Nico Posnien
 


Abteilung Entwicklungsbiologie


Justus-von-Liebig-Weg 11
37077 Göttingen

Phone:+49 551 39 8268
Fax:+49 551 39 5416
Mail:nico.posnien@biologie.uni-goettingen.de
Homepage:https://www.posnien-lab.net/
Research interests
Publications

Siomava N, Wimmer EA*, Posnien N* (2016) Size relationships of different body parts in the three dipteran species Drosophila melanogaster, Ceratitis capitata and Musca domestica. Dev Genes Evol. 

Torres-Oliva M, Almudí I, McGregor AP, Posnien N (2016) A robust (re-)annotation approach to generate unbiased mapping references for RNA-seq-based analyses of differential expression across closely related species. BMC Genomics. 

Schomburg C, Turetzek N, Schacht MI, Schneider J, Kirfel P, Prpic N-M+ and Posnien N+ (2015) Molecular characterization and embryonic origin of the eyes in the common house spider Parasteatoda tepidariorum. EvoDevo 2015, 6:15.

Hilbrant M, Almudi I, Leite DJ, Kuncheria L, Posnien N, Nunes MDS, McGregor AP (2014) Sexual dimorphism and natural variation within and among species in the Drosophila retinal mosaic. BMC Evolutionary Biology 14: 240.
+corresponding authors

Posnien N*+, Zeng V*, Schwager EE, Pechmann M, Hilbrant M, Keefe JD, Damen, WGM, Prpic, NM, McGregor AP, Extavour CG+ (2014) A Comprehensive Reference Transcriptome Resource for the Common House Spider Parasteatoda tepidariorum. PLoS ONE 9: e104885.
*equal contribution
+corresponding authors

Hogvall M, Schönauer A, Budd GE, McGregor AP, Posnien N, Janssen, R (2014) Analysis of the Wnt gene repertoire in an onychophoran provides new insights into the evolution of segmentation. EvoDevo 5: 14.

Janssen R, Posnien N (2014). Identification and embryonic expression of Wnt2, Wnt4, Wnt5 and Wnt9 in the millipede Glomeris marginata (Myriapoda: Diplopoda). Gene Expression Patterns 14: 55–61.

Arif S, Hilbrant M, Hopfen C, Almudi I, Nunes MDS, Posnien N, Kuncheria L, Tanaka K, Mitteröcker P, Schlötterer C, McGregor AP (2013). Genetic and Developmental Analysis of Differences in Eye and Face Morphology Between Drosophila simulans and Drosophila mauritiana. Evolution & Development 15, 4 (2013): 257–267. 

Kittelmann S, Ulrich J, Posnien N, Bucher G (2013). Changes in anterior head patterning underlie the evolution of long germ embryogenesis. Dev Biol 374, 1: 174–184. 

Posnien N*, Hopfen C*, Hilbrant M, Ramos-Womack M, Murat S, Schönauer A, Herbert SL, Nunes MDS, Arif S, Breuker CJ, Schlötterer C, Mitteroecker P and McGregor AP (2012). Evolution of Eye Morphology and Rhodopsin Expression in the Drosophila melanogaster Species Subgroup. PLoS ONE 7(5): e37346
*equal contribution

Fu J*, Posnien N*, Bolognesi R, Fischer TD, Rayl P, Oberhofer G, Kitzmann P, Brown SJ, Bucher G (2012). Asymmetrically expressed axin required for anterior development in Tribolium. PNAS 2012 May; 109(20):7782–7786. 
*equal contribution

Posnien N*, Koniszewski N*, Hein H, Bucher G (2011) Candidate Gene Screen in the red flour beetle Tribolium Reveals six3 as Ancient Regulator of Anterior Median Head and Central Complex Development. PloS Genet 7(12)
*equal contribution

Posnien N, Koniszewski N, Bucher G (2011) Insect Tc-six4 marks a unit with similarity to vertebrate placodes. Dev Biol 350: 208-216

Steinmetz PRH, Urbach R, Posnien N, Eriksson J, Kostyuchenko RP, Brena C, Guy K, Akam M, Bucher G, Arendt D (2010) Six3 demarcates the anterior-most developing brain region in bilaterian animals. EvoDevo 2010, 1:14

Posnien N, Bucher G (2010) Formation of the insect head involves lateral contribution of the intercalary segment, which depends on Tc-labial function. Dev Biol 338: 107-116.

Yang X, Weber M, Zarinkamar N, Posnien N, Friedrich F, Wigand B, Beutel R, Damen WGM, Bucher G, Klingler M, Friedrich M (2009) Probing the Drosophila retinal determination gene network in Tribolium (II): The Pax6 genes eyeless and twin of eyeless. Dev Biol 333: 215-227.

Posnien N, Bashasab F, & Bucher G (2009) The insect upper lip (labrum) is a nonsegmental appendage-like structure. Evol Dev 11(5):480-488

Schinko JB, Kreuzer N, Offen N, Posnien N, Wimmer EA, Bucher G (2008) Divergent functions of orthodenticle, empty spiracles and buttonhead in early head patterning of the beetle Tribolium castaneum (Coleoptera). Dev Biol 317: 600-613.

Tribolium Genome Sequencing Consortium (including Posnien N) (2008) The genome of the model beetle and pest Tribolium castaneum. Nature 452: 949-955.
Review articles and Editorials

Prpic N-M, Posnien N (2016) Size and shape—integration of morphometrics, mathematical modelling, developmental and evolutionary biology. Dev Genes Evol 1–4.

Posnien N, Schinko J, Kittelmann S, Bucher G (2010) Genetics, development and composition of the insect head - A beetle's view. Arthropod Struct Dev 39: 399-410.

Book chapters

Posnien N (in prep) “Phenotyping in evo-devo” in Modelling and Quantitative Approaches to Evo-Devo (section editor: Johannes Jaeger) as part of Evolutionary Developmental Biology - A Reference Guide (Editors: Laura Nuño de la Rosa and Gerd B. Müller)

Posnien N, Schinko J, Grossmann D, Shippy TD, Konopova B, Bucher G (2009) RNAi in the Red Flour Beetle (Tribolium). CSH Protoc 2009: pdb prot5256.

Schinko J, Posnien N, Kittelmann S, Koniszewski N, Bucher G (2009) Single and double whole-mount in situ hybridization in red flour beetle (tribolium) embryos. CSH Protoc 2009: pdb prot5258.

 

Courses
Sommersemester 2026
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