Principal investigator
Peter Szovenyi
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Scientific assistant
Postdoctoral fellows
Manuel Waller 2023-
Manuel is working on the convergent evolution of sporophyte morphology in Funariid mosses. He is also studying the developmental mechanisms of the hornwort sporophyte phase. Kazune Ezaki 2023 Sept -(co-advised with Keiko Sakakibara) Kazune aims to understand the function of the single KNOX and BEL gene in hornworts. Furthermore, she is trying to establish a spatial transcriptomic and single-cell RNA-seq protocol for hornmosses. Sabereh Mousavii 2023 Sept- Sabereh is working on a QTL-mapping project involving Marchantia polymorpha. Additionally, she is also helping to answer questions related pyrenoid evolution in hornworts. Narjes Jousefy (co-advised with Elena Conti) Narcis is working in various projects focusing on the evolution of the S-locus in primroses and allopolyploidization as well as sex determination in peat mosses. Giacomo potente 2023- Giacomo is working on the origin of the S-locus in primroses and on the evolution of sex chromosomes in liverworts. |
Graduate students
Huaxing Huang 2023-
Huaxing is studying the genetic basis of convergent evolution in Funariid mosses. Lucas Waser 2021 April- Lucas is investigating the the relative contribution of genetic and epigenetic variability to adaptation using mosses and liverworts as model organisms. Stephanie Ruaud 2020 November- Stephanie is working on the genetic basis of hornwort carbon-concentrating mechanisms. |
Predoctoral fellows
Currently none.
Master students
Currently none.
Undergraduate students
Laboratory assistant
Mark Charran
Summer internship students
Julie Cwidak (2018 summer)
Daniella Joanne (2018 summer)
Anna Pugnetti (2018 summer)
Carlotta Sudbury (2018 summer)
Daniela Degasperi (2018 summer)
Daniella Joanne (2018 summer)
Anna Pugnetti (2018 summer)
Carlotta Sudbury (2018 summer)
Daniela Degasperi (2018 summer)
Previous members
Postdoctoral fellows
Mariana Ricca (2011-2014)
Fay-Wei Li (2016)
Marwa Halmy (2016)
Fay-Wei Li (2016)
Marwa Halmy (2016)
Graduate students
Orsolya Marton (2012)
Konstantina Koutroumpa (co-advised with Elena Conti, 2014-2019)
Konstantina Koutroumpa (co-advised with Elena Conti, 2014-2019)
Biology undergraduate summer school (BUSS) students
Fillip Boskovic (2015)
Rachel Murray (2016)
Anna Emelianova (2018)
Rachel Murray (2016)
Anna Emelianova (2018)
Other undergraduate students
Tobias Moser (2017 summer)
Tobias was doing a short-term undergraduate research project in the lab focusing on the evolution of phase-biased gene expression in land plants.
Tobias was doing a short-term undergraduate research project in the lab focusing on the evolution of phase-biased gene expression in land plants.
Summer internship students
Berend Mijer (2015)
Fergus Baker (2015)
Knut Hedman (2017 summer)
John Stitt (2017 summer)
Fergus Baker (2015)
Knut Hedman (2017 summer)
John Stitt (2017 summer)
Laboratory assistants
Zoe Bont (2011-2013)
Martina Golebievska (2014)
Martina Golebievska (2014)