Research Areas
- Evolutionary Physiology
- Eco-Immunology
CV
Education
Positions
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Teaching
- Projektveranstaltung: *+) Animal Evolutionary Ecology [134283]
(in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Joachim Kurtz, Dr. Jaime Anaya-Rojas, Dr. Nora Schulz) - Ãœbung: *) Laboratory course: Animal evolution and biodiversity [134073]
(in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Joachim Kurtz, Dr. Jaime Anaya-Rojas, Dr. Jürgen Schmitz, Dr. Jan Büllesbach)[ - | | wöchentlich | Mo. | MB K8 | Dr. Jaime Anaya-Rojas]
[ - | | wöchentlich | Di. | MB K8 | Dr. Jaime Anaya-Rojas]
[ - | | wöchentlich | Mi. | MB K8 | Dr. Jaime Anaya-Rojas]
[ - | | wöchentlich | Do. | MB K8 | Dr. Jaime Anaya-Rojas]
[ - | | wöchentlich | Fr. | MB K8 | Dr. Jaime Anaya-Rojas] - Blockpraktikum: *) Animal Evolutionary Ecology [134274]
(in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Jürgen Gadau, Dr. Lukas Schrader, Prof. Dr. Joachim Kurtz, Dr. Jaime Anaya-Rojas, Dr. Nora Schulz, Dr. Tania Chavarria Pizarro, Dr. Jan Büllesbach, Dr. Julia Tiede)
[ - | | Blockveranstaltung (Mo-Fr) | Dr. Lukas Schrader] - Praktikum/Seminar: *) Host-Parasite-Coevolution [134111]
(in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Joachim Kurtz, Dr. Jaime Anaya-Rojas, Dr. Nora Schulz)
[ - | | Blockveranstaltung (Mo-Fr) | Hü S | Dr. Robert Peuß] - Praktikum/Seminar: *) Integrative Biology [134074]
(in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Michael Hippler, Dr. Jaime Anaya-Rojas, Dr. Mark Harrison, apl. Prof. Sylvia Kaiser, Prof. Dr. Bodo Philipp, Dr. Carsten Kemena, Prof. Dr. Markus Schwarzländer, Dr. Stefan Roski, Prof. Dr. Joachim Kurtz, Prof. Dr. Ivan Berg, Dr. Mark Lammers, Priv.-Doz. Maik Bartelheimer, Prof. Dr. Till Ischebeck, Prof. Dr. Karin Busch, Prof. Dr. Stefan Luschnig, Dr. Peter Czuppon, Prof. Dr. Iris Finkemeier, Dr. Lukas Schrader, Prof. Dr. Jürgen Gadau, Prof. Dr. Ralf Stanewsky, Prof. Dr. Erich Bornberg-Bauer, Prof. Dr. Melanie Dammhahn, Prof. Dr. Helene Richter, Dr. Jürgen Eirich)[ - | HHü | Prof. Dr. Michael Hippler]
[ - | ZH | Prof. Dr. Michael Hippler]
[ - | ZH 102 | Prof. Dr. Michael Hippler]
[ - | ZH 103 | Prof. Dr. Michael Hippler]
[ - | Hü S | Prof. Dr. Michael Hippler]
[ - | Prof. Dr. Michael Hippler]
[ - | S 8 | Prof. Dr. Michael Hippler]
[ - | ZH 102 | Prof. Dr. Michael Hippler]
[ - | ZH 102 | Prof. Dr. Michael Hippler]
[ - | ZH 103 | Prof. Dr. Michael Hippler]
[ - | Hü S | Prof. Dr. Michael Hippler]
[ - | ZH 103 | Prof. Dr. Michael Hippler]
[ - | Hü S | Prof. Dr. Michael Hippler]
[ - | ZH | Prof. Dr. Michael Hippler]
[ - | HHü | Prof. Dr. Michael Hippler]
[ - | ZH 102 | Prof. Dr. Michael Hippler]
[ - | ZH 103 | Prof. Dr. Michael Hippler]
[ - | Hü S | Prof. Dr. Michael Hippler]
[ - | ZH 102 | Prof. Dr. Michael Hippler]
[ - | ZH 103 | Prof. Dr. Michael Hippler]
[ - | SP4 201 | Prof. Dr. Michael Hippler]
[ - | SP4 109 | Prof. Dr. Michael Hippler]
[ - | Prof. Dr. Michael Hippler]
[ - | ZH 103 | Prof. Dr. Michael Hippler]
[ - | Hü S | Prof. Dr. Michael Hippler]
[ - | HHü | Prof. Dr. Michael Hippler]
[ - | ZH | Prof. Dr. Michael Hippler]
[ - | Prof. Dr. Michael Hippler]
[ - | HHü | Prof. Dr. Michael Hippler]
[ - | SP4 109 | Prof. Dr. Michael Hippler]
[ - | Hü S | Prof. Dr. Michael Hippler]
[ - | ZH | Prof. Dr. Michael Hippler]
[ - | Prof. Dr. Michael Hippler]
[ - | ZH 103 | Prof. Dr. Michael Hippler]
[ - | Prof. Dr. Michael Hippler]
[ - | HHü | Prof. Dr. Michael Hippler]
[ - | SP4 109 | Prof. Dr. Michael Hippler]
[ - | HHü | Prof. Dr. Michael Hippler]
[ - | ZH | Prof. Dr. Michael Hippler]
[ - | Prof. Dr. Michael Hippler]
[ - | Prof. Dr. Michael Hippler] - Praktikum: *+) Ecological Immunology and Host-Parasite Coevolution [134112]
(in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Joachim Kurtz, Dr. Jaime Anaya-Rojas, Dr. Nora Schulz)
[n. V. | Dr. Robert Peuß]
- Projektveranstaltung: *+) Animal Evolutionary Ecology [132174]
(in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Joachim Kurtz, Dr. Jaime Anaya-Rojas, Dr. Nora Schulz) - Praktikum/Seminar: *) Meditterranean fauna [132211]
(in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Joachim Kurtz, Dr. Jaime Anaya-Rojas)
[ - | | wöchentlich | Mi. | Dr. Robert Peuß]
[- | Blockveranstaltung + Sa und So | Dr. Robert Peuß] - Praktikum: *+) Ecological Immunology and Host-Parasite Coevolution [132176]
(in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Joachim Kurtz, Dr. Jaime Anaya-Rojas, Dr. Nora Schulz)
[n. V. | Dr. Robert Peuß]
- Projektveranstaltung: *+) Animal Evolutionary Ecology [130110]
(in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Joachim Kurtz, Dr. Jaime Anaya-Rojas) - Ãœbung: *) Laboratory course: Animal evolution and biodiversity [130107]
(in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Jürgen Gadau, Dr. Lukas Schrader, Prof. Dr. Joachim Kurtz, Dr. Jaime Anaya-Rojas, Dr. Jan Büllesbach, Dr. Jürgen Schmitz) - Blockpraktikum: *) Animal Evolutionary Ecology [130109]
(in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Jürgen Gadau, Dr. Lukas Schrader, Prof. Dr. Joachim Kurtz, Dr. Mark Lammers, Dr. Francesco Catania, Dr. Jan Büllesbach) - Praktikum/Seminar: *) Integrative Biology [130183]
(in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Michael Hippler, Dr. Jaime Anaya-Rojas, Dr. Mark Harrison, apl. Prof. Sylvia Kaiser, Prof. Dr. Bodo Philipp, Dr. Carsten Kemena, Prof. Dr. Ivan Berg, Prof. Dr. Joachim Kurtz, Prof. Dr. Markus Schwarzländer, Priv.-Doz. Maik Bartelheimer, Dr. Mark Lammers, Julia Göhner, Prof. Dr. Karin Busch, Prof. Dr. Till Ischebeck, Prof. Dr. Martin Bähler, Dr. Peter Czuppon, Prof. Dr. Iris Finkemeier, Prof. Dr. Jürgen Gadau, Dr. Lukas Schrader, Prof. Dr. Ralf Stanewsky, Prof. Dr. Erich Bornberg-Bauer, Prof. Dr. Melanie Dammhahn, Prof. Dr. Helene Richter, Dr. Jürgen Eirich) - Praktikum/Seminar: *) Host-Parasite-Coevolution [130111]
(in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Joachim Kurtz, Dr. Jaime Anaya-Rojas) - Praktikum: *+) Ecological Immunology and Host-Parasite Coevolution [130112]
(in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Joachim Kurtz, Dr. Jaime Anaya-Rojas)
- Projektveranstaltung: *+) Animal Evolutionary Ecology [134283]
Current Projects
- The influence of parasite diversity on the evolution and function of the immune system of the Mexcian Cavefish, Astyanax mexicanus (since )
Own resources project - CRC TRR 212 B06 - Genetic and phenotypic characterisation of immunological niche conformance in cavefish ( – )
Subproject in DFG-joint project hosted outside WWU: 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 )
Publications
- . . ‘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, No. 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, No. 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, No. 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 . 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, No. 1: 1447. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-21733-zDO-10.1038/s41467-021-21733-z.
- . . ‘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.
- . . ‘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.
- . . ‘Experimental evolution of immunological specificity.’ Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1904828116.
- . . ‘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, No. 147: e59334.
- . . ‘Stable transgenesis in Astyanax mexicanus using the Tol2 transposase system.’ Developmental Dynamics 248, No. 8: 679–687. doi: 10.1002/dvdy.32.
- . . ‘Early adipogenesis contributes to excess fat accumulation in cave populations of Astyanax mexicanus.’ Developmental Biology 441, No. 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, No. 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, No. 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, No. 4: 160138.
- . . ‘Downregulation of the evolutionary capacitor Hsp90 is mediated by social cues.’ Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 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, No. 1: 445.
- . . ‘The red flour beetle as a model for bacterial oral infections.’ PloS one 8. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0064638.