Julian Petersen

PhD positions in our team available from 9/2025! For more information please contact us. @Science_MEDMUNI @V4Sdb

*Opportunity for Aspiring PhD Candidates* A new call for the International Max Planck Research School for Evolutionary Biology (IMPRS) PhD program will open in January. Our (Evo-Devo) lab will be offering two positions. Stay tuned and apply! evolbio.mpg.de/imprs

Please spread the word: PhD position available in our lab focusing on Craniofacial Development. The @dfg_public funded project will focus on uncovering the molecular mechanisms that drive orthodontic tooth moment.

We are excited to share our new versatile technique "BEE-ST" that allows precise quantification of hard tissue (🦴and🦷) development and healing across species! 🐭🦎🐟🐸🐔 New in @ScienceMagazine #ScienceAdvancesResearch science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Happy to share our next publication, in which we performed cell-specific deletion of the mechanosensory ion channel Piezo1 to investigate its role during mechanical-induced bone remodeling @SciReports. Great collaboration with @KrivanekLab. nature.com/articles/s4159…

Here is our story of evolutionary adaptation in vertebrates based on variable metabolic rates and excretion - all connected to a new protein we named FAME. There are very few uncharacterized genes in human and mouse genome, and FAME was one of those: doi.org/10.1038/s41467…

Furthermore, genetic variations in FAME have been found to correlate with higher body mass index in humans. Many thanks also to @MarilenaKastri1 @ruselusalbus @PetrKaspareksci @KuppeChristoph

We discovered gene flow of FAME from Neandertals into modern humans and identified FAME as a membrane-associated protein, which is enriched in kidney, pancreas, liver, and fallopian tube, impacting our metabolic processes.

Exciting news! Through an incredible team effort, we have unraveled the function of a previously uncharacterized gene and named it Factor Associated with Metabolism and Energy (FAME). nature.com/articles/s4146… @adameykolab @bryjalab @KrivanekLab @MarketaKau @NatureComms

Yeah, we know it, right?

Is salamander limb regeneration a mere recapitulation of development? Do the regenerated skeletal elements look like their physiologically grown counterparts? Does the salamander limb growth mechanism resemble the one of mammals? Find the answers here: nature.com/articles/s4146…

The entire V4SDB delegation at the excellent #ISDB2021 meeting in the Algarve in Portugal. Super friendly and collaborative atmosphere. Wish you were here ( and if you are come and say hello).

Thank you to the jury and organizers of the 94th Scientific Annual Meeting of The German Society of Orthodontics (#DGKFO) for selecting me for the young talent award. A big thanks goes also to all co-authors without this study wouldn’t be possible.

Proud to present the next publication from our lab on the effect of early enzyme replacing therapy on dental and craniofacial abnormalities in a mouse model of MPS VI. Many thanks to the great collaboration and the reviewers for their valuable feedback. doi.org/10.3389/fphys.…

We are in Science news! science.org/content/articl…

After a long struggle, failed revision in Science, loads of happiness and pain, our paper on surface-associated water streams integrating polyps into a coral colony, is out in Current Biology. cell.com/current-biolog… 1/10

Beautiful image of a tooth stained with picrosiruis red and imaged under polarized light to visualize PDL fibers

Wnt1 Promotes Cementum and Alveolar Bone Growth in a Time-Dependent Manner journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

@MarcelaBuchtova @muni_cz Huge congratulations!!!

Thank you @muni_cz for MUNI Scientist Award and recognizing our work and also to all my students and colleagues for amazing cooperation and support.

Please spread the word. For our newly established laboratory at the university hospital in Leipzig, we are offering a Ph.D. position in the field of orthodontics. For details visit: bewerberportal.uniklinikum-leipzig.de/bewerberportal…