How to build an organism? Exploring diversity to discover novel ways of how to build an organism
- Beschreibung
Embryonic development is the first step in an animal's life. It begins when an egg is fertilized and, following the instructions in its genes, leads to the formation of a complete organism. In fruit flies, this entire process happens in just 24 hours! During that short time, the embryo has to solve tricky problems, like figuring out where the head and tail should be, how to put the gut inside the body, and how to cover everything with skin. Interestingly, just like how there are many ways to solve problems in life, embryos can solve these challenges in different ways, too.
These different ways of developing might help animals survive in their environments. We don't yet fully understand why embryos develop differently, but we think each solution offers some hidden benefit for living in certain conditions. For example, in extreme environments like coastlines with high tides, finishing development quickly is really important, since staying in the embryo stage too long increases the risk of getting eaten or damaged. But, just like you can't easily turn a TV into a computer, it's not easy to adapt one type of development to suit every environment.
This HR project aims to describe in detail the embryogenesis of parasitoid wasp Nasonia Vitripennis using bright-field microscopy and fluorescent imaging.
- Projektzeitraum
- Wintersemester 2024/2025
- Bewerbungszeitraum
- 14.10. bis 04.11.2024
- Durchführung
- semesterbegleitend
- Details zu Projektzeitraum und Durchführung
Implementation period by arrangement, approx. one to two experimental weeks in the laboratory
- Studienfach
- Biologie
- Betreuende
- Andreas Remmel
- Institut
- Institut für Biologie (190) (Evolutionary biology, developmental biology)
- Sprache
- englisch
- Teilnehmendenanzahl
- min. 1, max. 2
- Arbeitsaufwand
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ca. 60 Stunden pro Teilnehmende:r
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ECTS-Punkte
Arbeitsaufwand (Stunden und ggf. ECTS) sind ungefähre Angaben. Die tatsächlich vergebenen ECTS-Punkte ergeben sich aus der tatsächlich geleisteten Arbeit.
- Für dieses Projekt ist kein Motivationsschreiben des Studierenden erforderlich
- Projektart
- experimentell
- Lernziele
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Die Teilnehmende lernen in diesem Projekt:
In this project, participants will learn:
- Concepts of early embryonic development, especially insect embryogensis
- Approach to scientific questions
- Experimental Laboratory Work, including live imaging of embryogenesis using DIC microscope
- Image analysis and processing
- Anmerkungen für Studierende
If you would like to have more information, then feel free to e-mail me: andreas.remmel@uni-hohenheim.de
- Schlagworte
- Tiere