Dr. Marco La Fortezza
Dr. Marco La Fortezza
Lecturer at the Department of Environmental Systems Science
Additional information
Research area
I am studying the effects that selective pressures acting on social traits have on the evolution of developmental processes. Ranging from microscopy to sequencing approaches, my research aims to describe such mechanisms at a phenotypic and molecular level using the bacterium Myxococcus xanthus as model organism.
Short CV
July 2017 – present Postdoctoral fellow at ETH Zürich, Switzerland. In the lab of Prof. Dr. Gregory J. Velicer
Topic: "The effect of social selection on the evolution of novel developmental traits in the communal bacteria M. xanthus"
Jan – Jun 2017 Short-term postdoc position LMU – München, Germany. In the lab of Prof. Dr. Nicolas Gompel
Topic: "Evolution of the wing spot enhancer in Drosophila."
Sep 2011 – Dec 2017 PhD in developmental and cellular biology. LMU-München, Germany. In the lab of Dr. Anne-Kathrin Classen.
Thesis: ““Cellular signalling and chromatin dynamics during tissue stress response in D. melanogaster.””
Graduate Programs:
Life Sciences Munich (LSM) funded by the LMU.
Integrated Research Training Group (IRTG) funded by Sonderforschungbereit (SFB) 1064 – Chromatin Dynamics.
Sep 2009 – Jul 2011 MSc. in Genetics and Molecular Biology “Sapienza” University of Rome, Italy. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Ernesto Di Mauro, Dr. Micaela Caserta
Sep 2006 – Jul 2009 BSc. in Biology “Sapienza” University of Rome, Italy. Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Ernesto Di Mauro, Dr. Micaela Caserta
Course Catalogue
Spring Semester 2024
| Number | Unit |
|---|---|
| 701-1427-00L | Experimental Evolution |
| 701-1480-00L | Evolutionary Developmental Biology |