Dr. Wencke Krings

Charlotte Neumann, 2020, Relating radular forces with muscle size, feeding experiments on different land snails. Bachelor thesis, Bachelor of Education.

Christine Hempel, 2020, Sandpaper induced wear on radular teeth - a case study on Vittina. Bachelor thesis, Bachelor of Education.

Hasan Hüseyin Karabacak, 2019/20, Verschiedene Werkzeuge auf einer einzigen Radula: 3D Modellierung und FEA geben Hinweise auf die Funktion von taenioglossen Radula-Zähnchen. Bachelor thesis, Bachelor of Science.

Carolin Scheel, 2019, Vergleichende Untersuchung der Radula-Bewegung ausgewählter Gastropoden. Bachelor thesis, Bachelor of Education.

Taissa Sofie Faust, 2018, In slow motion: revealing radula movement and forces of feeding land snails: Cornu aspersum (Müller, 1774). Bachelor thesis, Bachelor of Science.

Jan-Ole Brütt, 2017, Funktionsmorphologische Untersuchung zur Verankerung der Radula-Zähne am Beispiel ausgewählter Süßwassergastropoda. Bachelor thesis, Bachelor of Education.

Since 2021
Researcher, Department of Bahavioural Biology, Institute of Zoology, Universität Hamburg

2015 - 2020
Research Assistant, Centrum für Naturkunde (CeNak) – Zoologisches Museum, Universität Hamburg

Krings, W., Marcé Nogué, J., Gorb, S.N., 2021. Finite element analysis relating shape, material properties, and dimensions of taenioglossan radular teeth with trophic specialisations in Paludomidae (Gastropoda). Scientific Reports 11(11), 22775. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-02102-8

Krings, W., Karabacak, H., Gorb, S.N., 2021. From the knitting shop: the first physical and dynamic model of the taenioglossan radula (Mollusca: Gastropoda) aids in unravelling functional principles of the radular morphology. Journal of the Royal Society Interface 18, 20210377. http://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2021.0377

Gorb, S.N., Krings, W., 2021. Mechanical property gradients of taenioglossan radular teeth are associated with specific function and ecological niche in Paludomidae (Gastropoda: Mollusca). Acta Biomaterialia 134, 513-530. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actbio.2021.07.057

Krings, W., Kovalev, A., Gorb, S.N., 2021. Collective effect of damage prevention in taenioglossan radular teeth is related to the ecological niche in Paludomidae (Gastropoda: Cerithioidea). Acta Biomaterialia 135, 458-472. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actbio.2021.07.073

Krings, W., Marcé Nogué, J., Karabacak, H., Glaubrecht, M., Gorb, S.N., 2020. Finite element analysis of individual taenioglossan radular teeth (Mollusca). Acta Biomaterialia 115, 317-332. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actbio.2020.08.034

Krings, W., Neumann, C., Neiber, M.T., Kovalev, A., Gorb, S.N., 2021. Radular force performance of stylommatophoran gastropods (Mollusca) with distinct body masses. Scientific Reports 11, 10560. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-89892-z

Krings, W., Hempel, C., Siemers, L., Neiber, M.T., Gorb, S.N., 2021. Feeding experiments on Vittina turrita (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Neritidae) reveal tooth contact areas and bent radular shape during foraging. Scientific Reports 11, 9556. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-88953-7

Krings, W., Kovalev, A., Gorb, S.N., 2021. Influence of water content on mechanical behaviour of gastropod taenioglossan radulae. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 288, 2020317320203173. http://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2020.3173

Krings, W., Gorb, S.N., 2021. Substrate roughness induced wear pattern in gastropod radulae. Biotribology 26, 100164. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biotri.2021.100164

Krings, W., Gorb, S.N., 2021. Radula packing and storage facilitated by tooth morphology in selected taenioglossan Gastropoda. Journal of Molluscan Studies 87, eyab007. https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyab007

Krings, W., Neiber, M.T., Kovalev, A., Gorb, S.N., Glaubrecht, M., 2021. Trophic specialisation reflected by radular tooth material properties in an ‘ancient’ Lake Tanganyikan gastropod species flock. BMC Ecology and Evolution 21, 35. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-021-01754-4

Krings, W., Brütt, J.-O., Gorb, S.N., Glaubrecht, M., 2020. Tightening it up: Diversity of the chitin anchorage of radular-teeth in paludomid freshwater-gastropods. Malacologia 63(1), 77–94. https://doi.org/10.4002/040.063.0108

Krings, W., 2020. Trophic specialization of paludomid gastropods from 'ancient' Lake Tanganyika reflected by radular tooth morphologies and material properties. Dissertation, https://ediss.sub.uni-hamburg.de/handle/ediss/8654

Scheel, C., Gorb, S.N., Glaubrecht, M., Krings, W., 2020. Not just scratching the surface: Distinct radular motion patterns in Mollusca. Biology Open 9, bio055699. https://doi.org/10.1242/bio.055699

Krings, W., Marcé-Nogué, J., Karabacak, H., Glaubrecht, M., Gorb, S.N., 2020. Finite element analysis of individual taenioglossan radular teeth (Mollusca). Acta Biomaterialia 115, 317–332. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actbio.2020.08.034

Krings, W., Kovalev, A., Glaubrecht, M., Gorb, S.N., 2019. Differences in the Young modulus and hardness reflect different functions of teeth within the taenioglossan radula of gastropods. Zoology 137, 125713. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.zool.2019.125713

Krings, W., Faust, T., Kovalev, A., Neiber, M.T., Glaubrecht, M., Gorb, S.N., 2019. In slow motion: radula motion pattern and forces exerted to the substrate in the land snail Cornu aspersum (Mollusca, Gastropoda) during feeding. Royal Society Open Science 6(7), 2054–5703. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.190222

Haas, A., Hertwig, S. T., Krings, W., Braskamp, E., Dehling, J. M., Min, P. Y., Jankowski, A., Schweizer, M. Das, I. (2012) Description of three Rhacophorus tadpoles (Lissamphibia: Anura: Rhacophoridae) from Sarawak, Malaysia (Borneo). Zootaxa 3328, 1–19.

Conference contributions

Krings, W., Marcé Nogué, J. & Gorb, S.N.: Failure prevention mechanisms in taenioglossan radulae of African gastropods (Paludomidae) are related to the species ecological niche. DZG 2021.

Krings, W. & Gorb, S.N.: Functional morphology of the molluscan radula – current approaches and future perspectives. Young Researcher Meeting Morphology 2021, DZG.

Krings, W., Scheel, C., Gorb, S.N. & Glaubrecht, M: Researchers starring at snail tongues – Distinct radular movement patterns in the major gastropod lineages. GfBS 2020.

Krings, W., Neiber, M.T., Marcé-Nogué, J., Kovalev, A., Gorb, S.N. & Glaubrecht, M.: Revealing evolution tooth by tooth: Convergent trophic specialization of a paludomid species flock in an ‘ancient’ African lake. DZG 2019.

Krings, W., Neiber, M.T., Kovalev, A., Gorb, S.N. & Glaubrecht, M.: Diversity overload – niche partitioning resulting in various shell sizes and tooth morphologies in a radiation of gastropods in ‘ancient’ Lake Tanganyika. DZG 2018.

Krings, W., Brütt, J.-O. & Glaubrecht, M. (2017): Tightening it up: Functional Morphology of the Chitin Anchorage of Radula-Teeth in Freshwater-Gastropods. DZG Fachtagung Morphologie 2017.

Krings, W. & Glaubrecht, M. (2016): A Hard Nut to Crack: Revealing Evolution Tooth by Tooth. In: Book of abstracts DZG meeting 2016.

Krings, W. & Glaubrecht, M.: Evolutionary organ pipes in full blast: Do snails dance to the Hutchinson tune? Zitteliana 88: 33. GfBS 2016.

Poster

Krings, W., Neiber, M.T., Kovalev, A., Gorb, S.N. & Glaubrecht, M.: Diversity overload – niche partitioning resulting in various tooth morphologies in a radiation of gastropods from ‘ancient Lake Tanganyika. Graduierentenforum Morphologie der DZG 2019.

Krings, W., Brütt, J.-O. & Glaubrecht, M.: Tightening it up: Functional Morphology of the Chitin Anchorage of Radula-Teeth in Freshwater-Gastropods. DZG Fachtagung Morphologie 2017.

Krings, W., Neiber, M.T. & Glaubrecht, M.: Evolution – Zahn um Zahn. Radula-Diversität der Paludomidae des Tangajikasees. DMG 2017.

Krings, W. & Glaubrecht, M.: A Hard Nut to Crack: Revealing Evolution Tooth by Tooth. In: Book of abstracts DZG 2016.