Dr. Linda Tschirren

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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• von Kuerthy, Corinna; Tschirren, Linda; Taborsky, Michael,

  2015.

  Alternative reproductive tactics in snail shell-brooding cichlids diverge in energy reserve allocation.

  Ecology and Evolution.

  5(10), pp. 2060-2069.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.1495

• Taborsky, Barbara; Tschirren, Linda; Meunier, Clémence; Aubin-Horth, Nadia,

  2013.

  Stable reprogramming of brain transcription profiles by the early social environment in a cooperatively breeding fish.

  Proceedings of the Royal Society B.

  280(1753).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2012.2605

• 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

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