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Ozan Altan Altinok
Doctoral project: I've got you under my skin; Evolutionary perspectives changing the concept of disease
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Michael Quante
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Katrin Berk
Doctoral project: Benefits and hazards of novel protein coding genes
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Erich Bornberg-Bauer
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Daniel Dowling
Doctoral project: Benefits and hazards of novel protein coding genes
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Erich Bornberg-Bauer
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Natalie Effelsberg
Doctoral project: Molecular epidemiology of multidrug-resistant zoonotic pathogens
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Alexander Mellmann, Prof. Dr. Joachim Kurtz, Prof. Dr. Stephan Ludwig
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Janina Feige-Diller
Doctoral project: Effects of genotype and environment on mental health and quality of life
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Norbert Sachser
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Verónica Andrea Ferrando
Doctoral project: Molecular determinants of species specificity and evolution of influenza viruses
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Stephan Ludwig
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Shrey Gandhi
Doctoral project: Deciphering the role of non-coding RNA in cardiovascular biology using evolutionary approach
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Monika Stoll, Prof. Dr. Erich Bornberg-Bauer, PD Dr. Jürgen Schmitz
After his graduation, Shrey was awarded an EvoPAD transitional postdoctoral position for 9 months until July 2021.
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Noble Selasi Gati
Doctoral project: Origin and evolution of heteropathogenic Escherichia coli
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Alexander Mellmann, Prof. Dr. Joachim Kurtz, Prof. Dr. Ulrich Dobrindt
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Dhevi Kalyanaraman
Doctoral project: From genotype to phenotype – linking the evolution of the mitochondrial OXPHOS system, mitochondrial capacity, metabolic rates and hybrid incompatibility in the parasitoid wasp Nasonia
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Jürgen Gadau
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Hanna Klimek
Doctoral project: Escherichia coli adaptation to individual hosts: A genomic view
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Ulrich Dobrindt
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Nina Kranke
Doctoral project: Kinds of explanation in accounts of pathogen evolution
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Ulrich Krohs
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Leonie Chiara Martens
Doctoral project: RiboSNitches in the cardiovascular system
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Monika Stoll, Prof. Dr. Erich Bornberg-Bauer, Dr. Juanma Vaquerizas
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Amol Patil
Doctoral project: Posttranslational modifications as determinants of species specificity and evolution of influenza viruses
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Stephan Ludwig
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Rebecca Rothering (née Hagen)
Doctoral project: The influence of maternal effects and selection on programmed DNA elimination
Supervisor: Dr. Francesco Catania
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Valerio Vitali
Doctoral project: Environmental Effects on Programmed DNA Elimination
Supervisors: Dr. Francesco Catania, Prof. Dr. Jürgen Gadau, Dr. Juanma Vaquerizas
After his graduation, Valerio was awarded an EvoPAD transitional postdoctoral position for 9 months until December 2020.