Research

Our main research focus is on reproductive biology and medicine, particularly female and male fertility in livestock and other domestic animals. We are investigating a variety of basic physiological and also pathological reproductive processes: 

• Recognition and establishment of pregnancy 

• Embryo/gamete – maternal interactions and communication 

• Extracellular vesicles/exosomes-mediated transfer of various molecular cargo as a new mechanism of embryo-maternal communication 

• Identification of common and species-specific molecular mechanisms of endometrial receptivity and fertility 

• Identification of biomarkers for female and male fertility/subfertility 

• Analysis of temporal and spatial regulation of gene expression in the oviduct and the endometrium by RNA-seq approaches (spatial transcriptomics, low input RNA-seq, small ncRNA-Seq) 

• Investigation of the RNA, protein, and metabolite cargo of extracellular vesicles/exosomes  

• Role of microRNAs (miRNAs) in embryo-maternal communication and embryo development