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Dr. rer. nat. Silvia Kost
Postdoctoral researcher
Department of Ecology
School of Biology/ Chemistry
University of Osnabrück
Barbarastrasse 13
49076 Osnabrück, Germany
Tel: +49 541 969-3101
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Research interests
- Ecology and evolution of metabolite cross-feeding among microorganisms
- Effects of predation on cooperating microorganisms
Education and Scientific Career
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Since Jun 17
Sep 10 – May 17 Jan 08 - Nov 08 Jul 03 - Dec 07 Apr 03 - Jul 03 Feb 02 - Mar 03 Sep 1996 - Feb 02 |
Scientific coworker, Department of Ecology, University of Osnabrück, Germany
Postdoc, Department of Entomology, Max-Planck-Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena, Germany Postdoctoral Fellow (Alexander von Humboldt Foundation), Department of Molecular Olfaction, HortResearch, Auckland, New Zealand PhD student, Department of Molecular Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena, Germany Scientific coworker, Department of Herpetology and Biodiversity, Martin-Luther-University, Halle, Germany Scientific coworker, Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, University of Würzburg, Germany Diploma student, University of Kaiserslautern, Germany |
Honours and Awards
2012 Early Postdoc Fellowship, Volkswagen Foundation (128.800 €)
2008 Feodor Lynen Fellowship, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (40.000 €)
2007 Travel award for best poster presentation, International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) (500 €)
2002 PhD scholarship, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) (42.000 €)
2000 Research grant, European Tropical Large-Scale Facility (LSF), European Union for Silvolab-Guyane, French Guiana
2008 Feodor Lynen Fellowship, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (40.000 €)
2007 Travel award for best poster presentation, International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) (500 €)
2002 PhD scholarship, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) (42.000 €)
2000 Research grant, European Tropical Large-Scale Facility (LSF), European Union for Silvolab-Guyane, French Guiana
Oral Presentations
- Kost S. (2015). Sexual abstinence in Spodoptera frugiperda. ICE Symposium, MPI for Chemical Ecology, Jena, DE
- Schmidt S. (2011). Hybrid incompatibility and its role in speciation. ICE Symposium, MPI for Chemical Ecology, Jena, DE
- Schmidt S. (2007). Systemin in Solanum nigrum: Safeguard after herbivory. 13th International Symposium on Insect-Plant Relationships, Uppsala, SE
- Schmidt S. (2006). Systemin in Solanum nigrum: from defence to tolerance. 5th Biannual IMPRS Symposium, MPI for Chemical Ecology, Jena, DE
- Schmidt S. (2005). Systemin - a little conductor of a big orchestra. Biannual IMPRS Symposium, MPI for Chemical Ecology, Jena, DE
Poster Presentations
- Kost S. (2013). Paternally acquired chastity in Spodoptera frugiperda. ICE Symposium, MPI for Chemical Ecology, Jena, DE
- Kost S. (2012). Paternally acquired chastity in Spodoptera frugiperda. SAB Meeting 2012, MPI for Chemical Ecology, Jena, DE
- Schmidt S., Baldwin I.T. (2007). Systemin in Solanum nigrum: Safeguard after herbivory. IMPRS Evaluation Symposium, MPI for Chemical Ecology, Jena, DE
- Schmidt S., Baldwin I.T. (2007). Systemin in Solanum nigrum: Safeguard after herbivory. 6th Biannual IMPRS Symposium, MPI for Chemical Ecology, Dornburg, DE
- Schmidt S., Berger B., Riedel T., Groten K., Wu J., Baldwin I.T. (2006). From sun to soil: Above- and belowground hormone signaling. SAB Meeting 2006, MPI for Chemical Ecology, Jena, DE
- Schmidt S., Baldwin I.T. (2006). Let the sunshine in. ICE Symposium, MPI for Chemical Ecology, Jena, DE
- Schmidt S., Baldwin I.T. (2006). Systemin: a little conductor of a big orchestra. 4th Biannual IMPRS Symposium, MPI for Chemical Ecology, Jena, DE
- Schmidt S., Baldwin I.T. (2005). Systemin - a little conductor of a big orchestra. 2nd Solanaceae Genome Workshop 2005, Ischia, IT
- Schmidt S., Baldwin I.T. (2005). Systemin: a little conductor of a big orchestra. 2nd Biannual IMPRS Symposium, MPI for Chemical Ecology, Jena, DE
- Schmidt S., Berger B., Baldwin I.T. (2004). Systemin – mediating systemic wound responses in solanaceous plants?! ICE Symposium, MPI for Chemical Ecology, Jena, DE
Publications
2016
Kost S, Heckel DG, Yoshido A, Marec F, Groot AT. A Z-linked sterility locus causes sexual abstinence in hybrid females and facilitates speciation in Spodoptera frugiperda. Evolution, 70(6): 1418-1427
Groot AT, Unbehend M, Hänniger S, Juárez ML, Kost S, Heckel DG. Evolution of reproductive isolation of Spodoptera frugiperda. In Allison JD and Cardé RT (eds): Pheromone communication in moths: Evolution, behavior, and application’. University of California Press.
2015
De Bionda CL, Kost S, Salas NE, Lajmanovich RC, Sinsch U, Martino AL. Age structure, growth and longevity in the common toad, Rhinella arenarum, from Argentina. Acta Herpetologica, 10(1): 55-62
2012
Albre J, Liénard MA, Sirey TM, Schmidt S, Tooman LK, Carraher C, Greenwood DR, Löfstedt C, Newcomb RD. Sex pheromone evolution is associated with differential regulation of the same desaturase gene in two genera of leafroller moths. PLoS Genetics, 8(1): e1002489
2010
Voelckel C, Mirzai M, Reichelt M, Luo L, Pascovici D, Heenan PB, Schmidt S, Janssen B, Haynes PA, Lockhart PJ. Transcript and protein profiling identify candidate gene sets of potential adaptive significance in New Zealand alpine Pachycladon. BMC Evolutionary Biology 10: 151
2009
Schmidt S & Baldwin IT. Down-regulation of systemin after herbivory is associated with increased root allocation and competitive ability in Solanum nigrum. Oecologia 159 (3): 473- 482
2006
Schmidt S & Baldwin IT. Systemin in Solanum nigrum. The tomato-homologous polypeptide does not mediate direct defense responses. Plant Physiology 142 (4): 1751- 1758
2005
Schmidt DD, Voelckel C, Hartl M, Schmidt S & Baldwin IT. Specificity in ecological interactions. Attack from the same lepidopteran herbivore results in species-specific transcriptional responses in two solanaceous host plants. Plant Physiology 138: 1763- 1773
2004
Schmidt DD, Kessler A, Kessler D, Schmidt S, Lim M, Gase K & Baldwin IT. Solanum nigrum: A model ecological expression system and its tools. Molecular Ecology 13: 981- 995
Kost S, Heckel DG, Yoshido A, Marec F, Groot AT. A Z-linked sterility locus causes sexual abstinence in hybrid females and facilitates speciation in Spodoptera frugiperda. Evolution, 70(6): 1418-1427
Groot AT, Unbehend M, Hänniger S, Juárez ML, Kost S, Heckel DG. Evolution of reproductive isolation of Spodoptera frugiperda. In Allison JD and Cardé RT (eds): Pheromone communication in moths: Evolution, behavior, and application’. University of California Press.
2015
De Bionda CL, Kost S, Salas NE, Lajmanovich RC, Sinsch U, Martino AL. Age structure, growth and longevity in the common toad, Rhinella arenarum, from Argentina. Acta Herpetologica, 10(1): 55-62
2012
Albre J, Liénard MA, Sirey TM, Schmidt S, Tooman LK, Carraher C, Greenwood DR, Löfstedt C, Newcomb RD. Sex pheromone evolution is associated with differential regulation of the same desaturase gene in two genera of leafroller moths. PLoS Genetics, 8(1): e1002489
2010
Voelckel C, Mirzai M, Reichelt M, Luo L, Pascovici D, Heenan PB, Schmidt S, Janssen B, Haynes PA, Lockhart PJ. Transcript and protein profiling identify candidate gene sets of potential adaptive significance in New Zealand alpine Pachycladon. BMC Evolutionary Biology 10: 151
2009
Schmidt S & Baldwin IT. Down-regulation of systemin after herbivory is associated with increased root allocation and competitive ability in Solanum nigrum. Oecologia 159 (3): 473- 482
2006
Schmidt S & Baldwin IT. Systemin in Solanum nigrum. The tomato-homologous polypeptide does not mediate direct defense responses. Plant Physiology 142 (4): 1751- 1758
2005
Schmidt DD, Voelckel C, Hartl M, Schmidt S & Baldwin IT. Specificity in ecological interactions. Attack from the same lepidopteran herbivore results in species-specific transcriptional responses in two solanaceous host plants. Plant Physiology 138: 1763- 1773
2004
Schmidt DD, Kessler A, Kessler D, Schmidt S, Lim M, Gase K & Baldwin IT. Solanum nigrum: A model ecological expression system and its tools. Molecular Ecology 13: 981- 995
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