Curriculum Vitae
Dr. Verena-Ulrike Blaeske
University of Florida, Entomology and Nematology Department,
P.O. Box 110620, Gainesville, FL 32611-0620, USA
Phone: (352) 392-1901 ext 202, Fax : (352) 392-0190, Email:
vblaeske@ufl.edu
Born: 1 November 1971
in Berlin, Germany
Citizenship: German
Recent Post: Post Doctoral Research Scholar in the
Department of Entomology and Nematology, UFL, Gainesville, FL 32611-0620, USA
Since
09/15/02 Postdoctoral
Research Scientist in the Department of Entomology and Nematology, University
of Florida
Laboratory of Dr. Drion G. Boucias (Professor)
Phone: (352) 392-1901 ext 147, Email: dgb@mail.ifas.ufl.edu
Projects:
1) “Helicosporidium spp. (Chlorophyta: Trebouxiophyceae): Pathogenesis and
Early Stages of Infection in Different Host Insects”
2) “Isolation of Entomopathogenic Soil Bacteria” (Syngenta Program)
07/01/2001 –
06/31/2002 Post Doctoral Research
Scientist in the Department of Entomology, University of Georgia
Laboratory of Dr. Brian T. Forschler (Associate Professor)
Phone: (706) 542 4282, Email: bfor@arches.uga.edu
Projects:
1) Insect Pathology / Molecular Biology: “PCR-based Search for Viral Diseases
in Subterranean Termites (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)”
2) Insect Morphology: “Fine Structural Analysis of the Peritrophic Matrix in Reticulitermes flavipes (Isoptera:
Rhinotermitidae)”
05/01/1998 –
06/30/2001 Assistant Research
Scientist in the Federal Institute of Materials Research and Testing, Berlin,
Germany
Laboratory of Dr. Horst Hertel (PD)
Phone: (++49-30) 8104 1411, Email: horst.hertel@bam.de
Project: Chemical Ecology: “Influence of Selected Plant Extracts on
Subterranean Termites (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)”
10/01/1996 –
11/30/1996 Student Worker in the
Department of Biology, Free University of Berlin, Germany
Laboratory of Dr. Monika Hilker (Professor)
Telefon: (++49-30) 8385 3918, Email:
hilker@zedat.fu-berlin.de
Maintenance of insect cultures and conduction of bioassays
09/01/1991 –
03/31/1992 Trainee in Nature
Preservation and Horticulture in the Ökowerk Berlin e.V., Germany
05/10/2001 Ph.D. in Biology at the
Free University of Berlin and the Federal Institute of Materials Research and
Testing, Berlin, Germany
Thesis: “Effects of Plant-derived Compounds on Subterranean Termites:
Repellency and Toxicity”
03/31/1998 Diploma in Biology at the
Free University of Berlin, Germany
Thesis: “Habitat Localization of the Egg Parasitoid Chrysonotomyia ruforum
(Krausse) (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae)”
10/1992 – 03/1997 Studies of Biology at the Free
University of Berlin, Germany
06/08/1991 Abitur at the Lilienthal
Gymnasium in Berlin, Germany
Publications
Bläske, V.-U. & Boucias,
D.G. 2005. Pathogenesis
of the entomopathogenic alga Helicosporidium sp. (Chlorophyta: Trebouxiophyceae)
in susceptible noctuid larvae. J. Invertebr. Pathol. (submitted).
Bläske,
V.-U. & Boucias, D.G. 2004. Influence of Helicosporidium spp.
(Chlorophyta: Trebouxiophyceae) Infection on the Development and Survival of
Three Noctuid Species. Environ. Entomol. 33 (1): 54-61.
Bläske, V.-U., Hertel, H., and Forschler, B.T. 2003. Repellent Effects
of Isoborneol on Subterranean Termites (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) in Soils of
Different Composition. J. Econ. Entomol. 96 (4): 1267-1274.
Grube,
S., Bläske, V.-U.,
and Forschler, B.T. 2003. Ontogenesis
and Caste Ancestry in the Genus Reticulitermes (Isoptera;
Rhinotermitidae). Proceedings of the 77th Annual Southeastern Branch ESA Meeting, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, March 9–12
(Abstract).
Bläske, V.-U.
and Forschler, B.T. 2002. Midgut Morphology of Reticulitermes
flavipes (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) With Special Interest in the
Peritrophic Matrix. Proceedings of the 50th Annual ESA Meeting, Ft. Lauderdale,
FL, November 17–20 (Abstract).
Bläske,
V.-U. 2002. FineStructural Identification of the Peritrophic
“Membrane” in Subterranean Termites. Proceedings
of the SouthEastern Microscopy Society, Athens, GA, May 15–17 (Abstract).
Bläske,
V.-U. and Hertel, H. 2001. Repellent and Toxic Effects of Plant
Extracts on Subterranean Termites (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae). J. Econ. Entomol. 94 (5): 1200–1208.
Bläske, V.-U. 2001. Die Wirkung ausgewählter Pflanzeninhaltsstoffe auf erdbewohnende
Termiten: Repellenz und Toxizität. Dissertation.
Free University of Berlin, Germany.
Hilker, M., Bläske, V., Kobs, C., and Dippel, C. 2000. Kairomonal Effects of Sawfly
Sex Pheromones on Egg Parasitoids. J.
Chem. Ecol. 26 (11): 2591–2601.
Bläske, V.-U. 1999 Einfluss von pflanzlichen Duftstoffen auf die Orientierung von Reticulitermes santonensis (Isoptera: Rhnotermitidae). Proceedings of the 17th IUSSI Meeting,
German Section, Stuttgart, Germany, September 19–23 (Abstract).
March 2004 „Infection of Diaprepes
abbreviatus with a unicellular green alga, Helicosporidium spp.“
(poster)
Verena-Ulrike Bläske and
Drion G. Boucias
Diaprepes Task Force Annual Scientific Meeting, Fort Pierce, Florida, March 4
July 2003 „Influence of Helicosporidium
spp. Infection on Development and Survival of Three Noctuid Species“ (talk)
Verena-Ulrike Bläske and
Drion G. Boucias
“Studies on the Resistance Mechanisms Exhibited by the Eastern Subterranean
Termite Reticulitermes flavipes“ (talk, co-author)
Drion G. Boucias and Verena-Ulrike Bläske
36th Annual SIP (Society for Invertebrate Pathology) Meeting,
Burlington, Vermont, July 26-30
March 2003 „Ontogenesis
and Caste Ancestry in the Genus Reticulitermes (Isoptera;
Rhinotermitidae)” (poster)
Sabine Grube, Verena-Ulrike Bläske, and Brian T. Forschler
77th Annual Southeastern
Branch ESA (Entomological
Society of America) Meeting, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, March 9–12
Nov. 2002 „Midgut Morphology
of Reticulitermes flavipes (Isoptera:
Rhinotermitidae) With Special Interest in the Peritrophic Matrix“ (poster)
Verena-Ulrike Bläske and Brian T. Forschler
50th Annual ESA Meeting, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, November
17–20
May 2002 ”Fine-Structural Identification of the Peritrophic Membrane
in Subterranean Termites” (talk)
SEMS (SouthEastern Microscopy Society) Meeting, Georgia Center for Continuing
Education, Athens, GA, May 15–18
May 2002 “Insect Viruses and Peritrophic Membranes – What’s Going on
in Termites?” (talk)
Entomology Seminar in the Department of Entomology, UGA, May 6
March 2002 “Interactions
Between Plants and Insects” (lecture)
Urban Entomology, Dr. Brian Forschler, Dep. of Entomology, UGA, March 1
Nov. 2001 “What’s New in Subterranean Termite Research?” (talk)
25th Annual Field Day and Workshop, Florida A&M University,
Tallahassee, FL, November 7–9
March 2000 “Repellent and Toxic Effects of Different Plant Extracts on Reticulitermes santonensis (Isoptera:
Rhinotermitidae)” (talk)
9th Workshop “Practice Oriented Results on Use of Plant Extracts and
Pheromones in Integrated and Biological Pest Control”, Hohensolms, Germany,
March 13–15
Sept. 1999 “Influence of Plant Extracts on the
Orientation of Reticulitermes santonensis
(Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)” (talk)
17th IUSSI (International Union for the Studies of Social Insects)
Meeting, Stuttgart, Germany, September 19–23
May 1999 "Influence of Plant-derived Substances on the
Orientation and the Behavior of Termites" (talk)
Interdisciplinary Seminar for Ph.D. students at the Federal Institute for
Materials Research and Testing, Berlin, Germany, May 27
Gainesville, Florida, 21 January 2005