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Department:
Evolutionary Morphology

As project manager of research area 1 “Dynamics of Nature”, I support the area management in strategic and organizational matters. My central tasks include preparing the evaluations as well as structuring, coordinating and managing the research area.

Vita

Dissertation: "Regeneration research beyond the model organism axolotl "Evolution and diversity of regenerative abilities of salamanders and lungfish" (2025)

Publications

Louppe, V., Le Verger, K., Clavel, J., Ferreira, G., Kyriakouli, C., Stanley, E., Watt, E., Bardua, C., Pérez-Ben, C., Fröbisch, N., Bothe, V., Boistel, R., Daghfous, G., Goswami, A., Fabre, A. (2025). Complete metamorphosis promotes morphological and functional diversity in Caudata. Functional Ecology, 39(7), 1732-1747. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.70044Open Access

Bothe, V., Fröbisch, N. (2025). The tiger salamander as a promising alternative model organism to the axolotl for fracture healing and regenerative biology research. The Anatomical Record. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.70060Open Access

Senevirathne, G., Fernandopulle, S., Richard, D., Baumgart, S., Christensen, A., Fabbri, M., Höppner, J., Jüppner, H., Li, P., Bothe, V., Fröbisch, N., Simcock, I., Arthurs, O., Calder, A., Freilich, N., Nowlan, N., Glass, I., Craft, A., Capellini, T. (2025). The evolution of hominin bipedalism in two steps. Nature, 645(8082), 952-963. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09399-9Open Access

Payzin‐Dogru, D., Froitzheim, T., Blair, S., Jena, S., Singer, H., Paoli, J., Kim, R., Kriukov, E., Wilson, S., Hou, R., Savage, A., Cat, V., Cammarata, L., Wu, S., Bothe, V., Erdoğan, B., Hossain, S., Lopez, N., Losner, J., Matos, J., Min, S., Böhm, S., Striker, A., Dooling, K., Freedman, A., Groves, B., Tajer, B., Kalu, G., Wynn, E., Wong, A., Fröbisch, N., Baranov, P., Plikus, M., Buenrostro, J., Haas, B., Chiu, I., Sackton, T., Whited, J. (2025). Adrenergic signaling coordinates distant and local responses to amputation in axolotl. Cell. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2025.09.025Open Access

Bothe, V., Fröbisch, N.B. (2023). Tail regeneration at different ontogenetic stages of the tiger salamander Ambystoma tigrinum suggests possible changes in regeneration between larval and metamorphic individuals. Acta Zoologica, 105(4), 450-470. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/azo.12482Open Access

Bothe, V., Müller, H., Shubin, N., Fröbisch, N. (2024). Effects of life history strategies and habitats on limb regeneration in plethodontid salamanders. Developmental Dynamics, 254(5), 396-419. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/dvdy.742Open Access