Team
Head of the department
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Research interests: Ecology and evolution of metabolite cross-feeding among microorganisms. Genomic and physiological consequences of a synergistic coevolution. Contact-dependent interactions among bacterial cells. Ecological and evolutionary dynamics within microbial interaction networks. Bacterial multicellularity.
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Department Assistant
Research Assistant
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Research interests: Efficiency of restoration measures. Nutrient fluxes and origins of microplastics in aquatic ecosystems. Biomass production of aquatic macrophytes in stream ecosystems.
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Post-Docs
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Dr. rer. nat. Leonardo Oña Bubach
Research interests: Theoretical Biology. Evolution and maintenance of cooperative interactions. Evolution of biological networks. Coevolutionary dynamics within microbial communities.
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Research interests: Bacterial individuality. Evolution and maintenance of cooperative interactions. Coevolutionary dynamics within microbial communities.
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Research interests: Ecology and evolution of metabolite cross-feeding among microorganisms. Effects of predation on cooperating microorganisms
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PhD students
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Research interests: Evolution of ecological interactions in microbial communities. Genomic and evolutionary consequences of synergistic coevolution. Collective behaviour of microorganisms. Evolution and diversity of biosynthetic gene clusters in bacteria.
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MSc. Shiksha Ajmera
Research interests: Ecology and evolution of interaction amongst microbes. Nanotube formation in microbes: regulation, function and consequence.
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Research interests: Metabolic interdependencies within soil dwelling bacteria. Evolution and maintenance of cooperative interactions. Coevolutionary dynamics within soil microbial communities.
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Research interests: Evolution and maintenance of cooperative interactions and associated evolutionary consequences. Coevolutionary dynamics within microbial communities. Interdependencies as a source of unculturability. Multicellular characteristics of microbial communities.
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Research interests: Plasmid biology. Ecology and evolution of plasmid-bacteria interactions. Endosymbiosis. GC-content evolution in bacteria.
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MSc. Linéa Muhsal
Research interests: Coevolutionary dynamics within microbial communities.
Genomic and physiological consequences of a synergistic coevolution. Contact-dependent interactions among bacterial cells. Bacterial multicellularity. |
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MSc. André Bogdanowski
Research interests: Ecological modelling of microorganisms.
Spatial patterns and coevolutionary dynamics within microbial communities. Dynamic flux balance analysis. Pattern-oriented and individual-based models. |
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Research interests: Impact of relatedness on cooperation.
Evolution of ecological interactions in different species. |
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Technical assistants & Staff
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Technical Assistant Marita Hermann
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Diplom.-Biol. Antje Moehlmeyer
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Technical Assistant Saskia Schuback
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Master Students
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Research interests: Microbiological networks and interactions. Cross-feeding cooperation. Stability and changes of microbiological interactions. Division of labour, specially in bacteria. Predator-prey interactions.
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Research interests: Emergence, development and regulatory mechanisms of bacterial interaction within artificial and natural metabolic networks. With reference to involved membrane structures of the nanotubes.
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B.Sc. Thomas Schulzendorf
Research interests: Parasite-Host coevolution and interaction.
Evolution of endosymbioses. Predator-prey interactions. |
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B.Sc. Jan-Paul Fischer
Research interests: Parasite-Host coevolution and interaction.
Evolution of endosymbioses. Predator-prey interactions. |
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Iqra Rafik Kasu
Research interests: Study of the genetic basis of nanotube formation in bacteria. Functionality of nanotubes in metabolic cross-feeding.
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Bachelor Students
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Alexander Pfaff
Research interests: Effect of local environment in bacteria.
Evolution of multicellularity among bacteria. Cooperation in microbial communities. |
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Anna Milchin
Research interests: Evolution of symbiotic bacteria in natural environments.
Microbiological networks and interactions. Stability and changes in microbial interactions. |
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Wyn Pflug
Research interests: Parasite-Host coevolution and interaction.
Evolution of endosymbioses. Predator-prey interactions. |
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Past Members (Alumni)
Technical assistants
Eva Limpinsel (2016-2017)
Bianca Altmann (2017-2018)
Postdoctoral students
Dr. rer. nat. Chong Becker (2017)
Master students
MSc. Muhammad Atiqur Rahman (2016)
Nadja Raifarth (2018)
Nadja Raifarth (2018)
Bachelor students
Ramya Ganesan (2016)
Ananya Nidamangala Srinivasa (2018)
Caroline Rolfes (2018)
Franziska Theising (2019)
Internship students
Ramya Ganesan (2017). Currently, PhD student at Martin Kaltenpoth's lab.
Doctoral students
Dr. Samay Pande PhD Thesis: "Ecological mechanisms that stabilize cooperative cross-feeding interactions in bacteria" (2010-2014)
Now at ETH Zürich, Switzerland
Now at ETH Zürich, Switzerland
Dr. Glen D'Souza PhD Thesis: "The evolution of metabolic dependency in bacteria" (2011-2016)
Now at ETH Zürich, Switzerland
Now at ETH Zürich, Switzerland
Dr. Silvio Waschina PhD Thesis: "Evolutionary systems biology of bacterial metabolic adaptation" (2012-2016)
Now at Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Germany
Now at Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Germany
Dr. Shraddha Shitut PhD Thesis: "Mechanistic and metabolic basis of bacterial cross-feeding" (2013-2017)
Now at the Institute of Biology in Leiden, The Netherlands
Now at the Institute of Biology in Leiden, The Netherlands
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