Member since: May 2018

Research interest
Hybrid vigor occurrence also known as heterosis in wild and wild-derived house mouse western and eastern subspecies (Mus musculus musculus and Mus musculus domesticus). Eimeria falciformis and Eimeria ferrisi infections of inbred, outbred and hybrid mice. Immune profiling of said mice and dissection of protection mechanisms.

Title of PhD project
Immunological characterization of Hybrid Vigor phenomenon in Mus musculus subspecies during Eimeria infections

Supervisor
Jun.-Prof. Dr. Emanuel Heitlinger

Zhang H, Bednář L, Heitlinger E, Hartmann S, Rausch S. (2022).
Whip- and pinworm infections elicit contrasting effector and distinct regulatory responses in wild house mice.
Int J Parasitol 52:519-24. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2022.03.006.