Completed Theses of the Institute

Arumugam, S.: Exploring innate and learned sensory behaviors in Drosophila under natural and perturbed context. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2025)

Diaz-Morales, M.: From production to detection: the coevolution of pheromones and their corresponding receptor in Drosophila flies. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2025)

Florean, M.: Benzoxazinoids: a model for the repeated evolution of specialized metabolite biosynthesis in plants. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2025)

Leite Dias, S.: The contribution of microbiome communities in the gut of the mealybug Pseudococcus jackbeardsleyi to the detoxification of cocaine and other tropane alkaloids. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2025)

Li, Z.: Immune division of labour in ants. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2025)

Medina van Berkum, P.: Effects of biodiversity on plant chemical profiles and its eco-evolutionary significance. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2025)

Moreira-Soto, R. D.: Social cues in Drosophila oviposition: influence of conspecific and allospecific signal. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2025)

Protti Sanchez, F.: Predator psychology and signal conspicuousness in the evolution of aposematism. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2025)

Simao Pinto de Carvalho, A.: Evolution of molecular mechanism regulating mutualism establishment. Dissertation, JGU Mainz, Mainz (2025)

Varma, M.: Molecular basis of balanced color polymorphisms in grasshoppers. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2025)

Wierz, J. C.: Evolutionary trajectories of insect-bacteria symbioses: generalists & specialists traversing the parasitism-mutualism-continuum. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2025)

Winter, G.: Individual differences and unpredictability in escape behavior. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2025)

Yepes Vivas, S. A.: Intraspecific chemodiversity in black poplar (Populus nigra) and its impact on biotic interactions. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2025)

Boccia, M.: Elucidation and metabolic engineering of plant alkaloid and terpene biosynthetic pathways. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2024)

Dong, L.: Specificity, phylogeny and fitness contributions of phytoplasma effector proteins. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2024)

Freire, M.: Resourcefulness in scarcity: navigational strategies of the desert ant, Cataglyphis fortis. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2024)

Gandhi, A.: Characterization of plant receptor-mediated signaling pathways and fungal symbiosis in stress tolerance. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2024)

Ganesan, R.: Dynamics and molecular mechanisms aiding symbiont establishment in Lagria villosa beetles. Dissertation, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz (2024)

Grzech, D.: Elucidation and engineering of two distinct plant terpene alkaloid biosynthetic pathways. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2024)

Jain, K.: Characterization of Drosophila olfactory sensory neuron performance. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2024)