Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel
Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät
Zoologisches Institut
Address
Am Botanischen Garten 1-9
24118 Kiel
Deutschland
GERiT
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24118 Kiel
Projects
Research Grants
Current projects
A gradient of sexual selection and sexual conflict: parental investment and sex-role reversal and their genomic footprints
(Applicants
Böhne, Astrid
;
Roth, Olivia
)
Deciphering the evolutionary mechanisms shaping the regulatory circuitry underlying the novel brooding organ in syngnathids (pipefishes & seahorses) using cutting-edge single-cell multiomics
(Applicant
Schneider, Ralf
)
Immunological rearrangement -an opportunity for unique male pregnancy evolution?
(Applicant
Roth, Olivia
)
New Caledonian biogeography from the perspective of snails from springs and groundwater
(Applicants
Haase, Martin
;
Podsiadlowski, Lars
)
Promoting action on broad ocean challenges by delving into the past, present and future of European syngnathids
(Applicant
Roth, Olivia
)
The role of C. elegans fatty acid metabolism in pathogen defense
(Applicant
Dierking, Katja
)
Completed projects
Abschätzung der Introgression von Haustierallelen in den Genbestand autochthoner Wildtierpopulationen bei der Katze (Felis silvestris) mittels vergleichender DNA-Analysen an rezentem und subfossilem Material
(Applicant
Hartl, Günther B.
)
Allorecognition in Ciona intestinalis: molecular basis for self-sterility in a hermaphroditic urochordate
(Applicant
Khalturin, Konstantin
)
Archäozoologische Untersuchungen zum frühmittelalterlichen Nonnenkloster St. Irminen in Trier (8.-10. Jahrhundert)
(Applicant
Clemens, Lukas
)
Die zoologischen Funde der neolithischen Siedlung Heidmoor, Kr. Segeberg
(Applicant
Hoika, Jürgen
)
Dissecting molecular mechanisms of high immune specificity in C. elegans
(Applicants
Dierking, Katja
;
Schulenburg, Hinrich
)
Epithelial defense in Hydra
(Applicant
Bosch, Thomas C. G.
)
Ernährungsökologische Nische und Habitatstruktur in benthischen Nahrungsnetzen [Teilprojekt 4 von 6 Anträgen im Rahmen eines Paket-Antrags "Vergleich von Kontrollmechanismen in marinen und limnischen Nahrungsnetzen"]
(Applicant
Brendelberger, Heinz
)
Evolution von Selbst-/Nichtselbst-Erkennungssystemen: Charakterisierung des BsCD94-1-Rezeptors im Urochordaten Botryllus schlosseri, Identifikation des dazugehörigen Liganden und Analyse der Biologie immunkompetenter Botryllus-Blutzellen
(Applicant
Bosch, Thomas C. G.
)
High speed film analyses of rapid prey-capture mechanisms in rove beetles (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae)
(Applicant
Betz, Oliver
)
Holocene development of the vertebrate fauna and the related environmental change in the south-western Baltic area with special emphasis on the Mecklenburg Bay
(Applicant
Heinrich, Dirk
)
Isolation und Charakterisierung von Transkriptionsfaktoren, die in Hydra an der Regulation des kopfspezifischen Gens ks1 beteiligt sind
(Applicant
Bosch, Thomas C. G.
)
Peptide als Musterbildungssignale: zur Funktion von HEADY bei Achsenbildung und positionsabhängiger Differenzierung in Hydra
(Applicant
Bosch, Thomas C. G.
)
Strukturaufklärung des porenbildenden Proteins Amoebapore A von Entamoeba histolytica mit Hilfe der NMR-Spektroskopie
(Applicant
Grötzinger, Joachim
)
The role of C-type lectin domain proteins in C. elegans immunity
(Applicant
Dierking, Katja
)
Trans-generational immune priming & sexual immune dimorphism across a parental care gradient in two fish families
(Applicant
Roth, Olivia
)
Uncovering the role of Insulin/FoxO signaling in stem cells in Hydra to understand how stem cell dynamics is responding to external signals and metabolic state in an early emerging metazoan
(Applicant
Bosch, Thomas C. G.
)
Uncovering the role of taxonomically restricted genes in the basal metazoan Hydra
(Applicant
Klimovich, Ph.D., Alexander
)
Ursprüngliche cytolytische und antimikrobielle Mechanismen von humanpathogenen und freilebenden Protozoen im Vergleich mit denen höherer Organismen
(Applicant
Leippe, Matthias
)
Wechselwirkungen zwischen Räuber, Beute und Aufwuchsorganismen mariner Benthos- Organismen
(Applicant
Wahl, Ph.D., Martin
)
Priority Programmes
Completed projects
Molecular repertoire of rhoptry organelles from Plasmodium falciparum
(Applicant
Leippe, Matthias
)
Molekulare Grundlage der Biogenese der Parasitophoren Vakuole von Plasmodium falciparum
(Applicant
Leippe, Matthias
)
Struktur und biologische Funktion eines porenbildenden Proteins aus Leishmaninia donovani
(Applicant
Leippe, Matthias
)
Unravelling tripartite species co-evolution under environmental change: can prophages accelerate bacterial virulence evolution?
(Applicant
Roth, Olivia
)
Heisenberg Fellowships
Completed projects
Zoologie
(Applicant
Leippe, Matthias
)
Emmy Noether Independent Junior Research Groups
Current projects
Black box larval physiology - mechanisms of nutrient acquisition and energetics of invertebrate larvae in a changing ocean
(Applicant
Stumpp, Meike
)
Collaborative Research Centres
Current projects
Communicating the Metaorganism
(Project Heads
Bosch, Thomas C. G.
;
Duscher, Tom
;
Parchmann, Ilka
;
Schulenburg, Hinrich
)
Evolutionary dynamics and molecular basis of C.elegans-microbiome interactions
(Project Heads
Dierking, Katja
;
Kaleta, Christoph
;
Leippe, Matthias
;
Schulenburg, Hinrich
;
Tholey, Andreas
)
Formation of structured neural circuits in hydra and computational models
(Project Heads
Hilgetag, Claus Christian
;
Klimovich, Ph.D., Alexander
)
Host-microbe cross talk in three marine taxa (Porifera, Cnidaria and teleost fish)
(Project Heads
Fraune, Sebastian
;
Hentschel-Humeida, Ute
;
Roth, Olivia
)
Impact of symbiosis on life history decisions at the base of the metazoan evolution: lessons from placozoans and Hydra
(Project Heads
Bosch, Thomas C. G.
;
Gruber-Vodicka, Harald
;
Hülter, Nils
)
Mathematical models and experiments on the levels of selection in evolving metaorganisms
(Project Heads
Bosch, Thomas C. G.
;
Fraune, Sebastian
;
Schulenburg, Hinrich
;
Traulsen, Arne
)
Microbial interactions within the metaorganism: mechanisms of bacterial niche specialization and warfare in symbiosis
(Project Heads
Dagan, Tal
;
Obeng, Nancy
;
Unterweger, Daniel
)
Modeling neuronal circuit growth and sensory information processing of Hydra
(Project Heads
Bosch, Thomas C. G.
;
Ochs, Karlheinz
)
New approaches to understanding eco-evolutionary dynamics in metaorganisms
(Project Heads
Hentschel-Humeida, Ute
;
Lachnit, Tim
;
Rainey, Ph.D., Paul
)
SFB 1182: Origin and Function of Metaorganisms
(Spokespersons
Bosch, Thomas C. G.
;
Schulenburg, Hinrich
)
Completed projects
Integrated Research Training Group
(Project Heads
Becker-Pauly, Christoph
;
Grötzinger, Joachim
;
Leippe, Matthias
;
Pohl, Sandra
)
Mass Spectrometry based proteomics for the analysis of proteolytic events
(Project Heads
Janßen, Ottmar
;
Leippe, Matthias
;
Tholey, Andreas
)
Molekulare Basis der epithelialen Abwehr in den wirbellosen Modellorganismen
(Project Head
Leippe, Matthias
)
Molekulare Mechanismen der epithelialen Abwehr im stammesgeschichtlich alten Vielzeller Hydra
(Project Head
Bosch, Thomas C. G.
)
Research Units
Completed projects
Faunal development in the south-western Baltic area: Anthropogenic and natural influences
(Applicant
Heinrich, Dirk
)
Research Fellowships
Completed projects
Destabilisation of the holobiont macroalga and induction of bacterial pathogenesis due to increasing environmental stress conditions
(Applicant
Lachnit, Tim
)
In vitro and in vivo analysis of stem cells on the basis of stem cell parasitism in the urochordate Botryllus schlosseri
(Applicant
Kürn, Ulrich
)
Major Research Instrumentation
Completed projects
4-Laser Cell Sorter
International Research Training Groups
Completed projects
GRK 587: Regulation of Genes and Pathogens, Host Response during Infectious Diseases, Detection of Substances Influencing Gene Expression and Pathogens
(Spokesperson
Morschhäuser, Joachim
)
Clusters of Excellence
Completed projects
EXC 80: The Future Ocean
(Spokesperson
Visbeck, Martin
)
EXC 306: Inflammation at Interfaces
(Spokesperson
Schreiber, Stefan
)
Research Training Groups
Current projects
GRK 2501: Translational Evolutionary Research
(Spokesperson
Schulenburg, Hinrich
)
Clusters of Excellence (ExStra)
Current projects
EXC 2167: Precision Medicine in Chronic Inflammation (PMI)
(Spokespersons
Niemann, Stefan
;
Riemekasten, Gabriela
;
Schreiber, Stefan
)
