Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen
Fachbereich Agrarwissenschaften, Ökotrophologie und Umweltmanagement
Institut für Insektenbiotechnologie
Address
Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26-32
35392 Gießen
Deutschland
GERiT
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35392 Gießen
Projects
Research Grants
Current projects
Biosynthesis of bicyclic peptides with antibiotic properties
(Applicant
Schäberle, Till
)
Climate change impacts on host-pathogen co-adaptation between freshwater crayfish and the invasive crayfish plague disease agent
(Applicant
Theissinger, Kathrin
)
Deciphering host and symbiont contributions to dietary changes in bugs (Hemiptera, Miridae)
(Applicants
Kaltenpoth, Martin
;
Vilcinskas, Andreas
)
Development of conditional CRISPR systems for functional genomics and pest control of insects
(Applicant
Yan, Ph.D., Ying
)
Functional venomics of the adder (Vipera berus) in Germany: Casting light on the composition, function and ecological plasticity of venom in a native model species
(Applicant
Lueddecke, Ph.D., Tim
)
Investigating the composition, exochemistry, and variation of Macrovipera schweizeri venom across the Milos archipelago (MacroVen)
(Applicants
Avella, Ph.D., Ignazio
;
Lueddecke, Ph.D., Tim
)
Completed projects
Amphibians in agricultural landscapes: chemical landscape fragmentation implemented in a habitat modeling approach
(Applicant
Theissinger, Kathrin
)
EXperimentally Orientated genomics to Tackle Insects adaptive Challenges during bioinvasions: the ladybird Harmonia axyridis as a model species
(Applicants
Vilcinskas, Andreas
;
Vogel, Heiko
)
Genome Evolution of Decapods
(Applicant
Theissinger, Kathrin
)
Metabarcoding recent anthropogenic impact on lakes
(Applicant
Bálint, Miklós
)
Odorant and gustatory receptor diversity and evolution in the stinging wasps, ants, and bees (Hymenoptera: Aculeata)
(Applicants
Große-Wilde, Ewald
;
Niehuis, Oliver
)
Vergleichende Immunobiologie des Rotbraunen Reismehlkäfers Tribolium castaneum
(Applicant
Vilcinskas, Andreas
)
Priority Programmes
Completed projects
Genetische und neuronale Grundlage des duftvermittelten Sozialverhaltens bei Blattschneiderameisen
(Applicant
Kleineidam, Christoph
)
Role of Epigenetic Mechanisms in Host-Pathogen-Coevolution
(Applicant
Vilcinskas, Andreas
)
Heisenberg Grants
Current projects
Molecules, species and environment: key factors shaping interactions of freshwater crayfish and their invasive disease crayfish plague
(Applicant
Theissinger, Kathrin
)
WBP Position
Current projects
From predators to bloodsuckers: Comparative Venomics of horseflies (Tabanidae) across life history stages
(Applicant
Krämer, Jonas
)
Integrative Venomics: Studies on venom composition, function and physiology of the venom gland system of non-front-fanged colubroids - using the western hognose snake (Heterodon nasicus) as an example
(Applicant
Damm, Maik
)
Heisenberg Fellowships
Completed projects
Zoologie
(Applicant
Altincicek, Boran
)
Collaborative Research Centres
Completed projects
Humane und Insekten-Metalloprotease-Inhibitoren zur Therapie von Tumormetastrasen
(Project Heads
Brand, Karsten
;
Vilcinskas, Andreas
)
Infrastructure Priority Programmes
Completed projects
BE-Spring: Discovering Collembola biodiversity on grasslands with emerging genomic and metagenomic tools
(Applicants
Bálint, Miklós
;
Schneider, Ph.D., Clément
)
Research Units
Current projects
FOR 5664: Agroforestry for sustainable multifunctional agriculture (FORMULA)
(Spokesperson
Breuer, Lutz
)
SP3: Biodiversity
(Applicants
Bergmann, Joana
;
Bálint, Miklós
;
Glaeser, Stefanie P.
;
Jauker, Frank
)
