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Prof. Dr. Marc F. Schetelig

Office: TIG / 2.41

Tel.: +49 641/99-35900

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Justus-Liebig-University Giessen

Institute for Insect Biotechnology

Department of Insect Biotechnology in Plant Protection

Winchester Str. 2

35394 Giessen

 

Marc F. Schetelig is a researcher with expertise in molecular biocontrol and gene editing. He is interested in developing environmentally friendly and sustainable methods for controlling invasive fruit pests such as Drosophila suzukii and the Mediterranean fruit fly, as well as mosquito species such as Aedes aegypti. His research aims to improve the sterile insect technique (SIT) through the development of environmentally friendly sex separation and male sterility technologies, as well as new genetic approaches. He is also focused on the risk assessment of transgenic insects and the development of molecular biological systems for the stabilization of transgenes and the unbiased comparison of different technologies, including CRISPR-Cas gene editing.

 

Curriculum Vitae

since 2016

Professor for Insect Biotechnology in Plant Protection                                                                                                              
2022 - 2026 Coordinator of the EU project "REACT" at the JLU Gießen

2013 - 2019

 Head of Emmy Noether group, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Germany
2014 / 2017

Consultant for the International Atomic Energy Agency on vector control, Vienna
2014 - 2019

Insect Pest and Vector Control group leader, LOEWE Center for Insect

Biotechnology & Bioresources, Giessen, Germany
2013 - 2019 Head of »Fraunhofer Attract« group, Fraunhofer Society, Giessen, Germany
2013

Consultant for the International Atomic Energy Agency and the

Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (IAEA-FAO), Austria
2008 - 2013

Research Molecular Geneticist at the United States Department of

Agriculture (USDA-ARS), USA
2004 - 2008

PhD at the Göttingen Centre for Molecular Biosciences (GZMB),

Georg-August-University Göttingen, Germany
1999 - 2004 Diploma in Biochemistry, University Bayreuth, Germany

 

Awards & Grants

 

 

Publications

 

Click here for a publication list of the Schetelig Group

 

Invited Speaker (selection 2016-2020)

 

09.2020 Speaker at the BfR seminar 'Genome Editing', Bundesinstitut für Risikoforschung, BfR, Berlin, Germany
02.2020 Keynote speaker at the DRUID Symposium “Novel drug targets against, poverty-related and neglected tropical infectious diseases”, Frankfurt, Germany
12.2019 Speaker at ‘Gene Discovery Meeting’ of the HORT Innovation Consortium, Adelaide, Australia 

11.2019

 Speaker at the ESA 2020, St. Louis, USA
10.2019 Speaker at the 1st RCM on “Generic approach for the development of genetic sexing strains for SIT applications”, IAEA-FAO, Vienna, Austria
09.2019 Speaker at the Insecta 2019, Potsdam, Germany
07.2019 Lecturer at the IGTRCN Workshop on Insect Transgenesis, Rockville, Maryland, USA
07.2019 Speaker at the 8th International Symposium on Molecular Insect Science, Sitges, Spain
05.2019 Speaker and Instructor at the “Farming the Uncanny Valley - Insects” Community Project, Schmalkalden, Germany
04.2019 Speaker at the Workshop “Control options for Gene Drives”, Boku, Vienna, Austria
03.2019 German Federal Foreign Office, Rethinking Arms Control, Berlin, Germany

12.2018

Speaker, Arbeitstreffen der AG Kirschessigfliege, Geisenheim, Germany

09.2018

Speaker, Insecta 2018, Gießen, Germany

06.2018

Keynote speaker, IAEA-FAO, Third RCM on Comparing Rearing Efficiency and Competitiveness of Sterile Male Strains Produced by Genetic, Transgenic or Symbiont-based Technologies, Bangkok, Thailand

06.2018

Keynote speaker, Accademia Naz Ital di Entomologia, ‚Approcci genomici e molecolari per il controllo di specie invasive di insetti di interesse agrario e sanitario’, Florence, Italy

05.2018

Keynote speaker, Stratégies Innovantes de Lutte contre les Insectes Vecteurs et Ravageurs Vectopole Sud/INRA/Cirad, Montepellier, France

03.2018

Auswärtiges Amt, OR12-2, Dialogforum zum Biowaffenübereinkommen, Berlin

02.2018

Speaker, Research Coordinated Meeting IAEA on mosquito control, Bangkok, Thailand

11.2017

Expert for the WHO on Genetically modified insects and gene drive systems for vector control, 2017, Geneva, Switzerland

11.2017

Speaker, International Congress of Entomology 2017, Denver, USA

10.2017

Keynote speaker at the Symposium ‘Gene Drive – Vererbungsturbo in Medizin und Landwirtschaft’ of the German Ethics Council, Frankfurt, Germany

10.2017

Consulting on agricultural pest control strategies, IAEA-FAO, Vienna, Austria

09.2017

Keynote speaker and Chair at the Keystone Symposium on Vector-Borne Diseases, Durban, South Africa

09.2017

Speaker at the Insecta 2017, Berlin, Germany

06.2017

SINO-German Symposium on Integrated Management of D. suzukii, Darmstadt, Germany

05.2017

Keynote Speaker, International Conference on Sterile Insect Technique, IAEA-FAO, Vienna, Austria

03.2017

Speaker at the Research Coordinated Meeting – Evaluation of transgenic insects for pest control, Panama City, Panama

02.2017

Speaker at the Fraunhofer Netzwert Symposium 2017, München, Germany

09.2016

Organizing and conducting a five day FAO workshop on ‘Insect Biotechnology’, Beirut, Libanon

09.2016

International Congress of Entomology 2016, Orlando, FL, USA

04.2016

Invitation of the University of Florida to present to Deans of Research and Extension, the Department of Entomology and the Endowed Chair of Entomology, Gainesville, FL, USA

 

Professional Societies and Engagement

 

 

Teaching

 

  • MK-089-EN – Insect Biotechnology & Integrated Pest Management, MSc, English
  • MP-090-EN – Biotechnology in pest control, MSc, English
  • MP-149-EN – Molecular Techniques, MSc, English
  • MP-150-EN – Milestones in Insect Biotechnology, MSc, English (Profs. Schetelig, Balinth, Pauls, Vilcinskas, Schäberle)
  • MP-156-157-EN – Laboratory Course I-II, MSc, English
  • BP-038 – Agrarökologie und integrierter Pflanzenschutz, BSc, German
  • BK-056 (N) - Genetik, BSc, German
  • BK-063 (N) - Biologie für nachwachsende Rohstoffe, BSc, German
  • Sachkundenachweis Pflanzenschutz for University employees

 Consultation hours: on request (please write an email to make an appointment)

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