Pentzold Stefan
CV
Positions
02/2019- | PostDoc, Institute of Human Genetics, Jena University Hospital, Germany |
12/2016 – 01/2019 | Marie S. Curie Fellow, Department of Bioorganic Chemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena, Germany |
04/2015 – 11/2016 | Postdoc and DAAD fellow, Department of Bioorganic Chemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena, Germany |
06/2014 – 03/2015 | Postdoc, Plant Biochemistry Laboratory, University of Copenhagen, Denmark |
University education
11/2010 - 05/2014 | Ph.D. in insect biochemistry, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark |
10/2004 - 07/2010 | Diploma in biology, University of Leipzig, Germany, including: |
10/2009 - 07/2010 | Diploma thesis in zoology, Senckenberg Natural History Collections, Dresden, Germany |
09/2008 - 02/2009 | Study abroad, Faculty of Biology, University of Salamanca, Spain |
Reviewer activity
- Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Current Opinion in Insect Science, Journal of Insect Physiology, Planta, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Journal of the Royal Society Interface, Biomolecules, PLoS One, Molecules, Arthropod-Plant Interactions, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, Journal of Insect Science, Chemistry & Biodiversity, Applied Sciences, African Journal of Biotechnology, Journal of Plant Diseases and Protection
Student supervision
- Since Sept 2015 I have supervised various Bachelor and Master students during their theses and research projects.
Press work
- Pentzold S. 2017. „Plaguing insects with bittersweet tastes to protect crops” in Horizon – the EU Research and Innovation Magazine (tinyurl.com/y8gxus6v)
- Pentzold S. 2017. „Tasting with legs” in ScienceExplained (tinyurl.com/yctzkdyq)
- Pentzold S. 2016. „Cute but dangerous” in Lab Times online (tinyurl.com/y9mc4nb6)
- Pentzold S, Teichmann C. 2008. „Posterpräsentation und Teilnahme an der 141. Jahrestagung der DO-G 2008 in Bremen“ in Jahresbericht der Vereinigung von Förderern und Freunden der Universität Leipzig e.V., page 31
Publications
2019 | Pentzold, S., Marion-Poll, F., Grabe, V., Burse, A. (2019). Autofluorescence-based identification and functional validation of antennal gustatory sensilla in a specialist leaf beetle. Frontiers in Physiology, 10: 343. doi:10.3389/fphys.2019.00343. |
2018 | Pentzold, S., Grabe, V., Ogonkov, A., Schmidt, L., Boland, W., Burse, A. (2018). Silencing cuticular pigmentation genes enables RNA FISH in intact insect appendages. Journal of Experimental Biology, 221: jeb185710. doi:10.1242/jeb.185710. Open Access MPG.PuRe |
Tritsch, C., Stuckas, H., Martens, J., Pentzold, S., Kvist, L., Lo Valvo, M., Giacalone, G., Tietze, D. T., Nazarenko, A. A., Päckert, M. (2018). Gene flow in the European coal tit, Periparus ater (Aves: Passeriformes): low among Mediterranean populations but high in a continental contact zone. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 124(3), 319-338. doi:10.1093/biolinnean/bly043. MPG.PuRe | |
Wang, D., Pentzold, S., Kunert, M., Groth, M., Brandt, W., Pasteels, M., Boland, W., Burse, A. (2018). A subset of chemosensory genes differs between two populations of a specialized leaf beetle after host plant shift. Ecology and Evolution, 8(16), 8055-8075. doi:10.1002/ece3.4246. Open Access MPG.PuRe | |
2017 | Pentzold, S., Burse, A., Boland, W. (2017). Contact chemosensation of phytochemicals by insect herbivores. Natural Product Reports, 34(5), 478-483. doi: 10.1039/C7NP00002B. Open Access MPG.PuRe |
Pentzold, S., Jensen, M. K., Matthes, A., Olsen, C. E., Petersen, B. L., Clausen, H., Møller, B. L., Bak, S., Zagrobelny, M. (2017). Spatial separation of the cyanogenic ß-glucosidase ZfBGD2 and cyanogenic glucosides in the haemolymph of Zygaena larvae facilitates cyanide release. Royal Society Open Science,4: 170262. doi:10.1098/rsos.170262. Open Access MPG.PuRe | |
2016 | Pentzold, S., Förschler, M. I., Tietze, D. T., Randler, C., Martens, J., Päckert, M. (2016). Geographic variation in coal tit song across continents and reduced species recognition between Central European and Mediterranean populations. Vertebrate Zoology, 66(2), 191-199. Open Access MPG.PuRe |
Pentzold, S., Zagrobelny, M., Khakimov, B., Engelsen, S. B., Clausen, H., Petersen, B. L., Borch, J., Møller, B. L., Bak, S. (2016). Lepidopteran defence droplets - a composite physical and chemical weapon against potential predators. Scientific Reports, 6: 22407. doi:10.1038/srep22407. Open Access MPG.PuRe | |
2015 | Pentzold, S., Zagrobelny, M., Bjarnholt, N., Kroymann, J., Vogel, H., Olsen, C. E., Møller, B. L., Bak, S. (2015). Metabolism, excretion and avoidance of cyanogenic glucosides in insects with different feeding specialisations. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 66, 119-128. doi:10.1016/j.ibmb.2015.10.004. MPG.PuRe |
Randler, C., Pentzold, S., Pentzold, C. (2015). Foraging behaviour of insectivorous migrants and a resident songbird at a stopover site. Biologia, 70(1), 141-149. doi:10.1515/biolog-2015-0015. MPG.PuRe | |
2014 | Pentzold, S. (2014). Insect counter-adaptations to plant cyanogenic glucosides. PhD Thesis, University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Science. MPG.PuRe |
Pentzold, S., Zagrobelny, M., Roelsgaard, P. S., Møller, B. L., Bak, S. (2014). The multiple strategies of an insect herbivore to overcome plant cyanogenic glucoside defence. PLoS One, 13(9): e91337. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0091337. Open Access MPG.PuRe | |
Pentzold, S., Zagrobelny, M., Rook, F., Bak, S. (2014). How insects overcome two-component plant chemical defence: plant ß-glucosidases as the main target for herbivore adaptation. Biological Reviews,89(3), 531-551. doi:10.1111/brv.12066. MPG.PuRe | |
Zagrobelny, M., Olsen, C. E., Pentzold, S., Fürstenberg-Hägg, J., Jørgensen, K., Bak, S., Møller, B. L., Motawia, M. S. (2014). Sequestration, tissue distribution and developmental transmission of cyanogenic glucosides in a specialist insect herbivore. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 44, 44-53. doi:10.1016/j.ibmb.2013.11.003. MPG.PuRe | |
2013 | Pentzold, S., Tritsch, C., Martens, J., Tietze, D. T., Giacalone, G., Valvo, M. L., Nazarenko, A. A., Kvist, L., Päckert, M. (2013). Where is the line? Phylogeography and secondary contact of western Palearctic coal tits (Periparus ater: Aves, Passeriformes, Paridae). Zoologischer Anzeiger, 252(3), 367-382. doi:10.1016/j.jcz.2012.10.003. MPG.PuRe |
2011 | Pentzold, S., Pentzold, C., Randler, C. (2011). Bird and plant companion species predict breeding and migrant habitats of the genus Oenanthe. Journal of Ecology and Field Biology, 38, 287-293. doi:10.5141/JEFB.2011.031. MPG.PuRe |
2010 | Pentzold, S., Tritsch, C., Martens, J., Päckert, M. (2010). Go east, go west? Differenzierung westpaläarktischer Tannenmeisen Periparus ater anhand mitochondrieller DNA-Sequenzen und Bioakustik. Vogelwarte, 48, 361-362. MPG.PuRe |
Randler, C., Pentzold, S., Teichmann, C. (2010). Weather conditions and sexual differences affect the foraging behaviour of the insectivorous Cyprus Wheatear, Oenanthe cypriaca. Vertebrate zoology, 60(2), 175-181. MPG.PuRe | |
Randler, C., Teichmann, C., Pentzold, S. (2010). Breeding habitat preference and foraging of the Cyprus Wheatear Oenanthe cypriaca and niche partitioning in comparison with migrant Oenanthe species on Cyprus. Journal of Ornithology, 151, 113-121. doi:10.1007/s10336-009-0432-0. MPG.PuRe | |
2008 | Teichmann, C., Pentzold, S., Randler, C. (2008). Erste Ergebnisse zum Jagdverhalten, Habitat und Playbackexperimenten des Zypernsteinschmätzers Oenanthe cypriaca. Vogelwarte, 46, 356-357. MPG.PuRe |
Presentations
Oral Presentations
Pentzold S. (2017). Tasting and counteracting plant secondary metabolites by specialist insect herbivores. Talk presented at Lecture, National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), Laboratory Evolution, Genomes, Behavior and Ecology, Gif-sur-Yvette, FR (invited speaker)
Pentzold S. (2017). Contact chemosensation in the poplar leaf beetle (Chrysomela populi) – first molecular, chemical and behavioural insights. Talk presented at ENTOMOLOGY CONGRESS, Freising, DE
Pentzold S. (2016). Good taste in insects: contact chemosensation in the poplar-feeding leaf beetle Chrysomela populi. Talk presented at Doktorandenworkshop Naturstoffe: Chemie, Biologie, Ökologie, Leibniz Institute für Pflanzenbiochemie, Halle (Saale), DE
Pentzold S. (2014). Insect counter-adaptations to plant cyanogenic glucosides. Talk presented at SIP 15 - 15th International Symposium on Insect-Plant Relationships, University Neuchatel, Neuchatel, CH
Pentzold S. (2014). Insect counter-adaptations to plant cyanogenic glucosides. Talk presented at Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Department of Bioorganic Chemistry, Jena, DE
Pentzold S. (2010). Go east, go west? -Differenzierung und Phylogeographie von Tannenmeisen anhand Molekulargenetik und Bioakustik. Talk presented at 143rd Annual Meeting of the German Ornitologists’ Society, Helgoland, DEPentzold S. (2010). Bioakustik und Genetik der Tannenmeise (P. ater) - Gibt es zwei Arten in Europa? Talk presented at 48th annual meeting of Saxon Ornithologists’ Union, Bad Düben, DE
Teichmann C., Pentzold S. (2009). Verhalten und Ökologie des Zypernsteinschmätzers Oenanthe cypriaca. Talk presented at 1st student conference on Ornithology, Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, Seewiesen, DE
Pentzold S., Teichmann C. (2009). Jagen-Brüten-Konkurrieren. Erste quantitative Studien zur Verhaltensökologie des Zypernsteinschmätzers. Talk presented at 47. Jahresversammlung des Vereins Sächsischer Ornithologen e.V., Oberwiesenthal, DE
Poster Presentations
Pentzold S., Graf J., Krenn J., Marion-Poll F., Burse A. (2018). Physiological, behavioural and developmental responses to host metabolites in a specialised herbivorous beetle. Poster presented at ECRO 2018, European Chemoreception Research Organisation, Würzburg, DE
Oetama V.S., Pentzold S., Pauchet Y., Boland W. (2018). Chlorophyll degradation in a Lepidopteran pest Spodoptera littoralis is mediated by a gut-specific chlorophyllide binding protein. Poster presented at 17th IMPRS Symposium, International Max Planck Research School, Dornburg, DE
Pentzold S., Krenn J., Marion-Poll F., Boland W., Burse A. (2017). Making sense of contact: the role of a gustatory receptor in host plant identification in the specialist poplar leaf beetle. Poster presented at 2017 ISCE, APACE, International Society of Chemical Ecology, Kyoto, JP
Pentzold S. (2016). Chemosensation in Specialized Chrysomelina Leaf Beetles. Poster presented at SAB Meeting 2016, MPI for Chemical Ecology, Jena, DE
Pentzold S., Zagrobelny M., Bjarnholt N., Kroymann J., Vogel H., Olsen C.E., Møller B.L., Bak S.(2015). Resistance in insect herbivores to cyanogenic glucosides by avoidance, metabolism and excretion. Poster presented at Annual meeting of Plant Biotech Denmark, Copenhagen, DK
Pentzold S., Zagrobelny M., Roelsgaard P.S., Motawie M.S., Olsen C.E., Møller B.L., Bak S. (2013). How insects overcome plant chemical defence- sequestration of intact cyanogenic glucosides by burnet moth larvae. Poster presented at Gordon Research Conference - Plant-Herbivore Interactions: The Changing Face of Plant-Herbivore Studies, Gordon Research Conferences, Ventura, CA, US
Pentzold S., Zagrobelny M., Møller B.L., Bak S. (2012). Bio-activation and turnover of cyanogenic glucosides in Burnet moths. Poster presented at Annual meeting of Plant Biotech Denmark, Copenhagen, DK
Pentzold S., Zagrobelny M., Møller B.L., Bak S. (2011). Bio-activation and turnover of cyanogenic glucosides in Burnet moths. Poster presented at 6th International Symposium on Molecular Insect Science, Amsterdam, NL
Tritsch C., Pentzold S., Martens J., Päckert M. (2010). Genfluss und Artgrenzen innerhalb des Periparus ater - P. melanolophus- Komplexes. Poster presented at 143rd Annual Meeting of the German Ornitologists’ Society, Helgoland, DE
Randler C., Pentzold S., Teichmann C. (2008). Resistance in insect herbivores to cyanogenic glucosides by avoidance, metabolism and excretion. Poster presented at 141st Annual Meeting of the German Ornitologists’ Society, Bremen, DE
Awards
2016-2019 | Marie Sklodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship |
2015 | Postdoc stipend from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD): “Rückgewinnung deutscher Wissenschaftler aus dem Ausland” |
2010 | 1st place: best talk of young researchers |
2010 | LIFE Ph.D. scholarship, University of Copenhagen, Denmark |
2008 | Travel grant von "Vereinigung von Förderern und Freunden der Universität Leipzig" |