Matthias Obst

Post Doc  (PhD)

Kristinebergs Marine
Research Station
Kristineberg 566
450 34 Fiskebäckskil
Sweden

Tel: +46 523 18553
Fax: +46 523 18502
Email: matthias.obst@zool.gu.se

Links

Matthias Obst at Kristineberg Marine Research Station: http://www.kmf.kva.se/users/matthiasobst/index.htm
“Galathea 3” expedition: www.galathea3.dk
“Assembling the tree of life” project at Harvard University: http://www.mcz.harvard.edu/Departments/InvertZoo/tol/
Swedish Taxonomy Initiative: http://www.artdata.slu.se/Svenska_artprojektet_Eng.htm
Homepage of Peter Funch: http://www.biology.au.dk/peter.funch.htm

Scientific Publications

1. Obst M, Nakano N, Bourlat SJ, Thorndike M, Telford M, Nyengaard JR, Funch P (In Review) The spermatozoan ultrastructure of Xenoturbella bocki Westblad 1949.

2. Nakano N, Bourlat SJ, Obst M, Nakano A, Telford MJ, Thorndyke MC (In Review) Free-swimming larva of Xenoturbella bocki.

3. Fuchs J, Obst M, Sundberg P (In Review) The first comprehensive molecular phylogeny of Bryozoa (Ectoprocta) based on combined analysis of nuclear and mitochondrial genes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

4. Funch P, Cong NV, Intanai I, Bussarawit S, Nielsen T, Wang T, Faurby S, Obst M (In Review) The diversity of horseshoe crabs - protecting an endangered resource. Pertanika Journal of Science & Technology

5. Sköld HN, Obst M, Sköld M, Åkesson B (In Press) Stem cells in asexual reproduction of marine invertebrates. In: Stem cells in marine invertebrates (Matranga V, Rinkevitch B, Eds). Book chapter.

6. Funch P, Thor P, Obst M (2008) Symbiotic relations and feeding biology of Symbion pandora (Cycliophora) and Triticella flava (Bryozoa). Life and Environment 58(2):

7. Obst M (2008) Auf den Spuren von Linné. Unity 1:12-13.

8. Dunn CW, Hejnol A, Matus DQ, Pang K, Browne WE, Smith SA, Seaver E, Rouse GW, Obst M, Edgecombe GD, Sørensen MV, Haddock SHD, Schmidt-Rhaesa A, Okusu A, Kristensen RM, Wheeler WC, Martindale MQ, Giribet G (2008) Broad phylogenomic sampling improves resolution of the Animal Tree of Life. Nature 452 (7188): 745-750

9. Bourlat SJ, Nakano H, Åkerman M, Telford MJ, Thorndyke MC, Obst M (2008) Feeding ecology of Xenoturbella bocki (phylum Xenoturbellida) revealed by genetic barcoding. Molecular Ecology Resources 8: 18-22.

10. Obst M and Fuchs J (2007) Skönhet under luppen. Fauna och Flora 102 (4): 16-22.

11. Obst M, Dupont S, Thorndyke M. (2007) In the footsteps of Linnaeus - Microscopic Imaging in Marine Biodiversity Research. Resolution – Leica Research Newsletter 2: 3-6.

12. Dupont S, Obst M, Wilson K, Sköld H, Nakano H, and Thorndyke M (2007) Marine Ecological Genomics - When Genomics meets Marine Ecology. Marine Ecology Progress Series 332: 257–273

13. Obst M and Funch P. (2006) The microhabitat of Symbion pandora (Cycliophora) on the mouthparts of its host Nephrops norvegicus (Decapoda: Nephropidae). Marine Biology 148 (5): 945-951

14. Obst M, Funch P, Kristensen RM (2006) A new species of Cycliophora from the mouthparts of the American lobster Homarus americanus (Nephropidae, Decapoda). Organisms, Diversity & Evolution 6: 83-97

15. Obst M, Funch P, Giribet G (2005) Hidden diversity and host specificity in cycliophorans; a phylogeographic analysis along the North Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea. Molecular Ecology, 14 (14) 4427-4440

16. Funch P, Sørensen MV, Obst M. (2005) On the phylogenetic position of Rotifera - have we come any further? Hydrobiologia 546: 11-28

17. Riisgaard HU, Kollerup Nielsen K, Fuchs J, Fønss Rasmussen B, Obst M, Funch P. (2004) Ciliary feeding structures and particle capture mechanism in the freshwater bryozoan Plumatella repens (Phylactolaemata). Invertebrate Biology 123:156-167

18. Obst M (2004) Rinbærernes diversitet og evolution. Danske Naturhistorisk Forening Årskrift nr. 14 - 2003/2004: 60-63

19. Obst M (2003) Cycliophoran relationships revisited. Cladistics 19: 159-160

20. Obst M and Funch P. (2003) The male of Symbion pandora (Cycliophora). Journal of Morphology 255: 261-278