Adrian Streit

Project Leader
Department Integrative Evolutionary Biology
Departmental Research Group Parasitic Nematode Group
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Main Focus

The nematode genus Strongyloides consists of parasites that live as parthenogenetic females in the small intestines of their vertebrate hosts. In addition to producing parasitic offspring, the different species of Strongyloides can also form single free-living generations with males and females in between parasitic generations. This complex life cycle gives these worms an ecologically and mechanistically most interesting "choice" between a parasitic life style associated with clonal reproduction and a free-living existence with sexual reproduction. The presence of a free-living generation offers a unique opportunity for the experimental manipulation of a true parasite. We combine molecular and genetic approaches to study and compare various aspects of the reproductive biology of different species of Strongyloides and related genera.
The human parasite Strongyloides stercoralis is the causing agent of strongyloid
iasis, one of the neglected tropical diseases. In collaboration with clinical parasitologists we study the taxonomy, host range and zoonotic potential of this parasite.
In international collaborations with various colleagues we also participate in studies of the reproductive and population biology of other parasitic nematodes
. One example are filarial nematodes of the genus Onchocerca, which contains O. volvulus, the causing agent human onchocerciasis, also known as river blindness.

Curriculum Vitae

Last Name: Streit                                                    

First Name: Adrian

Date of Birth: April 30th 1966                                  

Place of Birth: Berne, Switzerland


Education:

University of Berne (Switzerland): Lizentiat in Biology (1990)
University of Berne (Switzerland): Dr. Phil. Nat. (1994)

 

Professional Experience

1989 - 1990   Diploma (Masters) student in Biology with Prof. Dr. Daniel Schümperli, Institute of Zoology, University of Berne, Berne, Switzerland.

1990 - 1994   PhD student in Biology with Prof. Dr. Daniel Schümperli, Institute of Zoology, University of Berne, Berne, Switzerland.

1994 -1 997   Postdoctoral fellow with Prof. Dr. William B. Wood, Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, U.S.A.

1997 - 1999   Postdoctoral fellow with Prof. Dr. Monica Steinmann-Zwicky, Zoological Institute, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.

1999 - 2003   Assistant (research and teaching) with Prof. Dr. Fritz Müller, Department Biology, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland.

2003 - 2008   Non-permanent project group leader (PI position), MPI for Developmental Biology, Department for Evolutionary Biology, Tübingen, Germany.

2008 -             Tenured project group leader (PI position), MPI for Developmental Biology, Department of Evolutionary Biology, Tübingen, Germany.

2005 - 2012   Teaching mandate (Lehrauftrag) at the University of Tübingen.

2012 - 2020   Privatdozent (private lecturer) for Biology at the University of Tübingen 

2020 -            "Außerplanmäßiger Professor" at the University of Tübingen.

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