MY TEAM
Alexander Klimovich, PhD
Principal Investigator
Postdoc, Zoological Institute, Kiel University, GER
PhD in Immunology, St.-Petersburg State University, RUS
MSc in Cell Biology, St.-Petersburg State University, RUS
BSc in Biology, St.-Petersburg State University, RUS
Johana Fajardo Castro, PhD
Postdoc
sipported by DFG grant KL3475-1
Postdoc, Zoological Institute, Kiel University, GER
PhD, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, GER
MSc in Biology,Universidad Nacional de Colombia, COL
BSc in Biology, University of Tsukuba, JAP
Dijana Pavleska, MSc
Doctoral Candidate
supported by CRC1461 "Neurotronics"
PhD-student, Zoological Institute, Kiel University, GER
MSc in Agrigenomics, Kiel University, GER
BSc in Engineering in Biotechnology and food safety,
St. Clement of Ohrid University of Bitola, MAC
BSc in Pedagogy (Biology and Chemistry), St. Clement of
Ohrid University of Bitola, MAC
Doris Willoweit-Ohl
Technical Assistant
Technician, Zoological Institute, Kiel University, GER
FORMER MEMBERS
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Gabrielle Cruppi, Master student* (2019)
Thesis "The role of microbiota in development and behavior of Hydra"
Christoph Giez, Master student* (2019)
Thesis "Towards understanding neuron-microbiota interactions in Hydra"
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"
Lisa Claßen, Bachelor student (2021)
Thesis "Establishing an inducible system for targeted cell ablation in Hydra vulgaris"
Fanni Gröb, Bachelor student (2021)
Thesis "Functional analysis of the hydra-specific neuropeptide Tenflectin in Hydra vulgaris"
Johanna Horns, Bachelor student (2019)
Thesis "Development of molecular tools for functional analysis of the nervous system in Hydra"
Jan Ahrend, Bachelor student (2019)
Thesis "Molecular characterization of the pacemaker system in the box jellyfish Tripedalia cystophora"
Christoph Giez, Bachelor student (2018)
Thesis "Molecular and functional analysis of the pacemaker system in Hydra"
Tjorven Krause, Bachelor student (2017)
Thesis "Functional characterization of insulin-like peptides in Hydra"
Tobias Schamm, Bachelor student* (2016)
Thesis "Untersuchung des Lamin-Proteins im nicht alternden Süßwasserpolypen Hydra"
Carmen Senin, Bachelor student * (2016)
Thesis "Untersuchung der Rolle des TGFb-Signaltransduktionsweges im Süßwasserpolypen Hydra"
Asalbanoo Farahvashi, Bachelor student* (2015)
Thesis "Untersuchung zur Rolle des Lamin-Proteins in nicht alternder Hydra"
* – co-supervised thesis; formal supervisor Prof. Thomas C.G. Bosch