Susnato Das
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Faculty of Life Sciences
Albrecht Daniel Thaer-Institute of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences
Division of Animal Husbandry and Ethology
• extenal doctoral student
susnato.das@student.hu-berlin.de
Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut
Institute of Animal Welfare and Animal Husbandry
Career
since Nov 2022
Doctorate in Philosophy (PhD)
Project title: “Systematic phenotyping of behaviour, gut microbiome and physiology in laying hens”
Research assistant
Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Institute of Animal Welfare and Animal Husbandry
Extenal doctoral student
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Faculty of Life Sciences, Division of Animal Husbandry and Ethology
August 2020 – July 2021
Master thesis
Title: “Investigation of tandem leaders’ tendency to become followers, their relative positions and the importance of information they carry during colony relocation in an Indian ant Diacamma indicum”
Behaviour and Ecology Lab, Department of Biological Sciences, IISER Kolkata, India, under the supervision of Prof. Sumana Annagiri
July 2016 – August 2021
Integrated Bachelor of Science-Master of Science, Biological Sciences
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata, India
INSPIRE-Scholarship for Higher Education (SHE)
Department of Science and Technology (DST), India
Relevant Skills
Field:
Live behavioural observations, conduction of standardized behavioural tests (e.g. Y-maze)
Lab:
ELISA
Computational:
R, Excel, ImageJ, Origin
Languages:
English, Bengali, Hindi
Publications
Verma T, Das S, Dhodi SL, Mishra AK, Bhattacharyya S, Nandy B (2024) Evolution of mate harm resistance in females from Drosophila melanogaster populations selected for faster development and early reproduction. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 38(1):111-121. https://doi.org/10.1093/jeb/voae138
Mukherjee I, Das S, Paul B, Annagiri S (2023) The impact of prior and current information of a new nest on relocation dynamics in an Indian ant. Ethology 129: 4-5. https://doi.org/10.1111/eth.13357