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Tim P. Ahuis

Tim P. Ahuis

Supervisors: Martien Kas (NeuBio), Janet Nicholson (Boehringer Ingelheim, Germany)


EQIPD - The European Quality In Preclinical Data project


Mareike Bach

Mareike G. Bach

Supervisors: Theo Elzenga (GREEN), Jaqueline Stefels (GREEN)


Predicting DMS(P) production in a high-CO2 world - Does algal carbon-utilization provide the answer?


Wender Bil

Wender Bil

Supervisors: Christiaan Both (ConsEco), Raymond Klaassen (ConsEco), Janne Ouwehand (ConsEco)

Ecology of Pied flycatchers on the wintering grounds in relation to migration


Martje L.M. Birker

Martje L.M. Birker

Supervisors: Jan Komdeur (BPE), Ton Groothuis (EGDB), Rodrigo Vásquez Salfate (University of Chile)

Do parental effects mediate adaptation to climate differences? - A study in a bird species breeding at different latitudes


Henrique Bravo Gouveia

Henrique M. Bravo Gouveia

Supervisors: Per Palsboll (GREEN), Sancia van der Meij (GREEN)



Diversification on coral reefs


Romy Smit

J. Romy Buwalda-Smit

Supervisors: Martien Kas (NeuBio), Jon Laman (UMCG), Mick Elliot (EGDB)

Evolutionary function and epigenetic profile of fetal-maternal microchimeric cells during mouse pregnancy


Ines Daras

Ines M. Daras

Supervisors: Franjo Weissing (TRÊS), Sander van Doorn (TRÊS)


Eco-evolutionary causes and consequences of plasmid-mediated horizontal gene transfer


Lauren de Wit

Lauren de Wit

Supervisors: Roelof Hut (NeuBio), Eddy van der Zee (NeuBio), Rob Henning (UMCG)

What doesn't kill you, makes you stronger - Increased lifespan in hibernators despite DNA damage


Nicolas Doubovetzky

Nicolas P. Doubovetzky

Supervisors: Jean-Christoph Billeter (NeuBio), Bregje Wertheim (EGDB)

Neurogenetic dissection of a sexual conflict in Drosophila melanogaster


Merijn M.G. Driessen

Merijn M.G. Driessen

Supervisors: Simon Verhulst (BPE), Ido Pen (TRÊS), Irene Tieleman (BPE)


Mosaic aging


Jean-Yves Duriaux Chavarria

Jean-Yves Duriaux Chavarria

Supervisors: Pablo Tittonell (ConsEco), Viviana Ruiz-Gutierrez (Cornell University), Ruth Howison (ConsEco)

People-Nature trade-offs and synergies in agricultural landscapes - Guiding conservation and regeneration from local people’s perspectives


Karla Escobedo Quevedo

Karla Escobedo Quevedo

Supervisors: Bregje Wertheim (EGDB), Herman Helsen (WUR)


Development and effectiveness of bait sprays as part of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) of Drosophila suzukii


Fabricio Garcia Furni

Fabricio R. Garcia Furni

Supervisors: Per Palsbøll (GREEN), Camilla Speller (University of British Columbia, Canada), Eduardo Secchi (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Brazil

Impacts of industrial whaling - Scale, ecological and evolutionary legacies


Yoran H. Gerritsma

Yoran H. Gerritsma

Supervisors: Simon Verhulst (BPE), Sietse de Boer (NeuBio)



Parsing developmental plasticity of personality in zebra finches


Aude Giraud

Aude A. Giraud

Supervisors: Martine Maan (EGDB), Han Adriaenssen (Philosophy)

Epigenetics and inheritance of acquired characters - Lamarck's legacy and its relationship to modern advances in evolutionary biology


Jakob Gismann

Jakob R.L. Gismann

Supervisors: Franjo Weissing (TRÊS), Ton Groothuis (EGDB), Marion Nicolaus (ConsEco)


The eco-evo-devo of social personalities


Peter K. Hoitinga

Peter K. Hoitinga

Supervisors: Bregje Wertheim (EGDB), Michael Fontaine (GREEN), Sander van Doorn (TRÊS)


Evolution of complex molecular networks in immunity


Iftikhar Ahmad Khan

Iftikhar Ahmad Khan

Supervisors: Theo Elzenga (GREEN), Luit de Kok (GREEN)


Expression of candidate genes coding for proline and tubulin in Cicerarietinum L. genotypes during cold stress


Shem C. Kifugo

Shem C. Kifugo

Supervisors: Han Olff (ConsEco), Joseph Ogutu (University of Hohenheim)

Spatial pattern of land use change and its driving forces in the greater Serengeti-Mara ecosystem


Yustina Kiwango

Yustina A. Kiwango

Supervisors: Han Olff (ConsEco), Michiel Veldhuis (Leiden University), Grant Hopcraft (University of Glasgow)

Restoration of the ecological integrity of two new extensions to the Serengeti National Park, Tanzania


Pinar Kohlmeier-Güler

Pinar Kohlmeier-Güler

Supervisors: Ido Pen (TRÊS), Jean-Christophe Billeter (EGDB), Ton Groothuis (EGDB)

Adaptive parental effects in fluctuating environments - Integration of experimental evolution, genomics, physiology and theoretical modelling


Dehuang Kong

Dehuang Kong

Supervisors: Gertjan van Dijk (NeuBio), Sahar El Aidy (GBB)


Role of dietary fibers in energy balance regulation of mice: a dual focus on health and growth


Elizabeth C. (Elske) Koppenaal

E.C. (Elske) Koppenaal

Supervisors: Han Olff (ConsEco), Stijn Temmerman (University of Antwerp), Han van Dobben (WUR)

Effects of soil subsidence following gas extraction on Ameland related to autonomous dynamics in the Wadden Sea


Kevin Kort

Kevin Kort

Supervisors: Sander van Doorn (TRÊS), Hermie Harmsen (UMCG), Franjo Weissing (TRÊS)


Eco-evolutionary dynamics and control of the gut microbiome


Joshua Lambert

Joshua W. Lambert

Supervisors: Rampal Etienne (TRÊS), Luis Lima Valente (Naturalis)


Between island and mainland - New theory for non-oceanic islands and an empirical test in the ‘Galápagos of Africa’


Koosje P. Lamers

Koosje P. Lamers

Supervisors: Christiaan Both (ConsEco), Raymond Klaassen (ConsEco)

Dispersing to northern breeding areas as adaptation to climate change in migrant birds


Xu Liu

Xu Liu

Supervisors: Theo Elzenga (GREEN), Luit de Kok (GREEN)


The physiological, biochemical and proteomic contribution of alfalfa under salt stress


Hemant Singh Maheshwari

Hemant Singh Maheshwari

Supervisors: Theo Elzenga (GREEN), Dick van Elsas (GREEN)


Selection of microbiomes associated with soybean for enhancing growth, nutrient mobilization and tolerance to abiotic stresses


Ilaria Manfredonia

Ilaria Manfredonia

Supervisors: Sebastian Lequime (GREEN), Bregje Wertheim (EGDB)



RNA secondary structures in the evolution of Flaviviruses


Reinaldo S. Marfull Castro

Reinaldo S. Marfull Castro

Supervisors: Jan Komdeur (BPE), Franjo Weissing (TRÊS)


Begging responses in a social and environmental context in blue tits


Bjorn Mols

Bjorn Mols

Supervisors: Chris Smit (ConsEco), Eddy van der Zee (NeuBio), Dries Kuijper (MRI-PAS, Bialowieza)

Large carnivores in anthropogenic landscapes - How landscapes of fear created by humans and large carnivores affect deer behaviour and structure ecosystems


Xenia Moreira Lopes

Xenia Moreira Lopes

Supervisors: Per Palsbøll (GREEN), Martine Bérubé (GREEN), Jooke Robbins (CCS, Provincetown)

Timing and genomic fingerprints of marine mammal adaptations to polar climates


Gordon Ojwang

Gordon S.O. Ojwang

Supervisors: Han Olff (ConsEco), Joseph Ogutu (University of Hohenheim)

Savannah herbivore dynamics and changing landscapes of the Maasai pastoral lands within the Mara ecosystem, East Africa


Tim Oortwijn

Tim Oortwijn

Supervisors: Theunis Piersma (ConsEco), Jan van Gils (NIOZ)



Carry-over effects of body shrinkage in red knots


Valentina Pegoretti

Valentina Pegoretti

Supervisors: Uli Eisel (NeuBio), Jon Laman (UMCG), Wia Baron (UMCG)


TNFR2 as a target for MS treatment


Suzanne S.H. Poiesz

Suzanne S.H. Poiesz

Supervisors: Theunis Piersma (ConsEco), Henk van der Veer (NIOZ), Katja Philippart (NIOZ)

Changes in coastal North Sea fish communities - Causes and consequences


Miguel A. Puentes-Escamilla

Miguel A. Puentes-Escamilla

Supervisors: Charlotte Hemelrijk (TRÊS), Bauke Buwalda (NeuBio)


Social behaviour, sex ratio and physiology in mixed-sex groups of rats - Models and experimental data


Tianjian Qin

Tianjian Qin

Supervisors: Rampal Etienne (TRÊS), Luis Lima Valente (Naturalis)


Effects of phylogenetic relatedness and species interactions on macroevolutionary patterns


Nur Qomariyah

Nur Qomariyah

Supervisors: Gertjan van Dijk (NeuBio), Anton Scheurink (NeuBio)


Anti-diabetic effects of Sansevieria leaves based on endocrine, behavioural and immunohistochemical techniques in the rat


Vania E. Rivera León

Vania E. Rivera León

Supervisors: Per Palsbøll (GREEN), Martine Bérubé (GREEN), Jooke Robbins (CCS, Provincetown)


Evolution of seasonal philopatry in the marine realm


Stephen Salazar

Stephen M. Salazar

Supervisors: Jan Komdeur (BPE), Peter Korsten (Bielefeld University)

Understanding the costs and benefits of individual variation in aggressiveness


Mário Santos Mira

Mário A. Santos Mira

Supervisors: Ido Pen (TRÊS), Jean-Christophe Billeter (EGDB), Ton Groothuis (EGDB)

Environmental predictability and the evolution of parental effects - Integrating ecology, phylogeny, modelling and genetics


Pedro Santos Neves

Pedro M. Santos Neves

Supervisors: Rampal Etienne (TRÊS), Luis Valente (Naturalis Biodiversity Center)



Determining the drivers of diversification


Raphaël Scherrer

Raphaël Scherrer

Supervisors: Rampal Etienne (TRÊS), Sander van Doorn (TRÊS), Michael Fontaine (GREEN)


Adaptive diversity and eco-evolutionary dynamics


Jan Spoelder

Jan Spoelder

Supervisors: Theo Elzenga (GREEN), Dick van Elsas (GREEN)



Endophytes in potato tubers


Clea van de Ven

Clea N. van de Ven

Supervisors: Tjisse van der Heide (ConsEco), Valérie Reijers (Radboud University Nijmegen)

Small steps, giant leaps - How coastal landscapes are formed by spatially organizing plants


Tom Versluijs

Tom S.L. Versluijs

Supervisors: Theunis Piersma (ConsEco), Jeroen Reneerkens (ConsEco), Jan van Gils (NIOZ)

Coping with phenological mismatch - How an insectivorous migrant shorebird may mitigate the negative effects of a warming Arctic by prey and patch selection


Wenxia Wang

Wenxia Wang

Supervisors: Jan Komdeur (BPE), Hua Wu (Central China Normal University)


Evolution of parental care and communal breeding


Xuelai Wang

Xuelai Wang

Supervisors: Christiaan Both (ConsEco), Roelof Hut (NeuBio)

Tracing evolution of annual timing in a long distance migratory song bird - A combined natural behaviour and neuro-genetics approach


Yingying Wu

Yingying Wu

Supervisors: Uli Eisel (NeuBio), Regien Schoemaker (NeuBio/UMCG)


Analyzing the biological function of microglia hyper-ramification in neurodegeneration and depression


Tao Xu

Tao Xu

Supervisors: Klemens Eriksson (GREEN), Sancia van der Meij (GREEN)


Evolutionary diversification on coral reefs


Tao Yang

Tao Yang

Supervisors: Theo Elzenga (GREEN), Luit de Kok (GREEN)


Role of receptor-like kinases in stress-tolerance traits in root-architecture of Arabidopsis thaliana and selected fodder plants


Lars E. Zandbergen

Lars E. Zandbergen

Supervisors: Joana Falcao Salles (GREEN), Marjon de Vos (GREEN)



Ecology and evolution of microbial infectious ecosystems


Qingtian Zhao

Qingtian Zhao

Supervisors: Jan Komdeur (BPE), Xin Lu (Wuhan University)


A test of the adaptive benefits of cooperatively breeding ground tits


Tianci Zhao

Tianci Zhao

Supervisors: Theo Elzenga (GREEN), Joana Falcao Salles (GREEN)



Breeding new forage species based on plant-microbial interaction


Nele Zickert

Nele Zickert

Supervisors: Ton Groothuis (EGDB)



The function of lateralization


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