Ronsted, Nina

Job Title

Marie Curie Outgoing International Fellow

Department

Jodrell

Section

Molecular Systematics

Science Teams:

Joined Kew: 2005

Foreign Language(s): Danish (mother tongue), German, French

Qualifications & Appointments

MS, Danish Univ. Pharmaceutical Sciences, 1998

PhD, Danish Univ. Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2002.

Role

Co-evolution in the fig-wasp model system: a phylogenetic approach.

Research is focused on using molecular techniques to build a comprehensive phylogenetic hypothesis for Ficus (750 species, Moraceae), which will then be used to study classification, patterns and processes of diversification and co-evolution with the pollinating wasps in one of the best model systems for the comparative biology of mutualism.

Projects

Selected Recent Publications

  • Rønsted, N., Chase, M.W., Albach, D.A. & Bello, M.A. (2002). Phylogenetic relationships within Plantago (Plantaginaceae): evidence from nuclear ribosomal ITS and plastid trnL-F sequence data. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 139: 323-338.
  • Rønsted, N., Bello, M.A. & Jensen, S.R. (2003). Aragoside and iridoid glucosides from Aragoa cundinamarcensis. Phytochemistry 64: 529-533.
  • Rønsted, N., Franzyk, H., Mølgaard, P., Jaroszewski, J.W. & Jensen, S.R. (2003). Chemotaxonomy and evolution of Plantago. Plant Systematics and Evolution 242: 63-82.
  • Rønsted, N., Law, S., Thornton, H., Fay, M.F. & Chase, M.W. (2005). Molecular phylogenetic evidence for the monophyly of Fritillaria and Lilium (Liliaceae; Liliales) and the infrageneric classification of Fritillaria. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 35: 509-527.
  • Rønsted, N., Weiblen, G.D., Cook, J.M., Salamin, N., Machado, C.A. & Savolainen, V. (2005). 60 million years of co-divergence in the fig-wasp symbiosis. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 272: 2593-2599.

Selected Earlier Publications

  • Olesen, J.M., Rønsted, N., Tolderlund, U., Cornett, C., Mølgaard, P., Madsen, J., Jones, C.G. & Olsen, C.E. (1998). Mauritian red nectar remains a mystery. Nature 393: 629.
  • Rønsted, N., Göbel, E., Franzyk, H., Jensen, S.R. & Olsen, C.E. (2000). Chemotaxonomy of Plantago. Iridoid glucosides and caffeoyl phenylethanoid glycosides. Phytochemistry 55: 337-348.

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