Professorin Dr. Judith Korb

Address Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
Institut für Biologie I (Zoologie)
Abteilung Evolutionsbiologie und Ökologie
Hauptstraße 1
79104 Freiburg

Projects

As Applicant
- Current projects
  - When, why and how does sociality and sex affect ageing and life history evolution in termites? (Research Grants)
  - The evolution of altruistic workers in termites and their molecular underpinnings (Research Grants)
  - Drivers of the population dynamics of a tropical ecosystem engineer (Research Grants)
- Completed projects
  - Maintenance of eusociality in termites: Is altrustic helping an optimal strategy? (Emmy Noether Independent Junior Research Groups)
  - Einfluss von Selektion und Zufall auf die Hügelstruktur der Kompass-Termiten (Research Grants)
  - Molekulare Grundlagen der reproduktiven Arbeitsteilung und Kastendifferenzierung bei basalen Termiten (Research Grants)
  - Life history evolution and ageing in termites (Research Grants)
  - Uncovering the molecular mechanisms underlying honest signalling in a lower termite (Research Grants)
  - Uncovering the functional basis of the reversal of the fecundity/longevity trade-off in a termite (Research Units)
  - Coordination Funds (Research Units)
  - Why and how does sociality change the fecundity/longevity trade-off in termites? (Research Units)
  - Assessing the role of host-microbe interaction in adaptation using Drosophila melanogaster and acetic acid bacteria as a model (Research Grants)
  - Longevity and transposon defence, the case of termite queens (Research Grants)
  - Evolutionary dynamics of the natural Drosophila microbiome (Research Grants)
As Spokesperson
- Completed projects
  - FOR 2281: Sociality and the reversal of the fecundity-longevity trade-off (Research Units)
As Participating Person
- Completed projects
  - Intra-host Interactions of Bacillus thuringiensis Strains and Their Impact on Experimental Evolution with Caenorhabditis Elegans CLUSTER: "Experimental Evolution and Natural Variation of Bacillus-Invertebrate Interactions" (Priority Programmes)
As Ehemalige Antragstellerin
- Completed projects
  - Processes of community assembly in termites in West Africa (Research Grants) to 4/2013