PD Dr. Clemens Falker-Gieske

PD Dr. Falker-Gieske completed his doctoral studies from 2011 to 2015 at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf and earned the title Dr. rer. nat. in Biology. His research area includes applied bioinformatics as well as experimental biology, with a primary focus on animal welfare. PD Dr. Falker-Gieske leads the working group Experimental and Computational Biology.

Scientific qualification:
05/2017 – 06/2025 Habilitation in “Functional Genetics” at the Georg-August-University Göttingen
11/2011 – 02/2015 Dr. rer. nat. in “Biology” at the University of Hamburg
11/2011 – 04/2015 Graduate program “Research Training Group GRK1459” (DFG funded) at the University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf
04/2009 – 10/2010 Master of Science in “Molecular Life Sciences” at Humboldt University Berlin
10/2008 – 04/2009 Master of Science in “Molecular and Cellular Biology” at Philipps University Marburg
10/2005 – 10/2008 Bachelor of Science in “Biology” at the University of Hamburg

Forschungsschwerpunkte:
Chicken amyloid arthropathy
Hybridisation in mammals
Feather pecking in laying hens

Kompetenzbereiche:
Computational biology: genomics, transcriptomics, and quantitative genetics
Experimental biology: molecular biology and cell biology, including gene editing techniques and cellular models