Maria Serocki
Project C1-2: Apicomplexan parasites, immunity and its link to life history states in cheetahs
Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research
Department of Evolutionary Ecology / Department of Wildlife Diseases
Evolutionary Ecology
Member since: June 2018
Research interest
Immune responses and parasite infections in cheetahs and its link to life history states
Title of PhD project
Apicomplexan parasites, immunity and its link to life history states in cheetahs
Supervisors
Dr. Bettina Wachter, Dr. Gábor Á. Czirják, Prof. Dr. Heribert Hofer
Krücken J, Czirják GÁ, Ramünke S, Serocki M, Heinricht SK, Melzheimer J, Costa MC, Hofer H, Aschenborn OHK, Barker NA, Capodanno S, Madeira de Carvalho L, von Samson-Himmelstjerna G, East ML, Wachter B. (2021).
Genetic diversity of vector‑borne pathogens in spotted and brown hyenas from Namibia and Tanzania relates to ecological conditions rather than host taxonomy.
Parasit Vectors 14:328. doi: 10.1186/s13071-021-04835-x.