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Scopus Author ID: 57216925078

Keywords

Parasitology, Ciliates, Peritrichs, Mobilida, Taxonomy, Morphology, Genomics, Transcriptomics, Biodiversity

Countries

South Africa, Italy, Antarctica, Botswana, France, Mexico

Biography

PhD candidate. Research interests: Ciliatology, parasitology, marine biology, oceanography, taxomony, systematics, genomics, morphology.

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Employment (1)

University of the Free State: Bloemfontein, Free State, ZA

2020-01-04 to 2022-12-01 | Research Assistant (Zoology and Entomology)
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Gerhard de Jager

Education and qualifications (3)

University of the Free State: Bloemfontein, Free State, ZA

2018-06-01 to 2023-06-30 | P.hD. (Department of Zoology and Entomology)
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Gerhard de Jager

University of the Free State: Bloemfontein, Free State, ZA

2015-01-01 to 2017-12-01 | M.Sc (with distinction) (Zoology and Entomology)
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Gerhard de Jager

University of Cape Town: Cape Town, Western Cape, ZA

2002-01-01 to 2002-12-01 | B. Mus Honours (Music)
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Professional activities (5)

Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology: Tübingen, Baden- Wurtenburg, DE

2021-12-10 to 2022-03-01 | Guest Internship (AG Swart)
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Gerhard de Jager

University of Pisa: Pisa, Toscana, IT

2021-09-06 to 2021-11-30 | Guest Internship (Institute of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy)
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Gerhard de Jager

South African National Antarctic Programme: Cape Town, ZA

2019-11-10 to 2020-01-25 | Chief Scientist (Ocean based research)
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Parasitological Society of Southern Africa: Pretoria, ZA

2018-08-25 | Junior W.O. Neitz medal for best M.Sc thesis in southern Africa (Parasitology)
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University of Cape Town: Cape Town, Western Cape, ZA

2015-01-01 to 2015-01-12 | Head of Department - Brass Instruments (substitute) (Music)
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Funding (1)

Next Generation Taxonomy: Ciliophora and their bacterial symbionts as a proof of concept

2020-06-01 to 2025-06-30 | Grant
European Commission (Brussels, BE)
URL: https://app.dimensions.ai/details/grant/grant.8709509
GRANT_NUMBER: 872767
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Gerhard de Jager via DimensionsWizard

Works (4)

Comparative exploration of the morphological plasticity of Trichodina centrostrigeata (Peritrichia: Mobilida), ectoparasite from the gills of two tilapia species (Oreochromis niloticus and O. mossambicus) in a global context

Folia Parasitologica
2022-10-13 | Journal article | Investigation, Writing - review & editing
DOI: 10.14411/fp.2022.022
Part of ISSN: 0015-5683
Part of ISSN: 1803-6465
Contributors: Gerhard de Jager; Alma Gabriela Islas-Ortega; Paula S. Marcotegui; Linda Basson; Rogelio Aguilar-Aguilar
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Trichodinids (Ciliophora: Trichodinidae) on Rocky-tidal Fishes from the Baja California Peninsula, Mexico

The Journal of parasitology
2020 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1645/20-80
EID:

2-s2.0-85094812232

Part of ISSN: 19372345
Contributors: Islas-Ortega, A.G.; Basson, L.; Marcotegui, P.; Ruiz-Campos, G.; de Jager, G.P.; Rivas, G.; Aguilar-Aguilar, R.
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Gerhard de Jager via Scopus - Elsevier

A new trichodina species (Peritrichia: Mobilida) from anuran tadpole hosts, sclerophrys spp. in the okavango panhandle, botswana, with comments on this taxon

Acta Protozoologica
2019 | Journal article
DOI: 10.4467/16890027AP.19.014.11915
EID:

2-s2.0-85085355446

Part of ISSN: 16890027 00651583
Contributors: De Jager, G.P.; Basson, L.; Van Marwijk, J.
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Taxonomic assessment of three north american trichodinids by reevaluating the taxon validity of trichodina heterodentata duncan, 1977 (Peritrichia)

Acta Protozoologica
2019 | Journal article
DOI: 10.4467/16890027AP.19.013.11914
EID:

2-s2.0-85085325157

Part of ISSN: 16890027 00651583
Contributors: de Jager, G.P.; Basson, L.
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Gerhard de Jager via Scopus - Elsevier
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