Dr. Carsten Thoms

Profile

Academic position	Lecturer, Assistant Professor, Researcher
Research fields	Animal Biochemistry and Physiology,Natural Product Chemistry
Keywords	chemical ecology of marine invertebrates, coral reef ecology, marine natural products, invertebrate/microbe symbiosis, marine microbial ecology

Current contact address

Country	Indonesia
City	Bogor
Institution	Bogor Agricultural University
Institute	Department of Marine Science & Technology
Homepage	www.carsten-thoms.net

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Gadi Venkata Prasad Reddy	College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Guam, Mangilao
Prof. Dr. Peter Schupp	Marine Laboratory, UOG Station, University of Guam, Mangilao
Start of initial sponsorship	16/10/2004

Programme(s)

2004	Feodor Lynen Research Fellowship Programme

Publications (partial selection)

2006	Carsten Thoms, Rainer Ebel, Peter Proksch: Activated chemical defense in Aplysina sponges revisited. In: Journal of Chemical Ecology, 2006, 97-123
2006	Carsten Thoms, Rainer Ebel, Peter Proksch: Sequestration and possible role of dietary alkaloids in the sponge-feeding mollusk Tylodina perversa. In: Guido Cimino, Margherita Gavagnin, Marine Molecular Biotechnology: Molluscs - From Chemo-ecological Study to Biotechnological Application . Springer Verlag, 2006. 261-275
2005	Carsten Thoms, Peter Schupp: Biotechnological potential of marine sponges and their associated bacteria as producers of new pharmaceuticals (Part I). In: Journal of International Biotechnology Law, 2005, 217-220
2005	Carsten Thoms, Peter Schupp: Biotechnological potential of marine sponges and their associated bacteria as producers of new pharmaceuticals (Part II). In: Journal of International Biotechnology Law, 2005, 257-264