Clarita Iona Mendes
Associated PhD student
- Project: Project A.23
- Research Group
- Address: iDN, Hanns-Dieter-Hüsch-Weg 15 (Biozentrum I, Room 02.181), 55128 Mainz
"The RTG provides the possibility for transferring well-developed methods and ideas that can be used to study non-model species."
Education
- Since July 2024: PhD Project Title: The evolution and organization of non-canonical olfactory systems in the ant Temnothorax longispinosus. Institute of Organismic & Molecular Evolution, Johannes-Gutenberg Universität Mainz, Germany
- October 2020-March 2024: Master of Science in Biological Sciences (specialization in Neurobiology) Universität zu Kӧln, Germany
Thesis (external): "Investigating the effect of temperature on the wide field motion-sensitive neurons in the central brain of B. terrestris via extracellular tetrode recordings", Julius-Maximilians Universität Würzburg - June 2016-July 2019: Bachelor of Science in Zoology and Biochemistry. St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai, India
Thesis: "Extraction of lysozyme from egg white and analyzed its activity through anti-microbial assays using M. luteus"
Working Experience
- March-April 2020: Research intern: Indian Institute of Science Education and Research. Maharashtra, India. Project Title: Assessing occurrence of Humpback dolphins and Finless porpoises off the west coast of India
- June–October 2019: Research assistant: The Nicobar Long-tailed macaque project. University of Mysore. Nicobar archipelago, India