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Aufgabenbereiche
Seit Anfang April 2021 bin ich Forschungsreferentin am LIB. Meine Bereiche umfassen den internen Austausch im LIB zwischen den Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftlern zwischen den verschiedenen Standorten in Bonn und zwischen Bonn und Hamburg, Organisation, Unterstützung von Projekten, Zuarbeit für den Generaldirektors und das Direktiorium, Gremienarbeit & Berichtswesen, Unterstützung der Graduiertenschule, Etablierung und Unterstützung unseres Mentoring-Programms u.a. und der Repräsentation des LIB in verschiedenen (Leibniz)-Forschungsnetzwerken.
Weiterhin unterstütze ich das OSIRIS-Konsortium (Offene Sammlungs-, Informations- und Rechercheinfrastruktur: Sammeln für unsere Zukunft) koordinatorisch und bin inhaltlich beteiligt
Darüber hinaus bin ich an verschiedenen Projekten inhaltlich aktiv im LIB beteiligt (1KITE, Evolution der Reisfische, Molekulare Methoden, Evolution der Dexiarchia, Type genomics in museum collections etc.)
Forschungsinteressen
Projekt- und Wissenschaftsmanagement und Projektkoordination und Organisation im Bereich der Biodiversitätsforschung, Wissenschaftskommunikation, Science-Policy Interaktionen, Molekulare Evolution, Phylogenomik, Hexapoden, Speziation, Hybridisierung, Systematik & Taxonomie, Methodenentwicklung
Wissenschaftliche Schwerpunkte
Meine wissenschaftlichen Schwerpunkte liegen im Bereich der Phylogenomik und Transkriptomik diverser Insektengruppen ("Basale Hexapoden", Neuropterida, Mecoptera, Antliophora, Diptera). Besonders interessieren mich dabei die Etablierung neuer Methoden und kritische Evaluierung von Datensätzen.
Nach meiner Diplomarbeit (Karyologie bei Bläulingen) war ich von 2005 - 2012 Doktorandin im DFG-SPP "Deep Metazoan Phylogeny" im zmb (Zentrum für Molekulare Biodiversitätsforschung, Betreuung: Prof. Dr. B. Misof) im Bereich der Molekularen Phylogenomik "basaler" Hexapoden und Myriapoden. Ich bin Mitbegründerin und Co-Koordination des internationalen 1KITE Projekts mit den Schwerpunkten Phylogenomik bei Insekten und Methodenentwicklung. Von 2013 - 2016 lag mein Forschungsschwerpunkt auf der Phylogenomik von Dipteren & Antliophora (Fliegen, Flöhe, Skorpionsfliegen) während meines Aufenthalts an der Australian National Insect Collection (CSIRO, Canberra) - neben diversen 1KITE projekten. Zurück in Deutschland war ich von 2016 - 2021 Wissenschaftliche Koordinatorin der DFG Forschergruppe FOR2281 (Sociality and the reversal of the fecundity-longevity trade-off) in der AG von Prof. Dr. J. Korb, Universität Freiburg.
Mitgliedschaften
Deutsche Zoologische Gesellschaft (DZG)
Gesellschaft für Biologische Systematik (GfBS)
OSIRIS-Konsortium
Im Netz & Social Media
Projekte
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1KITE
Leitung: Prof. Dr. Bernhard Misof
Publikationen
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2025/02
Molecular evolution of dietary shifts in ladybird beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae): from fungivory to carnivory and herbivory
BMC Biology, 1, 23
2025/03
Unraveling myriapod evolution: sealion, a novel quartet-based approach for evaluating phylogenetic uncertainty
NAR Genomics and Bioinformatics, 1, 7
2025/05
Type genomics: a Framework for integrating Genomic Data into Biodiversity and Taxonomic research
Systematic Biology
2024/01
Perianth evolution and implications for generic delimitation in the eucalypts (Myrtaceae), including the description of the new genus, Blakella
Journal of systematics and evolution/Journal of Systematics and Evolution
2024/03
Leibniz Research Network Biodiversity. (2024). 10 Must Knows from Biodiversity Science 2024 (Version 1). Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research.
2023/08
Potential contribution of ancient introgression to the evolution of a derived reproductive strategy in ricefishes
Genome biology and evolution, 8, 15
2022/04
“Phylogenetics in the Genomic Era” brings together experts in the field to present a comprehensive synthesis
Peer Community in Genomics, 1
2022/01
Phylogenetic revision and patterns of host specificity in the fungal Subphylum Entomophthoromycotina
Microorganisms, 2, 10
2022/07
Contribution of hybridization to the evolution of a derived reproductive strategy in ricefishes
bioRxiv
2022/09
Pitfalls of the site-concordance factor (sCF) as measure of phylogenetic branch support
NAR genomics and bioinformatics, 3, 4
2021/04
Comparative transcriptomic analysis of the mechanisms underpinning ageing and fecundity in social insects
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 1823, 376
2021/06
Transcriptomic signatures of ageing vary in solitary and social forms of an orchid bee
Genome biology and evolution, 6, 13
2021/12
Monophyletic blowflies revealed by phylogenomics
BMC biology, 19
2021/05
Disentangling the aging gene expression network of termite queens
BMC genomics, 1, 22
2021/10
Phylogenomic analyses clarify the pattern of evolution of Adephaga (Coleoptera) and highlight phylogenetic artefacts due to model misspecification and excessive data trimming
Systematic entomology, 4, 46
2021/07
Reanalysis of the apoid wasp phylogeny with additional taxa and sequence data confirms the placement of Ammoplanidae as sister to bees
Systematic entomology, 3, 46
2021/12
Transcriptomics provides a robust framework for the relationships of the major clades of cladobranch sea slugs (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Heterobranchia), but fails to resolve the …
BMC ecology and evolution, 21
2021/09
Development and evaluation of a custom bait design based on 469 single-copy protein-coding genes for exon capture of isopods (Philosciidae: Haloniscus)
PloS one, 9, 16
2021/04
Oxidative stress and senescence in social insects: a significant but inconsistent link?
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 1823, 376
2020/12
Four myriapod relatives–but who are sisters? No end to debates on relationships among the four major myriapod subgroups
BMC evolutionary biology, 20
2020/02
No evidence for single-copy immune-gene specific signals of selection in termites
Frontiers in ecology and evolution, 8
2020/11
Are fleas highly modified Mecoptera? Phylogenomic resolution of Antliophora (Insecta: Holometabola)
2020/10
Correction to: An integrative phylogenomic approach to elucidate the evolutionary history and divergence times of Neuropterida (Insecta: Holometabola)
BMC evolutionary biology, 1, 20
2019/10
Phylogenomics reveals the evolutionary timing and pattern of butterflies and moths
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 45, 116
2019/03
No signal of deleterious mutation accumulation in conserved gene sequences of extant asexual hexapods
Scientific reports, 1, 9
2019/01
Termite taxonomy, challenges and prospects: West Africa, a case example
Insects, 1, 10
2019/08
Identifying genetic markers for a range of phylogenetic utility–From species to family level
PloS one, 8, 14
2019/09
No evidence for immune-gene specific signals of selection in termites
bioRxiv
2019/02
Long live the queen, the king and the commoner? Transcript expression differences between old and young in the termite Cryptotermes secundus
PloS one, 2, 14
2019/00
Data from: Longevity and transposon defense, the case of termite reproductives
2018/08
Stress and early experience underlie dominance status and division of labour in a clonal insect
Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 1885, 285
2018/03
Brochosomins and other novel proteins from brochosomes of leafhoppers (Insecta, Hemiptera, Cicadellidae)
Insect biochemistry and molecular biology, 94
2018/06
Hypothesis on monochromatic vision in scorpionflies questioned by new transcriptomic data
Scientific reports, 1, 8
2018/05
Longevity and transposon defense, the case of termite reproductives
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 21, 115
2018/11
Phylogenomic analysis of Paraneoptera using transcriptome sequencing
2017/11
Transcriptomics to estimate the systematic relationships of Odonata
2017/00
The phylogeny of Hexapoda (Arthropoda) and the evolution of megadiversity
Proc. Arthropod. Embryol. Soc. Jpn, 51
2017/11
Phylogenomics of cockroaches (Blattodea)
2016/12
Phylogenetic Origin and Diversification of RNAi Pathway Genes in Insects
Genome biology and evolution, 12, 8
2016/02
Power, resolution and bias: recent advances in insect phylogeny driven by the genomic revolution
Current Opinion in Insect Science, 13
2016/09
Using transcriptome based phylogenomics to address previously intractable acalyptrate fly phylogeny (Diptera: Cyclorrhapha)
2016/12
Transcriptomic data from panarthropods shed new light on the evolution of insulator binding proteins in insects: Insect insulator proteins
BMC genomics, 17
2016/09
Phylogenetic relationships of apoid wasps and bees inferred from analyzing target DNA enrichment data
2016/09
Inferring the relationships of early brachyceran lineages with phylogenomic and comprehensive morphological data
2016/09
Inferring the evolutionary history of wasps, ants, and bees from transcriptomic data (Insecta: Hymenoptera)
2015/00
Fleas, Flies, Scorpionflies: phylogenetic relationships of Antliophora based on transcriptomics.
2015/03
Die frühen Verzweigungen der Insekten als „gordischer Knoten “der Phylogenomik.: Beiträge des ÖEG-Kolloquiums im Haus der Natur, Salzburg, 21.03. 2015: Kurzfassungen der …
Entomologica Austriaca: Zeitschrift der Österreichischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft, 22
2015/07
Response to Comment on “Phylogenomics resolves the timing and pattern of insect evolution”
Science, 6247, 349
2014/00
RNA in phylogenetic reconstruction