M. Sc. Lena Bonassin

PhD student


Address

Erwin-Schroedinger-Street
Building 14, Room 264
67663 Kaiserslautern

Postbox 3049 
67663 Kaiserslautern

Contact

Tel.: +49 631 205 5073
E-Mail: lena.bonassin(at)rptu.de

Curriculum Vitae

2024Doctoral researcher, ICube Laboratory/University of Strasbourg, France
2022-2024Doctoral researcher, Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Center/LOEWE Center for Translational Biodiversity Genomics, Germany
2021Research assistant, Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Center/LOEWE Center for Translational Biodiversity Genomics, Germany
2021M. Sc. (Molecular Biology), University of Zagreb, Croatia
2018B. Sc. (Molecular Biology), University of Zagreb, Croatia

Publications

 

2025

Paetsch J, Romahn J, Theissinger K, Baranski D, Bonassin L, Schardt L, Koschorreck J, Krehenwinkel H & Bálint M
Two decades of compositional restructuring of soil biodiversity in Germany despite stable α- and β-diversity indices.
doi: 10.1101/2025.07.21.665925

Tarandek A,Boštjančić LL, Francesconi C, Bonassin L, Schardt L, Jusilla J, Kokko H, Schwenk K, Hudina S, Lecompte O & Theissinger K
Characterisation of the noble crayfish immune response to oomycete-derived immunostimulants
Fish & Shellfish Immunology, doi: 10.1016/j.fsi.2025.110666

 

2024

Boštjančić LL, Dragičević P, Bonassin L, Francesconi C, Tarandek A, Schardt L, Rutz C, Hudina S, Schwenk K, Lecompte O & Theissinger K
Expression of C/EBP and Kr-h1 transcription factors under immune stimulation in the noble crayfish.
Gene, doi: 10.1016/j.gene.2024.148813

Francesconi C, Boštjančić LL, Bonassin L, Schardt L, Rutz C, Makkonen J, Schwenk K, Lecompte O & Theissinger K
High variation of virulence in Aphanomyces astaci strains lacks association with pathogenic traits and mtDNA haplogroups.
Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, doi: 10.1016/j.jip.2024.108174

Bonassin L, Pârvulescu L, Boštjančić LL, Francesconi C, Paetsh J, Rutz C, Lecompte O & Theissinger K
Genomic insights into the conservation status of Austropotamobius bihariensis: low genetic diversity in the endemic crayfish species of the Apuseni Mountains
BMC Ecology and Evolution, doi: 10.1186/s12862-024-02268-5

 

2023

Rutz C, Bonassin L, Kress A, Francesconi C, Boštjančić LL, Merlat D, Theissinger K & Lecompte O
Abundance and Diversification of Repetitive Elements in Decapoda Genomes
Genes, doi: 10.3390/genes14081627

Boštjančić LL, Francesconi C, Bonassin L, Hudina S, Gračan R, Maguire I, Rutz C, Beck A, Dobrović A, Lecompte O & Theissinger K
Temporal dynamics of the immune response in Astacus astacus (Linnaeus, 1758) challenged with Aphanomyces astaci (Schikora, 1906).
Fish & Shellfish Immunology, doi: 10.1016/j.fsi.2023.109185

 

2022

Dobrović A, Geček S, Klanjšček T, Haberle I, Dragičević P, Pavić D, Petelinec A, Boštjančić LL, Bonassin L, Theissinger K & Hudina S
Recurring infection by crayfish plague pathogen only marginally affects survival and growth of marbled crayfish.
NeoBiota,  doi: 10.3897/neobiota.77.87474

Lovrenčić L, Temunović M, Bonassin L, Grandjean F, Austin CM & Maguire I
Climate change threatens unique genetic diversity within the Balkan biodiversity hotspot – The case of the endangered stone crayfish.
Global Ecology and Conservation, doi: 10.1016/j.gecco.2022.e02301

 

2021

Gross R, Lovrenčić L, Jelić M, Grandjean F, Ðuretanović S, Simić V, Burimski O, Bonassin L, Groza M & Maguire I
Genetic diversity and structure of the noble crayfish populations in the Balkan Peninsula revealed by mitochondrial and microsatellite DNA markers
PeerJ, doi: 10.7717/peerj.11838

Boštjančić LL, Bonassin L, Anušić L, Lovrenčić L, Besendorfer V, Maguire I, Grandjean F, Austin CM, Greve C, Hamadou AB & Mlinarec J
The Pontastacus leptodactylus (Astacidae) Repeatome provides insight into genome evolution and reveals a remarkable diversity of satellite DNA
Frontiers in Genetics,  doi: 10.3389/fgene.2020.611745

 

2020

Lovrenčić L, Bonassin L, Boštjančić LL, Podnar M, Jelić M, Klobučar G, Jaklič M, Slavevska-Stamenković V, Hinić J & Maguire I
New insights into the genetic diversity of the stone crayfish: taxonomic and conservation implications
BMC Ecology and Evolution, doi: 10.1186/s12862-020-01709-1

 

2023

Conservation genomics of endemic crayfish species populations using reduced representation sequencing

Regional European International Association of Astacology CrayfIT, Italy

2023

Reference genomes for non-model invertebrates: Giant genome sequencing of the endangered Austropotamobius bihariensis (poster)

Regional European International Association of Astacology CrayfIT, Italy

2023

Genomic approach for the conservation of an endemic crayfish species

4th Symposium on Freshwater Biology, Croatia

2022

Evaluation of high molecular weight DNA extraction strategies for long read sequencing in two non-model Astacidae (Crustacea: Decapoda) species

DeRGA International Symposium on "Reference Genomes for Biodiversity", Germany

2022

Cytogenomic investigation of repetitive elements in the family Astacidae

Symposium of the International Association of Astacology, Czech Republic

2022

Evaluation of high molecular weight DNA extraction strategies for long read sequencing in non-model Astacidae species (poster)

Long-Read Sequencing Uppsala 2022, Italy

2024

Young Scientist Grant for scientific course participation

Translational Biodiversity Genomics (TBG)

2023

Award for poster presentation

CrayfIT Regional European IAA Meeting, Pavia, Italy

2021

Award for outstanding scientific work

Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Croatia

2019

Rector's award for individual scientific work in natural science

University of Zagreb, Croatia