Kost Lab
  Department of ecology
   
  • Home
  • Team
  • Research
  • Publications
  • Teaching
  • Photos
  • Join us
  • Contact
Team
Head of the department
Picture
Prof. Dr. Christian Kost
 christian.kost (at) ​uni-osnabrueck.de                         
​
+49 (0) 541 969-2853
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. ​
Picture
Department Assistant
Picture
Birte Pahlmann
pahlmann (at) uni-osnabrueck.de                                
​+49 (0) 541 969-2836
Picture
Research Assistant
Picture
Dr. rer. nat. Dominique Remy
 remy (at) uni-osnabrueck.de                                                                          
​
+49 (0) 541 969-2829
Research interests: Efficiency of restoration measures. Nutrient fluxes and origins of microplastics in aquatic ecosystems. Biomass production of aquatic macrophytes in stream ecosystems.​
Picture
Post-Docs
Picture
Dr. rer. nat. Leonardo Oña Bubach
leonardo.onabubach (at) uni-osnabrueck.de                                      
​
​+49 (0) 541 969-2255
Research interests: Theoretical Biology. Evolution and maintenance of cooperative interactions. Evolution of biological networks. Coevolutionary dynamics within microbial communities.
Picture
Picture
Dr. rer. nat. Silvia Kost
 silvia.kost (at) uni-osnabrueck.de                                                               
​
+49 (0) 541 969-3101
Research interests: Ecology and evolution of metabolite cross-feeding among microorganisms. Effects of predation on cooperating microorganisms
Picture
PhD students
Picture
M. Tech. Samir Giri
samir.giri@uni-osnabrueck.de                                                                      
​+49 (0) 541 969-7141
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.
Picture
Picture
MSc. Shiksha Ajmera
shiksha.ajmera (at)uni-osnabrueck.de                                                            
​​+49 (0) 541 969-2255
Research interests: Ecology and evolution of interaction amongst microbes. Nanotube formation in microbes: regulation, function and consequence.
Picture
Picture
MSc. Ghada Yousif
ghada.yousif (at) uni-osnabrueck.de                         
​+49 (0) 541 969-7141
Research interests: Metabolic interdependencies within soil dwelling bacteria. Evolution and maintenance of cooperative interactions. Coevolutionary dynamics within soil microbial communities.
Picture
Picture
           MSc. Linéa Muhsal
                 linea.muhsal (at) uni-osnabrueck.de                                                                  
​                 ​+49 (0) 541 969-3101
                Research interests: Coevolutionary dynamics within microbial communities.
                Genomic and physiological consequences of a synergistic coevolution.
                Contact-dependent interactions among bacterial cells. Bacterial multicellularity.
Picture
Picture
        MSc. André Bogdanowski
            abogdanowski (at) uni-osnabrueck.de         
           
+49 (0) 541 969-3101                                                          
            Research interests: Ecological modelling of microorganisms.     
            Spatial patterns and coevolutionary dynamics within microbial communities.
            Dynamic flux balance analysis.
            Pattern-oriented and individual-based models.
Picture
Picture
MSc. Saskia Wilmsen
saskia.wilmsen (at) uni-osnabrueck.de     
​
+49 (0) 541 969-3101                                                         
Research interests: Impact of relatedness on cooperation.     
Evolution of ecological interactions in different species.    ​
Picture
Picture
MSc. Benedikt Pauli
benedikt.pauli (at) uni-osnabrueck.de     
​
+49 (0) 541 969-2255                                                         
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.    ​
Picture
Technical assistants & Staff
Picture
Diplom.-Biol. Antje Moehlmeyer
antje.moehlmeyer (at) uni-osnabrueck.de                                                   
​+49 (0) 541 969-2835
Picture
Picture
Technical Assistant Susana Pereira
susana.pereira(at)uni-osnabrueck.de                                                   
​+49 (0) 541 969-2255
Picture
Picture
Technical Assistant Björn Reiling
breiling(at)uni-osnabrueck.de                                                  
​+49 (0) 541 969-2255
Picture
Picture
Technical Assistant Saskia Schuback
saskia.schuback (at) uni-osnabrueck.de                                                   
​+49 (0) 541 969-2835
Picture
Master Students
Picture
B.Sc. Thomas Schulzendorf
thomas.schulzendorf (at) uni-osnabrueck.de                                                  
​+49 (0) 541 969-2255
Research interests: Parasite-Host coevolution and interaction.
​Evolution of endosymbioses. Predator-prey interactions.
Picture
Picture
B.Sc. Michael Itermann
 mitermann(at)uni-osnabrueck.de                                                        
​ +49 (0) 541 969-3101
Research interests: Effect of auxotrophies on the amino acid uptake rate. Fitness benefits caused by gene loss. Distribution of amino acid auxotrophs within natural bacterial communities.
Picture
Picture
 B.Sc. Andreas Messer
 amesser(at)uni-osnabrueck.de                                                        
​ +49 (0) 541 969-3101
Research interests: Cognition and learning in bacteria. Evolution and principles of cooperation. Philosophy/Theory of Science.
Picture
Bachelor Students
Picture
 Wyn Pflug
 wyn.pflug (at) uni-osnabrueck.de                                                  
​ +49 (0) 541 969-3101
 Research interests: Parasite-Host coevolution and interaction.
​ Evolution of 
​endosymbioses. Predator-prey interactions.
Picture
Past Members (Alumni)
Technical assistants
Eva Limpinsel   (2016-2017)
Bianca Altmann (2017-2018)
Marita Hermann (2018-2020)
Postdoctoral students
Dr. rer. nat. Chong Becker  (2017)
Dr. Piyali Pal Chowdhury  (2016-2020)
Master students
MSc. Muhammad Atiqur Rahman (2016)
Nadja Raifarth (2018)
Iqra Rafik Kasu (2019)
Benedikt Pauli (2019)
Pascal Brameier-Weuda (2019)
Jan-Paul Fischer (2020)
Bachelor students
Ramya Ganesan (2016)
Ananya Nidamangala Srinivasa (2018)
Caroline Rolfes (2018)
Franziska Theising (2019)
Alexander Pfaff (2019)
Anna Milchin (2020)
Neele Avermann (2020)
Internship students
Ramya Ganesan (2017)
Iqra Rafik Kasu (2019)
Doctoral students
Dr. Samay Pande             PhD Thesis: "Ecological mechanisms that stabilize cooperative cross-feeding interactions in bacteria"  (2010-2014)    
​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
Dr. Silvio Waschina        PhD Thesis: "Evolutionary systems biology of bacterial metabolic adaptation" (2012-2016)                  
​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
Dr. Daniel Preußger      PhD Thesis: "The evolution of metabolic cooperation in bacterial communities – causes and consequences" (2013-2020) Now at the Friedrich-Loeffler-Institute in Jena, Germany 
Dr. Anne-Kathrin Dietel​      PhD Thesis: "Identifying the molecular causes for the commonly observed AT-bias in endosymbiont genomes​" (2013-2020) 
Picture
Picture
  • Home
  • Team
  • Research
  • Publications
  • Teaching
  • Photos
  • Join us
  • Contact