Group Colgan

ECOLOGICAL AND EVOLUTIONARY GENOMICS

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Our group investigates the genetic basis, evolution and expression of complex phenotypes and life-histories. To achieve this, we use a range of behavioural, molecular, genomic, immunological and computational techniques with our primary study system being bumblebees, mason bees as well as other insects. If you have any questions related to our group, research interests or are interested in doing a bachelor, master, PhD or postdoc in the group, please get in contact as it would be great to hear from you.

Current projects in the group:

• Population and comparative genomics of wild bees
• The evolution and expression of dormant phenotypes
• Signatures of sexual antagonism and resolution
• Queen specialisation in social insects
• The evolution of the insect immune system
• Genomic data usage in bee conservation

GROUP MEMBERS

Group Leader / PI

• Dr. Joseph Colgan

PhD Students:

• Jannik Möllmann
• Max Bolder (co-supervised with Dr. Romain Libbrecht)
• Hongfei Xu
• Safira Moog
• Dean Hodapp
• Eva Baumgarten

Master Students:

• Anika Zimmermann
• Nina Becher
• Sarah Mirabella