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Current Scientific Activities of the Ulm Team, updated January 2012
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Current work of the work group includes:
a paper on epipodites-bearing crustaceans,
a paper on the putative maxillopod Dala peilertae
a paper on a Middle Cambrian tardigrade, together with Reinhardt Kristensen.
Workgroup member Gerd Mayer (second left in upper row) is continuously working on the mouthparts of gammarideans, which shall become the basis of his dissertation to be hopefully finished this summer.
Workgroup member Verena Kutschera (second left in lower row) continues to prepare her dissertation, but exclusively on living material from different malacostracan crustaceans
CORER Christopher Castellani (upper left) is continuously investigating more of the odds and ends in the 'Orsten' material, which has awaited studying for long now. For this DFG project, manuscripts are being prepared, submitted or published dealing with a strange stalked eye. Recently he has submitted a paper on a putative echinoderm larva and another paper on sponge spicules from the Orsten.New: Hans-Peter Katzmann is new in the Ulm work group. In his thesis, started October 2011, he will investigate the two structures hypostome and labrum developed in arthropods in order to better characterise these two anatomically and evolutionarily different structures in front of the mouth opening.
Current work of the work group includes:
a paper on epipodites-bearing crustaceans,
a paper on the putative maxillopod Dala peilertae
a paper on a Middle Cambrian tardigrade, together with Reinhardt Kristensen.
Workgroup member Gerd Mayer (second left in upper row) is continuously working on the mouthparts of gammarideans, which shall become the basis of his dissertation to be hopefully finished this summer.
Workgroup member Verena Kutschera (second left in lower row) continues to prepare her dissertation, but exclusively on living material from different malacostracan crustaceans
CORER Christopher Castellani (upper left) is continuously investigating more of the odds and ends in the 'Orsten' material, which has awaited studying for long now. For this DFG project, manuscripts are being prepared, submitted or published dealing with a strange stalked eye. Recently he has submitted a paper on a putative echinoderm larva and another paper on sponge spicules from the Orsten.New: Hans-Peter Katzmann is new in the Ulm work group. In his thesis, started October 2011, he will investigate the two structures hypostome and labrum developed in arthropods in order to better characterise these two anatomically and evolutionarily different structures in front of the mouth opening.
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Later in 2011 two papers on living crustaceans appeared, one on a cephalocarid, one on a mystacocarid, both also being compared with our Orsten animals – of course. In September Joachim received the Horst-Wiehe Prize of the Deutsche Zoologische Gesellschaft.
CORER Andreas Maas (lower right) has received a so called apl professorship (Außerplanmäßiger Professor) at the University of Ulm, which is a nice honour and appreciation of his work at and for the university.
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Later in 2011 two papers on living crustaceans appeared, one on a cephalocarid, one on a mystacocarid, both also being compared with our Orsten animals – of course. In September Joachim received the Horst-Wiehe Prize of the Deutsche Zoologische Gesellschaft.
CORER Andreas Maas (lower right) has received a so called apl professorship (Außerplanmäßiger Professor) at the University of Ulm, which is a nice honour and appreciation of his work at and for the university.
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Since June 2011 CORER Joachim T. Haug (second right in upper row) and Carolin Haug (second right in lower row) are working in the U.S.A., after Carolin successfully defened her thesis in April.
Joachim had received a precious grant from the Humboldt Foundation. Accordingly we shall see how the planned collaboration works out in the future.
At present he and his wife Carolin wrap up several papers together with us, e.g. one on a tail end from the 'Orsten'. They also do more research on stuff from the Burgess Shale and from Mazon Creek (Carboniferous). Carolin has, furthermore, just submitted with us a paper on a larva from the Windyfield locality near Rhynie, the famous Devonian fossil site in Scotland containing silicified 3D fossils.
Early in 2011 the long expected paper on the ontogeny of our Cambrian pentastomids could be published (based on almost 70 specimens; mainly Christopher's work).
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Since June 2011 CORER Joachim T. Haug (second right in upper row) and Carolin Haug (second right in lower row) are working in the U.S.A., after Carolin successfully defened her thesis in April.
Joachim had received a precious grant from the Humboldt Foundation. Accordingly we shall see how the planned collaboration works out in the future.
At present he and his wife Carolin wrap up several papers together with us, e.g. one on a tail end from the 'Orsten'. They also do more research on stuff from the Burgess Shale and from Mazon Creek (Carboniferous). Carolin has, furthermore, just submitted with us a paper on a larva from the Windyfield locality near Rhynie, the famous Devonian fossil site in Scotland containing silicified 3D fossils.
Early in 2011 the long expected paper on the ontogeny of our Cambrian pentastomids could be published (based on almost 70 specimens; mainly Christopher's work).
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