News21 August 2024|PublikationStudy detects female genetic males in flea beetle using newly identified X-linked markersPhoto: UHH/Marlena HerbertzThis study from Kim Rohlfing, Malte Grewoldt, Mathilde Cordellier and Susanne Dobler brings valuable insights to the broader scientific community by...25 September 2023|molevolbioCongratulations on completing your doctorate!Photo: Susanne DoblerCäcilia Plate successfully defended her dissertation on identification and characterization of ABCB full transporters in Chrysochus asclepiadeus. All...7 July 2023|molevolbioMagna cum laudeAlina Sanken successfully completed her dissertation and disputation about the "Analysis of reproductive anomalies in the flea beetle Altica lythri...1 June 2023|molevolbioCoevolutionary escalation led to differentially adapted paralogs of an insect's Na,K-ATPase optimizing resistance to host plant toxinsThe milkweed bug, Oncopeltus fasciatus, has evolved intricate adaptations to the toxic cardenolides present in its host plants. Amongst others its...23 November 2022|molevolbioKnockdown of Na,K-ATPase β-subunits in <i>Oncopeltus fasciatus</i> induces molting problems and alterations in tracheal morphologyPhoto: Marlena HerbertzIn this study, we analyzed the tissue-specific distribution and function of different Na,K-ATPase subunits of the large milkweed bug Oncopeltus...21 November 2022|molevolbioEpistatic effects between amino acid insertions and substitutions mediate toxin-resistance of vertebrate Na+,K+-ATPasesPhoto: Shabnam MohammadiWe found that chinchillas and sandgrouse have independently evolved single amino-acid insertions in the same region of their sodium-potassium pump...29 March 2022|molevolbioNew insights into an insect Na,K-ATPasePhoto: Marlena HerbertzThe Na,K-ATPase is a vital ion transporter and ubiquitously expressed in all animal cells. The enzyme is composed of two functionally diverse subunits...1 October 2021|molevolbioMarlena Herbertz got the doctor's titleMarlena Herbertz was awarded the doctorate after her successfully presented disputation. We congratulate and wish her all the best for her future!12 May 2021|molevolbioNew Publication in Current BiologyShab's protein engineering experiments in our lab helped to dissect the evolutionary path that enabled toad-feeding frogs to become resistant to their...15 March 2021|molevolbioNew PublicationsThe articles "Next-generation sequencing of DNA from resting eggs: signatures of eutrophication in a lake’s sediment" , "Four new mitogenomes for the...5 November 2020|molevolbioNew PublicationThe paper "Insights into the genetic basis of predator-induced response in Daphnia galeata" is online on Ecology & Evolution. Congratulate to...1 November 2020|molevolbioWelcome NikosA warm welcome to our new doctoral student Nikolaos Deligiorgis! He is a new researcher on the exciting topic of the adaptation of Longitarsus flea...2 September 2020|molevolbioNew Publication in Proceedings BPaulina Kowalski studies in her doctoral thesis how the leaf beetle Chrysochus auratus manages to absorb toxic cardiac glycosides from its host plants...15 March 2020|molevolbioNew PublicationsFrom our longtime cooperation with Prof. Johanna Mappes at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, two further publications are online: Burdfield-Steel...17 February 2020|molevolbioWelcome, Sha!Sha Lu just arrived to start her PhD with a fellowship from the Chinese Scholarship Council. She will focus on the role of ABCB transporters in...6 January 2020|molevolbioWelcome back, Shab!Dr. Shabnam Mohammadi just arrived for the forth time in our lab, founed for two years by her own NIH fellowship. You can find her most of the time in...1 November 2019|molevolbioHerzliche Willkommen Cäcilia!Als neue Doktorandin verstärkt Cäcilia Plate das Team der Forscher*innen an ABCB-Transportern und wird bei Chrysochus-Arten vergleichen, inwiefern...2 October 2019|molevolbioPublikation in Nature mit Beitrag der AG DoblerDie Arbeitsgruppe von Noah Whitemann an der UCA Berkley hat es geschafft Crispr/Cas modifizierte Fliegen mit den von uns untersuchten Substitutionen...20 August 2019|molevolbioErste Publikation für Fee Meinzer als Erstautorin in GeneFee Meinzer und Jennifer Lohr beschreiben für unsere 'Laborratte', die Milchkrautwanze Oncopeltus fasciatus, die erfolgreiche Suche nach stabilen...7 August 2019|molevolbioPublikation der AG Dobler in Proceedings of the Royal Society BDie farbenprächtigen Pyrgomorphiden (Heuschrecken) können wie einige andere Insekten Herzglykoside tolerieren und im Körper speichern. Die molekularen...Show all news
