Sophie Armitage
Armitage Group
Institute of Biology
Freie Universität Berlin
Group Leader, Heisenberg Fellow
Address
Königin-Luise-Str. 1-3
Room K031a
14195 Berlin
Room K031a
14195 Berlin
Telephone
Email
sophie.armitage [at] fu-berlin [dot] de
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Positions
| 2017 - present | Heisenberg Fellow (DFG Heisenberg Programme), group leader, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany |
| 2015 - 2017 | Junior group leader / Senior post-doc, University of Münster |
| 2012 - 2015 | Junior group leader / Volkswagen Foundation Advanced Postdoc Fellowship, Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity, University of Münster |
| 2008 - 2012 | Volkswagen Foundation Postdoc Fellowship, Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity, University of Münster |
| 2005 - 2007 | Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship, Centre for Social Evolution, University of Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 2005 | Carlsberg Foundation Individual Postdoc grant, Centre for Social Evolution, University of Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 2004 | Postdoc, Centre for Social Evolution, University of Copenhagen, Denmark |
Education
| 1999 - 2003 | PhD, Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, UK |
| 1996 - 1999 | BSc Zoology, 1st class (Hons), University of Sheffield, UK |
Research Areas
- Host parasite interactions
- The role of the Dscam (Down syndrome cell adhesion molecule) gene in insect immunity
- Host resistance and tolerance towards bacteria
- ResearcherID A-6961-2012
- ORCID 0000-0002-5561-9543
Projects
- SPP 1399 - Teilprojekt: Host Immune Strategies: Remembering, Resisting, Tolerating, and Being Specific. (2012- 2016)
Third-party funding : DFG - Priority Programme | Project Number: AR 872/1-1 - The evolution of alternative splicing in Dscam: from genotype to immune phenotype (extension) (2012- 2014)
Third-party funding : VolkswagenStiftung | Project Number: 86 020