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Hire Dr. Megha M.

Germany

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Researcher- Biology with experience in experimental design, RNA-seq analyses and scientific writing

Profile Summary

I have worked with insects and primates, analysed video assays and RNA-seq/transcriptomic data as part of my research based in Australia, Malaysia and Germany over the last 8 years. I am most engaged with the topics of ageing, sociality in animals and molecular pathways associated with the above. I enjoy communicating science both at an academic level as well as for a lay audience.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ Molecular Biology
• ☆ Zoology
• ☆ Animal Science
• ☆ Omics
• ☆ Transcriptomics
• ☆ Ecology
• ☆ Forensic Entomology
• ☆ Fiction
• ☆ R

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Data & AI

Writing Non-Medical Regulatory Writing, Technical Writing, Copywriting, Creative Writing, Audio Transcription, General Proofreading & Editing, Translation

Research Fact Checking, Scientific and Technical Research, Systematic Literature Review

Consulting Scientific and Technical Consulting

Data & AI Statistical Analysis, Data Visualization

Work Experience

Freelance writing/ scientist

Self

July 2023 - Present

PhD Candidate

Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz

April 2020 - Present

Doctoral Candidate

Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg

October 2018 - Present

Field Assistant (CNHS- South India)

University of California Davis

July 2017 - March 2018

Education

MSc Zoology (Zoology)

The University of Melbourne

2014 - 2016

BSc Zoology (Zoology)

Ramnarain Ruia College

2011 - 2014

Certifications

• PhD

  Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz

  May 2023 - Present

Publications

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Megha Majoe, Marcel A. Caminer, Romain Libbrecht, David V. Ho, Peter Baumann, Susanne Foitzik (2023). Task-specific patterns of odorant receptor expression in worker antennae indicates a sensory filter regulating division of labor in ants .

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Megha Majoe, Romain Libbrecht, Susanne Foitzik, Volker Nehring(2021). Queen loss increases worker survival in leaf-cutting ants under paraquat-induced oxidative stress . Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 376. (1823). p. 20190735. The Royal Society

Megha Majoe, Judith Korb, Karen Meusemann, Denise Aumer, Abel Bernadou, Daniel Elsner, Barbara Feldmeyer, Susanne Foitzik, Jürgen Heinze, Romain Libbrecht, et al.(2021). Comparative transcriptomic analysis of the mechanisms underpinning ageing and fecundity in social insects . Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 376. (1823). p. 20190728. The Royal Society

(2018). Antennal asymmetry is not associated with social behaviour in Australian Hymenoptera . Austral Entomology.