Meet the team
Alina Mikhailova, PhD student, since 2020
a.mikhailova[at]uni-muenster.de
Genomic evolution of eusociality in termites
Mikhailova, A., Rinke, S., & Harrison, M. C. (2023). Genomic signatures of eusocial evolution in insects. Invited review, accepted
Mikhailova, A., Dohmen, E., & Harrison, M. C. (2023). Major changes in domain arrangements are associated with the evolution of termite castes. bioRxiv, 2023-05.
Fouks, B.*, Harrison, M. C.*, Mikhailova, A. A., Marchal, E., English, S., Carruthers, M., ... & Tobe, S. S."Live-bearing cockroach genome reveals convergent evolutionary mechanisms linked to viviparity in insects and beyond" - iScience, 2023
*equal contributions
Sarah Rinke, PhD student, since 2022
s.rinke[at]uni-muenster.de
Genomic evolution of sub- and eusociality in burying beetles and weevils.
*Mikhailova, A., *Rinke, S., & Harrison, M. C. (2023). Genomic signatures of eusocial evolution in insects. Invited review, accepted
*equal contributions
Shivali Sinhmar, intern, since November 2023
shivali.sinhmar[at]gmail.com
Evolution of caste-specific regulatory elements in termites
Elisabeth Bretsch, BSc student, since November 2023
ebretsch[at]uni-muenster.de
Investigating the molecular footprints of eusociality and longevity in termites and mole-rats
Patricia Holland, BSc student, since March 2024
p.holland[at]uni-muenster.de
Investigating the importance of alternative splicing in the extreme longevity of termite queens
Former students
Alina Jänsch, BSc thesis: "Investigating the molecular footprints of eusociality with machine learning." August 2023
Lea Steinbach, BSc thesis: "How sociality shapes Blattodean genomes." December 2022
Judith Ryll, BSc thesis: "Influence of Sociality and Selection on Blattodean Genomes." August 2019
Jan Berghöfer, MSc thesis: "Annotation and Analysis of Ionotropic Receptors in Blattodea." June 2019
Lukas PM Kremer, MSc thesis: "Dynamics of Gene Families Implicated in the Evolution of Termite Eusociality." July 2017