Dr. Wencke Krings

Laufende Projekte

• Adaptive Radiation am Tanganjikasee
• Funktionsmorphologie der Radula

Beteiligung an Lehrveranstaltungen

• Organisationsformen des Tierreichs (Ws) (61-706)
• Zoologische Exkursionen zur Ökologie (Ss) (61-025)
• Freilandbiologisches Praktikum (zoologischer Teil) (Ss) (61-708)

Beteiligung an museumspädagogischen Führungen

• mehr Informationen siehe "Pädagogische Angebote" und  "Yelp auf Kultour"

Wissenschaftlicher Werdegang

2015 - 2020 Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin
Centrum für Naturkunde (CeNak) – Zoologisches Museum, Universität Hamburg

Akademische Ausbildung und Abschlüsse

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 Biologie, Universität Hamburg, Schwerpunkte: Biodiversität, Paläontologie, Morphologie, Evolution, Phylogenie
Titel der Masterarbeit: Das larvale Cranium von Buergeria robusta (Boulenger, 1909) (Amphibia: Rhacophoridae) und seine mögliche phylogenetische Bedeutung der Merkmale. Betreuer: Prof. Alexander Haas, Dr. Jakob Hallermann.

September 2011 - Bachelor of Science Biologie, Universität Hamburg
Titel der Bachelorarbeit: Die Larve des Jade-Frosches Rhacophorus dulitensis Boulenger, 1892 (Anura: Rhacophoridae). Betreuer: Prof. Alexander Haas, Dr. Julian Glos.

Publikationen

Erschienen:

• Krings, W., Neumann, C., Neiber, M.T., Kovalev, A., Gorb, S.N., 2021. Radular force performance of stylommatophoran gastropods (Mollusca) with distinct body masses. Scientific Reports 11, 10560. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-89892-z.
• Krings, W., Hempel, C., Siemers, L., Neiber, M.T., Gorb, S.N., 2021. Feeding experiments on Vittina turrita (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Neritidae) reveal tooth contact areas and bent radular shape during foraging. Scientific Reports 11, 9556. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-88953-7.
• Krings, W., Kovalev, A., Gorb, S.N., 2021. Influence of water content on mechanical behaviour of gastropod taenioglossan radulae. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 288, 2020317320203173. http://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2020. 3173.
• Krings, W., Gorb, S.N., 2021. Substrate roughness induced wear pattern in gastropod radulae. Biotribology 26, 100164. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biotri.2021. 100164.
• Krings, W., Gorb, S.N., 2021. Radula packing and storage facilitated by tooth morphology in selected taenioglossan Gastropoda. Journal of Molluscan Studies 87, eyab007. https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyab007.
• 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 Ecology and Evolution 21, 35. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-021-01754-4.
• Krings, W., Brütt, J.-O., Gorb, S.N., Glaubrecht, M., 2020. Tightening it up: Diversity of the chitin anchorage of radular-teeth in paludomid freshwater-gastropods. Malacologia 63(1), 77–94. https://doi.org/10.4002/040.063.0108.
• Krings, W., 2020. Trophic specialization of paludomid gastropods from 'ancient' Lake Tanganyika reflected by radular tooth morphologies and material properties. Dissertation, https://ediss.sub.uni-hamburg.de/handle/ediss/8654.
• Scheel, C., Gorb, S.N., Glaubrecht, M., Krings, W., 2020. Not just scratching the surface: Distinct radular motion patterns in Mollusca. Biology Open 9, bio055699. https://doi.org/10.1242/bio.055699.
• Krings, W., Marcé-Nogué, J., Karabacak, H., Glaubrecht, M., Gorb, S.N., 2020. Finite element analysis of individual taenioglossan radular teeth (Mollusca). Acta Biomaterialia 115, 317–332. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actbio.2020.08.034.
• 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.org/10.1016/j.zool.2019. 125713.
• 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. Royal Society Open Science 6(7), 2054–5703. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.190222.
• 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.

Tagungsbeiträge

• 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.: Evolutionary organ pipes in full blast: Do snails dance to the Hutchinson tune? Zitteliana 88: 33. GfBS 2016.

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.

Betreuung von Abschlussarbeiten

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

Christine Hempel, 2020, Sandpaper induced wear on radular teeth - a case study on Vittina. 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.