Philipp gives a presentation at the Single Cell Genomics meeting in Dunblane, Scotland.
Author: junkerlab
Aug 27, 2026 – conference talk
Philipp gives a presentation at the Nordic Meeting on Development, Stem Cells and Regeneration in Uppsala.
June 6, 2026 – Long Night of Sciences
Our joint zebrafish activity with the Mittnenzweig and Ohler labs was a big success. Thank you so much to everybody who contributed!

May 29, 2026 – PhD defense Nora
Nora defends her PhD thesis. Fantastic job!





May 27, 2026 – new bioRxiv preprint
Jo’s and Prateek’s manuscript is online on bioRxiv:
How do adult cells acquire plasticity after injury? The Junker (MDC) and Ninov (CRTD) labs show that zebrafish δ1-cells restore insulin production after β-cell loss. δ1-cells occupy a permissive chromatin state before injury, and meis1a/b is required for the response.
May 21, 2026 – Best research environment award
Fantastic news: The Junker lab is among the 15 groups chosen for the “Best Research Environment 2026” award of the Junge Akademie.
May 6, 2026 – Paper online
How does regeneration begin after heart injury? In a new Nature Communications paper, Janita used in vivo single-cell RNA metabolic labeling to identify early transcriptional responders in the regenerating zebrafish heart
April 14, 2026 – PhD defense Janita
Congrats, Janita! Great job!






Feb 1, 2026 – Iman and Aryan join the lab
Iman and Aryan join the lab for their Master thesis (Molecular Medicine program, Charité). Welcome!