George Philipp Franz

Dr. George Philipp Franz is a researcher at the Research Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN), specializing in fish growth physiology with a focus on pikeperch (Sander lucioperca) and other aquaculture species. He works in the Working group Fish Growth Physiology, investigating developmental biology, gene expression, and environmental adaptation.

• Institution: Research Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN)
• Department: Fish Growth Physiology

Research Interests include:

• Fish muscle development and quality analysis
• Gene regulatory networks during ontogenesis
• Comparative physiology of wild and farmed fish
• Climate change adaptation in aquatic species
• Development of in vitro fish models for stress and toxin analysis

Scientific Contributions span publications on:

• Muscle tissue composition differences in wild vs. farmed pikeperch (2024)
• Larval size-dependent gene expression patterns (2024)
• Myogenic gene dynamics during early development (2022)
• Temperature and exotoxin responses in fish cells (2021)
• Advanced larval monitoring systems (2021)

His work bridges aquaculture optimization with fundamental biological research, contributing to sustainable fish farming practices through physiological and molecular insights.