Pseudoreplication means that you mistakenly treat experimental samples as independent. I commonly see this error in publications. Here is how to spot and avoid it: [Read More]

Together with Martin Oeggerli we have made some SEM images of sperm and Martin them arranged an colored them: We can see that the larger sperm of M. lignano has long protrusions called sperm bristles, while the smaller sperm of M. pusillum does not have them. Our research indicates that... [Read More]

Say hello to Macrostomum brandi, a flatworm species that was named in my honor! It might not mean much to most people, but I’m really excited. 😊 [Read More]

The first chapter of my PhD Thesis is published! For this project I inherited a dataset produced before I joined the lab. The data consisted of a large RNA-Seq dataset for three Macrostomum species (M. hystrix, M. spirale and M. pusillum) with high sequencing depth across multiple biological conditions. We... [Read More]

My PhD work is part of a greater project called “The evolution of sex allocation and its correlates in Macrostomum”. On this project I collaborate mainly with my supervisor Lukas Schärer and my fellow PhD student Pragya Singh. To understand what the project is about I will try and unpack... [Read More]