Postdoctoral Researcher
Contact
Email: michaela.hoenigsberger(at)ist.ac.at
Academic platforms
Career
| since 2021 | Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA), AT |
| 2020 – 2021 | Predoctoral Visiting Scientist, ISTA, AT |
| 2014 – 2021 | PhD student, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, AT |
| 2005 – 2013 | Mag. rer. nat. in Molecular Biology, University of Vienna, Austria |
Research Interests
I am interested in the chemical ecology of social insects, particularly ants. In my current project I study the role that volatile organic compounds play in ant-pathogen systems. I am also interested in the cues that ants can detect on their pathogens and which elicit their sanitary care behaviours.
Social immunity publications
Publications from previous affiliations
- Hoenigsberger M, Pretzer C, Rahimi MJ, Kopchinskiy AG, Parich A, Laciny A, Metscher B, Chan CM, Lim LBL, Salim KA, Zettel H, Druzhinina IS, Schuhmacher R (2020)
Strong antimicrobial and low insecticidal activity of mandibular gland reservoir content in Bornean “exploding ants” Colobopsis explodens Laciny & Zettel, 2018 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Myrmecological News, Volume 20, p201 – 212
https://doi.org/10.25849/myrmecol.news_030:201 - Hoenigsberger M, Kopchinskiy AG, Bueschl C, Parich A, Laciny A, Zettel H, Salim KA, Lim LB, Druzhinina IS, Schuhmacher R (2019)
Volatiles from the Mandibular Gland Reservoir Content of Colobopsis explodens Laciny and Zettel, 2018, Worker Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
Molecules. 2019; 24(19):3468
https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules24193468 - Laciny A, Zettel H, Kopchinskiy A, Pretzer C, Pal A, Salim KA, Rahimi MJ, Hoenigsberger M, Lim L, Jaitrong W, Druzhinina IS (2018)
Colobopsis explodens sp. n., model species for studies on “exploding ants” (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), with biological notes and first illustrations of males of the Colobopsis cylindrica group.
ZooKeys 751: 1-40
https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.751.22661 - Hoenigsberger M, Kopchinskiy AG, Parich A, Hiller K, Laciny A, Zettel H, Lim LB, Salim KA, Druzhinina IS, Schuhmacher R
Isolation of Mandibular Gland Reservoir Contents from Bornean ‘Exploding Ants’ (Formicidae) for Volatilome Analysis by GC-MS and MetaboliteDetector.
J. Vis. Exp. (138), e57652,
https://doi.org/10.3791/57652