Prof. Dr. Hans Rudolf Fries
Academic Career and Research Areas
Prof. Fries researches the molecular genetics of the characteristics of farm animals. The goal is to shift breeding selection from the phenotypic to the genomic level. The focus lies on characteristics that are difficult to manage with conventional breeding.
After studying agricultural science at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich, Prof. Fries went on to complete his doctorate there. Grants awarded by the Swiss National Science Foundation allowed him to conduct research at the Roman L. Hruska U.S. Meat Animal Research Center (1983) and Yale University (1984/85). Prof. Fries completed his lecturing qualification at ETH in 1993. Prior to becoming a professor at TUM (1995), he was an assistant professor and lecturer at ETH.
Awards
- Bavarian Lion of the Bavarian Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Forestry (2023)
- Hermann von Nathusius Medal of the German Society for Breeding Science (2020)
- Hans Vontobel Prize of the ETH Zurich for an outstanding habilitation thesis (1993)
- Silver Medal of the ETH for an excellent doctoral thesis (1983)
Key Publications
Flisikowski K, Schwarzenbacher H, Wysocki M, Weigend S, Preisinger R, Kjaer JB, Fries R. „Variation in neighbouring genes of the dopaminergic and serotonergic systems affects feather pecking behaviour of laying hens“. Animal Genetics. 2009; 40(2): 192-199.
AbstractJuling K, Schwarzenbacher H, Williams JL, Fries, R. „A major genetic component of BSE susceptibility“. BMC Biology. 2006; 4: 33-41.
AbstractWinter A, Krämer W, Werner FA, Kollers S, Kata S, Durstewitz G, Buitkamp J, Womack JE, Thaller G, Fries R. „Association of a lysine-232/alanine polymorphism in a bovine gene encoding acyl-CoA:diacylglycerol acyltransferase (DGAT1) with variation at a quantitative trait locus for milk fat content”. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2002; 99(14): 9300-9305.
AbstractBurt DW, Bruley C, Dunn IC, Jones CT, Ramage A, Law AS, Morrice DR, Patton IR, Smith J, Windsor D, Sazanov A, Fries R, Waddington D: „The dynamics of chromosome evolution in birds and mammals“. Nature. 1999; 402(6760): 411-413.
AbstractSolinas-Toldo S, Lengauer C, Fries R: „Comparative genome map of human and cattle“. Genomics. 1995; 27(3): 489-496.
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