Dr. Marlena Herbertz

Photo: Marlena Winter

Postdoc

Molecular Evolutionary Biology

Address

Universität Hamburg

Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Natural Sciences

Department Biology

Institute of Cell and Systems Biology of Animals

Molecular Evolutionary Biology

Martin-Luther-King Platz 3

20146 Hamburg

Office

Institute of Cell and Systems Biology of Animals

Room: 312

Contact

Tel: +49 40 42838-3867

Email: marlena.herbertz"AT"uni-hamburg.de

Key aspects of activity

Investigations of the tissue specific expressed alpha-beta-subunit combinations of the Na,K-ATPase in Oncopeltus fasciatus (large milkweed bug) and their functional role.

Scientific career

Since 2021	Postdoc, Molecular Evolutionary Biology, Institute of Cell and Systems Biology of Animals, Universität Hamburg
Since 2017	Doctoral student, Molecular Evolutionary Biology Biocenter Grindel, Universität Hamburg Thesis: "Funktionsanalyse der alpha- und beta-Untereinheiten der Na,K-ATPase der Cardenolid-adaptierten großen Milchkrautwanze Oncopeltus fasciatus"
2016-2017	Research assistant, Animal Ecology, J.F. Blumenbach Institut for Zoology and Anthropology, Georg-August Universität Göttingen
2014-2016	Master of Science, Biodiversity, Evolution and Ecology, Animal Ecology, J.F. Blumenbach Institut for Zoology and Anthropology, Georg-August Universität Göttingen Thesis: "The effect of seasonal dynamic and changing sea levels on oribatid mites in salt marshes"
2011-2014	Bachelor of Science, Biology, Applied Zoology/ Animal Ecology, Freie Universität zu Berlin Thesis: "Produktion reaktiver Sauerstoffspezies (ROS) in Nadelgewebe von Pinus sylvestris nach Insekteneiablagen: Eine Analyse beteiligter Enzyme"

Publications

2023

Herbertz,M., Dalla,S., Wagschal,V., Turjalei, R., Heiser, M., Dobler, S., Coevolutionary escalation led to differentially adapted paralogs of an insect's Na,K-ATPase optimizing resistance to host plant toxins. Molecular Ecology (2023). https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.17041

2022

Herbertz,M., Lohr, J., Lohr, C., Dobler, S., Knockdown of Na,K-ATPase β-subunits in Oncopeltus fasciatus induces molting problems and alterations in tracheal morphology. Insect Science (2022). https://doi.org/10.1111/1744-7917.13117

Herbertz, M., Harder, S., Schlüter, H., Lohr, C., Dobler, S., Na,K-ATPase α1 and β-subunits show distinct localizations in the nervous tissue of the large milkweed bug. Cell Tissue Res (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00441-022-03580-6

2018

Winter, M., Haynert, K., Scheu, S., & Maraun, M. (2018). Seasonal dynamics and changing sea level as determinants of the community and trophic structure of oribatid mites in a salt marsh of the Wadden Sea. PloS one, 13(11), e0207141.

Talks and Posters

2021

Winter, M. (2021). Functional characterization of Na,K-ATPase subunit combinations reveals the adaptive strategy of cardenolide-resistant large milkweed bugs. (Talk) ISCE 2021 Conference, Stellenbosch, South Africa (online)

2019

Winter, M., Dalla, S., Lohr, J. N., Dobler, S. (2019). Solving the puzzle: Tissue specific Na,K-ATPase α/β-subunit combinations (updated version 2). European Proteomics Association (EuPA), Potsdam, Deutschland

2018

Winter, M., Dalla, S., Lohr, J. N., Dobler, S. (2018). Solving the puzzle: Tissue specific Na,K-ATPase α/β-subunit combinations (updated version 1). Belgian Proteomics Assoctiation (BePA), Büssel, Belgien

Winter, M., Dalla, S., Lohr, J. N., Dobler, S. (2018). Solving the puzzle: Tissue specific Na,K-ATPase α/β-subunit combinations. 111. Jahrestagung, Deutsche Zoologische Gesellschaft (DZG), Greifswald, Deutschland

2017

Winter, M., Dalla, S., Dobler, S. (2017). Analysis of the Na,K-ATPase α- and β-subunits of the cardenolide-adapted large milkweed bug. 110. Jahrestagung, Deutsche Zoologische Gesellschaft (DZG), Bielefeld, Deutschland