Johana Fajardo Castro, PhD, Postdoc (2022-2023) supported by DFG grant 

Project: Uncovering the role of taxonomically restricted genes in the basal metazoan Hydra

Current position: Project manager at Science and Technology Academy, Kiel

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Kai Rathje, Doctoral student* (2020)

Thesis "Dynamic interactions within the host-associated microbiota cause tumor formation in the basal metazoan Hydra"

Master student* (2015)

Thesis "The role of cell death in tumorigenesis in Hydra"

Current position: Account Manager at PLANTON GmbH, Kiel.

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Jan Taubenheim, Doctoral student* (2018)

Thesis "Growth dynamics and size determination in Hydra"

Current position: Postdoc at Institute for Experimental Medicine, Christian-Albrechts University, Kiel.

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Benedikt Mortzfeld, Doctoral student* (2018) 

Thesis "Longevity factor FoxO controls development, size and microbiome resilience in Hydra"

Current position: Postdoc at University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth.

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Andrea Murillo-Rincon, Doctoral student* (2018)

Thesis "Modulation of neuronal activity by symbiotic bacteria in the early-branching metazoan Hydra"

Current position: Postdoc at Max-Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Plön.

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Xiaoyu Xiang, Doctoral student* (2016)

Thesis "Towards understanding the ancestral role of insulin-like peptides (ILPs) in Hydra"

Current position: Support Specialist at West Pharmaceutical Services, Eschweiler.

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Gabrielle Cruppi, Master student* (2019)

Thesis "The role of microbiota in development and behavior of Hydra"

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Christoph Giez, Master student* (2019)

Thesis "Towards understanding neuron-microbiota interactions in Hydra"

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Ann-Sophie Matt, Master student (2019)

Thesis "The role of taxon-restricted genes in the neurons of Hydra"

​​Rune Sommerkamp, Bachelor student (2021)

Thesis "Evolutionary analysis of the link between circadian clocks and stem cells in Hydra"

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Lisa Claußen, Bachelor student (2021) 

Thesis "Establishing an inducible system for targeted cell ablation in Hydra vulgaris"

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Fanni Gröb, Bachelor student (2021)

Thesis "Functional analysis of the hydra-specific neuropeptide Tenflectin in Hydra vulgaris"

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Johanna Horns, Bachelor student (2019)

Thesis "Development of molecular tools for functional analysis of the nervous system in Hydra"

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Jan Ahrend, Bachelor student (2019)

Thesis "Molecular characterization of the pacemaker system in the box jellyfish Tripedalia cystophora"

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Christoph Giez, Bachelor student (2018)

Thesis "Molecular and functional analysis of the pacemaker system in Hydra"

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Tjorven Krause, Bachelor student (2017)

Thesis "Functional characterization of insulin-like peptides in Hydra"

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Tobias Schamm, Bachelor student* (2016)

Thesis "Untersuchung des Lamin-Proteins im nicht alternden Süßwasserpolypen Hydra"

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Carmen Senin, Bachelor student * (2016)

Thesis "Untersuchung der Rolle des TGFb-Signaltransduktionsweges im Süßwasserpolypen Hydra"

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Asalbanoo Farahvashi, Bachelor student* (2015)

Thesis "Untersuchung zur Rolle des Lamin-Proteins in nicht alternder Hydra"

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* – co-supervised thesis; formal supervisor Prof. Thomas C.G. Bosch