Research Foci
- Evolutionary Physiology
- Eco-Immunology
Doctoral AbstractThesis
The molecular underpinnings of phenotypic plasticity in Tribolium castaneum immune responses
- Supervisors
- Doctoral Subject
- Biologie
- Doctoral Degree
- Dr. rer. nat.
- Awarded by
- Department 13 – Biology
CV
Academic Education
Positions
Projects
In Process
- CRC TRR 212 B06 - Genetic and phenotypic characterisation of immunological niche conformance in cavefish ( – )
Subproject in DFG-Joint Project Hosted outside the University of Münster: DFG - Collaborative Research Centre | Project Number: TRR 212/2 - The influence of parasite diversity on the evolution and function of the immune system of the Mexcian Cavefish, Astyanax mexicanus (since )
Own Resources Project
Finished
- SPP 1399 - Work package: Coevulution between Tribolium castaneum and Bacillus thuringiensis: On the evolutionary significance of genetic specificity and specific immunity. ( – )
Subproject in DFG-Joint Project Hosted at the University of Münster: DFG - Priority Programme | Project Number: KU 1929/4-1:1
- CRC TRR 212 B06 - Genetic and phenotypic characterisation of immunological niche conformance in cavefish ( – )
Research Articles (Journals)
- . . ‘Host evolution shapes gut microbiome composition in Astyanax mexicanus.’ Ecology and Evolution 14, № 4. doi: 10.1002/ece3.11192.
- ‘Tapeworm infection affects sleep-like behaviour in three-spined sticklebacks.’ Scientific Reports 14: 23395. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-73992-7. .
- . . ‘Metabolic reprogramming underlies cavefish muscular endurance despite loss of muscle mass and contractility.’ Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 120, № 5. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2204427120.
- . . ‘Paternal knockdown of tRNA (cytosine-5-)-methyltransferase (Dnmt2 ) increases offspring susceptibility to infection in red flour beetles.’ Insect Molecular Biology 2022. doi: 10.1111/imb.12798.
- . . ‘Liver-derived cell lines from cavefish Astyanax mexicanus as an in vitro model for studying metabolic adaptation.’ Scientific Reports 12, № 10115. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-14507-0.
- . . ‘The metabolome of Mexican cavefish shows a convergent signature highlighting sugar, antioxidant, and Ageing-Related metabolites.’ eLife 11, № e74539. doi: 10.7554/eLife.74539.
- . . ‘Genome-wide analysis of cis-regulatory changes underlying metabolic adaptation of cavefish.’ Nature Genetics 54: 684–693. doi: 10.1038/s41588-022-01049-4.
- . . ‘Enhanced lipogenesis through Pparγ helps cavefish adapt to food scarcity.’ Current biology 0. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2022.03.038.
- . . ‘Image3C, a multimodal image-based and label-independent integrative method for single-cell analysis.’ eLife 10: e65372C1 - eLife 2021;10:e65372DO - 10.7554/eLife.65372. doi: 10.7554/eLife.65372.
- . . ‘A chromosome-level genome of Astyanax mexicanus surface fish for comparing population-specific genetic differences contributing to trait evolution.’ Nature Communications 12, № 1: 1447. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-21733-zDO-10.1038/s41467-021-21733-z.
- . . ‘Comparative transcriptome analysis of wild and lab populations of Astyanax mexicanus uncovers differential effects of environment and morphotype on gene expression.’ Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution 1-10. doi: 10.1002/jez.b.22933.
- . . ‘Adaptation to low parasite abundance affects immune investment and immunopathological responses of cavefish.’ Nature Ecology and Evolution 2020. doi: 10.1038/s41559-020-1234-2.
- . . ‘An Adult Brain Atlas Reveals Broad Neuroanatomical Changes in Independently Evolved Populations of Mexican Cavefish .’ Frontiers in Neuroanatomy 13: 88. doi: 10.3389/fnana.2019.00088.
- . . ‘Gamete Collection and In Vitro Fertilization of Astyanax mexicanus.’ Journal of Visualized Experiments 2019, № 147: e59334.
- . . ‘Stable transgenesis in Astyanax mexicanus using the Tol2 transposase system.’ Developmental Dynamics 248, № 8: 679–687. doi: 10.1002/dvdy.32.
- . . ‘Experimental evolution of immunological specificity.’ Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 116. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1904828116.
- . . ‘Early adipogenesis contributes to excess fat accumulation in cave populations of Astyanax mexicanus.’ Developmental Biology 441, № 2: 297–304. doi: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2018.06.003.
- . . ‘Insulin resistance in cavefish as an adaptation to a nutrient-limited environment.’ Nature 555, № 7698: 647–651. doi: 10.1038/nature26136.
- . . ‘Oral immune priming with Bacillus thuringiensis induces a shift in the gene expression of Tribolium castaneum larvae.’ BMC Genomics 18, № 1: 329.
- . . ‘Immune priming in arthropods: an update focusing on the red flour beetle.’ Zoology 119. doi: 10.1016/j.zool.2016.03.006.
- . . ‘Down syndrome cell adhesion molecule 1: testing for a role in insect immunity, behaviour and reproduction.’ Royal Society Open Science 3, № 4: 160138.
- . . ‘Downregulation of the evolutionary capacitor Hsp90 is mediated by social cues.’ Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 282. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2015.2041.
- . . ‘Dscam and pancrustacean immune memory - A review of the evidence.’ Developmental and Comparative Immunology 48. doi: 10.1016/j.dci.2014.03.004.
- . . ‘Infection routes matter in population-specific responses of the red flour beetle to the entomopathogen Bacillus thuringiensis.’ BMC Genomics 16, № 1: 445.
- . . ‘The red flour beetle as a model for bacterial oral infections.’ PloS one 8. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0064638.