Publications with IMPRS doctoral researchers

You, Y.; Ray, R.; Halitschke, R.; Baldwin, G.; Baldwin, I. T.: Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi-indicative blumenol-C-glucosides predict lipid accumulations and fitness in plants grown without competitors. New Phytologist 238 (5), pp. 2159 - 2174 (2023)

Freire, M.; Bollig, A.; Knaden, M.: Absence of visual cues motivates desert ants to build their own landmarks. Current Biology 33 (2023)

Lu, H.-H.; Meents, A.; Fliegmann, J.; Hwang, M.-J.; Suen, C.-S.; Masch, D.; Felix, G.; Mithöfer, A.; Yeh, K.-W.: Identification of a damage-associated molecular pattern (DAMP) receptor and its cognate peptide ligand in sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas). Plant, Cell and Environment (accepted)

Schnurrer, F.; Paetz, C.: Reductive conversion leads to detoxification of salicortin-like chemical defenses (Salicortinoids) in Lepidopteran specialist herbivores (Notodontidae). Journal of Chemical Ecology (2023)

Jain, K.; Stieber, R.; Kaltofen, S.; Hansson, B. S.; Wicher, D.: A new Drosophila melanogaster fly that expresses GFP tagged Orco. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 11, 1150532 (2023)

Fischer, M. L.; Fabian, B.; Pauchet, Y.; Wielsch, N.; Sachse, S.; Vilcinskas, A.; Vogel, H.: An assassin’s secret: multifunctional cytotoxic compounds in the predation venom of the assassin bug Psytalla horrida (Reduviidae, Hemiptera). Toxins 15 (4), 302 (2023)

Oelmüller, R.; Tseng, Y.-H.; Gandhi, A.: Signals and their perception for remodelling, adjustment and repair of the plant cell wall. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 24 (8), 7417 (2023)

Heyworth, H. C.; Pokharel, P.; Blount, J. D.; Mitchell, C.; Petschenka, G.; Rowland, H. M.: Antioxidant availability trades off with warning signals and toxin sequestration in the large milkweed bug (Oncopeltus fasciatus). Ecology and Evolution 13 (4), e9971 (2023)

Yang, C.; Bai, Y.; Halitschke, R.; Gase, K.; Baldwin, G.; Baldwin, I. T.: Exploring the metabolic basis of growth/defense trade-offs in complex environments with Nicotiana attenuata plants cosilenced in NaMYC2a/b expression. New Phytologist 238 (1), pp. 366 (2023)

Fischer, M. L.; Yepes Vivas, S. A.; Wielsch, N.; Kirsch, R.; Vilcinskas, A.; Vogel, H.: You are what you eat—ecological niche and microhabitat influence venom activity and composition in aquatic bugs. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 290, 1995 (2023)

Fabian, B.; Sachse, S.: Experience-dependent plasticity in the olfactory system of Drosophila melanogaster and other insects. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience 17, 1130091 (2023)

Mazumdar, T.; Hänniger, S.; Shukla, S. P.; Murali, A.; Bartram, S.; Heckel, D. G.; Boland, W.: 8-HQA adjusts the number and diversity of bacteria in the gut microbiome of Spodoptera littoralis. Frontiers in Microbiology 14, 1075557 (2023)

Grzech, D.; Hong, B.; Caputi, L.; Sonawane, P. D.; O’Connor, S. E.: Engineering the biosynthesis of late-stage vinblastine precursors precondylocarpine acetate, catharanthine, tabersonine in Nicotiana benthamiana. ACS Synthetic Biology 12 (1), pp. 27 - 34 (2023)

Rubiano-Buitrago, P. A.; Pradhan, S.; Paetz, C.; Rowland, H. M.: New structures, spectrometric quantification, and inhibitory properties of cardenolides from Asclepias curassavica seeds. Molecules 28 (1), 105 (2022)

Thiagarajan, D.; Eberl, F.; Veit, D.; Hansson, B. S.; Knaden, M.; Sachse, S.: Aversive bimodal associations differently impact visual and olfactory memory performance in Drosophila. iScience 25, 105485 (2022)

Zhao, Y.; Khallaf, M. A.; Johansson, E.; Dzaki, N.; Bhat, S.; Alfredsson, J.; Duan, J.; Hansson, B. S.; Knaden, M.; Alenius, M.: Hedgehog-mediated gut-taste neuron axis controls sweet perception in Drosophila. Nature Communications 13, 7810 (2022)

Ganesan, R.; Wierz, J. C.; Kaltenpoth, M.; Flórez, L. V.: How it all begins: Bacterial factors mediating the colonization of invertebrate hosts by beneficial symbionts. Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews 86 (4), pp. 1 - 21 (2022)

Kiefer, J. S. T.; Schmidt, G.; Krüsemer, R.; Kaltenpoth, M.; Engl, T.: Wolbachia causes cytoplasmic incompatibility but not male-killing in a grain pest beetle. Molecular Ecology 31 (24), pp. 6570 - 6587 (2022)

Langley, C.; Tatsis, E. E.; Hong, B.; Nakamura, Y.; Paetz, C.; Stevenson, C. E. M.; Basquin, J.; Lawson, D. M.; Caputi, L.; O’Connor, S. E.: Expansion of the catalytic repertoire of alcohol dehydrogenases in plant metabolism. Angewandte Chemie, International Edition in English 61 (48), e202210934 (2022)

Wekesa, C.; Asudi, G. O.; Okoth, P.; Reichelt, M.; Muoma, J. O.; Furch, A. C. U.; Oelmüller, R.: Rhizobia contribute to salinity tolerance in common beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.). Cells 11 (22), 3628 (2022)