Hartke, Juliane Dr.

Curriculum Vitae

Since 2021

Postdoc, JGU Mainz, Germany

2020 - 2021

Postdoc, Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp, Belgium

2016 - 2019

PhD, Molecular Ecology Group, Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre Frankfurt, Germany

2014 - 2016

MSc Biology, JGU Mainz, Germany

2010 - 2013

BSc Biology, University of Osnabrück, Germany

 

Forschungsinteressen

Species interactions

I’m interested in how species interactions can shape organisms. Both beneficial and harmful interactions (for example host-parasite interactions or symbioses) exert substantial selection pressures and can thus have a profound influence on the evolution of a species. Social insects, due to their social complexity, are especially interesting study subjects because they allow us to analyse the impact of species interactions on different levels of their society. By combining different methods from behavioural observations to genome analyses, I try to make those effects visible.

Environmental influence on evolution

Global warming is driving habitat change and consequently drives a shift in the distribution of species along their environmental optima. Which traits make a species “equipped” for environmental changes? How can we predict the future distribution of a species based on their biology and current distribution? These questions are especially relevant when looking at invasive species that can have a profound impact on other species, ecosystems, and on human and animal health. Here I mainly focus on invasive mosquito species, such as the tiger mosquito and yellow fever mosquito to find out which traits make them adaptable to different habitats.

Publikationen

Sprenger, P.P., Hartke, J., Schmitt, T, Menzel, F., Feldmeyer, B. (2021), Candidate genes involved in cuticular hydrocarbon differentiation between cryptic, parabiotic ant species. G3 Genes|Genomes|Genetics, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1093/g3journal/jkab078

Sprenger, P.P., Müsse, C., Hartke, J., Feldmeyer, B., Schmitt, T., Gebauer, G. and Menzel, F. (2020), Dinner with the roommates: trophic niche differentiation and competition in a mutualistic ant‐ant association. Ecol Entomol. https://doi.org/10.1111/een.13002

Hartke, J., Waldvogel, A.-M., Sprenger, P. P., Schmitt, T., Menzel, F., Pfenninger, M., Feldmeyer, B., (2020). Little parallelism in genomic signatures of local adaptation in two sympatric, cryptic sister species., Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 10.1111/jeb.13742

Sprenger, P. P., Hartke, J., Feldmeyer, B., Orivel, J., Schmitt, T., and Menzel, F., (2019). Influence of Mutualistic Lifestyle, Mutualistic Partner, and Climate on Cuticular Hydrocarbon Profiles in Parabiotic Ants. J. Chem. Ecol. 45:741–754. 10.1007/s10886-019-01099-9

Hartke, J., Schell, T., Jongepier, E., Schmidt, H., Sprenger, P. P., and Feldmeyer, B., (2019). Hybrid genome assembly of a neotropical mutualistic ant. Genome Biol. Evol. 11:2306–2311. 10.1093/gbe/evz159

Hartke, J., Sprenger, P. P., Sahm, J., Winterberg, H., Orivel, J., Baur, H., Beuerle, T., Schmitt, T., Feldmeyer, B., and Menzel, F., (2019). Cuticular hydrocarbons as potential mediators of cryptic species divergence in a mutualistic ant association. Ecol. Evol. 9:1–17. 10.1002/ece3.5464