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Photo of Trine Bilde — Trine Bilde

Trine Bilde - Professor

Evolution of cooperation
Evolutionary ecology of inbreeding
Kin cooperation
Ecology and phylogeography of social spiders
Sexual selection and evolution of mating systems
Ecogenomics
Epigenetics and Gene expression
Plasticity and adaptation
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Lab Members

PostDocs

Anne Aagard Lauridsen

Anne Aagard Lauridsen

Epigenetics
Gene expression
Local adaptation

Jilong Ma

Jilong Ma

Evolutionary and population genomics

Academic staff

Photo of Jesper Bechsgaard — Jesper Bechsgaard

Jesper Bechsgaard

Investigator on population genetics

Photo of Virginia Settepani — Virginia Settepani

Virginia Settepani

Center Manager

Associated researchers

Maria Albo

Maria Jose Albo

Associate Professor at Faculty of Science, University of the Republic, Uruguay

National Geographic Explorer

Sexual selection and environment
Evolution of mating system in arthropods
Origin and evolution of nuptial gifts in spiders

Lena Grinsted

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

Photo of Cristina Tuni — Cristina Tuni

Cristina Tuni

Professor, University of Turin, Italy

Evolution of polyandry,
Nuptial feeding mating systems

Former lab members

Christina Holm

Christina Holm — Christina Holm - PhD Dietary niche and cooperative foraging, Parental care, Life history, Physiology

Marija Majer

Marija Majer — Marija Majer - PhD Landscape genetics, Macroecology

Clemence Krystel Marie Rose

Clemence Krystel Marie Rose - PhD Task differentiation in social spiders, Ecology of social spiders, Urban ecology, Microbiome

Kirsten Gade Malmos

Photo of Kirsten Gade Malmos — Kirsten Gade Malmos - Post doc BioNMR, Metabolomics

Reut Berger-Tal

Photo of Reut Berger-Tal — Reut Berger-Tal - Post Doc Cooperation, Life history, Immunology

Shenglin Liu

Shenglin Liu — Shenglin Liu - Post doc Bioinformatics

Seven Nazifi

Photo of Seven Nazifi — Seven Nazifi - PhD Host-microbiome interactions, antimicrobial compounds

Tobias Sandfeld

PhD, Chemical ecology of social spiders (Stegodyphus dumicola) and their microbial symbionts. — Tobias Sandfeld PhD, Chemical ecology of social spiders (Stegodyphus dumicola) and their microbial symbionts.

Bram Vanthournout

Photo of Bram Vanthournout — Bram Vanthournout - Post Doc Sex ratio distortion, Endosymbionts

André Walter

Photo of André Walter — André Walter - Post doc Kin recognition, Behaviour

Michelle Greve

Photo Michelle Greve — Michelle Greve - Post Doc Life history, Physiology, Macroecology

Julieta Goenaga

Julieta Goenaga — Julieta Goenaga - Post Doc Sexual selection, evolution of reproductive proteins

Caitlin Stern

Photo of Caitlin Stern — Caitlin Stern - Post Doc evolution of sociality, evolution of cooperation, mathematical modeling of the evolution of behavior

Anja Junghanns

Photo of Anja Junghanns — Anja Junghanns - PhD Parental care, Matriphagy, Histology

Alexander Lammers

Alexander Lammers - PhD Chemical ecology, Bioactive compounds, Metabolomics, GC-MS, HPLC-MS, NMR, and mass spectrometry imaging

Mette Marie Busck

Photo of Mette Marie Busck — Mette Marie Busck - PhD Symbiosis, Microbiome, Non-genetic adaptation

Jessica Barker

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Revideret 17.04.2026

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Anne Kirstine Mehlsen