Anne Aagard Lauridsen - PhD

• Epigenetics
• Gene expression
• Local adaptation

Assistant at the Department of Ecology and Evolution, Faculty of Science, University of the Republic, Uruguay, and at Clemente Estable Biological Research Institute

• Sexual selection,
• Evolution of mating system,
• Origin and evolution of nuptial gifts in spiders,
• Pisauridae and Trechaleidae families  

Lena Grinsted 

Senior lecturer in Zoology, University of Portsmouth, UK

• Behavioural ecology and evolution of group living in spiders

• Interactions with kleptoparasites, parasitoids, and competitors in communal webs

• Communal spiders as biological pest control agents in agroecosystems