
Katja Kümmerlen, M.Sc.
Zoological Institute and Museum
Cytology and Evolutionary Biology
Soldmannstr. 23
House 6.1
17489 Greifswald
Phone: +49 (0)3834 420 4066
Fax: +49 (0)3834 420 4067
katja.kuemmerlenuni-greifswaldde
My project is part of a collaborative study with the MPI for Chemical Ecology Jena and the University of Cologne to gain insights into the evolution of olfactory core circuits in arthropods as part of the DFG priority program 'Evolutionary Optimisation of Neuronal Processing' (DFG SPP 2205). I am studying the olfactory pathway of the amphipod crustacean Parhyale hawaiensis (Dana, 1853), which is of similar size to many hexapods (1cm). I am describing the morphology of the central olfactory processing areas, especially the olfactory lobe, a neuropil structured in glomeruli.
For this project, I use different neuroanatomical methods, e.g., immunohistochemistry, histology, light and confocal laser-scanning microscopy, transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and Focused ion beam-scanning electron microscopy (FIB-SEM), as well as 3D reconstruction using AMIRA and CATMAID.
Different neurotransmitters in the olfactory lobe of Parhyale hawaiensis





Poster
Kümmerlen K, Raspe S, Harzsch S (2022) Diversität der Neurotransmitter und -modulatoren im Riechzentrum von Parhyale hawaiensis (Dana, 1895). 20. Crustaceologen Tagung
Kümmerlen K, Raspe S, Harzsch S (2022) Neuromodulator localization in the central olfactory pathway of the crustacean Parhyale hawaiensis. 17th European Symposium for Insect Taste and Olfaction
Kümmerlen K, Wittfoth C, Raspe S, Harzsch S (2021) Neuromodulator diversity in the central olfactory pathway of Parhyale hawaiensis (Dana, 1895). 14th Göttingen Meeting 2021 and 113th Meeting of the German Zoological Society (virtual)