Cassandra UthoffPhD Student Microbiome Biology GroupContactAddress: Building 4.1 Permoserstr. 15 04318 Leipzig Telephone: +49 341 235 1352 cassandra.uthoff@ufz.de |
Foto: Sebastian Wiedling/UFZ
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Scientific network
Research interests
- Effects of microbiota depletion on the brain function and behaviour of honeybees using observational, proteomic and metabolomic methods
- Effects of antibiotics and pesticides on the gut microbiota composition, bacterial structure and function, brain activity and behaviour
CV
| September 2021 - present |
PhD student at the Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research, Leipzig Effects of microbiota-depletion and xenobiotics on the gut-brain axis in honeybees |
| 2020 - 2021 |
Master of Science in Animal Behaviour University of St Andrews Local Weather Conditions Affect Forager Size and Visitation Rate on Bramble Flowers (Rubus fruticosus) in Bumble Bees (Bombus spp) |
| 2017 - 2020 |
Bachelor of Science in Biology University of Sussex Phenology of the specialist bee Colletes hederae and its dependence on Hedera helix L. in comparison to a generalist, Apis mellifera |
Publications
2022
Uthoff, C., Ruxton, G. Local Weather Conditions Affect Forager Size and Visitation Rate on Bramble Flowers (Rubus fruticosus) in Bumble Bees (Bombus spp). J Insect Behav 35, 17–30 (2022).
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10905-022-09797-1
2021
Hennessy, G., Uthoff, C., Abbas, S. et al. Phenology of the specialist bee Colletes hederae and its dependence on Hedera helix L. in comparison to a generalist, Apis mellifera. Arthropod-Plant Interactions 15, 183–195 (2021).
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11829-021-09807-7
2020
Wignall, V.R., Brolly, M., Uthoff, C. et al. Exploitative competition and displacement mediated by eusocial bees: experimental evidence in a wild pollinator community. Behav Ecol Sociobiol 74, 152 (2020).
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-020-02924-y