Gerrit Altmeppen

PhD Student

gerrit.altmeppen@mpinat.mpg.de

Gerrit studied Biochemistry at the University of Heidelberg and investigated the function of the transcription factor FoxN1 in the team of Hans-Reimer Rodewald before joining the MSc/PhD International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) Molecular Biology at the University of Göttingen in 2016. He was awarded an M.Sc. in 2018 after completing a rotation and master's thesis in Melina's lab. For his PhD research, he focuses on establishing methods to decrease aneuploidy in mammalian oocytes.