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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

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

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

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 M. Daras

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

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

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 P. Doubovetzky

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

Neurogenetic dissection of a sexual conflict in Drosophila melanogaster

Merijn M.G. Driessen

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

Mosaic aging

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

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

Peter K. Hoitinga

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

Evolution of complex molecular networks in immunity

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

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

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

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

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

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

Eco-evolutionary dynamics and control of the gut microbiome

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

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

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

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

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

RNA secondary structures in the evolution of Flaviviruses

Reinaldo S. Marfull Castro

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

Begging responses in a social and environmental context in blue tits

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 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

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

Carry-over effects of body shrinkage in red knots

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

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

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

Effects of phylogenetic relatedness and species interactions on macroevolutionary patterns

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

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

Evolution of seasonal philopatry in the marine realm

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

Raphaël Scherrer

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

Adaptive diversity and eco-evolutionary dynamics

Jan Spoelder

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

Endophytes in potato tubers

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 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

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

Evolution of parental care and communal breeding

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

Qingtian Zhao

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

A test of the adaptive benefits of cooperatively breeding ground tits

Nele Zickert

Supervisors: Ton Groothuis (EGDB)

The function of lateralization

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