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Dr. Julia Schwarzer

Head of Junior Research Group "Ricefish"
Laureate "Margarethe-Koenig-Preis" 2012

Junior Research Group "Ricefish", Centre of Taxonomy and Evolutionary Research, Centre for Molecular Biodiversity Research

Tel: +49 228 9122-426

Fax: +49 228 9122-212

Mail: j.schwarzer [at] leibniz-zfmk.de

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Research interests

My primary research interests lie in the evolutionary dynamics of speciation
and in the evolution of adaptive traits. I am interested in early stage species divergence and in understanding the mechanisms that shape biodiversity. In previous studies I worked on cichlids of the lower Congo River to study different levels of spatial differentiation and degrees of gene flow in a comparative approach. In my current projects I focus on the genomic and morphological architecture and evolution of adaptive traits.

Awards

Margarethe Koenig Preis

Projects

2017

AG RICEFISH

The focus of the proposed research group is to study the link between genotype and phenotype of evolutionary adaptive traits, a vital question of evolutionary biology in the postgenomic era. The group will study the morphological and genomic basis of a unique reproduction strategy in Sulawesi ricefishes (Actinopterygii: Adrianichthyidae) called “pelvic brooding”. In pelvic brooding species, females carry the eggs in an abdominal concavity until they hatch, which is assumed to be an adaptation to a predominantly pelagic lifestyle.

Unit:

Centre for Molecular Biodiversity Research, Ichthyology, Directorate, Chair Molecular Biodiversity Research

Project lead:

Dr. Julia Schwarzer

Funding:

Leibniz Association

2012

Are cichlid species complexes…

Inter- and intraspecific gene flow is increasingly recognized as an important factor shaping diversification and speciation.

Unit:

Chair Molecular Biodiversity Research, Centre for Molecular Biodiversity Research

Project lead:

Dr. Julia Schwarzer

Expedition for the rainforest…

Expedition to the tropical lowland rainforest to collect material (insects, tree trunks, lianas, interviews) for the new rainforest exhibition.

Unit:

Exhibition: Conception & Management, Taxidermy, Hymenoptera, Herpetology, Chair Molecular Biodiversity Research

Project lead:

Dr. Thomas Gerken

Funding:

Alexander-Koenig-Society e.V.

Publications

Published in

2019

Hilgers L., Schwarzer J. (2019): The Natural History of Model Organisms: The untapped potential of medaka and its wild relatives. eLife 8: e46994.

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2018

Feulner, P. G., Schwarzer, J., Haesler, M. P., Meier, J. I., & Seehausen, O. (2018). A dense linkage map of Lake Victoria cichlids improved the Pundamilia genome assembly and revealed a major QTL for sex-determination. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics, g3-200207.

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2017

Schwarzer, J., Shabani, N., Esmaeili, H. R., Mwaiko, S., & Seehausen, O. (2017). Allopatric speciation in the desert: diversification of cichlids at their geographical and ecological range limit in Iran. Hydrobiologia, 791(1), 193-207.

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2016

Dambach, J., Raupach, M. J., Leese, F., Schwarzer, J., Engler, J. O. 2016. Ocean currents determine functional connectivity in an Antarctic deep-sea shrimp. - Marine Ecology; doi: 10.1111/maec.12343

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2015

Habel, J. C., Brückmann, S. V., Krauss, J., Schwarzer, J., Weig, A., Husemann, M., & Steffan-Dewenter, I. (2015). Fragmentation genetics of the grassland butterfly Polyommatus coridon: Stable genetic diversity or extinction debt?. Conservation Genetics, 16(3), 549-558.

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Schwarzer, J., Lamboj, A., Langen, K., Misof, B., & Schliewen, U. K. (2015). Phylogeny and age of chromidotilapiine cichlids (Teleostei: Cichlidae). Hydrobiologia, 748(1), 185-199.

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2014

Ahrens D, Schwarzer J, Vogler AP. 2014 The evolution of scarab beetles tracks the sequential rise of angiosperms and mammals. Proc. R. Soc. B 20141470.

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Seehausen, O., Butlin, R. K., Keller, I., Wagner, C. E., Boughman, J. W., Hohenlohe, P. A., ... & Brelsford, A. (2014). Genomics and the origin of species. Nature Reviews. Genetics, 15(3), 176.

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2013

DAMBACH J., RAUPACH M.J., MAYER, C. SCHWARZER, J. and LEESE, F. (2013) Isolation and characterization of nine polymorphic microsatellite markers for the deep-sea shrimp Nematocarcinus lanceopes (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea) BMC Research Notes 2013, 6:75

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2012

SCHWARZER, J., MISOF, B., SCHLIEWEN, U.K. (2012) Speciation within genomic networks: a case study based on Steatocranus cichlids of the lower Congo rapids. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 25(1):138-48.

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SCHWARZER, J., SWARTZ, E.R., VREVEN, E., SNOEKS, J., COTTERILL, F.P.D., MISOF, B., SCHLIEWEN, U.K. (2012) Repeated trans-watershed hybridization among haplochromine cichlids (Cichlidae) was triggered by Neogene landscape evolution. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 279 (1746), 4389-4398.

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VON REUMONT, B.M., STRUWE, J.F., SCHWARZER, J., MISOF, B. (2012) Phylogeography of the burnet moth Zygaena transalpina complex: molecular and morphometric differentiation suggests glacial refugia in Southern France, Western France and micro‐refugia within the Alps. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 50 (1): 38–50.

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2011

Frommen, J.G., Herder, F., Engqvist, L., Mehlis, M., Bakker, T.C.M., Schwarzer, J., Thünken, T. (2011) Costly plastic morphological responses to predator specific odour cues in three-spined sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus). Evolutionary Ecology 2,453 25: 641-656.

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Langen, K., Schwarzer, J., Kullmann, H., Bakker, T. C., & Thünken, T. (2011). Microsatellite support for active inbreeding in a cichlid fish. PLoS One, 6(9), e24689.

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SCHWARZER, J., MISOF, B., IFUTA, S.N., SCHLIEWEN, U.K. (2011) Time and origin of cichlid colonization of the lower Congo rapids. PLOS One 4,092 6(7): e22380.

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2009

Schwarzer, J., Misof, B., Tautz, D., & Schliewen, U. K. (2009). The root of the East African cichlid radiations. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 9(1), 186.

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2008

Schwarzer J., Herder, F., Misof, B., Hadiaty, R.K. & Schliewen, U.K. (2008) Gene flow at the margin of Lake Matano's adaptive sailfin silverside radiation: Telmatherinidae of River Petea in Sulawesi. Hydrobiologia 615, 201-213

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2006

Herder F. , Nolte A.W., Pfaender J., Schwarzer J., Hadiaty R.K. & Schliewen U.K. (2006) Adaptive radiation and hybridization in Wallace's Dreamponds: evidence from sailfin silversides in the Malili Lakes of Sulawesi. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 273, 2209-2217

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Herder F. , Schwarzer J., Pfaender J., Hadiaty R.K. & Schliewen U.K. (2006) Preliminary checklist of sailfin silversides (Teleostei: Telmatherinidae) in the Malili Lakes of Sulawesi (Indonesia), with a synopsis of systematics and threats. Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft für Ichthyologie 5, 139-163

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Education

2011 PhD in Biology, University of Bonn, Germany

2005 Diploma (MSc equivalent), University of Bonn, Germany

Scientific positions

since 2017 Group leader in the project “AG Ricefish”, Leibniz competition 2017, Zoological Research Museum Koenig, Bonn

2016 – 2017 Maternity leave

2015 – 2016 PostDoc in the group Evolutionary Genetics of Fishes, MPI for Evolutionary Biology, Plön

2014 – 2015 Maternity leave

2013 – 2014 DFG research fellowship holder (PostDoc), Eawag, Kastanienbaum, Switzerland

2012 – 2013 Research assistant (PostDoc), Zoological Research Museum Koenig, Bonn: Margarethe Koenig Award

2011 – 2012 Research assistant (PostDoc), Zoological Research Museum Koenig, Bonn

2007 – 2010 Research assistant in the DFG-project “Patterns and processes of a multiple cichlid diversification along a unique geographical gradient in the Lower Congo River: Are species complexes fluid genomic networks?” (SCHL 567/4, MI 649/8)

Grants

2017            Research group “AG-Ricefish”, Leibniz Competition 2017 (SAW-2017-ZFMK-4)
2013            DFG research fellowship (SCHW 1690/1-1)
2012            Margarethe Koenig Award, Zoological Research Museum Koenig, Bonn
2009            Travel grant of the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution
2007            Travel grant of the Alexander Koenig Gesellschaft
2006-2007 Graduate stipend (GEFFRUB) of the University Bonn
2006            Annette Kade graduate stipend, American Museum of Natural History, New York
2006            Travel grant of the American Genetics Association
2005/2006 Travel grant of the Volkswagen foundation

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AG RICEFISH

2012

Are cichlid species complexes…

Expedition for the rainforest…

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