Cassandra Uthoff

PhD Student Microbiome Biology Group

Contact



Address:
Building 4.1
Permoserstr. 15
04318 Leipzig
Telephone: +49 341 235 1352
cassandra.uthoff@ufz.de
Cassandra Uthoff Foto: Sebastian Wiedling/UFZ

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