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Curriculum vitae

& wissenschaftliche Publikationen

seit 2018

Universität Leipzig

2016 - 2019

Max Planck Institut für evolutionäre Anthroplogie & Veterinärmedizinische Universität Wien

2009 -2016

Max Planck Institut für evolutionäre Anthroplogie, Abteilung Primatologie, AG Verhaltensendokrinologie

2008 - 2009

Max Planck Institut für evolutionäre Anthroplogie, Abteilung Primatologie, AG Verhaltensendokrinologie

2002 - 2008

Universität Kassel & Universität Leipzig

Dozentin

für Allgemeine Zoologie und Tierphysiologie, Universität Leipzig, wAL Biologie, Zentrum für Lehrerbildung und Schulforschung

Post Doc

„Validation of an Enzyme-Immuno Assay to non-invasively assess oxytocin levels in urine samples of dogs, wolves and humans.“

Doktorandin

„Social and ecological correlates of male capuchin endocrinology.“
 

Forschungsassistentin

Mitarbeit an verschiedenen Projekten der Arbeitsgruppe
 

Biologiestudium

Abschluss mit Diplomarbeit am Max Planck Institut für evolutionäre Anthropologie

„Alpha-male rank acqisition by a group member in mountain gorillas, behavior and endocrinological correlates.

2021

Wirobski G., Range F., Schaebs F.S., Palme R., Deschner T., Marshall-Pescini S. „Life experience rather than domestication acounts for dogs´ increased oxytocin release during social contact with humans“. Scientific reports 11:14423.


Wirobski, G., Schaebs, F.S., Range F., Marshall-Pescini, S., Deschner, T. „Analytical and physiological validation of an enzyme immunoassay to measure urinary oxytocin metabolites in dog, wolf, and human urine samples”. Scientific reports 11:12793.


Schaebs, F.S., Wirobski G., Marshall-Pescini, S., Range, F., Deschner, T.„Validation of a commercial Enzyme Immunoassay to assess urinary oxytocin in humans”. Endocrine Connections 10:3, pp 290-301.


Wirobski G., Range F., Schaebs F.S., Palme R., Deschner T., Marshall-Pescini S. „Endocrine changes related to dog domestication: Comparing urinary cortisol and oxytocin in hand- raised, pack-living dogs and wolves.“ Hormones and Behavior 128:104901.
 

2020

Deschner T., Hohmann G., Ortmann S., Schaebs F.S., Behringer V. „Urinary total T3 levels as a method to monitor metabolic changes in relation to variation in caloric intake in captive bonobos (Pan paniscus)”. General and Comparative Endocrinology 285:113290.


Schaebs, F.S., Marshall-Pescini, S., Range, F., Deschner, T.
 „Consistency and efficacy of two methods of intranasal oxytocin application in dogs“. Domestic Animal Endocrinology, 72:106436.
 

2019

Marshall-Pescini, S., Schaebs, F.S., Meinert, A., Deschner, T., Range, F. „The role of oxytocin in dog-owner relationship“. Animals 9(10):792.


Schaebs, F.S., Marshall-Pescini, S., Range, F., Deschner, T.
 „Analytical validation of an Enzyme Immunoassay for the measurement of urinary oxytocin in dogs and wolves”. General and Comparative Endocrinology, 281, pp 73-82.

2018

Behringer, V., Deimel, C., Hohmann, G., Negrey, J., Schaebs, F.S., Deschner, T. „ Applications for non-invasive thyroid hormone measurements in mammalian ecology, growth, and maintenance“. Hormones and Behavior, 66-85.


Wolf, T.E., Schaebs, F.S., Bennett, N.C., Burroughs, R., Ganswindt, A. “Age and socially related changes in fecal androgen metabolite concentrations in free-ranging male giraffes”. General and Comparative Endocrinology, 255, pp 19-25

2017

Schaebs, F.S., Perry, S.E., Cohen, D., Mundry, R., Deschner, T.
 „Social and demographic correlates of male androgen levels in wild white-faced capuchin monkeys (Cebus capucinus)”. American Journal of Primatology, 79:7.

2016

Schaebs, F.S., Wolf, T.E., Behringer, V., Deschner, T.
 „Fecal thyroid hormones allow for the non-invasive monitoring of energy intake in capuchin monkeys”. Journal of Endocrinology, 231:1, pp 1-10.

2015

Millich, K.M., Deimel, C., Schaebs, F.S., Thornburg, J., Vitzthum, V.J., Deschner, T. “Links between breast cancer and birth weight: An empirical test of the hypothesized association between size at birth and premenopausal adult progesterone concentrations”. Hormones and Cancer, 1-7.

2012

Weltring, A., Schaebs, F.S., Perry, S., Deschner, T.
 „Simultaneous measurement of endogenous steroid hormones and their metabolites with LC–MS/MS in faeces of a New World primate species, Cebus capucinus”. Physiol. Behav.105, 510-521.

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