Schlegel, Tamara
Personal information
Organizational affilition
Research Assistant
Address
Tamara Schlegel
LA G64
external page Eawag
Überlandstrasse 133
8600 Dübendorf
Switzerland
+41 58 765 54 98
Supervisor
About Me
I am a biologist working as a technical specialist in the Department of Aquatic Ecology at Eawag. I work within the joint professorship of Jukka Jokela (ETH/Eawag), which studies host-parasite interactions. My main interest lies in genetic questions and their connection to evolutionary
processes.
I focus on the further development and optimization of molecular methods for working with non-model organisms. This includes, among other tasks, DNA and RNA extraction and the preparation of libraries for Next-Generation
Sequencing (NGS) to enable genetic analyses in our projects. In addition, I am
responsible for a cleanroom laboratory at the Genetic Diversity Centre (GDC),
where I introduce and train researchers as needed. I also work on projects on
the population genetics of native, endangered crayfish species to support
conservation efforts.
An important part of my work is training in the lab. I train apprentices in the profession of biological laboratory technician and teach MSc and BSc students the practical skills they need for their projects in the molecular biology lab. I place great emphasis on providing a solid introduction to modern molecular methods.
Through my work, I aim to use molecular methods to study genetic diversity in Swiss waters and thus contribute to the preservation of biodiversity. I also want to inspire young people to take an interest in the importance of genetic and evolutionary processes.
Curriculum vitae
2025 – present
2020 – present
2016 – 2020
2013 – 2016
2010 – 2013
Technical Specialist at ETH Zurich in the Department of Environmental Systems Science at the Genetic Diversity Centre (GDC)
Technical Specialist at Eawag in the Department of Aquatic Ecology
Research Group of Prof. Dr. Jukka Jokela
Scientific Assistant at Eawag in the Department of Aquatic Ecology
Research Groups of Prof. Dr. Jukka Jokela and Dr. Katja Räsänen
Master studies in biology at ETH Zürich, Specialization in ecology and evolution
Bachelor studies in biology at University of Zürich.
Further Education
2025 - Vocational trainer with federal recognition (Schweizerische Technische Fachschule Winterthur)
2021 - LTK M20: Introductory Course in Laboratory Animal Science: "Non rodent" species
Publications
Tardent, N.; Schlegel, T.; Jokela, J.; Hartikainen, H. (2025)
Positive and negative frequency-dependent parasitism in naturally co-occurring diploid sexual and polyploid asexual Lumbriculus variegatus, Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 38(6), 769-777, external page doi:10.1093/jeb/voaf046
Çetin, C.; Jokela, J.; Feulner, P. G. D.; Schlegel, T.; Tardent, N.; Seppälä, O. (2024)
Population genetic structure in a self‐compatible hermaphroditic snail is driven by drift independently of its contemporary mating system, Ecology and eolution, 14(8), e70162 (12 pp.), external page doi:10.1002/ece3.70162
Travers-Cook, T. J.; Knight, S. J.; Lee, S.; Jucker, J.; Schlegel, T.; Jokela, J.;
Buser, C. C. (2025)
Totivirus-satellite coinfection prevalence and host genotype associations in wild Saccharomyces cerevisiae, FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 101(12), fiaf117 (11 pp.), external page doi:10.1093/femsec/fiaf117
Schlegel, T. (2016)
Implications from genetic diversity
and landscape genetics for conservation of stone crayfish (Austropotamobius
torrentium) in the Canton of Thurgau, 38 p, external page Institutional Repository