Dr Wencke Krings

Ongoing projects

• Adaptive Radiation am Tanganjikasee
• Funktionsmorphologie der Radula

Participation in lectures

• Forms of Organization of the Animal Kingdom (Ws) (61-706)
• Zoological excursions on ecology (Ss) (61-025)
• Practical course in field biology (zoological part) (Ss) (61-708)

Participation in educational museum tours

• more information at "Pädagogische Angebote" and "Yelp auf Kultour"

Scientific career

2015 - 2020 Research Assistant
Center for Natural History (CeNak) - Zoological Museum, University of Hamburg

Academic education and degrees

2020 – Dr. rer. nat. Biologie, Universität Hamburg, Dissertation: Trophic specialization of paludomid gastropods from ‘ancient’ Lake Tanganyika reflected by radular tooth morphologies and material properties. https://ediss.sub.uni-hamburg.de/handle/ediss/8654

August 2014 - Master of Science Biology, University Hamburg, Focal points: Biodiversity, palaeontology, morphology, evolution, phylogeny
Title of the master thesis: Das larvale Cranium von Buergeria robusta (Boulenger, 1909) (Amphibia: Rhacophoridae) und seine mögliche phylogenetische Bedeutung der Merkmale. Supervisors: Prof. Alexander Haas, Dr. Jakob Hallermann.

September 2011 - Bachelor of Science Biology, University Hamburg
Title of the bachelor thesis: Die Larve des Jade-Frosches Rhacophorus dulitensis Boulenger, 1892 (Anura: Rhacophoridae). Supervisors: Prof. Alexander Haas, Dr. Julian Glos.

Publications

In press:

• Krings, W. & Gorb, S.N., 2021. Radula packing and storage facilitated by tooth morphology in selected taenioglossan Gastropoda. Journal of Molluscan Studies.

• Krings, W., Neiber, M.T., Kovalev, A., Gorb, S.N. & Glaubrecht, M., 2021. Trophic specialisation reflected by radular tooth material properties in an ‘ancient’ Lake Tanganyikan gastropod species flock. BMC Evolutionary Biology.

• Krings, W. & Gorb, S.N., 2021. Substrate roughness induced wear pattern in gastropod radulae. Biotribology.

• Krings, W., Kovalev, A. & Gorb, S.N., 2021. Influence of water content on mechanical behaviour of gastropod taenioglossan radulae. Proceedings B.

Published:

• Krings, W., Brütt, J.-O., Gorb, S., Glaubrecht, M. 2020. Tightening it up: Diversity of the chitin Anchorage of radular teeth in paludomid freshwater gastropods. Malacologia https://doi.org/10.4002/040.063.0108
• Krings, W., Marcé-Nogué, N., Karabacak, H., Glaubrecht, M., & Gorb, S.N. 2020. Finite element analysis of individual taenioglossan radula teeth. Acta Biomaterialia https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actbio.2020.08.034
• Scheel, C., Gorb, N.S., Glaubrecht, M. & Krings, W. Not just scratching the surface: Distinct radular motion patterns in Molluscan taxa. Biology Open. doi: 10.1242/bio.055699
• Krings, W., Faust, T., Kovalev, A., Neiber, M.T., Glaubrecht, M., Gorb, S.N., 2019. In slow motion: radula motion pattern and forces exerted to the substrate in the land snail Cornu aspersum (Mollusca, Gastropoda) during feeding. R. Soc. Open Sci. 6(7): 2054–5703. https://doi:10.1098/rsos.190222.
• Krings, W., Kovalev, A., Glaubrecht, M., Gorb, S.N., 2019. Differences in the Young modulus and hardness reflect different functions of teeth within the taenioglossan radula of gastropods. Zoology 137: 125713. https:/doi:10.1016//j.zool.2019.125713.
• Haas, A., Hertwig, S. T., Krings, W., Braskamp, E., Dehling, J. M., Min, P. Y., Jankowski, A., Schweizer, M. Das, I. (2012) Description of three Rhacophorus tadpoles (Lissamphibia: Anura: Rhacophoridae) from Sarawak, Malaysia (Borneo). Zootaxa 3328:1–19.

Conference contributions

• Krings, W., Scheel, C., Gorb, S.N. & Glaubrecht, M: Researchers starring at snail tongues – Distinct radular movement patterns in the major gastropod lineages. GfBS 2020.
• Krings, W., Neiber, M.T., Marcé-Nogué, J., Kovalev, A., Gorb, S.N. & Glaubrecht, M.: Revealing evolution tooth by tooth: Convergent trophic specialization of a paludomid species flock in an ‘ancient’ African lake. DZG 2019.
• Krings, W., Neiber, M.T., Kovalev, A., Gorb, S.N. & Glaubrecht, M.: Diversity overload – niche partitioning resulting in various shell sizes and tooth morphologies in a radiation of gastropods in ‘ancient’ Lake Tanganyika. DZG 2018.
• Krings, W., Brütt, J.-O. & Glaubrecht, M. (2017): Tightening it up: Functional Morphology of the Chitin Anchorage of Radula-Teeth in Freshwater-Gastropods. DZG Fachtagung Morphologie 2017.
• Krings, W. & Glaubrecht, M. (2016): A Hard Nut to Crack: Revealing Evolution Tooth by Tooth. In: Book of abstracts DZG meeting 2016.
• Krings, W. & Glaubrecht, M. (2016): Evolutionary organ pipes in full blast: Do snails dance to the Hutchinson tune? Zitteliana 88: 33.

Poster

• Krings, W., Neiber, M.T., Kovalev, A., Gorb, S.N. & Glaubrecht, M.: Diversity overload – niche partitioning resulting in various tooth morphologies in a radiation of gastropods from ‘ancient Lake Tanganyika. Graduierentenforum Morphologie der DZG 2019.
• Krings, W., Brütt, J.-O. & Glaubrecht, M.: Tightening it up: Functional Morphology of the Chitin Anchorage of Radula-Teeth in Freshwater-Gastropods. DZG Fachtagung Morphologie 2017.
• Krings, W., Neiber, M.T. & Glaubrecht, M.: Evolution – Zahn um Zahn. Radula-Diversität der Paludomidae des Tangajikasees. DMG 2017.
• Krings, W. & Glaubrecht, M.: A Hard Nut to Crack: Revealing Evolution Tooth by Tooth. In: Book of abstracts DZG 2016.

Supervision of theses

Charlotte Neumann, 2020, Relating radular forces with muscle size, feeding experiments on different land snails. Bachelor thesis, Bachelor of Education.

Christine Hempel, 2020, Wear analysis on radular teeth with regards with different abrasive feeding substrates. Bachelor thesis, Bachelor of Education.

Hasan Hüseyin Karabacak, 2019/20, Verschiedene Werkzeuge auf einer einzigen Radula: 3D Modellierung und FEA geben Hinweise auf die Funktion von taenioglossen Radula-Zähnchen. Bachelor thesis, Bachelor of Science.

Carolin Scheel, 2019, Vergleichende Untersuchung der Radula-Bewegung ausgewählter Gastropoden. Bachelor thesis, Bachelor of Education.

Taissa Sofie Faust, 2018, In slow motion: revealing radula movement and forces of feeding land snails: Cornu aspersum (Müller, 1774). Bachelor thesis, Bachelor of Science.

Jan-Ole Brütt, 2017, Funktionsmorphologische Untersuchung zur Verankerung der Radula-Zähne am Beispiel ausgewählter Süßwassergastropoda. Bachelor thesis, Bachelor of Education.