Biologist interested in the biology of sponges, octocorals, and their bacteria

Here you can find a non-exahustive list of theses I supervised or co-supervised so far.

Bachelor theses

  • Gerhard, A. 2014. Validierung einer qPCR-basierten Methode zur absoluten Quantifizierung von Symbiontenzellen.

Master theses

  • Kuttner, B.K.R. 2015. Rapid phylo-diversity assessment of the Kimberley’s Archipelago octocoral fauna.
  • Petschko, S.N. 2015. Investigating the microbiome of sponges.
  • Gonzalez-Pech, R.A. 2015. Individual Plasticity vs. Stress Response: Lessons from a Transcriptome Survey of an Adult Coral Exposed to Low pH.
  • Zimmer, T. 2017. Impact of environmental stress on the skeletal proteome of the octocoral Pinnigorgia flava.
  • Leiva, L. 2017. Changes in the common blue aquarium sponge microbial community upon exposure to high water temperature and shading.
  • Caglar, C. 2017 Characterization of polyp regeneration in octocorals under different environmental conditions.

Doctoral theses

  • Shimpi, G.G. 2015. Molecular Biology of Octocoral Mitochondria: mtDNA Repair, Expression, and Evolutionary Implications.
  • Poliseno, A. 2016. Speciation, Evolution and Phylogeny of some shallow-water octocorals (Cnidaria: Anthozoa).
  • Conci. N. 2020. Molecular Biomineralization of Octocoral Skeletons: Calcite versus Aragonite.