Anne Sonnenschein

Genetics Program at Michigan State University

sonnens2@msu.edu

Education
Graduate:
PhD candidate in Genetics, Michigan State University
June 2010- present
Undergraduate:
Bachelors of Science, Arizona State University
2006-2010
Barrett Honors College
Thesis: Flexibility of collective decision making in the ant Temnothorax rugatulus

Teaching Experience

Guest lectures
Fall 2014: BS161 Eukaryotic gene regulation
Coursework
ISE 870 Teaching college science
Teaching assistantships
Spring 2014--------teaching assistant for BS171, Michigan State University
Fall 2014, Spring 2014 ----teaching assistant for BS161, Michigan State University
Spring 2011, Summer 2013, Summer 2014-teaching assistant for ZOL 341, MSU
Fall 2013 -------teaching assistant for ZOL 445, Michigan State University
Spring 2010-teaching assistant for HON 273, Arizona State University

Graduate coursework
BMB 801
MMG 833
MMG 835
PLB 810
PLB 849
ZOL 851
CSE 232

Molecular Biology
Microbial Genetics
Eukaryotic Molecular Genetics
Theory and Practice in Bioinformatics
Evolutionary Biology
Statistical Methods in Ecology and Evolution
Introduction to programming II

Research
PhD work: 2011-present
Advisers: Dr. Ian Dworkin and Dr. David Arnosti
Redundancy and evolution in Drosophila melanogaster cis-regulation

Publications
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2)

Sonnenschein, A., VanderZee, D., Pitchers, W.R., Chari, S., and Dworkin, I. An Image
Database of Drosophila melanogaster Wings for Phenomic and Biometric analysis.
(submitted, GigaScience)
Saskaki, T., Colling, B., Sonnenschein, A., Pratt, S. 2015. Flexibility of collective decision
making during househunting in Temnothorax ants. Behavioral Ecology and
Sociobiology.

Presentations at scientific meetings/conferences

2015

Poster presentation at the 57th Annual Drosophila Conference, Chicago, IL

2012

Anne Sonnenschein, Ian Dworkin, and David Arnosti. Evolution in shadow

enhancers.
Poster presentation at the 54th Annual Drosophila Conference, Chicago, IL
Anne Sonnenschein, David Arnosti, and Ian Dworkin. Response of wing shape to
dosage manipulation in Brinker.

Presentations at Michigan State University

Spring 2014
Spring 2014

Presentation titled Fly wing database for biometric tool development at

Beacon seminar
Presentation titled Cis-regulatory redundancy in Drosophila development at
Genetics Research Forum

Awards and fellowships

MSU College of Natural Science Fellowship, 2010
ASU School of Life Sciences Undergraduate Research Fellowship, 2009
National Merit Finalist, 2006
Elena Oreffice Memorial Scholarship, 2006

Outreach and service

2013-2015: Genetics Student Organization representative- Michigan State University
2008: Exhibit: Stephen Pratt and Anne Sonnenschein. Paint-marked ant colony.
American Visionary Art Museum, Baltimore, MD