Alumni and their doctoral theses
Thesis - PhD (256)
2024
Thesis - PhD
Specificity, phylogeny and fitness contributions of phytoplasma effector proteins. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2024)
Thesis - PhD
Resourcefulness in scarcity: navigational strategies of the desert ant, Cataglyphis fortis. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2024)
Thesis - PhD
Elucidation and engineering of two distinct plant terpene alkaloid biosynthetic pathways. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2024)
Thesis - PhD
Characterization of Drosophila olfactory sensory neuron performance. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2024)
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The ecological implications of tyrosine-supplementing symbiosis in grain pest beetles. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2024)
Thesis - PhD
The role of protein-protein interactions in bisindole alkaloid biosynthesis in catharanthus roseus. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2024)
Thesis - PhD
Physiological and phytochemical aspects of ant-plant mutualism. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2024)
Thesis - PhD
Learning to survive and thrive: oviposition learning and memory in gravid Manduca sexta and Drosophila melanogaster. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2024)
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Exploring the olfactory neuroecology of non-model drosophilids. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2024)
Thesis - PhD
Non-canonical sensory biology of antennal cells in insect olfaction. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2024)
Thesis - PhD
Using natural variation in Nicotiana attenuata to elucidate its defense response against herbivory. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2024)
Thesis - PhD
Cardenolide diversity and toxicity in tri-trophic interactions. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2024)
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A study of sight and scent: Investigating the behavioral and neuronal basis of bimodal sensory perception, learning and memory in Drosophila. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2024)
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Insect chemosensory receptor genes: expression, expansion and functional evolution. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2024)
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Elucidation of triterpene functions in Nicotiana attenuata and insights into the metabolic basis of growth-defense trade-offs. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2024)
2023
Thesis - PhD
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)
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Drugs from bugs - Venomics of predatory Heteroptera. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2023)
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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)
2022
Thesis - PhD
Insect olfactory learning in the context of feeding and oviposition. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2022)
Thesis - PhD
Strategies against herbivory in the carnivorous plant Nepenthes x ventrata. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2022)