The Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change

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Dr. Kathrin Langen

Molecular Biology

Metabarcoding

Tel: +49 228 9122-354

Fax: +49 228 9122-295

Mail: k.langen [at] leibniz-zfmk.de

Tabs

Publications

- Langen, K., Thünken, T. and Bakker, T. C. M. 2013. No experimental evidence for sneaking in a West African cichlid fish with extremely long sperm. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 2013, article ID 714304. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/714304

- Mehlis, M., Bakker, T. C. M., Langen, K. and Frommen, J. G. 2009. Cain and Abel reloaded? Kin recognition and male-male aggression in three-spined sticklebacks Gasterosteus aculeatus L.. Journal of Fish Biology 75:2154-2162.

- Langen, K., Bakker, T. C. M., Baldauf, S. A., Shrestha, J. and Thünken T. 2017b. Effects of ageing and inbreeding on the reproductive traits in a cichlid fish I: the male perspective. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 120:752-761. https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blw002

- Langen, K., Bakker, T. C. M., Baldauf, S. A., Shrestha, J. and Thünken T. 2017a. Effects of ageing and inbreeding on the reproductive traits in a cichlid fish II: the female perspective. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 120:762-770. https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blw003

Published in

2024

Zizka, V.M.A., Langen, K., Kirse, A., Scherges, A.M., Bourlat, S.J. (2024) Non-destructive DNA extraction and metabarcoding of arthropod bulk samples: a step-by-step protocol. In: Wägele, J.W., Tschan, G.F. (Eds) Weather stations for biodiversity: a comprehensive approach to an automated and modular monitoring system. Advanced Books, Pensoft, 87-102. https://doi.org/10.3897/ab.e119534

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Hein, N., Astrin, J. J., Beckers, N., Giebner, H., Langen, K., Löffler, J., Misof, B. & Fonseca, V. G. (2024). Arthropod diversity in the alpine tundra using metabarcoding: Spatial and temporal differences in alpha‐and beta‐diversity. Ecology and Evolution, 14(2), e10969.

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Links:

https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.10969

Thomas, L., Kirse, A., Raus, H., Langen, K., Nümann, B., Tschan, G. F., Gemeinholzer, B., Wägele, J. W., Bourlat, S. J. (2024): Synchronised monitoring of plant and insect diversity: a case study using automated Malaise traps and DNA-based methods. - Biodiversity Data Journal 12: e127669.

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Links:

https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.12.e127669

2023

Bourlat S.J., Koch M., Kirse A., Langen K., Espeland M., Giebner H., Decher J., Ssymank A., Fonseca V.G. (2023): Metabarcoding dietary analysis in the insectivorous bat Nyctalus leisleri and implications for conservation. Biodiversity Data Journal 11: e111146. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.11.e111146

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2022

Kirse, A., Bourlat, S. J., Langen, K., Zapke, B., & Zizka, V. M. A. (2022). Comparison of destructive and nondestructive DNA extraction methods for the metabarcoding of arthropod bulk samples. Molecular Ecology Resources, 00, 1– 14.

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2021

Kirse, A., Bourlat, S. J., Langen, K., & Fonseca, V. G. (2021). Unearthing the potential of soil eDNA metabarcoding–towards best practice advice for invertebrate biodiversity assessment. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 9, 337. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2021.630560

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Kirse, A., Bourlat, S.J., Langen, K. et al. Metabarcoding Malaise traps and soil eDNA reveals seasonal and local arthropod diversity shifts. Sci Rep 11, 10498 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-89950-6

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2020

Giebner, H., Langen, K., Bourlat, S.J., Kukowka, S., Mayer, C., Astrin, J.J., Misof, B., Fonseca, V.G. (2020): Comparing diversity levels in environmental samples: DNA sequence capture and metabarcoding approaches using 18S and COI genes. - Molecular Ecology Resources 20: 1333–1345.

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Links:

https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.13201

2019

Raveh, S., Langen, K., Bakker, T. C. M., Josephs, C., Frommen, J. G. (2019): Oddity, predation risk and social decisions in aquatic invertebrates. - Ethology 125:106-113 https://doi:10.1111/eth.12835

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Langen, K., Thünken, T., Klemm, J., Sandmann, S., Bakker, T. C. M. (2019): Sperm size is negatively related to relative testis size in West African riverine cichlid fishes. - The Science of Nature 106: 30. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00114-019-1622-0

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2017

Langen, K., Bakker, T. C. M., Baldauf, S. A., Shrestha, J., Thünken T. (2017b): Effects of ageing and inbreeding on the reproductive traits in a cichlid fish I: the male perspective. - Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 120:752-761. https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blw002

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Langen, K., Bakker, T. C. M., Baldauf, S. A., Shrestha, J., Thünken, T. (2017a): Effects of ageing and inbreeding on the reproductive traits in a cichlid fish II: the female perspective. - Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 120:762-770. https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blw003

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2015

Schwarzer, J., Lamboj, A., Langen, K., Misof, B., & Schliewen, U. K. (2015). Phylogeny and age of chromidotilapiine cichlids (Teleostei: Cichlidae). Hydrobiologia, 748(1), 185-199.

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2011

Langen, K., Schwarzer, J., Kullmann, H., Bakker, T. C., & Thünken, T. (2011). Microsatellite support for active inbreeding in a cichlid fish. PLoS One, 6(9), e24689.

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Presentations

Talks

Oral presentations

Langen, K., Thünken, T., Klemm, J. and Bakker, T. C. M. 2012. Comparison of sperm traits of West African riverine cichlids. Cichlid Science Meeting, Leuven, Belgium
Langen, K., Thünken, T., Shrestha, J. and Bakker, T. C. M. 2012. Effects of inbreeding and age on gonadal traits in an actively inbreeding cichlid fish. 14th Congress of the International Society for Behavioral Ecology (ISBE), Lund, Sweden
Langen, K., Thünken, T. and Bakker, T. C. M. 2010. Do alternative reproductive tactics exist in the cichlid Pelvicachromis taeniatus? 16th European Meeting of PhD Students in Evolutionary Biology, Wierzba, Poland

Poster presentations

Langen, K., Thünken, T. and Bakker, T. C. M. 2011. No experimental evidence for sneaking in the West African cichlid Pelvicachromis taeniatus. 104th Meeting of the Deutsche Zoologische Gesellschaft (DZG), Saarbrücken, Germany, Poster price: 2nd place in the section "Best overall"
Langen, K., Thünken, T. and Bakker, T. C. M. 2011. No experimental evidence for sneaking in a West African cichlid with extraordinarily long sperm. 13th Congress of the European Society of Evolutionary Biology (ESEB), Tübingen, Germany
Langen, K., Thünken, T., Klemm, J., Baldauf, S. A. and Bakker, T. C. M. 2010. Effects of inbreeding on sperm traits in the cichlid Pelvicachromis taeniatus. 103rd Meeting of the Deutsche Zoologische Gesellschaft (DZG), Hamburg, Germany

Langen, K., Kullmann, H., Bakker, T. C. M., Schwarzer, J. and Thünken, T. 2009. Inbreeding in a wild population of Pelvicachromis taeniatus (Cichlidae). 102nd Meeting of the Deutsche Zoologische Gesellschaft (DZG), Regensburg, Germany

Occupations

Since 08/2015 Biological Technical Assistant in the metabarcoding section at the Center for Molecular Biodiversity, ZFMK

07/2011 – 06/2013 Research assistant, IEZ, University of Bonn, PhD project

07/2009 – 06/2011 Research assistant, IEZ, University of Bonn, PhD project (DFG, BA 2885/2-3)

12/2007 – 01/2009 Student assistant, Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig (ZFMK), Bonn

Education

2009 – 2015 University of Bonn (Germany)

PhD thesis in Biology, Institute for Evolutionary Biology and Ecology (IEZ), University of Bonn, with Prof. Dr. T. C. M. Bakker. Thesis title: “Impact of phylogeny, mating system, ageing and inbreeding on gonadal traits in the West African cichlid Pelvicachromis taeniatus”

2008 – 2009 University of Bonn (Germany)

Diploma in Biology (Zoology), (equivalent to M.Sc.)
Diploma thesis, Institute for Evolutionary Biology and Ecology (IEZ), University of Bonn, with Prof. Dr. T. C. M. Bakker. Thesis title: “Establishing microsatellites in Pelvicachromis taeniatus (Cichlidae) and their application to the population genetics of a wild population”

2003 – 2008 University of Bonn (Germany)

Studies of biology. Majoring in zoology, minoring in microbiology and physics

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