Evolution of aquatic invertebrates

Submitted by ChristineEwers on Tue, 06/07/2022 - 10:05
University
Kiel University
Faculty/school/department
Department of Zoology and Zoological Museum
Size of the team
number of researchers number of supporting staff number of PhD students
1
0
1
Composition of Joint Unit of Research, if relevant

I am part of the research group of Dr. Dirk Brandis, director of the Zoological Museum of Kiel University

PI
PI name
Christine Ewers
PI email
ewers-saucedo@zoolmuseum.uni-kiel.de
PI bio

website: www.aquatic-evolution.net

google scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Vsz_vyAAAAAJ&hl=en

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1891-7901

ResearchGate profile: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Christine-Ewers

Contact person and e-mail
Contact person
Christine Ewers
Contact person e-mail
ewers-saucedo@zoolmuseum.uni-kiel.de
Short description of research profile

My research group has two main foci: anthropogenically driven evolution and life history evolution. We study both aspects by investigating the molecular ecology of aquatic invertebrates. In the last years, my colleagues and I have taken advantage of the newly developing  field of museomics. Using genomic information extracted from natural history collections, we can begin to understand how humans have altered microbiomes, populations, species and whole communities. 

Research area
NATURAL SCIENCES
NATURAL SCIENCES » Biological sciences
Scientific Themes (keywords)
museomics
GENETICS AND GENOMICS
mollusca
crustaceans
ecology
Publications

Representative publications

Geburzi JC, Heuer N, Homberger L, Kabus J, Moesges Z, Ovenbeck K, Brandis D, C Ewers (2022). “An environmental gradient dominates ecological and genetic differentiation of marine invertebrates between the North and Baltic Sea”. Ecology & Evolution 12: e8868. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ece3.8868
Homberger L, J Xu, D Brandis, T-Y Chan, H Keirsebelik, M Normant-Saremba, J Schoelynck, KH Chu, C Ewers-Saucedo (2022). “Genetic and morphological evidence indicates the persistence of Japanese mitten crab mitochondrial DNA in Europe for over 20 years and its introgression into Chinese mitten crabs”. Neobiota 73: 137–152. https://neobiota.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=72566&journal_name=neobiota
Ewers-Saucedo C, A Allspach, C Barilaro, A Bick, A Brandt, D Fiege, S Füting, B Hausdorf, S Hayer, M Husemann, U Joger, C Kamcke, M Küster, V Lohrmann, I Martin, P Michalik, G-B Reinicke, M Schwentner, M Stiller, D Brandis (2021). “Natural history collections recapitulate 200 years of faunal change“. Royal Society Open Science 8: 201983. https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.201983
Chan BKK, AS Gale, H Glenner, N Dreyer, C Ewers-Saucedo, M Pérez-Losada, GA Kolbasov, KA Crandall, J Høeg (2021). “The Evolutionary Diversity of Barnacles with an Updated Classification of Fossil and Living Forms”. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences zlaa160. https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article/193/3/789/6149353
Hayer, S., D Brandis, A Immel, J Susat, M Torres-Oliva, C Ewers-Saucedo, B Krause-Kyora (2021). “Phylogeography in an “oyster” shell provides first insights into the genetic structure of an extinct Ostrea edulis population”. Scientific Reports 11:2307. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-82020-x

Link to extended list of publication

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Vsz_vyAAAAAJ&hl=en
Technology Expertise

Genomics

Museomics

Next-gen sequencing

DNA sequencing

Species identification

Bioinformatics

Population genetic analysis