Marine diatoms Coscinodiscus granii: They live in open waters such as the North Sea. Under the microscope, many single-celled diatoms can be seen, some of which are healthy, while others are infected by an egg fungus. The zoospores that the fungus forms for reproduction can be seen as small dots.

Publications of Kathrin Steck

Journal Article (9)

2012
Journal Article
Krång, A.-S.; Knaden, M.; Steck, K.; Hansson, B.: Transition from sea to land: olfactory function and constraints in the terrestrial hermit crab Coenobita clypeatus. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 279 (1742), pp. 3510 - 3519 (2012)
Journal Article
Steck, K.: Just follow your nose: homing by olfactory cues in ants. Current Opinion in Neurobiology 22 (2), pp. 231 - 235 (2012)
Journal Article
Steck, K.; Veit, D.; Grandy, R.; Badia, S. B. i.; Mathews, Z.; Verschure, P.; Hansson, B.; Knaden, M.: A high-throughput behavioral paradigm for Drosophila olfaction - the flywalk. Scientific Reports 2, 361 (2012)
Journal Article
Stensmyr, M. C.; Dweck, H.; Farhan, A.; Ibba, I.; Strutz, A.; Mukunda, L.; Linz, J.; Grabe, V.; Steck, K.; Lavista Llanos, S. et al.; Wicher, D.; Sachse, S.; Knaden, M.; Becher, P. G.; Seki, Y.; Hansson, B.: A conserved dedicated olfactory circuit for detecting harmful microbes in Drosophila. Cell 151 (6), pp. 1345 - 1357 (2012)
2011
Journal Article
Olsson, S.; Kübler, L.; Veit, D.; Steck, K.; Schmidt, A.; Knaden, M.; Hansson, B.: A novel multicomponent stimulus device for use in olfactory experiments. Journal of Neuroscience Methods 195 (1), pp. 1 - 9 (2011)
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Steck, K.; Hansson, B.; Knaden, M.: Desert ants benefit from combining visual and olfactory landmarks. Journal of Experimental Biology 214 (8), pp. 1307 - 1312 (2011)
2010
Journal Article
Steck, K.; Knaden, M.; Hansson, B.: Do desert ants smell the scenery in stereo? Animal Behaviour 79 (4), pp. 939 - 945 (2010)
2009
Journal Article
Steck, K.; Hansson, B. S.; Knaden, M.: Smells like home: desert ants, Cataglyphis fortis, use olfactory landmarks to pinpoint the nest. Frontiers in Zoology 6, 5 (2009)
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Steck, K.; Wittlinger, M.; Wolf, H.: Estimation of homing distance in desert ants, Cataglyphis fortis, remains unaffected by disturbance of walking behaviour. Journal of Experimental Biology 212 (18), pp. 2893 - 2901 (2009)

Thesis - PhD (1)

2010
Thesis - PhD
Steck, K.: Smells like home: Olfactory landmarks in desert ant orientation. Dissertation, 78 pp., Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena (2010)
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