Professor Richard Dawkins V Acknowledgements First, I thank my supervisor Dr. Ana Oliveira. For accepting me into her lab and for giving me the opportunity to grow scientifically over these years. Her attitude of involving her students in the "behind the scenes" of science fostered me to form solid opinions on how good science is performed. I always liked our scientific discussions and appreciated that since the beginning she valued my opinion and suggestions, even being at an early stage of my

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... career. I am also happy to say that we became friends and my time in her lab impacted me not only scientifically but also personally. I also thank my thesis advisory committee members, Prof. Dr. Hilmar Bading and Prof. Dr. Christoph Schuster for all the great input over the course of this work.