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2021

• Demandt, N., Bierbach, D., Kurvers, R.H., Krause, J., Kurtz, J. and Scharsack, J.P., 2021. Parasite infection impairs the shoaling behaviour of uninfected shoal members under predator attack. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 75(11), pp.1-13. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-021-03080-7
• Gati, N.S., Altinok, O.A., Kumar, S., Ferrando, V.A., Kurtz, J., Quante, M., Ludwig, S. and Mellmann, A., 2021. Integrating Evolutionary Aspects into Dual-Use Discussion: The Cases of Influenza Virus and Enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli. Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/emph/eoab034.
• Anaya-Rojas, J. M., Bassar, R. D., Potter, T., Blanchette, A., Callahan, S., Framstead, N., Reznick, D., & Travis, J. 2021. The evolution of size-dependent competitive interactions promotes species coexistence. Journal of Animal Ecology, 90, 2704– 2717. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13577.
• Moran, N.P., Caspers, B.A., Chakarov, N., Ernst, U.R., Fricke, C., Kurtz, J., Lilie, N.D., Lo, L.K., Müller, C., Takola, E. and Trimmer, P.C., 2021. Shifts between cooperation and antagonism driven by individual variation: A systematic synthesis review. Oikos. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.08201
• Krüger, O., Anaya-Rojas, J., Caspers, B., Chakarov, N., Elliot-Graves, A., Fricke, C., Gadau, J., Gossmann, T., Hoffman, J., Kaiser, M.I. and Kaiser, S., Individualised niches: an integrative conceptual framework across behaviour, ecology, and evolution. DOI: https://doi.org/10.32942/osf.io/7h5xq
• Vommaro, M.L., Kurtz, J. and Giglio, A., 2021. Morphological Characterisation of Haemocytes in the Mealworm Beetle Tenebrio molitor (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae). Insects, 12(5), p.423. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/insects12050423
• Desjardins, E., Kurtz, J., Kranke, N., Lindeza, A. and Richter, S.H., 2021. Beyond Standardization: Improving External Validity and Reproducibility in Experimental Evolution. BioScience, 71(5), pp.543-552. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biab008
• Lindeza, A.S., Barth, K., Kurtz, J. and Zanchi, C., 2021. A Gene Knock-Down Approach in Tribolium castaneum to Study Survival and Priming Towards Bacillus thuringiensis var. tenebrionis. DOI: 10.20944/preprints202101.0531.v2
• Trappes, R., Nematipour, B., Kaiser, M.I., Krohs, U., van Benthem, K.J., Ernst, U., Gadau, J., Korsten, P., Kurtz, J., Schielzeth, H. and Schmoll, T., 2021. How Individualized Niches Arise: Mechanisms of Niche Construction, Niche Choice, and Niche Conformance. DOI: https://doi.org/10.32942/osf.io/wahcy.
• Warren, W.C., Boggs, T.E., Borowsky, R., Carlson, B.M.,.. Peuß R., et al. 2021. A chromosome-level genome of Astyanax mexicanus surface fish for comparing population-specific genetic differences contributing to trait evolution. Nature communications, 12(1), pp.1-12. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21733-z.
• Lo, L.K., Reshma, R., Tewes, L.J., Milutinović, B., Müller, C. and Kurtz, J., 2021. Immune stimulation alters chemical profiles of Tribolium castaneum. bioRxiv. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.03.23.436617.
• Zanchi, C., Lo, L.K., Reshma, R., Moritz, I., Kurtz, J. and Müller, C., 2021. Survival of the Sawfly Athalia rosae Upon Infection by an Entomopathogenic Fungus and in Relation to Clerodanoid Uptake. Frontiers in physiology, 12. DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3389%2Ffphys.2021.637617.
• Xiong, S., Wang, W., Kenzior, A., Olsen, L., Krishnan, J., Persons, J., Medley, K., Peuss, R., Wang, Y., Chen, S. and Zhang, N., 2021. Enhanced lipogenesis through Pparγ helps cavefish adapt to food scarcity. bioRxiv. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.04.27.441667.
• Schröder, N.C., Korša, A., Wami, H., Dobrindt, U. and Kurtz, J., 2021. Serial passage of the human probiotic E. coli Nissle 1917 in an insect host leads to changed bacterial phenotypes. bioRxiv. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.01.04.425298.
• Scharsack, J.P., Wieczorek, B., Schmidt‐Drewello, A., Büscher, J., Franke, F., Moore, A., Branca, A., Witten, A., Stoll, M., Bornberg‐Bauer, E. and Wicke, S., 2021. Climate change facilitates a parasite’s host exploitation via temperature‐mediated immunometabolic processes. Global Change Biology, 27(1), pp.94-107. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15402.
• Schulz, N.K., Diddens-de Buhr, M.F. and Kurtz, J., 2021. Paternal knockdown of tRNA (cytosine-5-)-methyltransferase (Dnmt2) increases offspring susceptibility to infection in flour beetles. bioRxiv, p.422063. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1101/422063.
• Medley, J.K., Persons, J., Biswas, T., Olsen, L., Peuß, R., Krishnan, J., Xiong, S. and Rohner, N., 2021. Resilience in a Natural Model of Metabolic Dysfunction Through Changes in Longevity and Ageing-Related Metabolites. bioRxiv, pp.2020-10. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.10.27.358077.

2020

• Franke, F., Armitage, S.A., Kutzer, M.A., Kurtz, J. and Scharsack, J.P., 2020. How temperature influences the fitness of fish and their tapeworm parasites. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-113104/v1.
• Leal, M.C., Anaya-Rojas, J.M., Munro, M.H., Blunt, J.W., Melian, C.J., Calado, R. and Lürig, M.D., 2020. Fifty years of capacity building in the search for new marine natural products. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(39), pp.24165-24172. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2007610117.
• Demandt, N., Praetz, M., Kurvers, R.H., Krause, J., Kurtz, J. and Scharsack, J.P., 2020. Parasite infection disrupts escape behaviours in fish shoals. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 287(1938), p.20201158. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2020.1158.
• Zanchi, C., Lindeza, A.S. and Kurtz, J., 2020. Comparative Mortality and Adaptation of a Smurf Assay in Two Species of Tenebrionid Beetles Exposed to Bacillus thuringiensis. Insects, 11(4), p.261. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/insects11040261.
• Ng, T.H. and Kurtz, J., 2020. Dscam in immunity: a question of diversity in insects and crustaceans. Developmental & Comparative Immunology, 105, p.103539. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dci.2019.103539.

2019

• Ferro K, Peuß R, Yang W, Rosenstiel P, Schulenburg H, Kurtz J. 2019. ‘Experimental evolution of immunological specificity.’ Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1904828116.
• Franke F, Raifarth N, Kurtz J, Scharsack J. 2019. ‘Consequences of divergent temperature optima in a host–parasite system.’ Oikos 128. doi: 10.1111/oik.05864.
• Kutyrev I, Franke F, Kurtz J, Scharsack J. 2019. ‘In vitro effects of the neuroactive substances serotonin and γ-aminobutyric acid on leucocytes from sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus).’ Fish and Shellfish Immunology 87: 286-296. doi: 10.1016/j.fsi.2019.01.022.
• Kutzer MAM, Kurtz J, Armitage SAO. 2019. ‘A multi-faceted approach testing the effects of previous bacterial exposure on resistance and tolerance.’ Journal of Animal Ecology 88. doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.12953.
• Schulz NKE, Sell MP, Ferro K, Kleinhölting N, Kurtz J. 2019. ‘Transgenerational Developmental Effects of Immune Priming in the Red Flour Beetle Tribolium castaneum.’ Frontiers in Physiology 10, No. 98. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2019.00098.

2018

• Demandt N, Saus B, Kurvers RHJM, Krause J, Kurtz J, Scharsack JP. 2018. ‘Parasite-infected sticklebacks increase the risk-taking behaviour of uninfected group members.’ PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES 285, No. 1881. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2018.0956.
• Kutzer MAM, Kurtz J, Armitage SAO. 2018. ‘Genotype and diet affect resistance, survival, and fecundity but not fecundity tolerance.’ JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY 31, No. 1: 159-171. doi: 10.1111/jeb.13211.
• Rahn AK, Vitt S, Drolshagen L, Scharsack JP, Rick IP, Bakker TCM. 2018. ‘Parasitic infection of the eye lens affects shoaling preferences in three-spined stickleback.’ Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 123, No. 2: 377-387. doi: 10.1093/biolinnean/blx155.
• Schulz NKE, Diddens-de Buhr MF, Kurtz J. 2018. ‘Paternal knockdown of Dnmt2 increases offspring susceptibility to bacterial infection.’ bioRxiv 2018: 422063.
• Schulz NKE, Wagner CI, Ebeling J, Raddatz G, Diddens-de Buhr MF, Lyko F, Kurtz J. 2018. ‘Dnmt1 has an essential function despite the absence of CpG DNA methylation in the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum.’ SCIENTIFIC REPORTS 8. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-34701-3.
• Wohlleben AM, Franke F, Hamley M, Kurtz J, Scharsack JP. 2018. ‘Early stages of infection of three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) with the cestode Schistocephalus solidus.’ JOURNAL OF FISH DISEASES 41, No. 11: 1701-1708. doi: 10.1111/jfd.12876.

2017

• Armitage SAO, Kurtz J, Brites D, Dong Y, Du Pasquier L, Wang HC. 2017. ‘Dscam1 in pancrustacean immunity: Current status and a look to the future.’ Frontiers in Immunology 8. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2017.00662.
• Catania F., Krohs U., Chittò M., Ferro D., Ferro K., Lepennetier G., Görtz H., Schreiber R., Kurtz J., Gadau J. 2017. ‘The hologenome concept: we need to incorporate function.’ Theory in Biosciences 136: 89-98. doi: 10.1007/s12064-016-0240-z.
• Evison SEF, Gallagher JD, Thompson JWJ, Siva-Jothy MT, Armitage SAO. 2017. ‘Cuticular colour reflects underlying architecture and is affected by a limiting resource.’ Journal of Insect Physiology 98: 7-13. doi: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2016.11.005.
• Ferro K, Ferro D, Corra F, Bakiu R, Santovito G, Kurtz J. 2017. ‘Cu,Zn Superoxide Dismutase Genes in Tribolium castaneum: Evolution, Molecular Characterisation, and Gene Expression during Immune Priming.’ FRONTIERS IN IMMUNOLOGY 8. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2017.01811.
• Franke F, Armitage SAO, Kutzer MAM, Kurtz J & Scharsack JP (2017) 'Environmental temperature variation interferes with fitness trade-offs and tolerance in a host-parasite interaction.' Parasites & Vectors 10:252. DOI 10.1186/s13071-017-2192-7
• Futo M, Sell MP, Kutzer MAM, Kurtz J. 2017. ‘Specificity of oral immune priming in the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum.’ BIOLOGY LETTERS 13, No. 12. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2017.0632.
• Greenwood J., Milutinović B., Peuß R., Behrens S., Esser D., Rosenstiel P., Schulenburg H., Kurtz J. 2017. ‘Oral immune priming with Bacillus thuringiensis induces a shift in the gene expression of Tribolium castaneum larvae.’ BMC Genomics 18, No. 1. doi: 10.1186/s12864-017-3705-7.
• Hamley M, Franke F, Kurtz J, Scharsack JP (2017) 'An experimental approach to the immuno-modulatory basis of host-parasite local adaptation in tapeworm-infected sticklebacks. Experimental Parasitology.' DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2017.03.004
• Kurtz J, Armitage SAO. 2017. ‘Dissecting the dynamics of trans-generational immune priming.’ MOLECULAR ECOLOGY 26, No. 15: 3857-3859. doi: 10.1111/mec.14190.
• Longdon B., Day J. P., Schulz N., Leftwich P. T., de Jong M. A., Breuker C. J., Gibbs M, Obbard DJ, Wilfert L, Smith SCL, McGoingle JE, Houslay TM, Wright LI, Livraghi L, Evans LC, Friend LA, Chapman T, Vontas J, Kambouraki N, Jiggins F. M. (2017). Vertically transmitted rhabdoviruses are found across three insect families and have dynamic interactions with their hosts. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 2017;284(1847):20162381. doi:10.1098/rspb.2016.2381.
• Lugert V, Meyer EI, Kurtz J, Scharsack JP. 2017. ‘Effects of an anthropogenic saltwater inlet on three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) (Teleostei: Gasterosteidae) and their parasites in an inland brook.’ EUROPEAN ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL 84, No. 1: 444-456. doi: 10.1080/24750263.2017.1356386.
• Nikolova D, Weber D, Scholz M, Bald T, Scharsack JP, Hippler M (2017) 'Temperature induced remodeling of the photosynthetic machinery tunes photosynthesis in a thermophyllic alga.' Plant Physiology Vol. 174, pp. 35–46, pp.00110.2017 doi: 10.1104/pp.17.00110
• Talarico M., Seifert F., Lange J., Sachser N., Kurtz J., Scharsack J. 2017. ‘Specific manipulation or systemic impairment? Behavioural changes of three-spined sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus) infected with the tapeworm Schistocephalus solidus.’ Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 71, No. 2. doi: 10.1007/s00265-017-2265-9.
• Valverde J., Eggert H., Kurtz J., Schielzeth H. 2017. ‘Condition-dependence and sexual ornamentation: Effects of immune challenges on a highly sexually dimorphic grasshopper.’ Insect Science null, No. null. doi: 10.1111/1744-7917.12448. [In Press]
• Vitt S, Rahn AK, Drolshagen L, Bakker TCM, Scharsack JP, Rick IP (2017) 'Enhanced ambient UVB light affects growth, body condition and the investment in innate and adaptive immunity in three-spined sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus)' Aquatic Ecology DOI 10.1007/s10452-017-9632-5

2016

• Armitage SAO, Brites D. 2016. ‘The immune-related roles and the evolutionary history of Dscam in arthropods.’ In The evolution of the immune system: Conservation and diversification, edited by Malagoli D (Ed.): , 241-274.
• Armitage SAO, Fernández-Marín H, Boomsma JJ, Wcislo WT. 2016. ‘Slowing them down will make them lose: a role for attine ant crop fungus in defending pupae against infections?’ Journal of Animal Ecology Online Early. doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.12543.
• Catania F., Krohs U., Chittò M., Ferro D., Ferro K. et al. 2016. ‘The hologenome concept: we need to incorporate function.’ Theory in Biosciences null, No. null: 1-10. doi: 10.1007/s12064-016-0240-z. [In Press]
• Coustau C., Kurtz J., Moret Y. 2016. ‘A Novel Mechanism of Immune Memory Unveiled at the Invertebrate-Parasite Interface.’ Trends in Parasitology (2016) 32(5). doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2016.02.005.
• Futo M, Armitage SAO, Kurtz J. 2016. ‘Microbiota plays a role in oral immune priming in Tribolium castaneum.’ Frontiers in Microbiology 6. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.01383.
• Haase D., Rieger J., Witten A., Stoll M., Bornberg-Bauer E. et al. 2016. ‘Comparative transcriptomics of stickleback immune gene responses upon infection by two helminth parasites, Diplostomum pseudospathaceum and Schistocephalus solidus.’ Zoology 119, No. 4: 307-313. doi: 10.1016/j.zool.2016.05.005.
• Haase D., Rieger J., Witten A., Stoll M., Bornberg-Bauer E., Kalbe M., Schmidt-Drewello A., Scharsack J., Reusch T. 2016. ‘Comparative transcriptomics of stickleback immune gene responses upon infection by two helminth parasites, Diplostomum pseudospathaceum and Schistocephalus solidus.’ Zoology 119, No. 4: 307-313. doi: 10.1016/j.zool.2016.05.005.
• Kurtz J, Schulenburg H, Reusch TBH. 2016. ‘Host–parasite coevolution—Rapid reciprocal adaptation and its genetic basis.’ Zoology 119. doi: 10.1016/j.zool.2016.06.011.
• Kutzer MAM & Armitage SAO (2016) The effect of diet and time after bacterial infection on fecundity, resistance, and tolerance in Drosophila melanogaster. Ecology and Evolution. Online Early. doi:10.1002/ece3.2185.
• Kutzer MAM & Armitage SAO (2016) Maximising fitness in the face of parasites: a review of host tolerance. Zoology. In Press. doi:10.1016/j.zool.2016.05.011
• Milutinović B, Peuß R, Ferro K, Kurtz J (2016) Immune priming in arthropods: an update focusing on the red flour beetle. Zoology. In Press. doi:10.1016/j.zool.2016.03.006
• Milutinovic B, Kurtz J. 2016. ‘Immune memory in invertebrates.’ Seminars in Immunology 28. doi: 10.1016/j.smim.2016.05.004.
• Peuß R, Wensing KU, Woestmann L,  Eggert H, Milutinović B, Sroka MGU, Scharsack JP, Kurtz J, Armitage SAO (2016) Down syndrome cell adhesion molecule 1: testing for a role in insect immunity, behaviour and reproduction. Published online: 20 April 2016. doi: 10.1098/rsos.160138.
• Scharsack JP, Franke F, Erin NI, Kuske A, Büscher J, Stolz H, Samonte IE, Kurtz J, Kalbe M 2016. ‘Effects of environmental variation on host–parasite interaction in three-spined sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus).’ Zoology 119. doi: 10.1016/j.zool.2016.05.008.
• Schmidt-Drewello A., Riss H., Scharsack J., Meyer E. 2016. ‘Relative benefit of the invasive Echinogammarus berilloni (Catta, 1878) over native gammarids under fish predation (Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus, 1758).’Aquatic Ecology 50, No. 1: 75-85. doi: 10.1007/s10452-015-9555-y.

2015

• Armitage SAO, Peuß R, Kurtz J, 2015. ‘Dscam and pancrustacean immune memory - A review of the evidence.’ Developmental and Comparative Immunology 48: 315–323. doi: 10.1016/j.dci.2014.03.004.
• Ballarin L., Du Pasquier L., Rinkevich B., Kurtz J. 2015. ‘Evolutionary aspects of allorecognition.’ Invertebrate Survival Journal 12: 233-236.
• Eggert H, Diddens-de Buhr MF, Kurtz J, 2015. ‘A temperature shock can lead to trans-generational immune priming in the Red Flour Beetle, Tribolium castaneum.’ Ecology and Evolution 2015: 1-9. doi: 10.1002/ece3.1443.
• Haase D., Rieger J., Witten A., Stoll M., Bornberg-Bauer E., Kalbe M., Schmidt-Drewello A., Scharsack J., Reusch T.less 2015. ‘Comparative transcriptomics of stickleback immune gene responses upon infection by two helminth parasites, Diplostomum pseudospathaceum and Schistocephalus solidus.’ Zoology null, No. null. doi: 10.1016/j.zool.2016.05.005.
• Masri L, Branca A, Sheppard AE, Papkou A, Laehnemann D, Guenther PS, Prahl S, Saebelfeld M, Hollensteiner J, Liesegang H, Brzuszkiewicz E, Daniel R, Michiels NK, Schulte RD, Kurtz J, Rosenstiel P, Telschow A, Bornberg-Bauer E, Schulenburg H, 2015. Host–Pathogen Coevolution: The Selective Advantage of Bacillus thuringiensis Virulence and Its Cry Toxin Genes. PLoS Biology 13: e1002169. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1002169
• Milutinović B., Höfling C., Futo M., Scharsack J., Kurtz J. 2015. ‘Infection of Tribolium castaneum with Bacillus thuringiensis: Quantification of bacterial replication within cadavers, transmission via cannibalism, and inhibition of spore germination.’ Applied and Environmental Microbiology 81, No. 23: 8135-8144. doi: 10.1128/AEM.02051-15.
• Peuß R., Eggert H., Armitage S. A. O. und Kurtz J, 2015. Downregulation of the evolutionary capacitor Hsp90 is mediated by social cues. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2015.2041

2014

• Armitage SA, Sun W, You X, Kurtz J, Schmucker D, Chen W. 2014. ‘Quantitative Profiling of Drosophila melanogaster Dscam1 Isoforms Reveals No Changes in Splicing after Bacterial Exposure.’ PloS one 9, No. 10: e108660. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0108660.
• Behrens S, Peuß R, Milutinović B, Eggert H, Esser D, Rosenstiel P, Schulenburg H, Bornberg-Bauer E, Kurtz J. 2014. ‘Infection routes matter in population-specific responses of the red flour beetle to the entomopathogen Bacillus thuringiensis..’ BMC Genomics 15: 445. doi: 10.1186/1471-2164-15-445.
• Dittmar J, Janssen H, Kuske A, Kurtz J, Scharsack JP. 2014. ‘Heat and immunity: An experimental heat wave alters immune functions in three-spined sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus).’ Journal of Animal Ecology 83, No. 4: 744-757. doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.12175.
• Eggert H, Kurtz J, Diddens-de Buhr MF. 2014. ‘Different effects of paternal trans-generational immune priming on survival and immunity in step and genetic offspring..’ Proceedings. Biological sciences / The Royal Society 281, No. 1797. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2014.2089.
• Franke F, Rahn AK, Dittmar J, Erin N, Rieger JK, Haase D, Samonte-Padilla IE, Lange J, Jakobsen PJ, Hermida M, Fernandez C, Kurtz J, Bakker TCM, Reusch TBH, Kalbe M, Scharsack JP 2014. ‘Invitro leukocyte response of three-spined sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus) to helminth parasite antigens.’ Fish and Shellfish Immunology 36, No. 1: 130-140. doi: 10.1016/j.fsi.2013.10.019.
• Joop G, Roth O, Schmid-Hempel P, Kurtz J 2014. ‘Experimental evolution of external immune defences in the red flour beetle.’ Journal of Evolutionary Biology 27, No. 8: 1562-1571. doi: 10.1111/jeb.12406.
• Kutyrev IA, Franke F, Büscher J, Kurtz J, Scharsack JP. 2014. ‘In vitro effects of prostaglandin E2 on leucocytes from sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus) infected and not infected with the cestode Schistocephalus solidus..’ Fish & shellfish immunology 41: 4473-481. doi: 10.1016/j.fsi.2014.09.031.
• Kurtz J, Heiming R. 2014. „Krankheit und Evolution.“ In wissen.leben.ethik, herausgegeben von Ach Johann S., Lüttenberg Beate, Quante Michael, 193-201. Münster: mentis.
• Milutinović B, Fritzlar S, Kurtz J. 2014. ‘Increased Survival in the Red Flour Beetle after Oral Priming with Bacteria-Conditioned Media.’ J Innate Immun 6, No. 3: 306-314. doi: 10.1159/000355211.

2013

• Milutinovic B, Stolpe C, Peuß R, Armitage SAO, Kurtz J. 2013. ‘The red flour beetle as a model for bacterial oral infections.’ PLoS One 8. doi: 10.1371.
• Scharsack J.P., Gossens A., Franke F., Kurtz J. 2013. ‘Excretory products of the cestode, Schistocephalus solidus, modulate invitro responses of leukocytes from its specific host, the three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus).’ Fish and Shellfish Immunology 35, No. 6: 1779-1787. doi: 10.1016/j.fsi.2013.08.029.

2012

• Armitage SA, Freiburg RY, Kurtz J, Bravo IG. 2012. ‘The evolution of Dscam genes across the arthropods..’ BMC evolutionary biology 12: 53. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-12-53.
• Scharsack JP, Schweyen H, Schmidt AM, Dittmar J, Reusch TBH, Kurtz J. 2012. ‘Population genetic dynamics of three-spined sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus) in anthropogenic altered habitats.’ ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION 2, No. 6: 1122-1143. doi: 10.1002/ece3.232.
• Armitage SAO, Fernández-Marín H, Wcislo WT, Boomsma JJ. 2012. ‘An evaluation of the possible adaptive function of fungal brood covering by attine ants.’ Evolution 66, No. 6: 1966-1975. doi: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2011.01568.x.
• Jakobsen PJ, Scharsack JP, Hammerschmidt K, Deines P, Kalbe M, Milinski M. 2012. ‘In vitro transition of Schistocephalus solidus (Cestoda) from coracidium to procercoid and from procercoid to plerocercoid.’  EXPERIMENTAL PARASITOLOGY 130, No. 3: 267-273. doi: 10.1016/j.exppara.2011.09.009.
• Roth O., Klein V., Beemelmanns A., Scharsack J.P., Reusch T.B.H. 2012. ‘Male pregnancy and biparental immune priming.’ American Naturalist 180, No. 6: 802-814. doi: 10.1086/668081.

2011

• Armitage SAO, Broch JF, Marín HF, Nash DR, Boomsma JJ. 2011. ‘Immune defense in leaf-cutting ants: A cross-fostering approach.’ Evolution 65, No. 6: 1791-1799. doi: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2011.01241.x.
• Boughton RK, Joop G, Armitage SAO. 2011. ‘Outdoor immunology: methodological considerations for ecologists.’ Functional Ecology 25, No. 1: 81-100. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2010.01817.x.
• Armitage SAO, Broch J, Fernández Marín H, Nash DR & Boomsma JJ. 2011. ‘Immune defence in leaf-cutting ants: a cross-fostering approach.’ Evolution 65, No. 6: 1791-1799. doi: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2011.01241.x.
• Samonte-Padilla IE, Eizaguirre C, Scharsack JP, Lenz TL, Milinski M. 2011. ‘Induction of gynogenesis in an evolutionary genomic supermodel, the three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus).’ BMC Developmental Biology 11: 55.
• Roth O, Scharsack JP, Keller I, Reusch TBH. 2011. ‘Bateman’s principle and immunity in a sex-role reversed pipefish.’ Journal of Evolutionary Biology 24: 1410-1420. doi: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2011.02273.x.
• Kiron V, Puangkaew J, Panigrahi A, Scharsack JP, Satoh S. 2011. ‘Antioxidant and immune defenses of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) offered plant oils differing in fatty acid profiles from early stages.’  Aquaculture Nutrition 17: 130-140. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2095.2009.00715.x.

2010

• Roth O, Kurtz J, Reusch TBH. 2010. ‘A summer heat wave decreases the immunocompetence of the mesograzer, Idotea baltica.’ MARINE BIOLOGY 157, No. 7: 1605-1611. doi: 10.1007/s00227-010-1433-5.
• Roth O, Joop G, Eggert H, Hilbert J, Daniel J, Schmid-Hempel P, Kurtz J. 2010. ‘Paternally derived immune priming for offspring in the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum.’ JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY 79, No. 2: 403-413. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2009.01617.x.
• Armitage SAO & Boomsma JJ. 2010. ‘The effects of age and social interactions on innate immunity in a leaf-cutting ant.’ Journal of Insect Physiolog 56, No. 7: 780-787. doi: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2010.01.009.
• Armitage SAO, Boomsma JJ, Baer BC. 2010. ‘Diploid male production in a leaf-cutting ant.’ Ecological Entomology 35, No. 2: 175-182. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2009.01167.x.
• Barber I, Scharsack JP. 2010. ‘The three-spined stickleback - Schistocephalus solidus system: an experimental model for investigating host-parasite interactions in fish.’ Parasitology 137: 411-424.

2009

• Schulenburg H, Kurtz J, Moret Y, Siva-Jothy MT. 2009. ‘Introduction. Ecological immunology.’ Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 364, No. 1513: 3-14. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2008.0249.
• Roth O, Kurtz J. 2009. ‘Phagocytosis mediates specificity in the immune defence of an invertebrate, the woodlouse Porcellio scaber (Crustacea: Isopoda).’ DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY 33, No. 11: 1151-1155. doi: 10.1016/j.dci.2009.04.005.
• Hammerschmidt K, Kurtz J. 2009. ‘Ecological Immunology of a Tapeworms' Interaction with its Two Consecutive Hosts.’68: 111+. doi: 10.1016/S0065-308X(08)00605-2.
• Roth O, Sadd BM, Schmid-Hempel P, Kurtz J. 2009. ‘Strain-specific priming of resistance in the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum.’ PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES 276, No. 1654: 145-151. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2008.1157.
• Schulenburg H, Kurtz J, Moret Y, Siva-Jothy MT. 2009. ‘Ecological immunology.’ PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES 364, No. 1513: 3-14. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2008.0249.
• Hughes DP, Evans HC, Hywel-Jones N, Boomsma JJ & Armitage SAO. 2009. ‘Novel fungal disease in complex leaf-cutting societies.’ Ecological Entomology 34, No. 2: 214-220. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2008.01066.x.
• Lenz TL, Eizaguirre C, Scharsack JP, Kalbe M, Milinski M. 2009. ‘Disentangling the role of MHC-dependent 'good genes' and 'compatible genes' in mate choice decisions of three-spined sticklebacks under semi-natural conditions.’ Journal of Fish Biology 75: 2122-2142.
• Forlenza M, Magez S, Scharsack JP, Westphal A, Savelkoul HFJ, Wiegertjes GF. 2009. ‘Receptor-1 mediated and lectin-like activities of carp (Cyprinus carpio) 2 TNFα1.’ Journal of Immunology 183: 5319-5332.

2008

• Roth O, Kurtz J. 2008. ‘The stimulation of immune defence accelerates development in the red flour beetle (Tribolium castaneum).’ JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY 21, No. 6: 1703-1710. doi: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2008.01584.x.
• Forlenza M, Scharsack JP, Kachamakova N, Taverne-Thiele A, Rombout J, Wiegertjes GF. 2008. ‘Differential contribution of neutrophilic granulocytes and macrophages to nitrosative stress in a host-parasite animal model.’ Molecular Immunology 45: 3178-3189.
• HibbelerS, Scharsack JP, Becker S. 2008. ‘Housekeeping genes for quantitative expression studies in the three-spined stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus.’ BMC Molecular Biology 9: 18. doi: 10.1186/1471-2199-9-18.

2007

• Kurtz J, Scharsack JP. 2007. Resistance is skin-deep: innate immunity may help amphibians to survive a deadly fungus. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2007.00149.x.
• Kurtz J. 2007. Big fleas have little fleas: How discoveries of invertebrate diseases are advancing modern science.. doi: 10.1002/ajhb.20696.
• Krobbach CK, Kalbe M, Kurtz J, Scharsack JP. 2007. ‘Infectivity of two nematode parasites, Camallanus lacustris and Anguillicola crassus, in a paratenic host, the three-spined stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus.’ DISEASES OF AQUATIC ORGANISMS 74, No. 2: 119-126. doi: 10.3354/dao074119.
• Kurtz J, Kalbe M, Langefors S, Mayer I, Milinski M, Hasselquist D. 2007. ‘An experimental test of the immunocompetence handicap hypothesis in a teleost fish: 11-ketotestosterone suppresses innate immunity in three-spined sticklebacks.’ AMERICAN NATURALIST 170, No. 4: 509-519. doi: 10.1086/521316.
• Kurtz J. 2007. ‘The correlation between immunocompetence and an ornament trait changes over lifetime in Panorpa vulgaris scorpionflies.’ ZOOLOGY 110, No. 5: 336-343. doi: 10.1016/j.zool.2007.07.001.
• Hammerschmidt K, Kurtz J. 2007. ‘Schistocephalus solidus: Establishment of tapeworms in sticklebacks - fast food or fast lane?.’ EXPERIMENTAL PARASITOLOGY 116, No. 2: 142-149. doi: 10.1016/j.exppara.2006.12.013.
• Kurtz J., Scharsack J.P. 2007. ‘Resistance is skin-deep: Innate immunity may help amphibians to survive a deadly fungus.’ Animal Conservation 10, No. 4: 422-424. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2007.00149.x.
• Cremer Sylvia, Armitage Sophie A. O., Schmid-Hempel Paul. 2007. ‘Social immunity.’ Current Biology 17, No. 16: R693-R702.
• Scharsack JP, Kalbe M, Harrod C, Rauch G. 2007. ‘Habitat specific adaptation of immune responses of stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) lake and river ecotypes.’ Proceedings of the Royal Societyof LondonSeries B-Biological Sciences 274: 1523-32.
• Scharsack JP, Koch K, Hammerschmidt K. 2007. ‘Who is in control of the stickleback immune system: interactions between Schistocephalus solidus and its specific vertebrate host.’ Proceedings of the Royal Societyof LondonSeries B-Biological Sciences 274: 3151-3158.
• Scharsack JP, Kalbe M,Schaschl H. 2007. ‘Characterization of antisera raised against stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) MHC class I andclass II molecules.’ Fish and Shellfish Immunology 23: 991-1002.