Lara Meyer
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Lara Meyer
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Wissenschaftliche Tätigkeit
Since 07/2026: PhD Candidate at the Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg.
Part of the DFG-funded Cluster of Excellence NaviSense The Sensory Basis, Mechanisms and Impact of Animal Navigation. Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Henrik Mouritsen and Dr. Takaoki Kasahara.
10/2025 – 11/2025: Student assistant/Tutor for the Bachelor course Biochemistry of the Cell at Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg. Supervisors: Dr. Helge Meyer and Dr. Rabea Bartölke.
05/2024 – 08/2024: Field Research Assistant in Greece (Schinias Nationalpark, Marathonas) with working group of Dr. Pauline Fleischmann Research Group Fellow SFB 1372 – Magnetoreception and Navigation in Vertebrates, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg.
Research project: Investigating Magnetoreception in Desert Ant Cataglyphis nodus - Behavioural observation of antennae movement under horizontal elimination of geomagnetic field.
09/2020 – 03/2021: Academic exchange semester in the Evolutionary Biomechanics Group at the Imperial College London, United Kingdom.
Research project: Ontogenetic Biomechanics and Nanoindentation of the Head Capsule and Mandibles in leaf-cutter ants. Supervisors: Dr. David Labonte and Dr. Frederik Püffel.
10/2019 - 06/2020: Student Assistant/Tutor for the Bachelor courses Zoology and Botany at the University of Applied Sciences Bremen. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Jan-Henning Dirks.
Studium
2023 – 2026: Master of Science in Biology at the Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg.
Thesis: Cryptochrome 4 Signalling Interactions in Avian Magnetoreception Characterised by Förster Resonance Energy Transfer in a Quail Retinal Cell line. Supervisors: Dr. Rabea Bartölke and Prof. Dr. Karin Dedek. Working group Neurosensorics/Animal Navigation.
2018 -2022: International degree programme Biomimetics (B.Sc.) at the University of Applied Sciences Bremen.
Thesis: Biomechanical investigation of the locust’s hind femur for bio-inspired structural reinforcement; supervised by Prof. Dr. Jan-Henning Dirks (Biological Structures and Biomimetics Group, HS Bremen) and Dr. David Labonte (Evolutionary Biomechanics Group, Imperial College London).
Scholarships
02/2019 – 04/2026: Scholarship from the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes (German National Academic Foundation).
Wissenschaftliche Veröffentlichungen
Püffel, F., Meyer, L., Imirzian, N., Roces, F., Johnston, R., & Labonte, D. (2023). Developmental biomechanics and age polyethism in leaf-cutter ants. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 290(2000), 20230355. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2023.0355
Konferenzbeiträge
06/2021: Poster presentation at the conference of the Society for Experimental Biology (Open Biomechanics)
Too young to cut? Physical constraints influence task choice in leaf-cutter ants with Dr. Frederik Püffel und Dr. David Labonte