Sven Würtz

Müggelseedamm 301, 12587 Berlin
Profile
Aquakultur Reproduktionsbiologie Stressphysiologie Ernährungsphysiologie
seit 2011 Arbeitsgruppenleiter Reproduktionsbiologie und Ernährungsphysiologie
2009–07/2011 Senior scientist, Laborleitung, Physiologie und Endokrinologie, Gesellschaft für Marine Aquakultur (GMA), Büsum, Deutschland
2008-2009 Auxillary researcher (tenure track), Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology (LeTOX), Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR), Porto, Portugal
2005-2008 PostDoc, Projektleiter (2007) BMBF-Projekt “Genetic population structure, breeding plan and artificial reproduction of the European sturgeon”
2003-2004 EU-CRAFTS project “Sturgeon sexing”, Leibniz-Institut für Gewässerökologie und Binnenfischerei, Berlin
2005 PhD, Humboldt Universität Berlin: “The paracrine IGF-I system and its role in the regulation of gonad maturation in sterlet, Acipenser ruthenus”
IGB Publications
2021
A duplicated copy of id2b is an unusual sex-determining candidate gene on the Y chromosome of arapaima (Arapaima gigas)
A 180 Myr-old female-specific genome region in sturgeon reveals the oldest known vertebrate sex determining system with undifferentiated sex chromosomes
The immune system of sturgeons and paddlefish (Acipenseriformes): a review with new data from a chromosome-scale sturgeon genome
Probiotics in fish nutrition - Long-standing household remedy or native nutraceuticals?
2020
Mandarin fish (Sinipercidae) genomes provide insights into innate predatory feeding
Temperature training improves transcriptional homeostasis after heat shock in juvenile Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus)
The sterlet sturgeon genome sequence and the mechanisms of segmental rediploidization
CSA: a high-throughput chromosome-scale assembly pipeline for vertebrate genomes
2019
Sex determination in sturgeon
Can juvenile Baltic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus) smell the enemy?
Administration of host-derived probiotics does not affect utilization of soybean meal enriched diets in juvenile turbot (Scophthalmus maximus)
Fate or independency: is batch-specific larval performance determined by egg traits?: a case study in farmed pikeperch (Sander lucioperca)
Lettuce (Lactuca sativa, variety Salanova) production in decoupled aquaponic systems: same yield and similar quality as in conventional hydroponic systems but drastically reduced greenhouse gas emissions by saving inorganic fertilizer
Aquaponics: closing the cycle on limited water, land and nutrient resources
Lead-induced heat shock protein (HSP70) and metallothionein (MT) gene expression in the embryos of African catfish Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822)
The genome of the arapaima (Arapaima gigas) provides insights into gigantism, fast growth and chromosomal sex determination system
How to improve foraging efficiency for restocking measures of juvenile Baltic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus)
Critical swimming speed of sterlet (Acipenser ruthenus): Does intraspecific hybridization affect swimming performance?
Identification of molecular stress indicators in pikeperch Sander lucioperca correlating with rising water temperatures
Divergent gene expression in the gills of juvenile turbot (Psetta maxima) exposed to chronic severe hypercapnia indicates dose-dependent increase in intracellular oxidative stress and hypoxia
2018
Influence of batch-specific biochemical egg characteristics on embryogenesis and hatching success in farmed pikeperch
Stress response of Chironomus riparius to changes in water temperature and oxygen concentration in a lowland stream
Isolation and characterization of native probiotics for fish farming
Nutrient mineralization and organic matter reduction performance of RAS-based sludge in sequential UASB-EGSB reactors
Diversity of immunoglobulin light chain genes in non-teleost ray-finned fish uncovers IgL subdivision into five ancient isotypes
Length rather than year-round spawning, affects reproductive performance of RAS-reared F-generation pikeperch, Sander lucioperca (Linnaeus, 1758): insights from practice
2017
Schutz und Nutzung von Binnengewässern in Deutschland - Status Quo, Konflikte und politische Handlungsoptionen
IGB Policy Brief zur Bundestagswahl 2017