Publications of Daniel Giddings Vassão

Huber, B.; Luciani, M.; Abualhassan, A. M.; Giddings Vassão, D.; Fernandes, R.; Devièse, T.: Metabolic profiling reveals first evidence of fumigating drug plant Peganum harmala in Iron Age Arabia. Communications Biology 8, 720 (2025)

Sun, R.; Römhild, S.; Nakamura, Y.; Reichelt, M.; Luck, K.; Mai, D. T.; Rothe, B.; Gershenzon, J.; Giddings Vassão, D.: Multiple glutathione-S-transferases detoxify diverse glucosinolate-based defenses of Brassicales plants in a generalist lepidopteran herbivore (Spodoptera littoralis). Communications Biology 8, 931 (2025)

Fiedler, S.; Langner, M.; Oertel, R.; Giddings Vassão, D.; Nitschke, J.; Gershenzon, J.; Hundsdoerfer, A. K.: First insights into herbivore-plant interaction of the spurge hawkmoth and Euphorbia cyparissias. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 11, 1197194 (2023)

Fricke, J.; Schalk, F.; Kreuzenbeck, N. B.; Seibel, E.; Hoffmann, J.; Dittmann, G.; Conlon, B. H.; Guo, H.; de Beer, Z. W.; Giddings Vassão, D. et al.; Gleixner, G.; Poulsen, M.; Beemelmanns, C.: Adaptations of Pseudoxylaria towards a comb-associated lifestyle in fungus-farming termite colonies. The ISME Journal 17, pp. 733 - 747 (2023)

Huber, B.; Hammann, S.; Loeben, C. E.; Jha, D. K.; Giddings Vassão, D.; Larsen, T.; Spengler, R. N.; Fuller, D. Q.; Roberts, P.; Boivin, T. D. .: Biomolecular characterization of 3500-year-old ancient Egyptian mummification balms from the Valley of the Kings. Scientific Reports 13, 12477 (2023)

Sun, R.; Hong, B.; Reichelt, M.; Luck, K.; Mai, D. T.; Jiang, X.; Gershenzon, J.; Giddings Vassão, D.: Metabolism of plant-derived toxins from its insect host increases the success of the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana. The ISME Journal 17, pp. 1693 - 1704 (2023)

Guo, H.; Daniel, J.-M.; Seibel, E.; Burkhardt, I.; Conlon, B. H.; Görls, H.; Giddings Vassão, D.; Dickschat, J. S.; Poulsen, M.; Beemelmanns, C.: Insights into the metabolomic capacity of Podaxis and isolation of podaxisterols A-D, ergosterol derivatives carrying nitrosyl cyanide-erived modifications. Journal of Natural Products 85 (9), pp. 2159 - 2167 (2022)

Huber, B.; Giddings Vassão, D.; Roberts, P.; Wang, Y. V.; Larsen, T.: Chemical modification of biomarkers through accelerated degradation: Implications for ancient plant identification in archaeo-organic residues. Molecules 27 (10), 3331 (2022)

Israni, B.; Luck, K.; Römhild, S.; Raguschke, B.; Wielsch, N.; Hupfer, Y.; Reichelt, M.; Svatoš, A.; Gershenzon, J.; Giddings Vassão, D.: Alternative transcript splicing regulates UDP-glucosyltransferase-catalyzed detoxification of DIMBOA in the fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda). Scientific Reports 12, 10343 (2022)

Sontowski, R.; Guyomar, C.; Poeschl, Y.; Weinhold, A.; van Dam, N. M.; Giddings Vassão, D.: Mechanisms of isothiocyanate detoxification in larvae of two belowground herbivores, Delia radicum and D. floralis (Diptera: Anthomyiidae). Frontiers in Physiology 13, 874527 (2022)

Wang, P.; G. Vassão, D.; Raguschke, B.; Furlong, M. J.; Zalucki, M. P.: Balancing nutrients in a toxic environment: the challenge of eating. Insect Science 28 (1), pp. 289 - 303 (2022)

Chen, J.; Ullah, C.; Giddings Vassão, D.; Reichelt, M.; Gershenzon, J.; Hammerbacher, A.: Sclerotinia sclerotiorum infection triggers changes in primary and secondary metabolism in Arabidopsis thaliana. Phytopathology 111 (3), pp. 559 - 569 (2021)

Easson, M. L. A. E.; Malka, O.; Paetz, C.; Hojná, A.; Reichelt, M.; Stein, B.; van Brunschot, S.; Feldmesser, E.; Campbell, L.; Colvin, J. et al.; Winter, S.; Morin, S.; Gershenzon, J.; Giddings Vassão, D.: Activation and detoxification of cassava cyanogenic glucosides by the whitefly Bemisia tabaci. Scientific Reports 11, 13244 (2021)

Jeschke, V.; Zalucki, J. M.; Raguschke, B.; Gershenzon, J.; Heckel, D. G.; Zalucki, M. P.; Giddings Vassão, D.: So much for glucosinolates: A generalist does survive and develop on Brassicas, but at what cost? Plants 10 (5), 962 (2021)

Manivannan, A.; Israni, B.; Luck, K.; Götz, M.; Seibel, E.; Easson, M. L. A. E.; Kirsch, R.; Reichelt, M.; Stein, B.; Winter, S. et al.; Gershenzon, J.; Giddings Vassão, D.: Identification of a sulfatase that detoxifies glucosinolates in the phloem-feeding insect Bemisia tabaci and prefers indolic glucosinolates. Frontiers in Plant Science 12, 671286 (2021)

Sun, R.; Jiang, X.; Reichelt, M.; Gershenzon, J.; Giddings Vassão, D.: The selective sequestration of glucosinolates by the cabbage aphid severely impacts a predatory lacewing. Journal of Pest Science 94, pp. 1147 - 1160 (2021)

Zalucki, J. M.; Heckel, D. G.; Wang, P.; Kuwar, S.; Giddings Vassão, D.; Perkins, L.; Zalucki, M. P.: A generalist feeding on Brassicaceae: It does not get any better with selection. Plants 10 (5), 954 (2021)

Chen, J.; Ullah, C.; Reichelt, M.; Beran, F.; Yang, Z.-L.; Gershenzon, J.; Hammerbacher, A.; G. Vassão, D.: The phytopathogenic fungus Sclerotinia sclerotiorum detoxifies plant glucosinolate hydrolysis products via an isothiocyanate hydrolase. Nature Communications 11 (1), 3090 (2020)

Israni, B.; Wouters, F. C.; Luck, K.; Seibel, E.; Ahn, S.-J.; Paetz, C.; Reinert, M.; Vogel, H.; Erb, M.; Heckel, D. G. et al.; Gershenzon, J.; Giddings Vassão, D.: The fall armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda utilizes specific UDP-glycosyltransferases to inactivate maize defensive benzoxazinoids. Frontiers in Physiology 11, 604754 (2020)

Malka, O.; Easson, M. L. A. E.; Paetz, C.; Götz, M.; Reichelt, M.; Stein, B.; Luck, K.; Stanišić, A.; Juravel, K.; Santos-Garcia, D. et al.; Mondaca, L. L.; Springate, S.; Colvin, J.; Winter, S.; Gershenzon, J.; Morin, S.; Giddings Vassão, D.: Glucosylation prevents plant defense activation in phloem-feeding insects. Nature Chemical Biology 16, pp. 1429 - 1426 (2020)