Publications

1999

• Schartl M., U. Hornung, H. Gutbrod, J.-N. Volff and J. Wittbrodt (1999) Melanoma loss-of-function mutants in Xiphophorus caused by Xmrk-oncogene deletion and gene disruption by a transposable element. Genetics 153: 1385-1394.
• Volff J.-N., C. Koerting, K. Sweeney and M. Schartl (1999) The non-LTR retrotransposon Rex3 from the fish Xiphophorus is widespread among teleosts. Molecular Biology and Evolution 16: 1427-1438.

2000

• Altschmied J., J.-N. Volff, C. Winkler, H. Gutbrod, C. Koerting, M. Pagany and M. Schartl. (2000) Primary structure and expression of the Xiphophorus DNA-(cytosine-5)-methyltransferase XDNMT-1. Gene 249: 75-82.
• Nanda I., J.-N. Volff, S. Weis, C. Koerting, A. Froschauer, M. Schmid and M. Schartl (2000) Amplification of a long terminal repeat-like element on the Y chromosome of the platyfish, Xiphophorus maculatus. Chromosoma 109: 173-180.
• Volff J.-N., C. Koerting and M. Schartl (2000) Multiple lineages of the non-LTR retrotransposon Rex1 with varying success in invading fish genomes. Molecular Biology and Evolution 17: 1673-1684.

2001

• Volff J.-N., C. Koerting and M. Schartl (2001) Ty3/Gypsy retrotransposon fossils in mammalian genomes: did they evolve into new cellular functions? Molecular Biology and Evolution 18: 266-270.
• Volff J.-N., C. Koerting, J. Altschmied, J. Duschl, K. Sweeney, K. Wichert, A. Froschauer and M. Schartl (2001) Jule from the fish Xiphophorus is the first complete vertebrate Ty3/Gypsy retrotransposon from the Mag lineage. Molecular Biology and Evolution 18: 101-111.
• Volff J.-N., C. Koerting, A. Meyer and M. Schartl (2001) Evolution and discontinuous distribution of Rex3 retrotransposons in fish. Molecular Biology and Evolution 18: 427-431.
• Volff J.-N., C. Koerting, A. Froschauer, K. Sweeney, and M. Schartl (2001) Non-LTR retrotransposons encoding a restriction enzyme-like endonuclease in vertebrates. Journal of Molecular Evolution 52: 351-360.
• Volff J.-N., U. Hornung, M. and Schartl (2001) Fish retroposons related to the Penelope element of Drosophila virilis define a new group of retrotransposable elements. Molecular Genetics and Genomics 265: 711-720.
• Froschauer A., C. Koerting, W. Bernhardt, I. Nanda, M. Schmid, M. Schartl and J.-N. Volff (2001) Genomic plasticity and melanoma formation in Xiphophorus. Marine Biotechnology 3: S72-80.
• Kirchner J. M., V. Ivanova, A. Samson, V. N. Noskov, J.-N. Volff, M. A. Resnick and R. B. Walter (2001) Transformation-associated recombination (TAR) cloning of the tumor-inducing Xmrk2 gene from Xiphophorus maculatus. Marine Biotechnology 3: S168-176.
• Volff J.-N. and M. Schartl (2001) Variability of genetic sex determination in Xiphophorus. Genetica 111(1-3): 101-110.

2002

• Altschmied J., J.Delfaauw, B. Wilde, J. Duschl, L. Bouneau, J.-N. Volff and M. Schartl (2002) Subfunctionalization of duplicate mitf genes associated with differential degeneration of alternative exons in fish. Genetics 161: 259-267.
• Kondo M., A. Froschauer, A. Kitano, I. Nanda, U. Hornung, J.-N. Volff, M. Schmid, S. Asakawa, N. Shimizu, M. Schartl and A. Shima.(2002) Molecular cloning of DMRT genes from two fish species, the medaka Oryzias latipes, and the platyfish Xiphophorus maculatus. Gene 295: 213-222.
• Froschauer A., C. Koerting, T. Katagiri, T. Aoki, S. Asakawa, N. Shimizu, M. Schartl and J.-N. Volff (2002). Construction and initial analysis of BAC contigs from the sex-determining region of the platyfish Xiphophorus maculatus. Gene 295: 247-254.

2003

• Hornung H., I. Nanda, M. Kondo, A. Shimizu, S. Asakawa, J.-N. Volff, C. Winkler, Z. Shan, T. Haaf, N. Shimizu, A. Shima, M. Schmid and M. Schartl (2003) DMRT genes and sex determination in medaka. Chromosome Today (in press).
• Volff J.-N. and M. Schartl (2003) Evolution of signal transduction by gene and genome duplication in fish. Journal of Structural and Functional Genomics 3: 139-150.
• Volff J.-N., A. Froschauer, C. Körting, W. Bernhardt, I. Nanda, C. Schultheis, M. Schmid and M. Schartl (2003) Genome fluidity in the fish Xiphophorus. Aquatic Genomics; N. Shimizu, T. Aoki, I. Hirono, F. Takashima (Eds.). Springer Verlag, Tokyo, pp. 185-194.
• Volff J.-N. and M. Schartl (2003) ) Evolution of signal transduction by genome and gene duplication in fish. Genome Evolution (Meyer, A., Van de Peer, Y., Eds), Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, pp. 139-150.
• Veith A.-M., A. Froschauer, C. Körting, I. Nanda, R. Hanel, M. Schmid, M. Schartl and J.-N. Volff (2003) Cloning of the dmrt1 gene of Xiphophorus maculatus: dmY/dmrt1Y is not the master sex-determining gene in the platyfish. Gene 317: 59-66
• Volff J.-N., D. Zarkower, V. J. Bardwell and M. Schartl (2003) Evolutionary dynamics of the DM domain gene family in metazoans. Journal of Molecular Evolution (in press).
• Wagner T.U., J. Renn, T. Riemensperger, J.-N. Volff, R.W. Köster, R. Goerlich, M. Schartl and C. Winkler (2003) The teleost fish medaka (Oryzias latipes) as genetic model to study gravity dependent bone homeostasis in vivo. Advances in Space Research 32:1459-1465.
• Volff J.-N., M. Kondo and M. Schartl (2003) Medaka's dmY/dmrt1Y is not the universal primary sex-determining gene in fish. Trends in Genetics 19: 4191-4195.
• Volff J.-N. and M. Schartl (2003) Sex determination and sex chromosome evolution in the medaka Oryzias latipes and the platyfish Xiphophorus maculatus. Cytogenetic and Genome Research 99: 170-177 (shared cover page).
• Bouneau L., C. Fischer, C. Ozouf-Costaz, A. Froschauer, O. Jaillon, J.-P. Coutanceau, C. Körting, J. Weissenbach, A. Bernot and J.-N. Volff (2003) An active non-LTR retrotransposon with tandem structure in the compact genome of the pufferfish Tetraodon nigroviridis. Genome Research 13: 1686-1695.
• Winkler C., M. Schäfer, J. Duschl, M. Schartl and J.-N. Volff (2003) Functional divergence of secreted midkine growth factors following gene duplication in zebrafish. Genome Research 13: 1067-1081 (cover page).
• Volff J.-N., C. Körting, A. Froschauer, Q. Zhou, B. Wilde, C. Schultheis, Y. Selz, K. Sweeney, J. Duschl, K. Wichert, J. Altschmied and M. Schartl (2003) The Xmrk oncogene can escape non-functionalization in a highly unstable subtelomeric region of the genome of the fish Xiphophorus. Genomics 82:470-479.
• Volff J.-N., L. Bouneau, C. Ozouf-Costaz and C. Fischer (2003) Diversity of retrotransposable elements in compact pufferfish genomes. Trends in Genetics 19:674-678.
• Winkler C., H. Elmasri, B. Klamt, J.-N. Volff and M. Gessler (2003). Characterization of hey bHLH genes in teleost fish. Development Genes and Evolution 213:541-553.

2004

• Ozouf-Costaz C., J. Brandt, C. Körting, E. Pisano, C. Bonillo, J.-P. Coutanceau and J.-N. Volff (2004) Genome dynamics and chromosomal localization of the non-LTR retrotransposons Rex1 and Rex3 in Antarctic fish. . Antarctic Science 16 (1): 51-57.
• Volff J.-N. (2004). A family of neofunctionalized Ty3/gypsy retrotransposon genes in mammalian genomes. Cytogenetic and Genome Research (in press).

Other contributions

• Volff J.-N. and M. Schartl (1998) Mechanismus der Tumorentstehung am Beispiel der Melanombildung beim Laborfish Xiphophorus. In: Umwelttagung 1998, Proceedings, Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker, pp. 85-87.
• Volff J.-N. and M. Schartl (1999) Hautkrebs bei Fischen: ein Tumorgen und die Folgen. Blick 2/99: 73-75 im Internet

Theses

• Bernhardt, W. (2001) Untersuchung von Melanocortinrezeptor-verwandten Genen in Xiphophorus (Diploma thesis).
• Veith, A.-M. (2002) Untersuchungen der Struktur und Expression von DMRT-Genen beim Fisch Xiphophorus maculatus. (Diploma thesis).
• Selz, Y. (2003) Funktionelle Untersuchungen zur Rolle der Melanocortin-Rezeptoren in der Melanombildung bei dem Fisch Xiphophorus. (Diploma thesis).
• Schultheis, C. (2003) Molekulare Analyse der Geschlechtsbestimmungsregion der Gonosomen des Platyfisches Xiphophorus maculatus. (Diploma thesis).
• Wenning, M. (2003) Isolierung und Charakterisierung von geschlechtschromosom-spezifischen Markern im Steinbutt (Scopthalmus maximus) und von Sox3, Sox9 und Dax1 in verschiedenen Fischarten. (Diploma thesis).
• Froschauer, A. (2003) Identifizierung und molekulare Analyse Xmrk-gekoppelter Gene in der geschlechtsbestimmenden Region des Genoms von Xiphophorus maculatus. (Ph.D. thesis, Dissertation).

Communications

1998

• Volff J.-N. (1998)Der Fisch Xiphophorus als Modell fuer die Melanombildung. Robert-Bosch-Krankenhaus und Institut fuer Klinische Pharmakologie, Stuttgart, Germany (talk by JNV).
• Volff J.-N., M. Pagany, C. Winkler, J. Altschmied and M. Schartl (1998) Approaches to study genomic instability in the Xiphophorus melanoma model. Genomic Instability in Carcinogenesis, Wuerzburg, Germany (poster).
• Schartl M., H. Gutbrod, K. Sweeney, J.-N. Volff, S. Weiss, K. Wichert, I. Nanda and M. Schmid (1998) Genetics of sex determination in the platyfish Xiphophorus maculatus. EMBO Workshop: Reproduction & Early Development, Molecular Marine Biological Perspectives, Sars Center, Bergen, Norway (talk by MS).

1999

• Volff J.-N., J. Altschmied, I. Nanda, C. Koerting, K. Sweeney, K. Wichert, H. Gutbrod, J. Duschl, M. Schmid and M. Schartl (1999) Analysis of the proximity effect of telomere and repetitive DNA on oncogene expression in the Xiphophorus melanoma fish model. Tenth Symposium of the Division of Experimental Cancer Research (AEK) of the German Cancer Society, Heidelberg, Germany (talk by JNV). Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology 125: S16.
• Schartl M., I. Nanda, A. Froschauer, J.-N. Volff, U. Hornung, H. Gutbrod, Y. Hong, C. Winkler, S. Chen and M. Schmid (1999) Small aquarium fish species as models in biological and biomedical research. Meeting of the Japanese Society of Zoologists, Japan (talk by MS).
• Volff J.-N., C. Koerting, I. Nanda, J. Duschl, J. Altchmied, M. Schmid and M. Schartl (1999) Evolutionary dynamics of retrotransposon amplification in fish genomes. EMBO Workshop Molecular Mechanisms, Control and Evolution of Transposition, Roscoff, France (talk by JNV).
• Schartl M., J. Altschmied, H. Gutbrod, B. Wilde, A. Froschauer, C. Koerting and J.-N. Volff (1999) Pigment pattern genes that act as tumor modifiers in melanoma of Xiphophorus. XVIIth International Pigment Cell Conference, Nagoya, Japan (poster by MS). Pigment Cell Research 7 (Suppl.): 82.
• Volff J.-N., C. Koerting, I. Nanda, J. Duschl, J. Altschmied, M. Schmid and M. Schartl (1999) Retrotransposons from the melanoma fish model Xiphophorus and their evolutionary dynamics in teleost genomes. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft fuer Genetik, Munich, Germany (poster by JNV). Genes, Chromosomes, Genomes 7: 82 (poster by JNV).
• Froschauer A., C. Koerting, K. Sweeney, K. Wichert, J. Duschl, H. Gutbrod, J. Altschmied, I. Nanda, M. Schmid, M. Schartl and J.-N. Volff (1999) Candidate genes for melanoma phenotype in the Xmrk oncogene region of Xiphophorus. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft fuer Genetik, Munich, Germany (poster by AF). Genes, Chromosomes, Genomes 7: 78 (poster by AF).

2000

• Volff J.-N., C. Koerting, J. Duschl, J. Altschmied, U. Hornung and M. Schartl (2000) Peche a la LINE dans le genome des poissons. IX Colloque Elements Transposables. Universite Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France (talk by JNV).
• Volff J.-N., A. Froschauer, C. Koerting, W. Bernhardt and M. Schartl (2000) Genomic plasticity of the Xmrk oncogene region in the melanoma fish model Xiphophorus. Aquaria Fish Model of Human Disease, Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas, USA (talk by JNV).
• Kirchner J., Ivanova V., Samson A., Volff J.-N., Noskov V., Resnick M. and R. Walter (2000) Yeast artificial chromosomes (YACs) constitute important tools for the analysis of complex genomes. Aquaria Fish Model of Human Disease, Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas, USA (talk by JK).
• Volff J.-N., A. Froschauer, C. Koerting, W. Bernhardt and M. Schartl (2000) Fische als Modell fuer die Evolution des Genoms bei Vertebraten. 1. Symposium des Forum fuer Evolutionsbiologie, Biozentrum, University of Wuerzburg, Germany (talk by JNV).
• Volff J.-N. (2000) Genome plasticity and retrotransposable elements in the platyfish Xiphophorus. Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan (talk by JNV).
• Volff J.-N., A. Froschauer, C. Koerting, W. Bernhardt and M. Schartl (2000) Genome rearrangement and transposable elements in the sex chromosomes of the platyfish Xiphophorus maculatus. International Symposium: A Step toward the Great Future of Aquatic Genomics, Tokyo University of Fisheries, Tokyo, Japan (talk by JNV).
• Volff J.-N. (2000) Plasticite genomique et evolution des chromosomes sexuels chez le poisson Xiphophorus. (2000) Genoscope, Centre Francais de Sequencage, Evry, France (talk by JNV).

2001

• Volff J.-N. (2001) Bewegung im Erbgut: Retroelemente und die Evolution des Genoms. 1. Seminar des Forums fuer Evolutionsbiologie, Biozentrum, University of Wuerzburg, Germany (talk by JNV).
• Volff J.-N. (2001) Retrotransposable elements: from gene duplication to genome parasitism. Fruehjahrsakademie der Gesellschaft fuer Genetik, Development and Evolution: the Effect of Gene and Genome Duplication. Wittenberg, Germany (talk by JNV).
• Froschauer A., W. Bernhardt, C. Koerting, M. Vucic, M. Schartl and J.-N. Volff (2001) Sex chromosome-specific gene duplications in the platyfish Xiphophorus maculatus. Fruehjahrsakademie der Gesellschaft fuer Genetik: Development and Evolution: the Effect of Gene and Genome Duplication. Wittenberg, Germany (poster by AF).
• Volff J.-N., C. Koerting and M. Schartl (2001) Differential evolution of retrotransposable elements in vertebrates. 1. European Science Foundation Meeting: Retrotransposons, their impact on organisms, genomes, and biodiversity. Carry-le-Rouet, France (talk by JNV).
• Volff J.-N., A. Froschauer, C. Koerting, W. Bernhardt and M. Schartl (2001) Genome plasticity and sex chromosome evolution in the platyfish Xiphophorus. 3rd Anton Dohrn Workshop: Fish Genomics, Structural and Functional Aspects. Ischia, Naples, Italy (talk by JNV).
• Volff J.-N., C. Fischer, C. Koerting, C. Ozouf-Costaz, L. Bouneau, E. Bezault, A. Bernot, J. Weissenbach and M. Schartl (2001) Retrotransposon diversity in fish genomes. Xieme Colloque Elements Transposables. Universite Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Lyon, France (talk by JNV).
• Volff J.-N., A. Froschauer, W. Bernhardt, C. Koerting, I. Nanda, M. Schmid and M. Schartl (2001) Genome plasticity and retroelements in the sex chromosomes of the platyfish Xiphophorus. 14th International Chromosome Conference, Würzburg, Germany (talk by JNV). Chromosome Research 9 (Suppl. 1): 57.
• Bezault E., C. Ozouf-Costaz, A. D?Hont, J.-N. Volff, X. Rognon and J.-F. Baroiller (2001) Structure and evolution of pure and hybrid genomes of Tilapia (Pisces, Cichlidae). 14th International Chromosome Conference, Würzburg, Germany (talk by EB). Chromosome Research 9 (Suppl. 1): 30.
• Froschauer A., W. Bernhardt, C. Koerting, M. Vucic, I. Nanda, M. Schmid, M. Schartl and J.-N. Volff (2001) Molecular anatomy of the sex chromosomes of the platyfish Xiphophorus maculatus. 14th International Chromosome Conference, Würzburg, Germany (poster by AF). Chromosome Research 9 (Suppl. 1): 121.
• Schaefer M., J.-N. Volff, J. Duschl, M. Schartl and C. Winkler (2001) Midkine signaling during zebrafish neural patterning. The second European Conference on Zebrafish Genetics and Development. University College London, London, UK (poster by CW).
• Winkler C., M. Schaefer, J.-N. Volff, J. Duschl and M. Schartl (2001) Two novel MIDKINE related growth factors in zebrafish with distinct functions during neural development. 14th International Congress of Developmental Biology. Kyoto, Japan. Development, Growth and Differentiation 43 (Suppl.): S84 (poster by CW).
• Froschauer A., W. Bernhardt, C. Koerting, Y. Selz, M. Schartl and J.-N. Volff (2001) Sex determination variability and sex chromosome plasticity in fish. Annual Meeting of the German Genetics Society, Halle, Germany (poster by JNV). Genes, Chromosomes, Genomes 8: 47.
• Volff J.-N. (2001) Le retour du gène prodigue: formation, évolution et domestication des éléments rétrotransposables dans les génomes eucaryotes. Muséum National d´Histoire Naturelle, Unité de Systématique et Biodiversité des Poissons, Paris, France (talk by JNV).

2002

• Volff J.-N. (2002) Evolution différentielle et domestication d'élements rétrotransposasbles chez les vertébrés. Conférence de DEA, Université d'Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France (talk by JNV).
• Volff J.-N. (2002) Evolution and interaction of sex chromosomes and retrotransposable elements in fish genomes. Institute of Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK (talk by JNV).
• Froschauer A., C.Koerting, A.-M. Veith, W. Bernhard, Q.Zhou, R. Hanel and J.-N Volff (2002) Positionelle Klonierung des Gens für die Geschlechtsbestimmung im Platyfish Xiphophorus. 1. BioFuture Meeting, Berlin, Germany (Poster by JNV).
• Volff J.-N. (2002) Selfish DNA in fish DNA: diversity of retrotransposable elements in the Medaka and other teleost species. Medaka Genome Initiative Symposium, EMBL, Heidelberg, Germany (talk by JNV).
• Volff J.-N. (2002) Anticipating the destruction of the human Y chromosome: the quest for alternative sex determination systems in fish. Ecole Normale Supérieure, Lyon, France (talk by JNV).
• Volff J.-N. (2002) Sex determination in the platyfish Xiphophorus maculatus. First Regional Meeting on Fish Genetics and Development. Landeck, Germany (talk by JNV).
• Froschauer A., C. Koerting, A.-M. Veith, W. Bernhardt, Q. Zhou, R. Hanel and J.-N. Volff (2002) Positionelle Klonierung des Gens für Gechlechtsbestimmung im Platyfish Xiphophorus. 1. BioFuture Meeting, Berlin, Germany (poster by JNV).
• Schartl M., I. Nanda, U. Hornung, M. Kondo, C. Winkler, T. Haaf, A. Shimizu, S. Asakawa, N. Shimizu, A. Shima, J.-N. Volff and M. Schmid (2002) Evolution of sex determination genes and sex chromosomes in fish. . ISME/SMBE meeting Molecular Evolution: Evolution, Genomics, Bioinformatics. Sorrento, Italy (talk by MS).
• El-Masri H., Klamt B., J.-N. Volff, M. Gessler and C. Winkler (2002) ) Oscillating expression of hey1 regulates anterior-posterior specification of presomitic mesoderm in zebrafish. 5th International Conference on Zebrafish Development and Genetics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, USA (talk by CW).
• Schaefer M., J.-N. Volff, M. Schartl and C. Winkler (2002) Nkx2.2b, a novel homeobox gene exclusively expressed in the lateral floor plate of the zebrafish spinal cord. 5th International Conference on Zebrafish Development and Genetics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, USA (poster by the first author).
• Hanel R., A. Froschauer, C. Koerting, A.-M. Veith, W. Bernhardt, Q. Zhou, M. Schartl and J.-N. Volff (2002) Sex determination variability and sex chromosome plasticity in the fish Xiphophorus. . 6th Evolutionary Biology Meeting, Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle Palais Lonchamp, Marseille, France (talk by RH).
• Seo H.C., R.B. Edvardsen, A.D. Maeland, J.-N. Volff, M.F. Jensen, E.M. Thompson, H. Lehrach, R. Reinhardt and D. Chourrout (2002) Genome organisation in the tunicate Oikopleura: is it driven by short life cycle and small body size? ? 6th Evolutionary Biology Meeting, Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle Palais Lonchamp, Marseille, France (talk by DC).
• Veith A.-M., A. Froschauer, C. Körting, R. Hanel and J.-N. Volff (2002) ) DMRT genes and sex determination in the fish Xiphophorus. Herbsttagung der Gesellschaft für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie, Halle, Germany (poster by AMV).
• Selz Y., A. Froschauer, Q. Zhou, C. Körting, R. Hanel, W. Bernhardt, C. Schultheis, M. Schartl and J.-N. Volff (2002) Serial duplications of a melanocortin receptor gene at the melanoma locus of the platyfish Xiphophorus maculatus. 6th Signal Transduction Society Meeting "Signal Transduction - Receptors, Mediators and Genes", Weimar, Germany (poster by YS).
• Ozouf-Costaz C., J. Brandt, C. Körting, E. Pisano, C. Bonillo, J.-P. Coutanceau and J.-N. Volff (2002) Molecular cytogenetics of Antarctic fish: genome dynamics of retrotransposable elements and first chromosomal localisations. 2nd SCAr (Scientific Committee for Antarctic Research) Workshop EVOLANTA (Evolutionary biology of Antarctic Organisms), Pontignano, Siena, Italy (talk by COC).

2003

• Koerting C., J. Brandt, C. Fischer, L. Bouneau, J.-P. Coutanceau, C. Ozouf-Costaz and J.-N. Volff (2003) Amazing diversity of retrotransposable elements in fish (2003) ) 3rd European Conference on Zebrafish and Medaka Genetics and Development, Paris, France (talk by JNV).
• Volff J.-N., H. Lehrach, R. Reinhardt and D. Chourrout (2003) The ins and outs of retrotransposable elements in the miniature genome of Oikopleura dioica (2003) International Urochordate Meeting 2003, Carry-le-Rouet, France (talk by JNV).
• Zhou Q., A.-M. Veith, C. Körting, C. Schultheis, Y. Selz, M. Vucic, R. Hanel, P. Bienert, M. Naciri, A. Froschauer and J.-N. Volff (2003)Positionelle Klonierung des Gens für Geschlechtsbestimmung im Platyfisch Xiphophorus. 2. Biofuture Meeting, Berlin, Germany, January 2003 (poster by JNV).
• Selz Y., A. Froschauer, Q. Zhou, C. Körting, C. Schultheis, R. Hanel, W. Bernhardt, M. Schartl and J.-N. Volff (2003)Multicopy melanocortin receptor gene at the melanoma locus in the platyfish Xiphophorus maculatus. 12th International AEK Cancer Congress, Würzburg, Germany (poster by YS).
• Froschauer A., C. Schultheis, Q. Zhou, C. Körting, M. Vucic, Y. Selz, R. Hanel, M. Naciri, A.-M. Veith, I. Nanda, M. Schmid, M. Schartl and J.-N. Volff (2003)Genomic instability in the Xmrk oncogene region of the melanoma fish model Xiphophorus. 12th International AEK Cancer Congress, Würzburg, Germany (poster by AF).
• Veith A.-M., C. Winkler, A. Froschauer, M. Kondo, U. Hornung, C. Körting, M. Schartl and J.-N. Volff (2003) The dmrt gene family in fish. CellbiD, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Zellbiologie (DGZ) und Gesellschaft für Entwicklungsbiologie (GfE), Bonn, Germany (poster by AMV).
• Volff J.-N., A.M. Veith, A. Froschauer, M. Kondo, U. Hornung, C. Koerting, M. Schartl, and C. Winkler (2003) The dmrt transcription factor gene family in teleost fish. 3rd European Conference on Zebrafish and Medaka Genetics and Development, Paris, France (poster by JNV).
• Wagner T.U., J. Renn, J.-N. Volff, R. Goerlich, M. Schartl and C. Winkler (2003) Conservation of osteoblast linked genes in the Japanese medaka fish. 3rd European Conference on Zebrafish and Medaka Genetics and Development, Paris, France (poster by TUW).
• El-Masri H., D. Liedtke, B. Klamt, C. Neuner, J.-N. Volff, M. Gessler and C. Winkler (2003) Evolution and functional diversification of Hey BHLH transcription factors. 3rd European Conference on Zebrafish and Medaka Genetics and Development, Paris, France (Poster by HEM).
• Veith A.-M., C. Winkler, A. Froschauer, M. Kondo, U. Hornung, C. Körting, C. Schultheis, Y. Selz, M. Schartl and J.-N. Volff (2003) Molecular analysis of the dmrt gene family in fish. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Genetik, Kassel, Germany (AMV, poster).
• Zhou Q., A. Froschauer, C. Körting, C. Schultheis, M. Vucic, A.-M. Veith, M. Mösl, I. Nanda, M, Schmid, M. Schartl and J.-N. Volff (2003) Molecular analysis of the sex-determining region of the Y chromosome in the platyfish Xiphophorus maculatus. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Genetik, Kassel, Germany (QZ, poster).
• Schultheis C., A. Froschauer, C. Körting, Q. Zhou, M. Vucic, A.-M. Veith, M. Schartl, J.-N. Volff (2003)Conserved synteny between the sex-determining region of the platyfish Xiphophorus maculatus and a region of human chromosome 2 involved in sex determination. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Genetik, Kassel, Germany (CS, poster).
• Selz Y., A. Froschauer, Q. Zhou, C. Körting, R. Hanel, W. Bernhardt, C. Schultheis, M. Schartl and J.-N. Volff (2003) Serial duplications of the melanocortin receptor gene mc4r in the platyfish Xiphophorus maculatus with regard to melanoma formation and sexual maturity. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Genetik, Kassel, Germany (YS, poster).
• Christina Schultheis, Anne-Marie Veith, Alexander Froschauer, Cornelia Körting, Qingchun Zhou, Marina Vucic, Yvonne Selz, Kerstin Schmitter, Manfred Schartl and Jean-Nicolas Volff (2003) “Variation at the top”- The search for novel sex determination genes with the platyfish Xiphophorus maculatus as a model organism. 1st european conference of poeciliid biologists, Zürich (CS, poster)
• Froschauer A. (2003) Live and let die: the fate of duplicated genes on the platyfish X and Y sex chromosomes Second regional meeting on fish genetics and development, Landeck, Germany (talk by AF)

2004

• Volff J.-N. Un poisson sous le signe du cancer: aspects génétiques, génomiques et évolutifs de la formation de mélanomes héréditaires chez Xiphophorus (2004) Muséum national d’histoire naturelle, département régulations et développement, Paris, France (talk by JNV).

Public relations

• Mainpost (newspaper) Interview related to the Biofuture project (J.-N. Volff, 2001). link to Mainpost article
• Bayern3 (radio) Interview related to the Biofuture project (J.-N. Volff, 2001).
• Bayerischer Rundfunk, Rundfunk, drittes Programm (TV) Interview related to the Biofuture project (J.-N. Volff, 2001).