Completed Theses of the Institute

Dong, L.: Specificity, phylogeny and fitness contributions of phytoplasma effector proteins. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2024)

Ganesan, R.: Dynamics and molecular mechanisms aiding symbiont establishment in Lagria villosa beetles. Dissertation, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz (2024)

Grzech, D.: Elucidation and engineering of two distinct plant terpene alkaloid biosynthetic pathways. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2024)

Jain, K.: Characterization of Drosophila olfactory sensory neuron performance. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2024)

Kanyile, S. N.: The ecological implications of tyrosine-supplementing symbiosis in grain pest beetles. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2024)

Langley, C.: The role of protein-protein interactions in bisindole alkaloid biosynthesis in catharanthus roseus. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2024)

Müller, A.: Physiological and phytochemical aspects of ant-plant mutualism. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2024)

Nataraj, N.: Learning to survive and thrive: oviposition learning and memory in gravid Manduca sexta and Drosophila melanogaster. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2024)

Pal Mahadevan, V.: Exploring the olfactory neuroecology of non-model drosophilids. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2024)

Ray, R.: Using natural variation in Nicotiana attenuata to elucidate its defense response against herbivory. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2024)

Rubiano-Buitrago, P. A.: Cardenolide diversity and toxicity in tri-trophic interactions. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2024)

Tom, M. T.: Insect chemosensory receptor genes: expression, expansion and functional evolution. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2024)

Abdelsalam, G. M. Y.: Ecology of metabolite cross-feeding in soil bacterial communities. Dissertation, Osnabrück University, Osnabrück (2023)

Ezediokpu, M.: Terpenes in the ectomycorrhizal association between Norway spruce (Picea abies), or Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) and Tricholoma vaccinum. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2023)

Fenizia, S.: Signals or resources?: biosynthesis and accumulation of zwitterionic compatible solutes in marine phytoplankton and their role in environmental stress responses. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2023)

Fischer, M. L.: Drugs from bugs - Venomics of predatory Heteroptera. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2023)

Fruitet, E.: Evolution of sexual signals: within and between species variation in a dual function sex-pheromone component in two noctuid moths. Dissertation, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam (2023)

Gruber, L.: Neural circuit architecture and evolutionary adaptations in the Drosophila olfactory system. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2023)

Schnurrer, F.: Salicinoid metabolism in Cerura vinula. Dissertation (2023)

Shin, N. R.: Diversity, evolutionary history and functional characterization of plant cell wall degrading enzymes in beetles of the family Cerambycidae. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2023)