Dr. Linda Tschirren

Dr. Linda Tschirren
ZHAW
School of Life Sciences and Facility Management
Institute of Natural Resource Sciences
Grüentalstrasse 14
8820 Wädenswil
Personal profile
Position at the ZHAW
Research Associate, Research group aquaculture systems
www.zhaw.ch/de/lsfm/institute-zentren/iunr/ecological-engineering/aquakultursysteme/
Expertise and research interests
Fish biology, fish welfare, stress physiology
Educational background
2016-2021 PhD in Ecology and Evolution, specialisation in aquaculture
2008-2011 Master in Ecology and Evolution, specialisation in Behavioural Ecology, University of Berne
2004-2008 Bachelor in Biology, specialisation in Zoology, University of Berne
Projects
- Evaluations-Methoden zum Monitoring der Qualität von häuslichem Recycling- bzw. Grauwasser / Team member / Project ongoing
- INtegrated and Circular Technologies for Sustainable city region FOOD systems in Africa (INCiTiS-FOOD) / Team member / Project ongoing
- AWACS – Animal Welfare Assessment and Control System for Fish Farms / Project leader / Project ongoing
- LOFT – Local food for the future / Team member / Project ongoing
- Fish Welfare / Deputy project leader / Project completed
Publications
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Tschirren, Linda; Bachmann, David Andrea; Güler, Ali Cem; Blaser, Oliver; Rhyner, Nicola; Seitz, Andreas; Zbinden, Erich; Wahli, Thomas; Segner, Helmut; Refardt, Dominik,
2021.
MyFishCheck : a model to assess fish welfare in aquaculture.
Animals.
11(1), pp. 145.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11010145
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Tschirren, Linda; Siebenmann, Seraina; Pietsch-Schmied, Constanze,
2018.
Toxicity of ochratoxin to early life stages of zebrafish (Danio rerio).
Toxins.
10(7), pp. 264.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins10070264
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Schütz, Dolores; Tschirren, Linda; Pachler, Gudrun; Grubbauer, Pia; Taborsky, Michael,
2017.
Sperm-limited males save ejaculates for future matings when competing with superior rivals.
Animal Behaviour.
2017(125), pp. 3-12.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2016.12.016
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von Kuerthy, Corinna; Tschirren, Linda; Taborsky, Michael,
2015.
Ecology and Evolution.
5(10), pp. 2060-2069.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.1495
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Taborsky, Barbara; Tschirren, Linda; Meunier, Clémence; Aubin-Horth, Nadia,
2013.
Proceedings of the Royal Society B.
280(1753).
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2012.2605
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Tschirren, Linda; Pietsch-Schmied, Constanze,
2018.
Comparing the sensitivity of different fish species to optimize the assessment of mycotoxin toxicity [poster].
In:
Meeting of the World Aquaculture Society, Montpellier, France, 25-29 August 2018.
Publications before appointment at the ZHAW
von Kuerthy, C., Tschirren, L. & Taborsky, M. (2015)
Alternative reproductive tactics in snail shell-brooding cichlids diverge in energy reserve allocation. Ecol. Evol. 5: 2060-2069
Taborsky B., Tschirren L., Meunier C., Aubin-Horth N. (2013)
Stable reprogramming of brain transcription profiles by the early social environment in a cooperatively breeding fish. Pro R Soc B 280: 20122605