Institute Publications - Preprints

Baños Quintana, A. P.; Santiago-Padilla, L.; Reichelt, M.; Sun, R.; Kaltenpoth, M.; Gershenzon, J.; Lehenberger, M.: Symbiotic yeasts of a bark beetle transform major tree defenses into beetle protectants. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (accepted)

Chavez, A.; Lopes, A. d. S.; Lohr, M.; Schaefer, M.; Laick, L.-M.; Batista, E. D. R.; Grabe, V.; Hell, V.; Faust, I.; Xu, S. et al.; Kaltenpoth, M.; Huber, M.: Ecological context determines whether inherited stress responses of hosts benefit or harm herbivores. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (accepted)

Gao, J.-P.; Zhao, F.; Zhang, G.; Chen, Q.; Wu, S.; Huang, J.; Liu, C.; Wang, G.; Yu, P.; Eves-van den Akker, S. et al.; Tian, C.-F.; Ott, T.; Murray, J.; Oldroyd, G.; Liang, P.; Xia, C.: A cross-kingdom interactome predicted by AlphaFold3 reveals a DNF2-centered interface required for symbiotic accommodation. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (accepted)

Gong, H.; Ziolkowska, Z.; Khallaf, M. A.; Pop, S.; Ayrton, O.; Cano-Ferrer, X.; MacRae, J.; Knaden, M.; Arguello, R.; Prieto-Godino, L. L.: Natural statistics of host odours predict species-specific olfactory behaviours in Drosophilids. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2026)

Hendricks, A.; Philips, K.; Engl, T.; Plarre, R.; Martinson, V.: Diffuse fungal symbiosis in Deathwatch beetles. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (accepted)

Lehenberger, M.; Grabe, V.; Kandasamy, D.; Gentsch, N.; Au, C.; Baños Quintana, A. P.; Schebeck, M.; Kaltenpoth, M.; Gershenzon, J.: The spruce bark beetle Ips typographus transmits mutualistic fungi in mandibular mycetangia. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2026)

Masuzzo, A.; Borbora, A. S.; Moreira-Soto, R. D.; Abuin, L.; Reichelt, M.; Marconcini, M.; Cruchet, S.; Knaden, M.; Lee, D.; Benton, R.: Temporal niche partitioning through olfactory cell type evolution. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (accepted)

Pal Mahadevan, V.: Conserved odor detection and divergent behavioral valence in ecologically distinct drosophilid flies. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2026)

Stael, S.; Kmiecik, P.; Wurzinger, B.; Qi, S.; Kuang, D.; Sanchez Martin-Fontecha, E.; Bayer, R.; Pfister, B.; Reichelt, M.; Ebensberger, I. et al.; De Clercq, I.; Mithöfer, A.; Teige, M.: OEF18 is a membrane-anchored organellar Ca²⁺ sensor linking calcium signaling to jasmonate-mediated defense and stress acclimation. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (accepted)

Stein, G.; Müller, P.; Vallet, M.; Cirri, E.; Lange, L.; Heller, E.; Winter, J.; Gräler, M.; Ueberschaar, N.; Maurer, A. et al.; Dobrowolny, H.; Meyer-Lotz, G.; Steiner, J.; Engmann, O.: Systemic stress states are reversed by NPBWR1 inhibition. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (accepted)

Sun, Z.; Pan, X.; Bi, S.; Zhang, Y.; Dun, J.; Mahesati, D.; Lin, Y.; Fu, Y.; Gao, Y.; Xu, X. et al.; Chen, N.; Xing, J.; Ye, W.; Ji, M.; Baldwin, I. T.; Li, J.: Trichome acylsugar defenses are equally effective against leaf-mining and free-living insects. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2026)

Bui, V.-H.; Vu, A. H.; Buell, C. R.; Li, C.; Caputi, L.; Dang, T.-T. T.: Single cell mass spectrometry reveals intercellular compartmentalization of camptothecin biosynthesis in the tree Camptotheca acuminata. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2025)

Jose, J.; Teutloff, E.; Mayer, T.; Naseem, S.; Barth, E.; Halitschke, R.; Marz, M.; Agler, M. T.: Immunity and bacterial recruitment in plant leaves are parallel processes that together shape sensitivity to temperature stress. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2025)

Li, Z.; Ng, T. H.; Keller, J.; Masson, F.; Grabenweger, G.; Lemaitre, B.; Stroeymeyt, N.; Kaltenpoth, M.; Ulrich, Y.: A controlled test of risk-dependent immune investment in a clonal ant. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2025)

Mohammadi, S.; Pradhan, S.; Hoffmann, F. G.; Herrera-Álvarez, S.; Deng, Y.; Eacock, A.; Dobler, S.; Storz, J. F.; Rowland, H. M.: Historical contingency shapes toxin resistance in a specialist avian predator. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2025)

Orvain, C.; Bertrand, L.; Moussy, A.; Porcel, B. M.; Vallet, M.; Carradec, Q.; Thurotte, A.: Molecular response of the diatom Coscinodiscus granii and its co-occurring dictyochophyte during Lagenisma coscinodisci parasite infection. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2025)

Szymczak, J.; Pinaud, S.; Rodriguez, I. R.; Walde, M.; Kayal, E.; Alves-de-Souza, C.; Bigeard, E.; Gallet, B.; Gachenot, M.; Le Panse, S. et al.; Jauzein, C.; Le Gac, M.; Decelle, J.; Pohnert, G.; Vallet, M.; Talman, A. M.; Guillou, L.: Two spore types in a marine parasite of Dinoflagellates. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2025)

Unger, K.; Mauri, M.; Gershenzon, J.; Allen, R. J.; Agler, M. T.: Bacterial degradation of a plant toxin and nutrient competition with commensals trade off to constrain pathogen growth. mSystems (2025)

Baraniecka, P.; Gase, K.; Pradhan, M.; Baldwin, I. T.; McGale, E.; Valim, H.: QTL mapping in field plant populations reveals a genetic basis for frequency- and spatially-specific fungal pathosystem resistance. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2024)

Israni, B.; Hänniger, S.; Raguschke, B.; Reichelt, M.; Gershenzon, J.; Giddings Vassão, D.: Influence of plant defense signaling and innate insect metabolic differences to the overall performance of fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) corn and rice strains on maize as a host. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2024)