Current members of the lab
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My name is Elke Buschbeck, and I first got interested in nervous systems and sensory systems as undergraduate student in my home town Vienna, Austria. My experimental arena are natural habitats that have evolved lots of strange and interesting insects, where the nervous system has been pushed to extremes. My quest has brought me to lots of interesting places, including the deserts near Tucson, AZ and the tropical rainforest of Costa Rica. My lab is still fairly new but we have some great people. My general philosophy is: if people are happy in my lab, they tend to be productive and life is more fun. elke.buschbeck@uc.edu |
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I’m Heather Hoy, the technician for the
rowdy Buschbeck gang. I have the greatest job because I get to play with
bugs, shop with Elke’s money, and dissect maggot brains. Excitement in the
lab includes me and the grad students armed with nets to recapture an angry
runaway wasp that I somehow managed to set free. Originally from Columbus,
Ohio, I came to UC because the people in my lab are fabulous, Elke keeps
buying us candy, and nobody’s complained about my behavior yet. My future
plans include a possible PhD and hopefully recapturing my home from 3
spoiled rotten cats. hoyh@uc.edu
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My name is Srdjan Maksimovic, and I am currently a
first-year graduate student at the University of Cincinnati. I am originally
from Bosnia and Herzegovina, where I finished my high school education and
after that I went to Belgrade and graduated from Faculty of Agriculture,
Department of Animal Science at Belgrade University (Serbia and Montenegro). My research focuses on visual system of Strepsiptera (twisted – wing insects), an enigmatic endoparasitic insect order with raspberry-like eyes, which are very unusual among insects, and phylogenetic positio! n that has been puzzling scientists for decades. maksims@email.uc.edu |
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Nadine Stecher has joined our lab in summer 2005 and has started to investigate the visual system of the larvae of Strepsiptera. |
Former members of the lab
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I am KK (Karunyakanth Mandapaka) from
India. During fall 2003, I joined the cool ‘Buschbeck Lab’ to BUG the bugs.
My research is on the visual system of the larvae of the Sunburst Diving
Beetle, Thermonectus marmoratus. I am currently studying the
structure of Stemma (larval eyes) and their neuronal projections (yes, they
do have brains). Poetry, food and exercise are some of my leisure time
interests." mandapak@email.uc.edu KK graduated in the summer of 2005 with a MS and is currently pursuing his PhD in Developmental Biology at Cincinnati Children's hospital. |
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Hi, my name is Kelly Hagen. I am 3rd year undergraduate student studying biology. Interested in what I could do along lines of my major, I came across the idea of participating in research. So here I am in the Buschbeck lab, having blast and learning a lot. My project involves investigating beetle larva vision. When in lab, you can find me at a desk video taping captures or analyzing data on the computer. Outside of lab and the typical college school work, I am member of the UC swim team participating in distance and IM events khagen1031@yahoo.com |
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Sarah Sbita joint us for as a WISE (Women in Science and Engineering) in summer 2005 to study the development of the adult optic lobes in the Diving beetle Thermonectus marmoratus. Sarah did a great job as she produced very interesting data and currently is on her way towards a MD/PhD program. |
