Professor of Population Genetics at the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna (Vetmeduni Vienna). He serves as head of the Institute of Population Genetics and founded the Vienna Graduate School of Population Genetics, which he has led for over 10 years. His research focuses on experimental evolution, molecular adaptation, and genetic architecture of traits in Drosophila populations.

His laboratory investigates

• Mechanisms of adaptation to temperature regimes using experimental evolution and NGS
• Gene expression regulation (cis-, trans-effects, sex-biased expression)
• Comparative analysis of pigmentation and temperature stress resistance via Pool-GWAS
• Evolutionary dynamics of repetitive DNA, transposable elements, and orphan genes
• Inference of selection from population genomic data

Current research projects are funded by

• ERC Advanced Grant ARCHADAPT
• FWF grants (P33734, P29133, P32935, etc.)
• Translational research in cattle and ecological-genomic studies in Brassicaceae

Laboratory team includes

• PhD students
• Scientific assistants
• Technical assistants