Postdoctoral Fellows – Working Fields

• Dr. Ziduan Han
  The evolution Pristionchus and other nematode

• Dr. Chuanfu Dong
  Small molecule chemistry of Pristionchus nematodes

• Dr. James Lightfoot
  Nematode self-recognition and predation

• Dr. Wen Hu
  Population genetics

• Werner, Michael, Dr.
  Epigenetics of plasticity

• Dr. Yuliia Kanana
  Speciation genetics
   
• Dr. Eduardo Moreno
  Genetics and natural variation of oxygen perception in Pristionchus
   
• Dr. Misako Okumura
  The neurobiology of nematode predation
   
• Dr. Cameron Weadick
  Evolution of longevity in Pristionchus nematodes
   
• Dr. Gaurav Sanghvi
  Plant pathology
   
• Dr. Gabriel Markov
  Pristionchus pacificus Genomics and Bioinformatics
   
• Dr. Josephine Piffaretti
  Developmental plasticity
   
• Dr. Daniel Bumbarger
  Neurobiology - Connectomics
   
• Dr. Erik Ragsdale
  Developmental plasticity
   
• Dr. Angela McGaughran
  Pristionchus population genomics
   
• Dr. Robbie Rae
  Pristionchus-bacterial interactions
   
• Dr. Katy Morgan
  Population genetics
   
• Dr. Akira Ogawa
  Dauer Development in Pristionchus pacificus
   
• Dr. Laure Villate
  Population genetics
   
• Dr. Frederico Brown
  Nematode mutation behavior
   
• Dr. Nadine Borchert
  Proteomics in Pristionchus pacificus
   
• Dr. Qiong Wang 
  Nematode-bacterial interactions
   
• Dr. Christoph Dieterich
  Bioinformatics and genome annotation in Pristionchus pacificus
   
• Dr. David Rudel
  Gonad development in Pristionchus pacificus
   
• Dr. Ray Hong
  Olfaction in Pristionchus pacificus
   
• Dr. André Pires da Silva
  Sex determination in Pristionchus pacificus
   
• Dr. Kaj Grandien
  Regulation of Hox genes and their evolution
   
• Dr. Ilil Carmi
  Pristionchus pacificus developmental biology
   

Graduate Students – Thesis Titles

• Maša Lenuzzi
  Genetics of temperature-induced plasticity in dimorphic nematode Pristionchus pacificus

• Bogdan Sieriebriennikov
  Environmental Genetic Regulation of Mouth-Form Plasticity in Pristionchus pacificus
   
• Nermin Akduman
  The influence of bacterial diet on behavior, metabolism and development in Pristionchus pacificus
   
• Siyu Zhou
  Genetic and genomic studies of the parasitic nematode Strongyloides spp. - the human parasite S. stercoralis and the laboratory model spiecies S. papillosus
   
• Marc Claaßen
  HPLC-qTOF-Analysis of Nematode-Derived Molecular Metabolites
   
• Suryesh Namdeo
  Molecular mechanism involved in the regulation of mouth-form dimorphism in the nematode Pristionchus pacificus
   
• Martin Wilecki
  The neuroethology of killing - predatory feeding behavior in the nematode Pristionchus pacificus

• Praveen Baskaran
  Comparative Analysis of Gene Duplications and their Impact on Expression Levels in Nematode Genomes

• Anja Holz
  Characterization of small RNAs and differential chromatin amplification in the germline of the parasitic nematode family Strongyloididae
   
• Jan Michel Falcke (né Meyer)
  Elucidation of small-molecule structure and biosynthesis using genotype-phenotype association in island nematode lineages of Pristionchus pacificus
   
• Manuela Kieninger
  Molecular Aspects of the Genetic Switch Regulating Phenotypic Plasticity of Feeding Structures in Pristionchus pacificus and its Relevance for Evolution
   
• Vahan Serobyan
  Modes of Inheritance and Adaptive Values of Mouth-Form Dimorphism in the Nematode Pristionchus pacificus
   
• Vladislav Susoy
  Developmental Plasticity, Ecology, and Evolutionary Radiation of Nematodes of Diplogastridae
   
• Melanie Mayer
  Natural Variation in Dauer Formation in the Nematode Pristionchus pacificus and Molecular Mechanisms of Intraspecific Competition
   
• Igor Iatsenko
  Molecular Mechanisms of Caenorhabditis elegans - Bacillus Interactions
   
• Andreas Weller
  Genome Evolution in the Nematode Pristionchus pacificus
   
• Amit Sinha
  Gene Expression Studies on the Evolution of Development and Innate Immunity in the Nematode Pristionchus pacifcus
   
• Simone Kienle
  Microevolution in Pristionchus pacificus: Genetic Diversity and Natural Variation in Vulva Induction
   
• Lisa Schuster
  Molecular analysis of horizontally acquired cellulase genes in the nematode Pristionchus pacificus
   
• Ruxandra Molnar
  Molecular Evolution and Mutation Accumulation Lines in the Nematode Pristionchus pacificus
   
• Isabella D'Anna
  Analysis of the association between Pristionchus and beetles with emphasis on the special case of P. uniformis
   
• Xiaoyue Wang
  DNA-mediated transformation in the nematode Pristionchus pacificus reveals novel functions of Wnt signaling during vulva induction
   
• Gilberto Bento
  Evolution and Development of Pristionchus pacificus mouth form dimorphism
   
• Buqing Yi
  The role of the pax-3 gene in ventral epidermal cell fate specification and myogenesis in the nematode Pristionchus pacificus
   
• Benjamin Schlager
  On the evolution of the nematode vulva equivalence group and the genetic control of Pristionchus pacificus vulva formation
   
• Huiyu Tian
  Reverse genetic analysis of Wnt signaling in Pristionchus pacificus postembryogenesis
   
• Andreas Photos
  Genetic and molecular analysis of sex myoblast specification and migration in Pristionchus pacificus
   
• Hans Zauner
  Natural variation and evolvability of redundant cell-cell interactions in Pristionchus vulva development
   
• Lars Knoch 
  Genomic analysis and reverse genetics in the satellite model organism Pristionchus pacificus
   
• Hua Xiao
  Genetic and molecular characterization of two induction vulvaless mutants in Pristionchus pacificus
   
• Charlotte Kenning
  Genetic and molecular analysis of morphological mutants in Pristionchus pacificus for costruction of an integrated genomic map
   
• Min Zheng
  Evolution of Wnt signaling during nematode vulva development: a comparative analysis between Pristionchus pacificus and Caenorhabditis elegans
   
• Arturo Gutierrez
  Evolution of regulatory genes in nematodes: A comparison between Pristionchus pacificus and Caenorhabditis elegans
   
• Kwang-Zin Lee
  Analysis of genome organisation, operon-structure and function in the nematode Pristionchus pacificus
   
• Jagan Srinivasan
  An integrative genomic analysis in the nemadode Pristionchus pacificus
   
• Benno Jungblut
  Experimental, genetic and molecular analysis of cell-cell interaction during vulva development in Pristionchus pacificus
   
• Carola Sigrist
  Experimental, genetic and molecular analysis of vulva development in the nematode Pristionchus pacificus
   
• Andreas Eizinger
  Genetic analysis of vulva development and genetic and molecular analysis of the homeotic gene lin-39 in the nematode Pristionchus pacificus

Diploma Students – Thesis Titles

• Tahmineh Sarpolaki
  3D-reconstraction of cuticullar sensilla and internal receptors of the nematode Pristionchus pacificus
   
• Stefanie Nusser
  Comparative analysis of promoter-evolution of nematodes Hox-Genes
   
• Isabella D'Anna
  Genetic and molecular analysis of the two hermaphroditic nematodes P. entomophagus and P. maupasi for microevolutionary comparison to P. pacificus
   
• Daniel Messerschmidt
  Biochemical analysis of Wnt-Signaling during vulva development in the nematode Pristionchus pacificus
   
• Andrea Villwock
  Marker associated domestication of nematode Poikilolaimus oxycerca to lab animal
   
• Anja Bubeck
  Characterization of homeotic mutants ped-5 and ped-12 in Pristionchus pacificus
   

Senior Scientists

• Dr. Werner Mayer †
   

Technicians

• Metta Riebesell
• Isabel Kipping 
• Iris Dinkelacker 
• Mirja Erwig