Collaborators

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BGI-Shenzhen, China

Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig (ZFMK) / Zentrum für Molekulare Biodiversitätsforschung (ZMB), Bonn, Germany

Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig (ZFMK), Bonn, Germany

Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources

Department of Biological Sciences

FSU Jena, Institut für Spezielle Zoologie und Evolutionsbiologie mit Phyletischem Museum Jena, Germany

Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies (HITS), Heidelberg, Germany / Scientific Computing, Exelixis Lab

Universität Wien, Vienna, Austria Department für Evolutionsbiologie

Department of Animal Biodiversity

University of Tsukuba, Sugadaira Montane Research Center / Arthropod Comparative Embryology, Japan

Ehime University, Department of Biology, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Japan

Universität Hamburg, Biozentrum Grindel und Zoologisches Museum, Hamburg, Germany

Zoologisches Museum Hamburg, Curator Entomology, Germany

North Carolina State University, Department of Entomology, Wiegmann-Lab

North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, Biodiversity Laboratory, Nature Research Center

Universität Bonn, Steinmann-Institut, Institut für Paläontologie, Germany

  • Jes Rust (Dating phylogenetic trees)
  • Torsten Wappler (Dating phylogenetic trees)

University of Memphis, Department of Biological Sciences, Memphis, USA

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, (DAAD)

  • Sabrina Simon (Polyneoptera)
    • current address: Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics, AMNH

CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, Australian National Insect Collection (ANIC), Canberra, Australia

Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, 2. Zoologische Abteilung (Insekten), Vienna, Austria

China Agricultural University, Department of Entomology, Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Entomology, Bejing, China

Universidad de Guadalajara, Centro Universitario de Ciencias Biólogicas y Agropecuarias, Centro de Estudios en Zoología, Zapopan, Jalisco, México

Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart (SMNS), Hymenoptera Section, Germany

Hokkaido University, Systematic Entomology / Yoshizawa Lab, Sapporo, Japan

Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research, Biosystematics, Auckland, New Zealand

University of Minnesota, Department of Entomology, Insect Collection, USA

1KITE Partners

collaborate with 1KITE members for 1KITE related projects.

Taxonomic subprojects:
  • Matty Berg (Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences, VU University, Amsterdam, Netherlands; Basal Hexapods)
  • Luis Mendes (Institute of Scientific Investigation of the Tropics, Lisbon, Portugal; Basal Hexapods)
  • Ulrich Burkhardt (Senckenberg Museum of Natural History, Görlitz, Germany; Basal Hexapods)
  • Thomas Dejaco (University of Innsbruck, Molecular Ecology, Innsbruck, Austria; Basal Hexapods)
  • Bjoern v. Reumont (Post Doctoral Fellow, Natuarl History Museum London, United Kingdom; Basal Hexapods)
  • Sven Bradler (Morphology, Systematics & Evolution, University of Goettingen, Germany; Polyneoptera)
  • Janice Edgerly-Rooks (Biology Department, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA, USA; Dictyoptera)
  • Frank Wieland, University of Hamburg, Zoogisches Museum Hamburg, Germany; Dictyoptera)
  • Gavin Svenson, Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Ohio, USA; Dictyoptera)
  • Kevin Johnson, Illinois Natural History Survey, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL, USA; Paraneoptera)
  • Leo Beukeboom (Evolutionary Genetics, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands; Hymenoptera)
  • Michael Ohl, Manuela Sann (Museum fuer Naturkunde, Berlin, Germany; Hymenoptera)
  • Christoph Bleidorn (University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany; Hymenoptera)
  • Adam Siplinski (Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO, Ecosystem Sciences, Black Mountain, ACT, Canberra, Australia; Coleoptera)
  • Eric Anton (FSU Jena; Jena, Germany; Coleoptera: evolution of adults head structures of Polyphaga)
  • Alexey Solodovnikov (Zoologisk Museum Copenhagen, Denmark; Coleoptera: follow-up project on Staphylinoidea/Staphylinidae)
  • Si-qin Ge (Chinese Academy of Scinces, Beijing, China; Coleoptera: follow-up project on evolution of Chrysomeloidea)
  • Richard Leschen (Landcare Research, New Zealand Arthropod Collection; Coleoptera: follow-up projects on Staphylinoidea and Cucujiformia)
  • Michael Balke (Zoologische Staatssammlung München, Gemany: Coleoptera: follow-up project on Adphaga - main focus on aquatic groups)
  • Michael Shackleton (La Trobe University, Department of Environmental Management and Ecology, WODONGA, Victoria, Australia; Trichoptera)
  • Alice Wells (CSIRO, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra, ACT, Australia; Trichoptera)
  • Ferdy C. de Moor (Department of Freshwater Invertebrates, Albany Museum, Grahamstown, South Africa; Trichoptera)

Methods:
  • Lars Jermiin (OCE Science Leader, Bioinformatics & Phylogenomics, CSIRO, Ecosystem Sciences, Black Mountain, ACT, Canberra, Australia; Bioinformatics and Phylogenetics, Modeling)
  • Robert Lanfear (Postdoctoral Fellow, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia; Phylogenetics)
  • Brett Calcott (ARC Postdoctoral Fellow, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia; Phylogenetics)

1KITE related projects:
  • Sonja Grath, Robert Maier (Department of Biology, Ludwig-Maximilian University, Munich, Germany; DNA methylation islands in insect transcriptomes)
  • Jennifer Greenwood, Erich Bornberg-Bauer (Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity, University of Muenster, Germany; Domain evolution in insects)
  • Fatima Mitterboeck, Sarah J. Adamowicz, Jinzhong Fu Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada; Evolutionary transcriptomics of flight loss in insects)
  • Hui Wang (Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Wallingford, Oxon, UK; Distribution and diversity of insect viruses)