Jakob Friedrich Strauß
PhD Student
Institute for Evolution & Biodiversity
Huefferstr. 1
DE-48149 Muenster
Room 220
Tel.: +49(0)-251 83 21093
jfstrauss@uni-muenster.de
Curriculum
- April 2011 - present Ph.D candidate at Genome Evolution Group (Prof. Telschow, WWU Münster)
- 2008 - Nov 2010 MSc Biology at Comparative Genomics Group (Prof. Makalowski, WWU Münster)
Thesis with the title: Tracking the evolution of the MIR element across the mammalian tree of life.
- 2005 - 2008 BSc Biology at Evolutionary Bioinformatics Group (Prof. Bornberg-Bauer, WWU Münster)
Thesis with the title: Refining methods for solo LTR detection and an analysis of solo LTR distribution in six eukaryotic genomes.
Research Interests
- Sex ratio theory and genetic conflicts.
- Coupled bacterial (Wolbachia sp.) and viral coinfections.
Software
- XDOM module for Perl: bioperl-xdom.googlecode.com
- Graph based infection framework for Perl: insj.googlecode.com
Attended conferences / workshops
- November 2011: 3rd VW status symposium - Evolution at the sea. (Poster with the title: Coupled infection dynamics of male-killing bacteria and vertically transmitted virus.)
- September 2011: GCOE Summer School: Global COE Yakushima Field Course / Kyoto Sequencing Course.
- May 2010: EMPSEB2010 - European Meeting of PhD Students in Evolutionary Biology . (Talk with the title: Tracking the evolution of the MIR element across the mammalian tree of life.)