Laura Fuchs
Seestraße 15
18119 Rostock
Germany
Expertise
- Marine ecology
- Population genomics
- Molecular biology
- Mollusk physiology
- Osmotic stress experiments
- Blue Carbon
Professional career
Since July 2025 Postdoctoral researcher at the Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde in the “Ecology of Benthic Organisms” working group in the project: STATUS of the functions of biogenic reefs in the Baltic Sea with a focus on carbon fixation
2025 Postdoctoral research stipend at the University of Rostock
2021-2024 Doctoral researcher at the University of Greifswald; topic: “Molecular basis of phenotypic plasticity in Theodoxus fluviatilis”
2018-2020 Technical assistant at the University of Rostock
Education
2021-2024 Doctoral researcher at the University of Greifswald; topic: “Molecular basis of phenotypic plasticity in Theodoxus fluviatilis”
2015-2017 Master's degree in marine biology at the University of Rostock
2011-2014 Bachelor's degree in biology at Philipps University of Marburg
Supervision
2023-2024 Supervision of two bachelor's theses on the topic “Respirometry under osmotic stress in Theodoxus fluviatilis”
Publications
Fuchs, L.I.R.; Knobloch, J.; Wiesenthal, A.A.; Fuss, J.; Franzenburg, S.; Torres Oliva, M.; Müller, C.; Wheat, C.W.; Hildebrandt, J.P. (2024) A draft genome of the neritid snail Theodoxus fluviatilis. G3 (Bethesda). https://doi.org/10.1093/g3journal/jkad282.
Romero-Mujalli, D.; Fuchs, L.I.R.; Haase, M.; Hildebrandt, J.-P.; Weissing, F. J.; Revilla, T. A. Emergence of phenotypic plasticity through epigenetic mechanisms. (2024) Evolution Letters. https://doi.org/10.1093/evlett/qrae012
Knobloch, J.; Gößeler, S.; Fuchs, L.I.R.; Fuß, J.; Torres-Oliva, M.; Müller, C.; Hildebrandt, J.-P. (2023) The Ins and Outs of Urea: Identification of Putative DUR3-like Urea Transporters in the Oligohaline Nerite Snail Theodoxus fluviatilis and Their Expression under Changing Salinities. Physiologia. https://doi.org/10.3390/ physiologia3020020
Albrecht, M.; Khanipour Roshan, S.; Fuchs, L.I.R.; Karsten, U.; Schumann, R. (2022) Applicability and limitations of high-throughput algal growth rate measurements using in vivo fluorescence in microtiter plates. J Appl Phycol. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10811-022-02778-z