Peter Klepsatel, PhD
Research Scientist
PhD in Genetics (June 2009 - January 2014)
University of Veterinary Medicine, Institute of Population Genetics, Vienna, Austria
MSc in Biology - Genetics (September 2004 – May 2009)
Comenius University, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Genetics, Bratislava, Slovakia
MSc in Geology - Paleontology (September 1999 – May 2004)
Comenius University, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Geology and Paleontology, Bratislava, Slovakia
Researcher (March 2017 - present)
Institute of Zoology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia
Postdoctoral fellow (November 2013 – January 2017)
Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany
Curator of Invertebrate Paleontology (January 2006 – May 2009)
Natural History Museum - Slovak National Museum, Bratislava, Slovakia
Molecular physiology
Thermal biology
Life-history evolution
Ecophysiology
Klepsatel P., Girish T. N., Dircksen H., Gáliková M. (2019). Reproductive fitness of Drosophila is maximised by optimal developmental temperature. Journal of Experimental Biology 222(Pt 10).
Klepsatel P., Wildridge D., Gáliková M. (2019). Temperature induces changes in Drosophila energy stores. Scientific Reports 9(1):5239.
Fabian D. K., Garschall K., Klepsatel P., Santos-Matos G., Sucena É., Kapun M., Lemaitre B., Schlötterer C., Arking R., Flatt T. (2018). Evolution of longevity improves immunity in Drosophila. Evolution Letters 2(6): 567-579.
Procházka E., Michalková V., Daubnerová I., Roller L., Klepsatel P., Žitňan D., Tsiamis G., Takáč P. (2018). Gene expression in reproductive organs of tsetse females – initial data in an approach to reduce fecundity. BMC Microbiology 18(Suppl 1):144.
Gáliková M., Klepsatel P. (2018). Obesity and aging in the Drosophila model. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 19(7).
Klepsatel P., Procházka E, Gáliková M. (2018). Crowding of Drosophila larvae affects lifespan and other life-history traits via reduced availability of dietary yeast. Experimental Gerontology 110:298-308.
Gáliková M., Klepsatel P., Münch J., Kühnlein R. P. (2017). Spastic paraplegia-linked phospholipase PAPLA1 is necessary for development and energy metabolism in Drosophila. Scientific Reports 7:46516.
Gáliková M., Klepsatel P., Xu Y., Kühnlein R. P. (2017). The obesity-related Adipokinetic hormone controls feeding and expression of neuropeptide regulators of Drosophila metabolism. European Journal of Lipid Science and Technology 119 (3).
Klepsatel P., Gáliková M., Xu Y., Kühnlein R. P. (2016). Thermal stress depletes energy reserves in Drosophila. Scientific Reports 6:33667.
Gáliková M., Diesner M., Klepsatel P., Hehlert P., Xu Y., Bickmeyer I., Predel R., Kühnlein R. P. (2015). Energy homeostasis control in Drosophila adipokinetic hormone mutants. Genetics 201:665-683.
Klepsatel P., Gáliková M., Huber C. D., Flatt T. (2014). Similarities and differences in altitudinal and latitudinal clines in morphological traits in Drosophila melanogaster. Evolution 68:1385-1398.
Klepsatel P., Gáliková M., De Maio N., Huber C. D., Schlötterer C., Flatt T. (2013). Variation in thermal performance and reaction norms among populations of Drosophila melanogaster. Evolution 67: 3573-3587.
Klepsatel P.∗, Gáliková M.∗, De Maio N., Ricci S., Schlötterer C., Flatt T. (2013). Reproductive and post-reproductive life history of wild-caught Drosophila melanogaster under laboratory conditions. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 26: 1508-1520. ∗Authors contributed equally.
Klepsatel P., Flatt T. (2011). The genomic and physiological basis of life history variation in a butterfly metapopulation. Molecular Ecology 20: 1795-1798.
Gáliková M., Klepsatel P., Senti G., Flatt T. (2011). Steroid hormone regulation of C. elegans and Drosophila aging and life history. Experimental Gerontology 46:141-147.
Dr. Peter Klepsatel
Institute of Zoology SAS
Dubravska cesta 9
845 06 Bratislava
Slovakia
Email: peter.klepsatel@SPAM PROTECTIONgmail.com