Heidi Land
Technical Assistant
Zoological Institute and Museum
General and Systematic Zoology
Loitzer Str. 26
Building 3.3
17489 Greifswald
Tel.: +49 (0)3834 420-4244
heidi.land(at)uni-greifswald(dot)de
Responsibilities
Laboratory and project management
Operational safety and supervision of hazardous substances
Animal care
Administration tasks
Laboratory expertise
- Paraffin histology
- Histological staining methods
- Light microscopic analysis
- Electron microscopy (basics)
Publications
Publications
| 2024 |
| Land, H., Christenson, T. E., Uhl, G. 2024: Sperm storage organs change with female age and mating history in Golden Silk spider Trichonephila clavipes. Journal of Zoology Vol. 323 (1): 19-28. zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jzo.13155 |
| 2022 |
| Mammola, S., Malumbres-Olarte, J., Land, H., et al. 2022. An expert-curated global database of online newspaper articles on spiders and spider bites. Scientific Data 9 (109). PDF |
| Mammola, S., Malumbres-Olarte, J., Land, H., et al. 2022. The global spread of misinformation on spiders. Current Biology 32(16): 871-873. PDF |
Artwork
Artwork
| Talukder, M. B., Müller, C.H.G., Uhl, G., et al. 2025: Olfaction with legs - Spiders use wall-pore sensilla for pheromone detection. PNAS Vol. 122 (3). www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2415468121 |
| Michael Schmitt: Insektenwunderwelt - Einstieg in die Entomologie, Springer-Verlag, 2022 Hardcover ISBN 978-3-662-64076-0, eBook ISBN 978-3-662-64077-7 |
Education and career
| since 08/2015 | Zoological Institute and Museum, Dept. General and Systematic Zoology |
| 05/2015 – 07/2015 | Friedrich-Löffler-Institute Insel Riems, Institute of Molecular Virology and Cell Biology (IMVZ), Laboratory for Herpesvirus-Host Cell Interactions |
| 09/2014 – 04/2015 | Laboratory of Environmental Hygiene (LUH) Hanshagen |
| 09/2011 – 08/2014 | Training as Medical laboratory technician |