Prof. Dr. Nikolai Klymiuk

Nikolai Klymiuk is Professor for Large Animal Models in Cardiovascular Research at the TU Munich. He is a leading expert in large (and in particular pig) animal models of human diseases. He has a strong track record in molecular genetics including gene editing technologies. Among others, he generated and characterized the first pig model of Usher syndrome type 1B, a severe human disease characterized by deafness and blindness.