Dr. Jürgen Rudolf Gadau
Professor
Biology
University of Munster
Germany
Biography
Education: 1999 - 2003 Habilitation in Zoology; 1993 - 1997 Dr. rer. nat. (PhD) Biology 1988 - 1993 Diplom in Biology. Positions: since 2016 Professor for molecular Evolution; since 2016 Research Professor; 2012 - 2016 Professor (full); 2008 - 2015 Associate Director for Graduate Studies; 2007 - 2012 Associate Professor (tenure) - Arizona State University; 2005 - 2007 Assistant Professor (tenure track); 2003 - 2005 Assistant Professor (non-tenure); 1999 - 2003 Assistant Professor (non-tenure). Honors: 05. 1997Feordor Lynen - Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
Research Interest
Evolution & Biodiversity of Animals; Evolutionary Genomics and Sociobiology; The Growth of the Evolutionary Thought (involved); Evolutionary Genomics and Sociobiology
Publications
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Schrader L, Kim J, Ence D, Zimin A, Klein A (2014) Transposable element islands facilitate adaptation to novel environments in an invasive species. Nature Communications 5.
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Sadd BM, Barribeau SM, Bloch G, de Graaf DC, Dearden P (2015) The genomes of two key bumblebee species with primitive eusocial organization. Genome Biol 16.
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Smith C, Helms Cahan S, Kemena C, Brady S, Yang W (2015) How do genomes create novel phenotypes Insights from the loss of the worker caste in ant social parasites. Molecular Biology and Evolution 32: 2919-2931.
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Campbell J, Nath R, Gadau J, Fox T, DeGrandi-Hoffman G, et al. (2016) The fungicide Pristine® inhibits mitochondrial function in vitro but not flight metabolic rates in honey bees. Journal of Insect Physiology 86: 11-16.
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Catania F, Krohs U, Chittò M, Ferro D, Ferro K (2016) The hologenome concept: we need to incorporate function. Theory in Biosciences: 1-10.
