Recent research topics Currently running research projects (selection): The genomic basis of intracellular endosymbiont bacteria Analysing host-shift patterns of Wolbachia strains The phasmatodean tree of life A Phylogenomic Analysis of Nereididae (Annelida) The prothoracic repellent glands of stick and leaf insects The evolution of head appendages in marine bristle worms (annelids) Evolution and development of glial cells in Platynereis dumerilii (Annelida)