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Meet the Team

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Annika Guse 
Principal investigator 
 

Orcid: 0000-0002-8737-9206

  • PhD in Molecular Biology Vienna University, AUT

  • BSc/MSc in Biology TU Braunschweig, GER 

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Meghan Ferguson
Postdoctoral Fellow

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Meghan uses genetics and cell biology to understand the role of the immune system in cnidarian symbiosis establishment.

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Orcid: 0000-0001-8375-6142

  • PhD in Biology, University of Alberta, CAN

  • BSc in Biology, University of Alberta, CAN

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Amit

Amit Landge
Postdoctoral Fellow
 

Amit uses molecular and cell biology methods to understand light-sensing and DNA damage repair in the coral model organism Aiptasia.

 

Orcid: 0000-0002-4033-422X

  • PhD in Biology, University of Konstanz, GER 

  • BSc/MSc Biology, Thiruvananthapuram, IND

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Sara Brites
PhD Candidate
 

Sara uses molecular, genetic and cellular tools to understand the role of integrins in the recognition and acquisition of symbiotic partners by the sea anemone Aiptasia

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  • MSc in Marine Biology, Sorbonne Université, FRA 

  • BSc in Integrative Biology, Université Paris Cité, FRA

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Micaela Lobgesang
Secretary
 

With her amazing organizational skills, ideas for optimization and pragmatism, Micaela keeps the lab running when everybody else has lost control already a long time ago.

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Heike Hampel
Research Technician
 

Heike keeps the lab running and is dedicated to helping to optimize our experimental methods, an essential contribution to develop and emerging model system.

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Petra Hausner
Animal Technician
 

Petra is taking the best care of our beloved anemones thereby making sure everybody can run experiments smoothly.

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Sami

Sami El Hilali
Bioinformatician
 

Sami processes and integrates genomics resources to improve Aiptasia as a model organism.

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Orcid: 0000-0003-4417-8399​

  • PhD candidate, Université Côte d’Azur, FRA

  • MSc in Bioinformatics, Université de Bordeaux, FRA

  • BSc in Biomedical Lifescience, Université Paris V, FRA

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Joachim Surm
Postdoctoral Fellow
 

Joachim is using comparative genomics and genetic tools to unravel the role of endosymbiosis specificity and diversity on the functional adaptation of sea anemones.

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Orcid: 0000-0001-6970-029X

  • Postdoc, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, IS

  • PhD in Biology, Queensland University of Technology, AUS

  • BSc in Applied Science and Business, Queensland University of Technology, AUS

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Ben

Ben Jenkins
Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow
 

Ben is using spatial proteomics to map the sub-cellular architecture of the symbiotic cell-type in Aiptasia.

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Orcid: 0000-0002-3803-6418​​​

  • Postdoc, University of Oxford, UK

  • PhD in Biological Sciences, University of Exeter, UK

  • BSc in Biochemistry, University of Exeter, UK

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Interested in joining us? 

We currently do not have any position available.
Contact us directly if you’re interested in the lab.

Meet the Lab

Former Lab members

Sebastian Rupp  │ Postdoctoral Fellow January 2018 - March 2024; Current position: Scientific Consultant at Scientific Volume Imaging (SVI)

Soria Delva│ Postdoctoral Fellow April  2023 – November 2023

Marie Jacobovitz │Postdoctoral Fellow Jun 2017 – March 2023; Current position: Postdoctoral Fellow, split between Dey Group, EMBL Heidelberg, and Ganter Group, University Hospital Heidelberg

Sebastian Gornik │Postdoctoral Fellow March 2018 – March 2023; Current position: Postdoctoral Fellow at J. Lohmann Lab, Heidelberg University

Ira Mägele │ Lab Manager April 2017 – May 2022; Current position: Lab Manager at Holstein Lab, Heidelberg University

Mariko Kishimoto │ Postdoctoral fellow Januar 2019 – December 2021

Philipp Voss │PhD Student Mai 2015 – March 2021; Current position: Technical Application Specialist for Sequencing, at Thermo Fisher Scientific

Liz Hambleton │Postdoctoral Fellow March 2014 – December 2019; Current position: Group-leader at Vienna University

Victor Jones │ Postdoctoral Fellow September 2016 – January 2020; Current position: CSO of Prolific Machines

Natascha Bechtoldt│ Research Technician June 2013 – June 2019

Diana Bryant│Animal Technician January 2015 – December 2018; Current position: Laboratory Technician at Luxembourg Institute for Science and Technology (LIST), LUX

Lilian Hill│Visiting PhD Student May 2018 – December 2018; Current position: PhD student at Escola Nacional de Botânica Tropical of Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro (ENBT / JBRJ), BRA

Madeline Bucher│ PhD Student November 2013 – December 2017; Current position: Senior coordinator at Angeles Initiative

Iliona Wolfowicz│ PhD Student November 2013 – June 2017; Current position: Founder of GoLimpets

Sebastian Baumgarten│ Visiting Researcher July 2015 – September 2015 and February 2016 – March 2016; Current position: Group Leader at Institut Pasteur
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