Thomas Leitz
Department of Biology
Kaiserslautern University of Technology
Germany
Biography
Prof Thomas Leitz has Joined as an Professor, Head of Group of Developmental Biology of Animals at University of Kaiserslautern. He has worked as a Scientific assistant at Zoological Institute II, University of Heidelberg. His research has included, Metamorphosis of the marine hydrozoan Hydractinia echinata as a model for Biological system regulation by networks, cell-cell interaction, role of signals and signal-transduction.
Research Interest
Developmental Biology of Animals
Publications
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Stumpf M, Will B, Wittig K, Kasper J, Fischer B, Schmich J, Seipp S, Leitz T. An organizing region in metamorphosing hydrozoan planula larvae - stimulation of axis formation in both larval and in adult tissue. Int J Dev Biol. 2010; 54(5):795-802
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Seipp S, Schmich J, Will B, Schetter E, Plickert G, Leitz T. Neuronal cell death during metamorphosis of Hydractinia echinata (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa). Invert Neuroscience. 2010;10: 77-91
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Wittig K, Kasper J, Seipp S, Leitz T. Evidence for an instructive role of apoptosis during the metamorphosis of Hydractinia echinata (Hydrozoa). Zoology (Jena) 2011;114(1):11-22
