Lina Sprau, M.Sc.

  • PhD

Garbenstr. 17
Room 006

+49 711 459 22483
lina.sprau@uni-hohenheim.de

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In autumn 2013 I started my bachelor’s degree in biology at the University of Hohenheim and from 2017 on I added a Master degree also in biology at the University of Hohenheim, which I finished in 2019.  

During my master studies I was able to do a 3-month internship in Australia at the University of New England in the research group of Fritz Geiser. The focus of the research group is on torpor behavior in mammals.  

Since 2020 I am a PhD student in the Department of Livestock Population Genomics at the University of Hohenheim in the team of Prof. Hasselmann with the focus on an exciting insect: The honey bee.

Research Projects

The varroa mite (Varroa destructor) belongs to the major threat of colonies of the western honey bee (Apis mellifera) worldwide. A sustainable approach to control the mite population in a honey bee colony is by breeding varroatolerant honey bees. In the SETBie project beekeepers, beekeeper associations and various university institutions are working together to breed and establish a varroa tolerant honey bees in Baden-Württemberg via the behavioural trait Varroa Sensitive Hygiene (VSH). Bee colonies with this trait specifically remove varroa infested brood cells and thus reduce the mite density within a colony. The project investigates the breeding trait VSH from genetic, methodological and beekeeping aspects. 

 

Project website