PhD Student

IST Austria
Am Campus 1
A-3400 Klosterneuburg

Tel: +43 2243 9000 3404
email: miriam.stock (AT) ist.ac.at

Lab publications

RESEARCH INTEREST

Pathogen adaptation in experimental evolution

My PhD thesis focuses on the temporal pattern of adaptation of a bacterial (Bacillus thuringiensis) and fungal (Metarhizium anisopliae) pathogen in the ant Lasius neglectus. In an evolution experiment I will assess the evolvability and speed of adaptation of both pathogens to this social host species. I will determine the changes in pathogenicity and transmission efficiency that occur over time by comparing the ancestral versus evolved strains as well as determine the defences of L. neglectus towards these pathogens.

CAREER

2010-current      PhD thesis

                                  since Nov 2010 IST Austria, Austria
                                  Feb to Oct 2010 University of Regensburg, Germany

2010                    Diploma in Biology, University of Regensburg, Germany

 

2004-2010           Studies in Biology, University of Regensburg, Germany