Birgit Lengerer

Post-Doc

Address:
Department of Zoology
University of Innsbruck
Technikerstr. 25
6020 Innsbruck
Austria

e-mail: Birgit.Lengerer@uibk.ac.at

Publications

(Co-)Edited Books

Proceedings (Editorship)

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  Bertemes, P.; Pjeta, R.; Mertens, B.; Lengerer, B.; Grosbusch, A.L.; Egger, B.; Ladurner, P. (2020): 13th International Macrostomum Meeting, Innsbruck (IMM13). Abstract Band. 27th November 2020 (online). Innsbruck: Eigenverlag - Universität Innsbruck. (Web link)
  
  

Contributions to Books / Journals

Journal Article (Original Paper)

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  Algrain, M.; Hennebert, E.; Bertemes, P.; Wattiez, R.; Flammang, P.; Lengerer, B. (2022): In the footsteps of sea stars: deciphering the catalogue of proteins involved in underwater temporary adhesion.
  In: Open Biology 12/8, No. 220103. (DOI) (Web link)
  
  
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  Seabra, S.; Zenleser, T.; Grosbusch, A.L.; Hobmayer, B.; Lengerer, B. (2022): The Involvement of Cell-Type-Specific Glycans in Hydra Temporary Adhesion Revealed by a Lectin Screen.
  In: Biomimetics 7/4, Nr. 166. (DOI) (Web link)
  
  
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  Bertemes, P.; Pjeta, R.; Wunderer, J.; Grosbusch, A.L.; Lengerer, B.; Grüner, K.; Knapp, M.; Mertens, B.; Andresen, N.; Hess, M.W.; Tomaiuolo, S.; Zankel, A.; Holzer, P.; Salvenmoser, W.; Egger, B.; Ladurner, P. (2021): (Un)expected Similarity of the Temporary Adhesive Systems of Marine, Brackish, and Freshwater Flatworms.
  In: International Journal of Molecular Sciences 22/22, Nr. 12228. (DOI) (Web link)
  
  
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  Davey, P.A.; Power, A.M.; Santos, R.; Bertemes, P.; Ladurner, P.; Palmowski, P.; Clarke, J.; Flammang, P.; Lengerer, B.; Hennebert, E.; Rothbächer, U.; Pjeta, R.; Wunderer, J.; Zurovec, M.; Aldred, N. (2021): Omics-based molecular analyses of adhesion by aquatic invertebrates.
  In: Biological Reviews 96/3, pp. 1051 - 1075. (DOI) (Web link)
  
  
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  Kang, V.; Lengerer, B.; Wattiez, R.; Flammang, P. (2020): Molecular insights into the powerful mucus-based adhesion of limpets (Patella vulgata L.).
  In: Open Biology 10/6, No. 200019. (DOI) (Web link)
  
  
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  Lengerer, B.; Algrain, M.; Lefevre, M.; Delroisse, J.; Hennebert, E.; Flammang, P. (2019): Interspecies comparison of sea star adhesive proteins.
  In: Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society B - Biological Sciences 374/1784, No. 20190195. (DOI) (Web link)
  
  
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  Pjeta, R.; Wunderer, J.; Bertemes, P.; Hofer, T.; Salvenmoser, W.; Lengerer, B.; Coassin, S.; Erhart, G.; Beisel, C.; Sobral, D.; Kremser, L.; Lindner, H.; Curini-Galletti, M.; Stelzer, C.P.; Hess, M.W.; Ladurner, P. (2019): Temporary adhesion of the proseriate flatworm Minona ileanae.
  In: Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society B - Biological Sciences 374/1784, No. 20190194. (DOI) (Web link)
  
  
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  Ramm, S. A.; Lengerer, B.; Arbore, R.; Pjeta, R.; Wunderer, J.; Giannakara, A.; Berezikov, E.; Ladurner, P.; Schärer, L. (2019): Sex allocation plasticity on a transcriptome scale: Socially sensitive gene expression in a simultaneous hermaphrodite.
  In: Molecular Ecology 28/9, pp. 2321 - 2341. (DOI) (Web link)
  
  
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  Wunderer, J.; Lengerer, B.; Pjeta, R.; Bertemes, P.; Kremser, L.; Lindner, H.; Ederth, T.; Hess, M. W.; Stock, D.; Salvenmoser, W.; Ladurner, P. (2019): A mechanism for temporary bioadhesion.
  In: PNAS. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116/10, pp. 4297 - 4306. (DOI) (Web link)
  
  
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  Lengerer, B.; Bonneel, M.; Lefevre, M.; Hennebert, E.; Leclere, P.; Gosselin, E.; Ladurner, P.; Flammang, P. (2018): The structural and chemical basis of temporary adhesion in the sea star Asterina gibbosa.
  In: Beilstein Journal Of Nanotechnology 9, pp. 2071 - 2086. (DOI) (Web link)
  
  
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  Lengerer, B.; Ladurner, P. (2018): Properties of temporary adhesion systems of marine and freshwater organisms.
  In: Journal of Experimental Biology 221/16, p. jeb182717. (DOI) (Web link)
  
  
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  Lengerer, B.; Wunderer, J.; Pjeta, R.; Carta, G.; Kao, D.; Aboobaker, A.; Beisel, C.; Berezikov, E.; Salvenmoser, W.; Ladurner, P. (2018): Organ specific gene expression in the regenerating tail of Macrostomum lignano.
  In: Developmental Biology 433/2, pp. 448 - 460. (DOI) (Web link)
  
  
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  Weber, M.; Wunderer, J.; Lengerer, B.; Pjeta, R.; Rodrigues, M.; Schärer, L.; Ladurner, P.; Ramm, S.A. (2018): A targeted in situ hybridization screen identifies putative seminal fluid proteins in a simultaneously hermaphroditic flatworm.
  In: BMC Evolutionary Biology 18, No. 81. (DOI) (Web link)
  
  
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  Demeuldre, M.; Hennebert, E.; Bonneel, M.; Lengerer, B.; Van Dyck, S.; Wattiez, R.; Ladurner, P.; Flammang, P. (2017): Mechanical adaptability of sea cucumber Cuvierian tubules involves a mutable collagenous tissue.
  In: Journal of Experimental Biology 220, pp. 2108 - 2119. (DOI) (Web link)
  
  
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  Lengerer, B.; Hennebert, E.; Flammang, P.; Salvenmoser, W.; Ladurner, P. (2016): Adhesive organ regeneration in Macrostomum lignano.
  In: BMC DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY 16, No. 20. (DOI) (Web link)
  
  
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  Lengerer, B.; Pjeta, R.; Wunderer, J.; Rodrigues, M.; Arbore, R.; Schärer, L.; Berezikov, E.; Hess, M.W.; Pfaller, K.; Egger, B.; Obwegeser, S.; Salvenmoser, W.; Ladurner, P. (2014): Biological adhesion of the flatworm Macrostomum lignano relies on a duo-gland system and is mediated by a cell type-specific intermediate filament protein.
  In: Frontiers in Zoology 11, p. 12. (DOI)
  
  
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  Rodrigues, M.; Lengerer, B.; Ostermann, T.; Ladurner, P. (2014): Molecular Biology Approaches in Bioadhesion Research.
  In: Beilstein Journal Of Nanotechnology 5, pp. 983 - 993. (DOI)
  
  

Proceedings Article (Abstract)

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  Bertemes, P.; Pjeta, R.; Mertens, B.; Lengerer, B.; Grosbusch, A.L.; Egger, B.; Ladurner, P. (2020): Assembling draft genomes with Oxford Nanopore to solve “repetitive” problems.
  In: Bertemes, P.; Pjeta, R.; Mertens, B.; Lengerer, B.; Grosbusch, A.L.; Egger, B.; Ladurner, P.: 13th International Macrostomum Meeting, Innsbruck (IMM13). Abstract Band. 27th November 2020 (online). Innsbruck: Eigenverlag - Universität Innsbruck., p. 8. (Web link)
  
  

Lectures

Presentations at Conferences, Symposia, etc.

Conference Lecture (Upon Registration)

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  Lecturer(s): Bertemes, P. Co-author(s): Pjeta, R.; Mertens, B.; Lengerer, B.; Grosbusch, A.L.; Egger, B.; Ladurner, P.: Cost-effective draft genomes assembled from ultra-long genomic reads facilitate the identification of giant adhesive proteins.
  4th International Conference on Biological and Biomimetic Adhesives, Aveiro, 2021-02-19. (Web link)
  
  
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  Lecturer(s): Bertemes, P. Co-author(s): Pjeta, R.; Mertens, B.; Lengerer, B.; Grosbusch, A.L.; Egger, B.; Ladurner, P.: Assembling draft genomes with Oxford Nanopore to solve “repetitive” problems.
  13th International Macrostomum Meeting, Innsbruck, online, 2020-11-28. (Web link)
  
  
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  Lecturer(s): Pjeta, R. Co-author(s): Wunderer, J.; Bertemes, P.; Hofer, T.; Salvenmoser, W.; Lengerer, B.; Coassin, S.; Erhart, G.; Beisel, C.; Sobral, D.; Kremser, L.; Lindner, H.; Curini-Galletti, M.; Stelzer, C.P.; Hess, M.W.; Ladurner, P.: Temporary Adhesion of the Proseriate Flatworm Minona Ileanae.
  International Conference on Adhesion in Aqueous Media: From Biology to Synthetic Materials (AAM2019), Dresden, 2019-09-11. (Web link)
  
  
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  Lecturer(s): Lengerer, B. Co-author(s): Algrain, M.; Lefevre, M.; Delroisse, J.; Hennebert, E.; Flammang, P.: Evolution of adhesive proteins in sea stars.
  14th International Triennial Conference on the Science and Technology of Adhesion and Adhesives (Adhesion 19), Bristol, 2019-09-03. (Web link)
  
  
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  Lecturer(s): Lengerer, B. Co-author(s): Wunderer, J.; Pjeta, R.; Algrain, M.; Ladurner, P.; Flammang, P.: Identification of adhesive proteins in marine invertebrates.
  TERMIS European Chapter Meeting 2019, Rhodes, 2019-05-31. (Web link)
  
  
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  Lecturer(s): Wunderer, J. Co-author(s): Lengerer, B.; Pjeta, R.; Salvenmoser, W.; Ederth, T.; Lindner, H.; Ladurner, P.: Temporary attachment in the Flatworm Macrostomum lignano: a new bioadhesion model.
  XIV International Symposium on Flatworm Biology, Alghero, 2018-08-29. (Web link)
  
  
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  Lecturer(s): Lengerer, B. Co-author(s): Algrain, M.; Hennebert, E.; Flammang, P.: Temporary adhesion in the sea star Asterina gibbosa.
  16th International Echinoderm Conference, Nagoya, 2018-05-28. (Web link)
  
  
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  Lecturer(s): Wunderer, J. Co-author(s): Lengerer, B.; Pjeta, R.; Salvenmoser, W.; Ladurner, P.: Detachment of Macrostomum lignano.
  11th International Macrostomum Meeting (imm), Bielefeld, 2017-12-03.
  
  
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  Lecturer(s): Salvenmoser, W. Co-author(s): Seifarth, C.; Hess, M.W.; Lengerer, B.; Ladurner, P.: The ultrastructure of the male copulatory system of Macrostomum lignano.
  11th International Macrostomum Meeting (imm), Bielefeld, 2017-12-02.
  
  
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  Lecturer(s): Pjeta, R. Co-author(s): Holzer, P.; Wunderer, J.; Lengerer, B.; Salvenmoser, W.; Ramm, S.A.; Schärer, L.; Ladurner, P.: Ultrastructural analysis of adhesive organs of five Macrostomum species.
  10th International Macrostomum Meeting, Basel, 2016-11-27.
  
  
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  Lecturer(s): Wunderer, J. Co-author(s): Lengerer, B.; Pjeta, R.; Salvenmoser, W.; Lindner, H.; Ladurner, P.: Advances and challenges for protein analysis.
  10th International Macrostomum Meeting, Basel, 2016-11-26.
  
  
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  Lecturer(s): Lengerer, B. Co-author(s): Wunderer, J.; Pjeta, R.; Kao, D.; Aboobaker, A.; Salvenmoser, W.; Ladurner P.: Upregulated transcripts during tail plate regeneration of Macrostomum lignano.
  9th International Macrostomum Meeting, Innsbruck, 2015-11-27. (Web link)
  
  
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  Lecturer(s): Lengerer, B. Co-author(s): Kao, D.; Aboobaker, A.; Salvenmoser, W.; Ladurner P.: Adhesive organs of a marine flatworm as a new model system for post-embryonic organogenesis.
  108. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Zoologischen Gesellschaft und Jubiläumsveranstaltung 125 Jahre DZG, Graz, 2015-09-11. (Web link)
  
  
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  Lecturer(s): Lengerer, B. Co-author(s): Pjeta, R.; Wunderer, J.; Rodrigues, M.; Schärer, L.; Berezikov, E.; Hess, M.; Pfaller, K.; Egger, B.; Salvenmoser, W.; Ladurner, P.: Fundamentals of biological adhesion in Macrostomum lignano.
  7th International Macrostomum Meeting, Groningen, 2013-11-29.
  
  
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  Lecturer(s): Rodrigues, M. Co-author(s): Pjeta, R.; Wunderer, J.; Lengerer, B.; Carta, G.; Salvenmoser, W.; Arbore, R.; Berezikov, E.; Schärer, L.; Ladurner, P.: Posterior end specific genes in Macrostomum lignano.
  7th International Macrostomum Meeting, Groningen, 2013-11-29. (Web link)
  
  
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  Lecturer(s): Lengerer, B. Co-author(s): Pjeta, R.; Wunderer, J.; Rodrigues, M.; Salvenmoser, W.; Ladurner, P.: The adhesive system of the flatworm Macrostomum lignano: a morphological and molecular biology analysis.
  5th ÖGMBT Annual Meeting / 5th Life Science Meeting of the Innsbruck Universities & Biophysics Austria, Innsbruck, 2013-09-25. (Web link)
  
  
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  Lecturer(s): Lengerer, B. Co-author(s): Salvenmoser, W.; Arbore, R.; Berezikov, E.; Schärer, L.; Pjeta, R.; Ladurner, P.: Morphological and functional analysis of the adhesive system of Macrostomum lignano.
  6th International Macrostomum Meeting, Basel, 2012-11-18.
  
  
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  Lecturer(s): Ramm, S.A. Co-author(s): Arbore, R.; Lengerer, B.; Pjeta, R.; Ladurner, P.; Berezikov, E.; Schärer, L.: Sex allocation plasticity on a transcriptome scale.
  6th International Macrostomum Meeting, Basel, 2012-11-17.
  
  
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  Lecturer(s): Simanov, D. Co-author(s): Mouton, S.; Arindrarto, W.; De Mulder, K.; Van Nies, K.; Grudniewska, B.M.; Lengerer, B.; Ladurner, P.; Berezikov, E.: Transcriptome of Macrostomum lignano: screening for genes involved in stem cell functions.
  6th International Macrostomum Meeting, Basel, 2012-11-17.
  
  
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  Lecturer(s): Ladurner, P. Co-author(s): Salvenmoser, W.; Arbore, R.; Berezikov, E.; Schärer, L.; Kaschutnig, .P.; Pjeta, R.; Gabl, M.; Lengerer, B: The duo-gland adhesive system of the flatworm Macrostomum lignano.
  1st International Conference on Biological and Biomimetic Adhesives, Lissabon, 2012-05-09. (Web link)
  
  
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  Lecturer(s): Kaschutnig, P. Co-author(s): Gabl, M.; Lengerer, B.; Ladurner, P.: Expression and function of germ and stem cell genes in Macrostomum lignano.
  5th International Macrostomum Meeting, Basel, 2011-11-27.
  
  
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  Lecturer(s): Ladurner, P. Co-author(s): Lengerer, B.; Salvenmoser, W.; Arbore, R.; Berezikov, E.; Schärer, L.; Kaschutnig, P.; Gabl, M.: Finding new biological adhesives: The duo gland system of the flatworm Macrostomum lignano.
  5th International Macrostomum Meeting, Basel, 2011-11-27.
  
  

Lecture at Project Meeting / Research Cooperation Meeting

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  Lecturer(s): Lengerer, B.: How to let go: proposed models for voluntary detachment in temporary adhering animals.
  BioSmartTrainee-ENBA. COST Action. Joint UK Networking Event, Cambridge, 2019-03-19. (Web link)
  
  

Poster Presentation

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  Lecturer(s): Lengerer, B. Co-author(s): Algrain, M.; Hennebert, E.; Aldred, N.; Flammang, P.: Proposed models for voluntary detachment in sea stars.
  International Conference on Adhesion in Aqueous Media: From Biology to Synthetic Materials (AAM2019), Dresden, 2019-09-09. (Web link)
  
  
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  Lecturer(s): Lengerer, B. Co-author(s): Algrain, M.; Lefevre, M.; Delroisse, J.; Hennebert, E.; Flammang, P.: Evolution of adhesive proteins in sea stars.
  3rd International Conference on Biological and Biomimetic Adhesives (ICBBA 2018), Haifa, 2018-11-21. (Web link)
  
  
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  Lecturer(s): Lengerer, B. Co-author(s): Hennebert, E.; Wunderer, J.; Pjeta, R.; Ladurner, P.; Flammang, P.: Glycoproteins and carbohydrate-binding proteins in temporary adhering marine invertebrates.
  29th Joint Glycobiology meeting 2018, Ghent, 2018-10-22. (Web link)
  
  
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  Lecturer(s): Lengerer, B. Co-author(s): Wunderer, J.; Pjeta, R.; Kao, D.; Aboobaker, A.; Salvenmoser, W.; Ladurner, P.: Organ specific expression during tail plate regeneration of Macrostomum lignano.
  10th International Macrostomum Meeting, Basel, 2016-11-26.
  
  
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  Lecturer(s): Wunderer, J. Co-author(s): Pjeta, R.; Lengerer, B.; Rodrigues, M.; Salvenmoser, W.; Rothbächer, U.; Ladurner, P.: Learning from nature: biological adhesives and their technical and medical applications.
  7th Life Science Meeting Innsbruck 2015 and MCBO Science Day, Innsbruck, 2015-02-27. (Web link)
  
  
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  Lecturer(s): Carta, G. Co-author(s): Lengerer, B.; Pjeta, R.; Wunderer, J.; Rodrigues, M.; Salvenmoser, W.; Ladurner, P.: Identification of releasing related genes in M. lignano adhesive system.
  8th International Macrostomum Meeting, Basel, 2014-11-29. (Web link)
  
  
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  Lecturer(s): Lengerer, B. Co-author(s): Salvenmoser, W.; Ladurner, P.: Adhesive Organ Regeneration in Macrostomum lignano.
  8th International Macrostomum Meeting, Basel, 2014-11-29. (Web link)
  
  
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  Lecturer(s): Pjeta, R. Co-author(s): Lengerer, B.; Wunderer, J.; Carta, G.; Arbore, R.; Rodrigues, M.; Salvenmoser, W.; Berezikov, E.; Schärer, L.; Ladurner, P.: Fluorescence in situ hybridization of cement gland related genes in Macrostomum lignano and the morphology of the adhesive system of Proseriate Flatworms.
  8th International Macrostomum Meeting, Basel, 2014-11-29. (Web link)
  
  
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  Lecturer(s): Wunderer, J. Co-author(s): Lengerer, B.; Pjeta, R.; Rodrigues, M.; Carta, G.; Salvenmoser, W.; Arbore, R.; Berezikov, E.; Schärer, L.; Rothbächer, U.; Ladurner, P.: Exploring the adhesive system of Macrostomum lignano.
  8th International Macrostomum Meeting, Basel, 2014-11-28. (Web link)
  
  
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  Lecturer(s): Wunderer, J. Co-author(s): Pjeta, R.; Lengerer, B.; Rodrigues, M.; Salvenmoser, W.; Rothbächer, U.; Ladurner, P.: Learning from nature: biological adhesives and their technical and medical applications.
  6th Life Science Meeting Innsbruck 2014, Innsbruck, 2014-09-25.
  
  
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  Lecturer(s): Lengerer, B. Co-author(s): Salvenmoser, W.; Ladurner, P.: Adhesive Organ Regeneration in Flatworms.
  6th Life Science Meeting Innsbruck 2014, Innsbruck, 2014-09-24. (Web link)
  
  
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  Lecturer(s): Hennebert, E. Co-author(s): Lengerer, B.; Demeuldre, M.; Ladurner, P.; Flammang, P.: Localization of the cellular origin of sea star adhesive proteins using in situ hybridization.
  2nd International Conference on Biological and Biomimetic Adhesives (COST Action TD0906, Final meeting), Istanbul, 2014-05-06. (Web link)
  
  
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  Lecturer(s): Lengerer, B. Co-author(s): Rodrigues, M.; Hennebert, E.; Salvenmoser, W.; Flammang, P.; Ladurner, P.: Characterization of carbohydrates in flatworm adhesive organs.
  2nd International Conference on Biological and Biomimetic Adhesives (COST Action TD0906, Final meeting), Istanbul, 2014-05-06. (Web link)
  
  
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  Lecturer(s): Pjeta, R. Co-author(s): Wunderer, J.; Lengerer, B.; Rodrigues, M.; Salvenmoser, W.; Ladurner, P.: The elaborate adhesive system of proseriate flatworms.
  2nd International Conference on Biological and Biomimetic Adhesives (COST Action TD0906, Final meeting), Istanbul, 2014-05-06. (Web link)
  
  
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  Lecturer(s): Wunderer, J. Co-author(s): Lengerer, B.; Pjeta, R.; Rodrigues, M.; Salvenmoser, W.; Ladurner, P.: Identification of adhesion candidate genes in flatworms.
  2nd International Conference on Biological and Biomimetic Adhesives (COST Action TD0906, Final meeting), Istanbul, 2014-05-06. (Web link)
  
  
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  Lecturer(s): Lengerer, B. Co-author(s): Pjeta, R.; Wunderer, J.; Rodrigues, M.; Schärer, L.; Berezikov, E.; Hess, M.; Salvenmoser, W.; Ladurner, P.: Fundamentals of Adhesive Organ Regeneration in Flatworms.
  9th Meeting of Life Science PhD Students of Innsbruck Universities, Innsbruck, 2013-11-22.
  
  
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  Lecturer(s): Lengerer, B. Co-author(s): Pjeta, R.; Wunderer, J.; Rodrigues, M.; Salvenmoser, W.; Ladurner, P.: The adhesive system of the flatworm Macrostomum lignano: a morphological and molecular biology analysis.
  5th ÖGMBT Annual Meeting / 5th Life Science Meeting of the Innsbruck Universities & Biophysics Austria, Innsbruck, 2013-09-25. (Web link)
  
  
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  Lecturer(s): Salvenmoser, W. Co-author(s): Lengerer, B.; Pjeta, R.; Schärer, L.; Arbore, R.; Hess, M.; Pfaller, K.; Wunderer, J.; Rodrigues, M.; Ladurner, P.: The ultrastructure of the adhesive organs of Macrostomum lignano (Macrostomida, Platyhelminthes).
  Microscopy Conference 2013 (MC2013), Regensburg, 2013-08-29. (Web link)
  
  
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  Lecturer(s): Lengerer, B. Co-author(s): Pjeta, R.; Wunderer, J.; Rodrigues, M.; Salvenmoser, W.; Arbore, R.; Berezikov, E.; Schärer, L.; Ladurner, P.: The adhesive system of the flatworm Macrostomum lignano: a morphological and molecular biology analysis.
  COST Action TD0906 WG3 & WG4 Scientific Workshop, Cluj-Napoca / Klausenburg, 2013-04-09. (Web link)
  
  
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  Lecturer(s): Rodrigues, M. Co-author(s): Pjeta, R.; Wunderer, J.; Lengerer, B.; Ladurner, P.: A molecular biology approach in bioadhesion research.
  COST Action TD0906 WG3 & WG4 Scientific Workshop, Cluj-Napoca / Klausenburg, 2013-04-09. (Web link)
  
  
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  Lecturer(s): Pjeta, R. Co-author(s): Lengerer, B.; Salvenmoser, W.; Arbore, R.; Berezikov, E.; Schärer, L.; Ladurner, P.: In situ hybridization screen for tail specific genes in Macrostomum lignano.
  6th International Macrostomum Meeting, Basel, 2012-11-17.
  
  
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  Lecturer(s): Lengerer, B. Co-author(s): Salvenmoser, W.; Arbore, R.; Berezikov, E.; Schärer, L.; Kaschutnig, .P.; Pjeta, R.; Gabl, M.; Ladurner, P.: Finding adhesion genes in the flatworm Macrostomum lignano.
  4th Life Science Meeting of Innsbruck Universities, Igls, 2012-09-27. (Web link)
  
  
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  Lecturer(s): Lengerer, B. Co-author(s): Salvenmoser, W.; Arbore, R.; Berezikov, E.; Schärer, L.; Kaschutnig, P.; Gabl, M.; Ladurner, P.: Analysis of tail specific genes using a screening in situ protocol.
  5th International Macrostomum Meeting, Basel, 2011-11-25.
  
  
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  Lecturer(s): Kaschutnig, P. Co-author(s): Gabl, M.; Lengerer, B.; Salvenmoser, W.; Smith, J.; Ladurner, P: Towards a transcriptomic approach to identify stem cell‐ and germ cell specific genes in the flatworm Macrostomum lignano.
  3rd Life Science Meeting of Innsbruck Universities, Igls, 2011-09-23. (Web link)
  
  
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  Lecturer(s): Lengerer, B. Co-author(s): Salvenmoser, W.; Arbore, R.; Berezikov, E.; Schärer, L.; Kaschutnig, P.; Gabl, M.; Ladurner, P.: Finding new biological adhesives: The duo gland system of the flatworm
  Macrostomum lignano.
  3rd Life Science Meeting of Innsbruck Universities, Igls, 2011-09-23. (Web link)
  
  

Guest Lectures

Guest Lecture

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  Lecturer(s): Lengerer, B.: In situ hybridization screen and regeneration project in Macrostomum lign.
  University of Oxford, Oxford, 2014-08-03 - 2014-08-06. (Web link)
  
  

Projects, scholarships and other third-party funds

Research Projects

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  Lengerer, Birgit: Adhesive proteins of a new glue in a freshwater model system.
  Fonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung (FWF), ESPRIT-Programm
  2022-03-01 - 2025-02-28
  
  
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  Lengerer, Birgit: Adhesive and de-adhesive proteins in sea stars.
  Fonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung (FWF), Erwin-Schrödinger-Auslandsstipendium
  2017-10-01 - 2022-02-28
  
  
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  Lengerer, Birgit: Fundamentals of adhesive organs regeneration in flatworms.
  Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften (ÖAW), DOC (Doktorandenprogramm)
  2014-05-01 - 2016-04-30
  
  

Scholarships

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  Lengerer, Birgit: Organ specific gene expression in the regenerating tail of Macrostomum lignano
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  Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck - Vizerektorat für Forschung, Forschungsstipendien an österreichische Graduierte (Beihilfen für Zwecke der Wissenschaft)
  2017-06-01 - 2017-08-31
  
  
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  Lengerer, Birgit: Adhesive organs regneration in Macrostomum lignano.
  Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck - Vizerektorat für Forschung, Doktoratsstipendien aus der Nachwuchsförderung der LFU
  2016-05-01 - 2017-04-30
  
  

Organisation of Events

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  Ladurner, P.; Lengerer, B.; Pjeta, R.; Rodrigues, M.; Salvenmoser, W.; Wunderer, J.: Organizers, 9th International Macrostomum Meeting, Innsbruck, Österreich, 2015-11-27 - 2015-11-29. (Web link)
  
  
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  Ladurner, P.; Lengerer, B.; Rodrigues, M.; Pjeta, R.; Wunderer, J.: Organizers, Training School "Molecular Approaches in Bioadhesion Research, COST Action TD0906", Innsbruck, Österreich, 2013-07-01 - 2013-07-05. (Web link)
  
  

Academic Activities and Achievements

Awards and Honours

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  Lengerer, B.: Hypo Tirol Bank Dissertationspreis 2018 der Leopold-Franzens Universität Innsbruck for the PhD thesis 'Temporary adhesion and regeneration in the marine flatworm Macrostomum lignano' (2018). (Web link)
  
  
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  Lengerer, B.: The FEBS Journal Poster Prize bei Life Science PhD Meeting Innsbruck 'Organ specific expression during tail plate regeneration of Macrostomum lignano' (2017). (Web link)
  
  
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  Lengerer, B.: Prize for the best short talk in the session of developmental biology bei der 108. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Zoologischen Gesellschaft Graz (2015). (Web link)
  
  
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  Lengerer, B.: Anerkennungspreis des Best Student Paper Award 2014 der Leopold-Franzens Universität Innsbruck (2014). (Web link)
  
  
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  Lengerer, B.: "Best Poster Award 2013" bei der 5.ÖGMBT Jahrestagung (Österreichische Gesellschaft für Molekulare Biowissenschaften und Biotechnologie) (2013). (Web link)