Susann Wicke
Group Leader
Plant Evolutionary Genomics
Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity
Hüfferstraße 1
D-48149 Münster
Tel.: +49 251/83-21644
Secretary: +49 251/83-21027
Office: R103, first floor
Office hours for students: Tue and Thu, 2.00-4.00 PM (prior notice by email requested)
Lab/S1 office hours: Tue, between 10.00 AM and 2.00 PM
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Research Areas
- Evolution and functional adaptation of parasitic plants
- Genetic causes and consequences of lifestyle changes in plants
- Comparative parasitic plant/host interactions
- DNA barcoding - Establishing molecular-diagnostic markers to identify plant germplasm
- Land plant evolution (evolution and systematics of early diverging land plants, molecular evolution of early vascular plants, symbiotic relationships of early land plant lineages)
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Education
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- Dissertation at the University of Vienna, Austria. Dissertation and defense with distinction (summa cum laude).
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- Studies of biology at the Technische Universität Dresden, Germany. Majors: Botany, genetics, and microbiology.
Positions
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- Professor (W1) for Plant Evolutionary Biology
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- Research Group Leader
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- Postdoctoral scholar at the University of Muenster
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- Pre-doctoral researcher at the University of Vienna, Austria.
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- Student research assistent in the Plant Phylogenetics & Phylogenomics Research group at the Technische Universität Dresden, Germany.
Honors
- Preis zur Förderung des wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchses 2019 - Universitätsgesellschaft Münster e.V.
External functions
- since
- Scientific Advisory Board - "Renewed Strategies for Striga control", – International Alliance of African, European, Asian scientists for Striga research coordination and weed control
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- Deputy chair: “Rectorate’s Committee for Equal Opportunity Measures”, WWU Münster
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- Member of the Commission for research, young scientists, and structure at the WWU Muenster
Appointments
- Professor for Plant Evolutionary Biology, University of Münster (accepted)
- Professor for Higher Plants, University of Graz, Austria (declined)
- Assistant Professor for Speciation Genomics, Uppsala University, Sweden (declined)
- Assistant Professor in Evolutionary Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Wales, UK (declined)
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Teaching
- Projektveranstaltung: *+) Evolutionary Genomics of Non-model Plants [138174]
- Integrative Studien: *) Genetics in school [138189]
(in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Iris Finkemeier)
[24.10.2019 | | wöchentlich | Do. | SP4 108 | Prof. Dr. Iris Finkemeier] - Blockpraktikum: *) Modern Methods in Evolutionary Biology: Phylogenetics and Molecular Evolution [138356]
(in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Kai Müller)
[ - | | Blockveranstaltung (Mo-Fr) | Prof. Dr. Kai Müller] - Praktikum/Seminar: *)Molecular Phylogenetics [138161]
(in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Kai Müller)
[ - | | Blockveranstaltung (Mo-Fr) | Prof. Dr. Kai Müller] - Praktikum/Seminar: *+) Evolutionary genomics of Non-model Plants II [138398]
[n. V. | Jun.-Prof. Susann Wicke] - Seminar: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution [138327]
(in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Kai Müller, Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Irmgard Meyer, Prof. Dr. Joachim Kurtz, Prof. Dr. Shuqing Xu, Prof. Dr. Erich Bornberg-Bauer)
[01.10.2019 | | wöchentlich | Di. | HH | Prof. Dr. Kai Müller] - Seminar: Mitarbeiterseminar [138167]
[ | wöchentlich | Mo. | Jun.-Prof. Susann Wicke]
- Projektveranstaltung: *+) Evolutionary Genomics of Non-model Plants [136258]
- Integrative Studien: *) Genetics in school [136048]
(in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Iris Finkemeier) - Praktikum/Seminar: *) Molecular and bioinformatic methods in biodiversity research [136236]
- Praktikum/Seminar: *+) Evolutionary genomics of Non-model Plants II [136257]
- Praktikum/Seminar: *) Sex, sexual selection and reproduktion [136235]
(in cooperation with Joachim Wistuba, Dr. Claudia Fricke) - Seminar: Mitarbeiterseminar [136256]
- Seminar: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution [136247]
(in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Kai Müller, Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Irmgard Meyer, Prof. Dr. Joachim Kurtz, Prof. Dr. Erich Bornberg-Bauer)
- Projektveranstaltung: *+) Evolutionary Genomics of Non-model Plants [134068]
- Blockpraktikum: *) Modern Methods in Evolutionary Biology: Phylogenetics and Molecular Evolution [134066]
(in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Kai Müller) - Praktikum/Seminar: *)Molecular Phylogenetics [134079]
(in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Kai Müller) - Praktikum/Seminar: *+) Evolutionary genomics of Non-model Plants II [134084]
- Seminar: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution [134050]
(in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Kai Müller, Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Irmgard Meyer, Prof. Dr. Joachim Kurtz, Prof. Dr. Erich Bornberg-Bauer) - Seminar: Mitarbeiterseminar [134353]
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Projects
In Progress
- Genetic reconfigurations en route to a holoparasitic lifestyle in plants ( - )
Third-party funding : DFG Emmy Noether Programme | Project Number: WI 4507/3-1 - Nutritional specialization and host-related diversification in parasitic plants ()
Third-party funding : German-Israeli Foundation for Scientific Research and Development | Project Number: G-2415-413.13/2016 - DAAD Austauschprogramm: PPP Norwegen 2016 - Funktionelle Anpassung in parasitisch lebenden Pflanzen ( - )
Third-party funding : German Academic Exchange Service | Project Number: 57245731
Finished
- Aufbau einer wissenschaftlichen Kooperation zwischen der Universität Münster und der Universität Kopenhagen zur Entschlüsselung genetischer Netzwerke in parasitischen Pflanzen ( - )
Third-party funding : DFG - Initiation of International Collaboration | Project Number: WI 4507/2-1| MU 2875/4-1
- Genetic reconfigurations en route to a holoparasitic lifestyle in plants ( - )
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Publications
- . . ‘The weedy parasite Phelipanche aegyptiaca attacks Brassica rapa var. rapa L. for the first time in Israel.’ Plant Disease 2019: 1. doi: 10.1094/PDIS-02-19-0285-PDN.
- . . ‘Plastome reduction in the only parasitic gymnosperm Parasitaxus is due to losses of photosynthesis but not housekeeping genes and apparently involves the secondary gain of a large inverted repeat.’ Genome Biology and Evolution 11, No. 10: 2789–2796. doi: 10.1093/gbe/evz187.
- . . ‘Morphology, geographic distribution, and host preferences are poor predictors of phylogenetic relatedness in the mistletoe genus Viscum L.’ Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 131: 106-115. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2018.10.041.
- . . ‘Dense infraspecific sampling reveals rapid and independent trajectories of plastome degradation in a heterotrophic orchid complex.’ New Phytologist 218, No. 3: 1192-1204. doi: 10.1111/nph.15072.
- . . ‘Plastid genome evolution in the early-diverging legume subfamily Cercidoideae (Fabaceae).’ Frontiers in Plant Science 8: 138. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2018.00138.
- . . ‘Molecular evolution of plastid genomes in parasitic flowering plants.’ In Advances in Botanical Research, edited by , 315-347. 1st Ed. Academic Press. doi: 10.1016/bs.abr.2017.11.014.
- . . ‘Biogeography of the Gondwanan tree fern family Dicksoniaceae—A tale of vicariance, dispersal and extinction.’ Journal of Biogeography 44, No. 11: 2648-2659. doi: 10.1111/jbi.13056.
- . . ‘TraitRateProp: A web server for the detection of trait-dependent evolutionary rate shifts in sequence sites.’ Nucleic Acids Research 45, No. 1: W260-W264. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkx288.
- . . ‘An integrated model of phenotypic trait changes and site-specific sequence evolution.’ Systematic Biology 66, No. 6: 917-933. doi: 10.1093/sysbio/syx032.
- . . ‘Genus-wide screening reveals four distinct types of structural plastid genome organization in Pelargonium (Geraniaceae).’ Genome Biology and Evolution 9, No. 1: 64-76. doi: 10.1093/gbe/evw271.
- . . ‘Mechanistic model of evolutionary rate variation en route to a nonphotosynthetic lifestyle in plants.’ Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 113, No. 32: 9045-9050. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1607576113.
- . . ‘Lineage-specific reductions of plastid genomes in an orchid tribe with partially and fully mycoheterotrophic species.’ Genome Biology and Evolution 8, No. 7: 2164–2175. doi: 10.1093/gbe/evw144.
- . . ‘Massive intracellular gene transfer during plastid genome reduction in nongreen Orobanchaceae.’ New Phytologist 210, No. 2: 680-693. doi: 10.1111/nph.13784.
- . . ‘Establishment of Anthoceros agrestis as a model species for studying the biology of hornworts.’ BMC Plant Biology 15: 98. doi: 10.1186/s12870-015-0481-x.
- . . ‘Next generation organellar genomics: Potentials and pitfalls of high-throughput technologies for molecular evolutionary studies and plant systematics.’ In Next generation sequencing in plant systematics, edited by , Chapter 1. Koenigstein: Koeltz Scientific Books. doi: 10.14630/000002.
- . . ‘Disproportional plastome-wide increase of substitution rates and relaxed purifying selection in genes of carnivorous Lentibulariaceae.’ Molecular Biology and Evolution 31, No. 3: 529-545. doi: 10.1093/molbev/mst261.
- . . ‘Mechanisms of functional and physical genome reduction in photosynthetic and nonphotosynthetic parasitic plants of the broomrape family.’ The Plant Cell 25: 3711-3725. doi: 10.1105/tpc.113.113373.
- . . ‘Genomic evolution in Orobanchaceae.’ In Parasitic Orobanchaceae - Parasitic Mechanisms and Control Strategies, edited by , Chapter 15. Berlin Heidelberg: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-38146-1_15.
- . . ‘Common but new: Bartramia rosamrosiae, a 'new' widespread species of apple mosses (Bartramiales, Bryophytina) from the Mediterranean and western North America.’ Phytotaxa 73: 37-59.
- . . ‘Restless 5S: The re-arrangement(s) and evolution of the nuclear ribosomal DNA in land plants.’ Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 61, No. 2: 321-332. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2011.06.023.
- . . ‘The evolution of the plastid chromosome in land plants: gene content, gene order, gene function.’ Plant Molecular Biology 76, No. 3-5: 273-297. doi: 10.1007/s11103-011-9762-4.
- . . ‘New insights in the evolution of the liverwort family Aneuraceae (Metzgeriales, Marchantiophyta), with emphasis on the genus Lobatiriccardia.’ Taxon 59, No. 5: 1424-1440.
- . . ‘Universal primers for the amplification of the plastid trnK/matK region in land plants.’ Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid 66, No. 2: 285-288. doi: 10.3989/ajbm.2231.