Nature Reviews Immunology | Decoding bat immunity: the need for a coordinated research approach | 01/03/21 | |
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution | Phylotranscriptomic evidence for pervasive ancient hybridization among Old World salamanders | 05/02/21 | |
Forests | A Circular Chloroplast Genome of Fagus sylvatica Reveals High Conservation between Two Individuals from Germany and One Individual from Poland and an Alternate Direction of the Small Single-Copy Region | 04/02/21 | |
Planta Medica | BNO 1095, a Standardized Dry Extract from the Fruits of Vitex agnus-castus, Impairs Angiogenesis-related Endothelial Cell Functions In Vitro | 02/02/21 | |
Environmental Sciences Europe | Commercial preparations of pesticides exert higher toxicity and cause changes at subcellular level in earthworm Eisenia andrei | 02/02/21 | |
Freshwater Biology | Genetic data support local persistence in multiple glacial refugia in the montane net‐winged midge Liponeura cinerascens cinerascens (diptera, blephariceridae) | 01/02/21 | |
Molecular Ecology Resources | SambaR: an R package for fast, easy and reproducible population‐genetic analyses of biallelic SNP datasets | 29/01/21 | |
European Journal of Plant Pathology | Pseudoperonospora humuli might be an introduced species in Central Europe with low genetic diversity but high distribution potential | 28/01/21 | |
Genome Biology and Evolution | Draft Genome Assemblies and Annotations of Agrypnia VestitaWalker, and Hesperophylax Magnus Banks Reveal Substantial Repetitive Element Expansion in Tube Case-Making Caddisflies (Insecta: Trichoptera) | 27/01/21 | |
Zootaxa | A new genus and species of mud snake from Myanmar (Reptilia, Squamata, Homalopsidae) | 22/01/21 | |
frontiers in Genetics | The Pontastacus leptodactylus(Astacidae) Repeatome Provides Insight Into Genome Evolution and Reveals Remarkable Diversity of Satellite DNA | 21/01/21 | |
ACS central science | Specialized Metabolites Reveal Evolutionary History and Geographic Dispersion of a Multilateral Symbiosis | 20/01/21 | |
BMC Genomics | Reliability of genomic variants across different next-generation sequencing platforms and bioinformatic processing pipelines | 19/01/21 | |
Ecology & Evolution | NGSpeciesID: DNA barcode and amplicon consensus generation from long-read sequencing data. | 11/01/21 | |
GigaScience | Chromosome-level reference genome of the European wasp spider Argiope bruennichi: a resource for studies on range expansion and evolutionary adaptation | 07/01/21 | |
Science Advances | Gene reuse facilitates rapid radiation and independent adaptation to diverse habitats in the Asian honeybee | 18/12/20 | |
Journal of Molecular Medicine | The immunomodulatory potential of the arylmethylaminosteroid sc1o | 17/12/20 | |
Archiv für Molluskenkunde | Candidula conglomeratica sp. nov. from the northern Apennines, Italy (Gastropoda: Eupulmonata: Geomitridae) | 17/12/20 | |
Mycological Progress | Downy mildew of lavender caused by Peronospora belbahrii in Israel | 05/12/20 | |
Molecular Biology Report | Unlocking the potential of a validated Single Nucleotide Polymorphism array for genomic monitoring of trade in cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) | 04/12/20 | |
Journal of the National Science Foundation Sri Lanka | Molecular phylogeny and chromosomal evolution of endemic species of Sri Lankan Anacardiaceae | 01/12/20 | |
PlOS ONE | Avoidance behavior of juvenile common toads (Bufo bufo) in response to surface contamination by different pesticides | 30/11/20 | |
Taxon | Phylogenetic relationships and sectional delineation within Gentiana (Gentianaceae) | 29/11/20 | |
BMC Genomics | Immune challenge reduces gut microbial diversity and triggers fertility-dependent gene expression changes in a social insect | 23/11/20 | |
Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal | Enzymatic biosynthesis of B-complex vitamins is supplied by diverse microbiota in the Rhodnius prolixus anterior midgut following Trypanosoma cruzi infection | 11/11/20 | |
Science | Viewpoint: COVID-19 - Response to Vanhove et al. and Colella et al. | 13/11/20 | |
Journal of Evolutionary Biology | Little parallelism in genomic signatures of local adaptation in two sympatric, cryptic sister species | 17/11/20 | |
Evolution Letters | Genomic divergence landscape in recurrently hybridizing Chironomus sister taxa suggest stable steady state between mutual gene flow and isolation | 06/11/20 | |
BMC Evolutionary Biology | Four myriapod relatives – but who are sisters? No end to debates on relationships among the four major myriapod subgroups | 04/11/20 | |
Scientific Reports | Knowledge on exotic mosquitoes in Germany, and public acceptance and effectiveness of Bti and two self-prepared insecticides against Aedes japonicus japonicus | 03/11/20 | |
Nature Microbiology | Symbiosis, virulence and natural-product biosynthesis in entomopathogenic bacteria are regulated by a small RNA | 02/11/20 | |
Biomolecules | Identification of Feldin, an Antifungal Polyyne from the Beefsteak Fungus Fistulina hepatica | 31/10/20 | |
European Journal of Wildlife Research | Revealing the origin of wildcat reappearance after presumed long-term absence | 29/10/20 | |
Symbiosis | Metagenomic data reveal diverse fungal and algal communities associated with the lichen symbiosis | 22/10/20 | |
Critical Reviews in Plant Science | A Conceptual Framework for Designing Phylogeography and Landscape Genetic Studies | 21/10/20 | |
Gigabyte | Chromosome-level genome assembly of a benthic associated Syngnathiformes species: the common dragonet, Callionymus lyra | 20/10/20 | |
Development | Tek/Tie2 is not required for cardiovascular development in zebrafish | 12/10/20 | |
Environmental Pollution | Measuring mutagenicity in ecotoxicology: A case study of Cd exposure in Chironomus riparius | 01/10/20 | |
Journal of Conchology | Phylogeny, species-limits and taxonomic revision of otalini (Helicidae) from North-West Africa | 01/10/20 | |
Antibiotics | Anthelminthic Activity of Assassin Bug Venom against the Blood Fluke Schistosoma mansoni | 01/10/20 | |
Genome Biology and Evolution | Genome-Wide Analysis of Biosynthetic Gene Cluster Reveals Correlated Gene Loss with Absence of Usnic Acid in Lichen-Forming Fungi | 10/09/20 | |
frontiers in Pharmacology | Unraveling the Pharmacological Potential of Lichen Extracts in the Context of Cancer and Inflammation With a Broad Screening Approach | 04/09/20 | |
Science of The Total Environment | Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in raw and treated wastewater in Germany – Suitability for COVID-19 surveillance and potential transmission risks | 18.08.2020 (online) | |
Salamandra | Epidemiological screening of captive salamanders reveals current absence of Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans in private collections throughout the federal state of Hesse (Germany) | 15/08/20 | |
Current Biology | Pre-extinction Demographic Stability and Genomic Signatures of Adaptation in the Woolly Rhinoceros | 13/08/20 | |
PeerJ | High antibody titres induced by protein subunit vaccines using Mycobacterium ulcerans antigens Hsp18 and MUL_3720 with a TLR-2 agonist fail to protect against Buruli ulcer in mice | 07/08/20 | |
Nature | The tuatara genome reveals ancient features of amniote evolution | 05/08/20 | |
Philippine Journal of Systematic Biology | An overview on the biology and phylogeny of the early-diverging oomycetes | 04/08/20 | |
Chemosphere | A multigenerational approach can detect early Cd pollution in Chironomus riparius | 02.08.2020 (online) | |
Marine Drugs | Proteo-Transcriptomic Analysis Identifies Potential Novel Toxins Secreted by the Predatory, Prey-Piercing Ribbon Worm Amphiporus lactifloreus | 01/08/20 | |
Science Advances | Peptidoglycan editing provides immunity to Acinetobacter baumannii during bacterial warfare | 22/07/20 | |
frontiers in Ecology and Evolution | Climate Change Genomics Calls for Standardized Data Reporting | 21/07/20 | |
Science | Rigorous wildlife disease surveillance. A decentralized model could address global health risks associated with wildlife exploitation | 10/07/20 | |
IMA Fungus | Unambiguous identification of fungi: where do we stand and how accurate and precise is fungal DNA barcoding? | 10/07/20 | |
frontiers in Immunology | From Cancer to Immune-Mediated Diseases and Tolerance Induction: Lessons Learned From Immune Oncology and Classical Anti-cancer Treatment | 08/07/20 | |
Laborjournal (in German) | Mit dem Rucksacklabor in den Dschungel – transportable PCR- und Sequenziergeräte revolutionieren genomische Feldstudien | 07/07/20 | |
frontiers in Plant Science | The Genome of Microthlaspi erraticum (Brassicaceae) Provides Insights Into the Adaptation to Highly Calcareous Soils | 03/07/20 | |
Biomolecules | An Economic Dilemma between Molecular WeaponSystems May Explain an Arachno-Atypical Venom in Wasp Spiders (Argiope bruennichi) | 30/06/20 | |
Molecular Biology and Evolution | Interspecific gene flow and the evolution of specialisation in black and white rhinoceros | 25/06/20 | |
Proceedings of the Royal Society B, Biological Sciences | Reprograming of epigenetic mechanisms controlling host insect immunity and development in response to egg-laying by a parasitoid wasp | 10/06/20 | |
BMC Evolutionary Biology (in Englisch) | An integrative phylogenomic approach to elucidate the evolutionary history and divergence times of Neuropterida (Insecta: Holometabola) | 03/06/20 | |
GigaScience | Education in the genomics era: Generating high-quality genome assemblies in university courses | 03/06/20 | |
Genome Biology and Evolution | Sawfly genomes reveal evolutionary acquisitions that fostered the mega-radiation of parasitoid and eusocial Hymenoptera | 22/05/20 | |
G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics | Improving the Chromosome-Level Genome Assembly of the Siamese Fighting Fish (Betta splendens) in a University Master’s Courserse | 08/05/20 | |
Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine | Natural antiviral compound silvestrol modulates human monocyte-derived macrophages and dendritic cells | 06/05/20 | |
Scientific Reports | In-vitro safety and off-target profile of the anti-parasitic arylmethylaminosteroid 1o | 05/05/20 | |
Mycological Progress | Phylogeny and cultivation of the holocarpic oomycete Diatomophtora perforans comb. nov., an endoparasitoid of marine diatoms | 19/04/20 | |
Genes | MinION-Based DNA Barcoding of Preserved and Non-Invasively Collected Wildlife Samples | 18/04/20 | |
PLOS Biology | Portable sequencing as a teaching tool in conservation and biodiversity research | 16/04/20 | |
Fungal Systematics and Evolution | Bolbea parastica gen. et sp. nov., a cultivable holocarpic parasitoid of the early-diverging Saprolegniomycetes | 16/04/20 | |
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution | Formally described species woefully underrepresented phylogentic diversity in the common lichen photobiont genus Trebouxia (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta): An impetus for developing an intergrated taxonomy | 12/04/20 | |
Molecular Plant Microbe Interactions | The Genome of Peronospora belbahrii Reveals High Heterozygosity, a Low Number of Canonical Effectors and CT-Rich Promotors | 01/04/20 | |
Plant Cell & Environment | Adjustment of photosynthetic activity to drought and fluctuating light in wheat | 16/03/20 | |
Genome Biology and Evolution | What is in Umbilicaria pustulata? A metagenomic approach to reconstruct the holo-genome of a lichen | 12/03/20 | |
Mycologia | Multiple evolutionary origins of sequestrate species in the agaricoid genus Chlorophyllum | 09/03/20 | |
Fungal Systematics and Evolution | Two new species of the Peronospora balbahrii speces complex, Pe. choii sp. nov. and Pe. salviae-pratensis sp. nov., and a new host for Pe. salviae-officinalis | 03/03/20 | |
Nature Biotechnology | Engineering bacterial symbionts of nematodes improves their biocontrol potential of the western corn rootworm | 17/02/20 | |
G3: Genes|Genomes|Genetics | A high-quality genome assembly from short and long reads for the non-biting midge Chironomus riparius (Diptera) | 14/02/20 | |
Biofilms and Microbiomes | The insect antimicrobial peptide cecropin A disrupts uropathogenic Escherichia coli biofilms | 12/02/20 | |
Development Genes and Evolution | High-throughput sequencing for community analysis: the promise of DNA barcoding to uncover diversity, relatedness, abundances and interactions in spider communities | 10/02/20 | |
Conservation Genetics | Range-wide patterns of human-mediated hybridisation in European wildcats | 25/01/20 | |
Evolution Letters | Evolutionary genomics can improve prediction of species’ responses to climate change | 14/01/20 | |
Molecular Ecology Resources | Applying genomic data in wildlife monitoring: Development guidelines for genotyping degraded samples with reduced single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) panels | 10/01/20 | |
Molecular Ecology | Genomic processes underlying rapid adaptation of a natural Chironimus riparius population to unintendedly applied experimental selection pressures | 30/12/19 | |
Scientific Reports | Phenylethylamides derived from bacterial secondary metabolites specifically inhibit an insect serotonin receptor | 30/12/19 | |
Microorganisms | Tissue- and population-level microbiome analysis of the wasp spider Argiope bruennichi identified a novel dominant bacterial symbiont | 19/12/19 | |
Toxins | Proteo-Transcriptomic Characterization of the Venom from the Endoparasitoid Wasp Pimpla turionellae with Aspects on Its Biology and Evolution | 10/12/19 | |
Pest Management Science | Global occurrence data improve potential distribution models for Aedes japonicus japonicus in non-native regions | 09/12/19 | |
Infection and Immunity | Vaccine-specific immune responses against Mycobacterium ulcerans infection in a low-dose murine challenge model | 09/12/19 | |
PNAS | Efficient nonenzymatic cyclization and domain shuffling drive pyrrolopyrazine diversity from truncated variants of a fungal NRPS | 04/12/19 | |
Genome Biology and Evolution | Annotated draft genomes of two caddisfly species Plectrocnemia conspersa CURTIS and Hydropsyche tenuis NAVAS (Insecta: Trichoptera) | 27/11/19 | |
Ecology and Evolution | Abdominal microbial communities in ants depend on colony membership rather than caste and are linked to colony productivity | 14/11/19 | |
ChemBioChem | New vocabulary for bacterial communication | 11/11/19 | |
PeerJ | Vector distribution and transmission risk of the Zika virus in South and Central America | 07/11/19 | |
Ecological Applications | Combining environmental DNA and species distribution modeling to evaluate reintroduction success of a freshwater fish | 04/11/19 | |
Angewandte Chemie International Edition | Promoter activation in Δhfq mutants as an efficient tool for specialized metabolite production enabling direct bioactivity testing | 06/11/19 | |
Nature Communications | The oomycete Lagenisma coscinodisci hijacks host alkaloid synthesis during infection of a marine diatom | 30/10/19 | |
Genes | Genetic Biomonitoring and Biodiversity Assessment Using Portable Sequencing Technologies: Current Uses and Future Directions | 29/10/19 | |
Nature Microbiology | CRAGE enables rapid activation of biosynthetic gene clusters in undomesticated bacteria | 14/10/19 | |
Journal of Natural History | Noninvasive DNA sampling and camera trapping suggest dramatic regional conservation status of an understudied carnivore: the Rüppell’s fox in Tunisia | 05/09/19 | |
Molecular Ecology | Host And Geography Together Drive Early Adaptive Radiation Of Hawaiian Planthoppers | 04/09/19 | |
Toxins | Phylogeny-Guided Selection of Priority Groups for Venom Bioprospecting: Harvesting Toxin Sequences in Tarantulas as a Case Study | 25/08/19 | |
Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases | Antibacterial and antifungal activity of defensins from the Australian paralysis tick, Ixodes holocyclus | 16/08/19 | |
The Journal of Organic Chemistry | (±) Alternarlactones A and B, Two Antiparasitic Alternariol-like Dimers from the Fungus Alternaria alternata P1210 Isolated from the Halophyte Salicornia sp. | 14/08/19 | |
Molecular Biology and Evolution | Parallel evolution of complex centipede venoms revealed by comparative proteotranscriptomic analyses | 08/08/19 | |
Molecular Ecology | Conservation genetics: linking science with practice | 07/08/19 | |
The FEBS Journal | Functional analysis of natural PCSK9 mutants in modern and archaic humans | 06/08/19 | |
New Phytologist | An evolutionary framework for host shifts – jumping ships for survival | 05/08/19 | |
Genome Biology and Evolution | Hybrid genome assembly of a neotropical mutualistic ant | 22/07/19 | |
Zoosymposia | Gene expression profiling in the aquatic caddisfly larvae Micropterna lateralis (Insecta: Trichoptera) in relation to stream drying | 15/07/19 | |
The ISME Journal | Microbe-driven chemical ecology: past, present and future | 09/07/19 | |
GigaScience | Toxins from scratch? Diverse, multimodal gene origins in the predatory robber fly Dasypogon diadema indicate a dynamic venom evolution in dipteran insects | 09/07/19 | |
Molecular Biology and Evolution | Advances and Applications in the Quest for Orthologs | 26/06/19 | |
IMA Fungus | A glimpse into the biogeography, seasonality, and ecological functions of arctic marine Oomycota | 20/06/19 | |
Nature Chemistry | Modification and de novo design of non-ribosomal peptide synthetases using specific assembly points within condensation domains | 10/06/19 | |
Royal Society Open Science | Leishmaniasis in Eurasia and Africa: geographical distribution of vector species and pathogens | 22/05/19 | |
Environmental Microbiology | Cyclo(tetrahydroxybutyrate) production is sufficient to distinguish between Xenorhabdus and Photorhabdus isolates in Thailand | 18/05/19 | |
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution | The significance of comparative genomics in modern evolutionary venomics | 09/05/19 | |
Molecular Ecology | DNA metabarcoding – Need for robust experimental designs to draw sound ecological conclusions | 29/04/19 | |
Parasitology Research | The Drosophila melanogaster antimicrobial peptides Mtk-1 and Mtk-2 are active against the malarial parasite Plasmodium falciparum | 18/04/19 | |
Helgoland Marine Research | Dual culture of the oomycete Lagenisma coscinodisci Drebes and Coscinodiscus diatoms as a model for plankton/parasite interactions | 16/04/19 | |
Mitochondrial DNA Part B | The complete mitochondrial genome of the hymenopteran hunting robber fly Dasypogon diadema | 15/04/19 | |
Mycological Progress | Saprotrophic yeasts formerly classified as Pseudozyma have retained a large effector arsenal, including functional Pep1 orthologs | 15/04/19 | |
Nature Ecology & Evolution | Dynamic evolutionary history and gene content of sex chromosomes across diverse songbirds | 01/04/19 | |
Fungal Systematics and Evolution | Revisiting Salisapiliaceae | 22/03/19 | |
Nature Chemical Biology | Dual phenazine gene clusters enable diversification during biosynthesis | 18/03/19 | |
GigaScience | Nanopore sequencing of long ribosomal DNA amplicons enables portable and simple biodiversity assessments with high phylogenetic resolution across broad taxonomic scale | 02/03/19 | |
Current Biology | Microbiota Protects against Infection via Production of a Cyclic Lipopeptide of the Viscosin Group | 28/02/19 | |
Flora | Out of Transcaucasia: Origin of Western and Central Palearctic populations of Microthlaspi perfoliatum | 27/02/19 | |
Parasitology Research | Aedes koreicus– a new member of the genus Aedes establishing in Germany? | 08/02/19 | |
Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution | The conspicuous postmetamorphic coloration of fire salamanders, but not their toxicity, is affected by larval background albedo | 06/02/19 | |
Genome Biology and Evolution | Whole-genome sequence data uncover widespread heterothallism in a largest group of lichen-forming fungi | 04/02/19 | |
Nature Scientific Reports | Role of ceramide synthase 2 in G-CSF signaling and G-CSF-R translocation into detergent-resistant membranes | 24/01/19 | |
Mobile DNA | Retrophylogenomics in rorquals indicate large ancestral population sizes and a rapid radiation | 22/01/19 | |
Genome Biology and Evolution | The evolutionary traceability of a protein | 21/01/19 | |
Clinical and Experimental Immunology | Immunogenicity assay development and validation for biological therapy as exemplified by ustekinumab | 17/01/19 | |
Bioinformatics and Biology Insights | HEATSTER: A Database and Web Server for Identification and Classification of Heat Stress Transcription Factors in Plants | 15/01/19 | |
News item in Molecules | Biosynthetic Gene Content of the ‘Perfume Lichens’ Evernia prunastri and Pseudevernia furfuracea | 08/01/19 | |
Nature Microbiology | Neofunctionalization of the secreted Tin2 effector in the fungal pathogen Ustilago maydis | 03/12/18 | |
Biological Invasions | eDNA-based crayfish plague detection as practical tool for biomonitoring and risk assessment of A. astaci-positive crayfish populations | 21/11/18 | |
Ecology & Evolution | Transcriptomic responses to predator kairomones in embryos of the aquatic snail Radix balthica | 17/10/18 | |
Trends in Ecology & Evolution on ScienceDirect | Environmental DNA Time Series in Ecology | 09/10/18 | |
News item in Trends in Microbiology | Refining the Natural Product Repertoire in Entomopathogenic Bacteria | 01/10/18 | |
Mammalion Biology | Genetic diversity of the genus Vulpes (Red fox and Fennec fox) in Tunisia based on mitochondrial DNA and noninvasive DNA sampling | 26/09/18 | |
Conservation Genetics Resources | An environmental DNA assay for the detection of the regionally endangered freshwater fish Alburnoides bipunctatus in Germany | 08/09/18 | |
Molecular Ecology Resources | Accuracy, limitations and cost efficiency of eDNA‐based community survey in tropical frogs | 29/08/18 | |
Toxins | Studying Smaller and Neglected Organisms in Modern Evolutionary Venomics Implementing RNASeq (Transcriptomics) | 16/07/18 | |
IMA Fungus | Ten reasons why a sequence-based nomenclature is not useful for fungi anytime soon | 28/05/19 | |
GigaScience | A reference genome of the European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) | 28/05/18 | |
Science Advances | Whole-genome sequencing of the blue whale and other rorquals finds signatures for introgressive gene flow | 04/04/18 | |