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Dr. Sophie Armitage

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Curriculum Vitae (CV)

  • Host parasite interactions
  • The role of the Dscam (Down syndrome cell adhesion molecule) gene in insect immunity
  • Host resistance and tolerance towards bacteria

Academic Education

1999 - 2003PhD, Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, UK
1996 - 1999BSc Zoology, 1st class (Hons), University of Sheffield, UK

Work Experience

2012 - 2015Junior group leader / Volkswagen Foundation Advanced Postdoc Fellowship, Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity, University of Münster
2008 - 2012Volkswagen Foundation Postdoc Fellowship, Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity, University of Münster
2005 - 2007Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship, Centre for Social Evolution, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
2005Carlsberg Foundation Individual Postdoc grant, Centre for Social Evolution, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
2004Postdoc, Centre for Social Evolution, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Publications

Dissecting the dynamics of trans-generational immune priming
Kurtz J, Armitage SAO (2017)
In: Molecular Ecology, 26(15)
Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
Dscam1 in pancrustacean immunity: Current status and a look to the future
Armitage SAO, Kurtz J, Brites D, Dong Y, Du Pasquier L, Wang HC (2017)
In: Frontiers in immunology, 8
Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
Environmental temperature variation influences fitness trade-offs and tolerance in a fish-tapeworm association
Franke F, Armitage SAO, Kutzer MAM, Kurtz J, Scharsack JP (2017)
In: Parasites & Vectors, 10
Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
Cuticular colour reflects underlying architecture and is affected by a limiting resource
Evison SEF, Gallagher JD, Thompson JWJ, Siva-Jothy MT, Armitage SAO (2017)
In: Journal of Insect Physiology, 98
Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
Microbiota plays a role in oral immune priming in Tribolium castaneum
Futo M, Armitage SAO, Kurtz J (2016)
In: Frontiers in Microbiology, 6
Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
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Projects

SPP 1399 - Teilprojekt: Host Immune Strategies: Remembering, Resisting, Tolerating, and Being Specific
Duration: 01/10/2012 - 30/09/2016 | 1st Funding period
Funded by: DFG - Priority Programme
Type of project: Subproject in DFG-joint project hosted at University of Münster
The evolution of alternative splicing in Dscam: from genotype to immune phenotype (extension)
Duration: 01/06/2012 - 31/05/2014
Funded by: VolkswagenStiftung
Type of project: Individual project
Durchführung des 1. Statussymposiums der Initiative Evolutionsbiologie der Volkswagenstiftung
Duration: 25/02/2009 - 27/02/2009
Funded by: VolkswagenStiftung
Type of project: Scientific Event
Post doctoral stipend of Dr. Sophie Armitage "Insect evolutionary immunology: the role of the Dscam gene in host-parasite coevolution"
Duration: 14/04/2008 - 31/05/2012
Funded by: VolkswagenStiftung
Type of project: Individual project

Doctorates

Host immune strategies: remembering, resisting and tolerating
Candidate: Kutzer, Megan | Supervisors: Armitage, Sophie; Dobrindt, Ulrich; Kurtz, Joachim
Period of time: until 24/03/2016
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster