Principal Investigator

Prof. Dr. Thorsten Reusch

Institution

GEOMAR – Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Research Division 3: Marine Ecology
Research Unit Marine Evolutionary Ecology
Vita

Education/Training

2002
Habilitation in Ecology, University Kiel

1991 – 1994
Dissertation Biological Oceanography, University Kiel

1987 – 1991
Studies in Biology, Biological oceanography and Marine Ecology at Institut für Meereskunde /University of Kiel

Research Experience/Academic Appointments

Since 2008
Professor in Marine Ecology (W3), GEOMAR & Christian-Albrechts University Kiel

2005 – 2008
Professor in Plant Evolutionary Ecology (W3), University of Münster

2002 – 2005
Heisenberg-Fellow at Max-Planck Inst for Limnology, Plön

1999 – 2002
Research Associate, Max-Planck Institute for Limnology, Plön

1997 – 1999
Marie Curie-Fellow at University of Groningen

1994 – 1996
Postdoctoral Researcher, San Diego State University, USA (DAAD and DFG)

Important Scientific Prizes/Functions

Since 2019
Associate Editor of “Science Advances”

Since 2018
Steering committee of Helmholtz Institute for Functional Marine Biodiversity

Since 2016
Founding member / Steering committee of the Kiel Evolution Center

Since 2012
Speaker of the research division 3 “Marine Ecology” at GEOMAR Kiel

Since 2012
Member executive board of the excellence Cluster “The Future Ocean”

Since 2011
Editorial board of “Marine Biology”

Since 2010
Steering committee of the International Max-Planck Research School for Evolutionary Biology at CAU Kiel

Since 2010
Head examination board Msc curriculum “Biological Oceanography”

2009 – 2015
Steering committee of DFG -SPP 1399 Host-parasite coevolution

2002
Heisenberg fellowship awarded by DFG (German Science Foundation)

1994
Annette Barthelt-Award for outstanding thesis in Marine Sciences

 

Contact

+49 0431 600 4550
+49 0431 600 4553
treusch@geomar.de
https://www.geomar.de/en/mitarbeiter/fb3/ev/treusch/ https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/person/1358652

Associated Research Groups

Prof. Dr. Thorsten Reusch
Publications

Publications

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2024
C4

The archaeome in metaorganism research, with a focus on marine models and their bacteria– archaea interactions

von Hoyningen-Huene AJE, Bang C, Rausch P, Rühlemann M, Fokt H, He J, Jensen N, Knop M, Petersen C, Schmittmann L, Zimmer T, Baines JF, Bosch TCG, Hentschel U, Reusch TBH, Roeder T, Franke A, Schulenburg H, Stukenbrock E and Schmitz RA (2024) The archaeome in metaorganism research, with a focus on marine models and their bacteria– archaea interactions. Front Microbiol, 15:1347422. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2024.1

2021
B2
Featured

Invasion genomics uncover contrasting scenarios of genetic diversity in a widespread marine invader.

Jaspers C, Ehrlich M, Pujolar JM, Künzel S, Bayer T, Limborg MT, Lombard F, Browne WE, Stefanova K, Reusch TBH (2021):  PNAS. 118(51)e2116211118. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2116211118

2020
B2

The native microbiome is crucial for offspring generation and fitness of Aurelia aurita

Weiland-Bräuer N, Pinnow N, Langfeldt D, Roik A, Güllert S, Chibani CM, Reusch TBH, Schmitz RA (2020) mBio. 11(6) e02336-20. doi: 10.1128/mBio.02336-20

2020
B2
Z2

Cultivable microbiota associated with Aurelia aurita and Mnemiopsis leidyi

Weiland-Bräuer N, Prasse D, Brauer A, Jaspers C, Reusch TBH, Schmitz RA (2020) MicrobiologyOpen. 9(9):e1094 doi: 10.1002/mbo3.1094  

2020
A2
B2

Differences in the microbiota of native and non-indigenous gelatinous zooplankton organisms in a low saline environment

Jaspers C, Weiland-Bräuer N, Rühlemann MC, Baines JF, Schmitz RA, Reusch TBH (2020) Sci Total Environ. 734:139471. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.139471

2019
B2
INF
Z3

Host-microbe interactions in the chemosynthetic Riftia pachyptila symbiosis

Hinzke T, Kleiner M, Breusing C, Felbeck H, Häsler R, Sievert SM, Schlüter R, Rosenstiel P, Reusch TBH, Schweder T, Markert S (2019) mBio 10:6, e02243-19. doi: 10.1128/mBio.02243-19

2019
B2

Microbiota differences of the comb jelly Mnemiopsis leidyi in native and invasive sub-populations

Jaspers C, Weiland-Bräuer N, Fischer M, Künzel S, Schmitz RA, Reusch TBH (2019) Front. Mar. Sci. 6: 635. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00635

2019
A1
A2
A3
B1
B2
C1
C2
INF
Z3
Featured

Comparative analysis of amplicon and metagenomic sequencing methods reveals key features in the evolution of animal metaorganisms

Rausch P, Rühlemann M, Hermes BM, Doms S, Dagan T, Dierking K, Domin H, Fraune S, von Frieling J, Hentschel U, Heinsen F-A, Höppner M, Jahn MT, Jaspers C, Kissoyan KAB, Langfeldt D, Rehman A, Reusch TBH, Roeder T, Schmitz RA, Schulenburg H, Soluch R, Sommer F, Stukenbrock E, Weiland-Bräuer N, Rosenstiel P, Franke A, Bosch T, Baines JF (2019) Microbiome, doi: 10.1186/s40168-019-0743-1

2019
B4

Currency, Exchange, and Inheritance in the Evolution of Symbiosis

Wein T, Romero Picazo D, Blow F, Woehle C, Jami E, Reusch TBH, Martin WF, Dagan T (2019) Trends in Microbiology doi: 10.1016/j.tim.2019.05.010

2018
A3
C1

Carrying capacity and colonization dynamics of Curvibacter in the Hydra host habitat

Wein T, Dagan T, Fraune S, Bosch TCG, Reusch TBH and Hülter NF (2018) Front. Microbiol.,  https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2018.00443

2017
B2

Microbial contributions to the persistence of coral reefs.

Webster N S, Reusch T B H (2017); ISME J., doi: 10.1038/ismej.2017.66

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