Completed Theses of the Institute
Thesis - PhD (356)
2025
Thesis - PhD
Evolution of sex-pheromone receptors in Drosophila. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2025)
Thesis - PhD
Social cues in Drosophila oviposition: influence of conspecific and allospecific signal. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2025)
Thesis - PhD
Predator psychology and signal conspicuousness in the evolution of aposematism. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2025)
Thesis - PhD
Molecular basis of balanced color polymorphisms in grasshoppers. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2025)
Thesis - PhD
Evolutionary trajectories of insect-bacteria symbioses: generalists & specialists traversing the parasitism-mutualism-continuum. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2025)
Thesis - PhD
Individual differences and unpredictability in escape behavior. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2025)
2024
Thesis - PhD
Elucidation and metabolic engineering of plant alkaloid and terpene biosynthetic pathways. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (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
Characterization of plant receptor-mediated signaling pathways and fungal symbiosis in stress tolerance. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2024)
Thesis - PhD
Dynamics and molecular mechanisms aiding symbiont establishment in Lagria villosa beetles. Dissertation, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz (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)
Thesis - PhD
The ecological implications of tyrosine-supplementing symbiosis in grain pest beetles. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2024)
Thesis - PhD
Out of balance! - How important is the ratio of DMADP and IDP for plant terpene biosynthesis? 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
Unraveling the biosynthesis of phenylphenalenones: Insights from metabolites and enzymes in Musella lasiocarpa. Dissertation, TU Braunschweig, Braunschweig (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)
Thesis - PhD
Exploring the olfactory neuroecology of non-model drosophilids. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2024)