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Education
2018-2022 Ph.D Evolutionary Biology, Departement for Zoology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Konstanz
2015-2018 M.Sc. Biological Sciences, Departement for Zoology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Konstanz
2012-2015 B.Sc. Biological Sciences, Departement for Human and Environmental Toxicology, University of Konstanz
Spoken Languages
German (Native), Bosnian (Native), English (Fluent), Spanish (Limited working), French (Elementary)
Publications
10. Karagic N, Härer A, Meyer A & Torres-Dowdall J (2022). Thyroid hormone tinkering elicits integrated phenotypic changes potentially explaining rapid adaptation of color vision in cichlid fish. Evolution, evo.14455
9. Rometsch S, Torres-Dowdall J, Machado Schiaffino G, Karagic N & Meyer A (2021). Dual function and associated costs in a highly exaggerated trait in a cichlid fish. Ecology and Evolution, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.8383
8. Torres-Dowdall J, Karagic N, Härer A & Meyer A (2021). Diversity in visual sensitivity across Neotropical cichlid fishes via differential expression and intraretinal variation of opsin genes. Molecular Ecology, mec.15855,
7. Karagic N, Schneider RF, Meyer A, and Hulsey CD (2020). A genomic cluster with novel and conserved genes is associated with cichlid dental developmental convergence. Molecular Biology and Evolution, msaa153
6. Karagic N, Meyer A, and Hulsey CD (2020). Phenotypic plasticity in vertebrate dentitions. Integrative and Comparative Biology, icaa077, https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icaa077
5. Hulsey CD, Cohen KE, Johanson Z, Karagic N, Meyer A, Miller CT, Sadier A, Summers AP, and Fraser GJ (2020). Grand challenges in comparative tooth biology. Integrative and Comparative Biology, icaa038
4. Härer A, Karagic N, Meyer A and Torres-Dowdall J (2019). Reverting ontogeny: rapid phenotypic plasticity of color vision in cichlid fish. Royal Society Open Science, DOI: 10.1098/rsos.190841
3. Torres-Dowdall J, Karagic N, Plath M and Riesch R (2018). Evolution in caves: selection from darkness causes spinal deformities in teleost fishes. Biology Letters, DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2018.0197
2. Karagic N, Härer A, Meyer A and Torres-Dowdall J (2018). Heterochronic opsin expression due to early light deprivation results in drastically shifted visual sensitivity in a cichlid fish: Possible role of thyroid hormone signaling". Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution, DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.22806
1. Torres-Dowdall J, Pierotti MER, Härer A, Karagic N, Woltering J, Henning F, Elmer KR and Meyer A (2017). Rapid and parallel adaptive evolution of the visual system of Neotropical Midas cichlid fishes. Molecular Biology and Evolution 34(10): 2469-2485, DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msx143
Conference Presentations
Student Advisees
Thomas Stier, 2021, B.sc., "Phenotypic plasticity of opsin expression and consequences for visual acuity and color discrimination abilities"
Lydia Heeb, 2021, B.sc., "Adaptation of visual acuity to different light environments during early divergence"
Femina Prabhukumar, 2021, M.sc., "The effect of light and thyroid hormone on opsin gene expression and retinal development"
Sarah Weis, 2020, M.sc., "Tooth gene expression in cichlid fish pharyngeal jaws"
Anne Van Humbeeck, 2020, M.sc., "Modularity of tooth gene expression in cichlid jaws"
Teaching
Lab in Molecular Evolutionary Biology: 3 Semesters
Lab in Taxonomy: 2 Semesters
Teaching Assistant in Evolution: 2 Semesters
Grants
2021, PANDOTA PhD completion fellowship. ~10.000€
2018, International Max-Planck Research School Student Grant (18203PG): "Key innovations in cichlids: Determination of the transcriptional mechanisms underlying the fusion of lower pharyngeal jaws". 3000€
2018-2022 Ph.D Evolutionary Biology, Departement for Zoology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Konstanz
2015-2018 M.Sc. Biological Sciences, Departement for Zoology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Konstanz
2012-2015 B.Sc. Biological Sciences, Departement for Human and Environmental Toxicology, University of Konstanz
Spoken Languages
German (Native), Bosnian (Native), English (Fluent), Spanish (Limited working), French (Elementary)
Publications
10. Karagic N, Härer A, Meyer A & Torres-Dowdall J (2022). Thyroid hormone tinkering elicits integrated phenotypic changes potentially explaining rapid adaptation of color vision in cichlid fish. Evolution, evo.14455
9. Rometsch S, Torres-Dowdall J, Machado Schiaffino G, Karagic N & Meyer A (2021). Dual function and associated costs in a highly exaggerated trait in a cichlid fish. Ecology and Evolution, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.8383
8. Torres-Dowdall J, Karagic N, Härer A & Meyer A (2021). Diversity in visual sensitivity across Neotropical cichlid fishes via differential expression and intraretinal variation of opsin genes. Molecular Ecology, mec.15855,
7. Karagic N, Schneider RF, Meyer A, and Hulsey CD (2020). A genomic cluster with novel and conserved genes is associated with cichlid dental developmental convergence. Molecular Biology and Evolution, msaa153
6. Karagic N, Meyer A, and Hulsey CD (2020). Phenotypic plasticity in vertebrate dentitions. Integrative and Comparative Biology, icaa077, https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icaa077
5. Hulsey CD, Cohen KE, Johanson Z, Karagic N, Meyer A, Miller CT, Sadier A, Summers AP, and Fraser GJ (2020). Grand challenges in comparative tooth biology. Integrative and Comparative Biology, icaa038
4. Härer A, Karagic N, Meyer A and Torres-Dowdall J (2019). Reverting ontogeny: rapid phenotypic plasticity of color vision in cichlid fish. Royal Society Open Science, DOI: 10.1098/rsos.190841
3. Torres-Dowdall J, Karagic N, Plath M and Riesch R (2018). Evolution in caves: selection from darkness causes spinal deformities in teleost fishes. Biology Letters, DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2018.0197
2. Karagic N, Härer A, Meyer A and Torres-Dowdall J (2018). Heterochronic opsin expression due to early light deprivation results in drastically shifted visual sensitivity in a cichlid fish: Possible role of thyroid hormone signaling". Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution, DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.22806
1. Torres-Dowdall J, Pierotti MER, Härer A, Karagic N, Woltering J, Henning F, Elmer KR and Meyer A (2017). Rapid and parallel adaptive evolution of the visual system of Neotropical Midas cichlid fishes. Molecular Biology and Evolution 34(10): 2469-2485, DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msx143
Conference Presentations
- Annual Meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Austin, TX, USA, January 2020. Karagic N, Meyer A and Hulsey CD: "Plasticity of vertebrate dentition", (Invited talk)
- Evolution 2019, Providence, RI, USA, June 2019. Karagic N, Schneider R, Meyer A & Hulsey CD: "Exploiting serial homology: Novel genes involved in tooth development and differentiation in cichlid fishes". www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNnTTwNzQgE
- 111th Meeting of the German Zoological Society, Greifswald, Germany, September 2018. Karagic N, Torres-Dowdall J, Härer A and Meyer A: "How ontogeny and plasticity contribute to adaptation: Changes in the visual system of Nicaraguan Midas cichlids"
- Cichlid Science Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic, September 2017. Karagic N, Torres-Dowdall J, Härer A and Meyer A: "Consequences of dark-rearing on opsin gene expression and visual sensitivity in a Nicaraguan Midas cichlid", (Invited talk)
Student Advisees
Thomas Stier, 2021, B.sc., "Phenotypic plasticity of opsin expression and consequences for visual acuity and color discrimination abilities"
Lydia Heeb, 2021, B.sc., "Adaptation of visual acuity to different light environments during early divergence"
Femina Prabhukumar, 2021, M.sc., "The effect of light and thyroid hormone on opsin gene expression and retinal development"
Sarah Weis, 2020, M.sc., "Tooth gene expression in cichlid fish pharyngeal jaws"
Anne Van Humbeeck, 2020, M.sc., "Modularity of tooth gene expression in cichlid jaws"
Teaching
Lab in Molecular Evolutionary Biology: 3 Semesters
Lab in Taxonomy: 2 Semesters
Teaching Assistant in Evolution: 2 Semesters
Grants
2021, PANDOTA PhD completion fellowship. ~10.000€
2018, International Max-Planck Research School Student Grant (18203PG): "Key innovations in cichlids: Determination of the transcriptional mechanisms underlying the fusion of lower pharyngeal jaws". 3000€