Male (left) and female (right) moths of the European corn borer Ostrinia nubilalis. The caterpillars of this pest mainly attack the stems of maize plants.

Publications of Maike L. Fischer

Journal Article (4)

2024
Journal Article
Fischer, M. L.; Schmidtberg, H.; Tidswell, O.; Weiss, B.; Dersch, L.; Lüddecke, T.; Wielsch, N.; Kaltenpoth, M.; Vilcinskas, A.; Vogel, H.: Divergent venom effectors correlate with ecological niche in neuropteran predators. Communications Biology 7, 981 (2024)
2023
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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), 20222064 (2023)
2020
Journal Article
Fischer, M. L.; Wielsch, N.; Heckel, D. G.; Vilcinskas, A.; Vogel, H.: Context‐dependent venom deployment and protein composition in two assassin bugs. Ecology and Evolution 10 (18), pp. 9932 - 9947 (2020)

Thesis - PhD (1)

2023
Thesis - PhD
Fischer, M. L.: Drugs from bugs - Venomics of predatory Heteroptera. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2023)
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