Publications

• 2026
• 2025
• 2024
• 2023
• 2022
• 2021
• 2020
• 2019
• 2018
• 2017
• 2016
• 2015
• 2014
• 2013

2026

• Individualised niches: an integrative conceptual framework across behaviour, ecology, and evolution.
  [Preprint]Krüger O, Anaya-Rojas J, Back M, Caspers B, Chakarov N, Dammhahn M, Elliott-Graves A, Fricke C, Gadau J, Hoffman JI, Kaiser MI, Kaiser S, Korsten P, Krohs U, Kurtz J, Langrock R, Müller C, Peuß R, Reinhold K, Richter H, Sachser N, Schielzeth H, Schmoll T, Stanewsky R, Szekely T, Weissing FJ, Wittmann M, Xu S (2026) Biological reviews, doi: 10.1002/brv.70147.

2025

• Environmental dynamics influence scale cortisol levels in Mexican cavefish [Preprint]
  Bauhus M B, Wander L, Boy D, Santacruz A, Maldonado E, Kurtz J, Kaiser S, Peuß R (2025), doi: 10.1101/2025.03.09.642216.
• Trained immunity and immune priming in plants and invertebrates
  Kurtz J, Andino R, Boraschi D, Contreras-Garduño J, Kachroo A, Khan I, Lanz Mendoza H, Mukherjee K, Peuß R, Ton J (2025) eLife 14, doi: 10.7554/eLife.106597.
• HSP90 as an evolutionary capacitor drives adaptive eye size reduction via atonal.
  Sayed R, Şahin Ö, Errbii M, R R, Peuß R, Prüser T, Schrader L, Schulz N KE, Kurtz J (2025) Nature Communications 16 (1), 9277–9277, doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-65027-0.
• Unraveling the functional dynamics of Caenorhabditis elegans stress-responsive omega class GST-44
  Kaiser C S, Lubisch M, Schröder E, Ressmann L, Nicolaus M, Leusder D, Moyzio S, Peuss R, Miranda-Vizute A, Liebau E (2025) The FEBS Journal 2025, doi: 10.1111/febs.70088.
• Host-parasite interactions of an avian blood parasite elucidated by single-cell transcriptomics [Preprint]
  Rapp T M, Lautwein T, Peuß R, Kurtz J, Krüger O, Chakarov N (2025), doi: 10.1101/2025.03.14.643032.
• Immune priming in the insect gut: a dynamic response revealed by ultrastructural and transcriptomic changes
  Baur M, Schulz N KE, Greune L, Länger Z M, Eirich J, Finkemeier I, Peuss R, Dersch P, Kurtz J (2025) BMC Biology 23, doi: 10.1186/s12915-025-02334-4.

2024

• Tapeworm infection affects sleep-like behaviour in three-spined sticklebacks
  Bauhus M B, Mews S, Kurtz J, Brinker A, Peuß R, Anaya-Rojas J M (2024) Scientific Reports 14, doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-73992-7.
• Host evolution shapes gut microbiome composition in Astyanax mexicanus
  Riddle M R, Nguyen N K, Nave M, Peuß R, Maldonado E, Rohner N, Tabin C J (2024) Ecology and Evolution 14 (4), doi: 10.1002/ece3.11192.

2023

• Metabolic reprogramming underlies cavefish muscular endurance despite loss of muscle mass and contractility
  Olsen L, Levy M, Medley K J, Hassan H, Miller B, Alexander R, Wilcock E, Yi K, Florens L, Weaver K, McKinney S A, Peuß R, Persons J, Kenzior A, Maldonado E, Delventhal K, Gluesenkamp A, Mager E, Coughlin D, Rohner N (2023) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 120 (5), doi: 10.1073/pnas.2204427120.

2022

• Paternal knockdown of tRNA (cytosine‐5‐)‐methyltransferase (Dnmt2) increases offspring susceptibility to infection in red flour beetles
  Schulz N K. E, Mohamed F F, Lo Ka L, Peuß R, de Buhr M F, Kurtz J (2022) Insect Molecular Biology 31 (6), 711–721, doi: 10.1111/imb.12798.
• Liver-derived cell lines from cavefish Astyanax mexicanus as an in vitro model for studying metabolic adaptation
  Krishnan J, Wang Y, Kenzior O, Hassan H, Olsen L, Tsuchiya D, Kenzior A, Peuß R, Xiong S, Wang Y, Zhao C, Rohner N (2022) Scientific Reports 12 (10115), doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-14507-0.
• The metabolome of Mexican cavefish shows a convergent signature highlighting sugar, antioxidant, and Ageing-Related metabolites
  Medley K J, Persons J, Biswas T, Olsen L, Peuß R, Krishnan J, Xiong S, Rohner N (2022) eLife 11 (e74539), doi: 10.7554/eLife.74539.
• Genome-wide analysis of cis-regulatory changes underlying metabolic adaptation of cavefish
  Krishnan J, Seidel C W, Zhang N, Singh N P, VanCampen J, Peuß R, Xiong S, Kenzior A, Li H, Conaway J W, Rohner N (2022) Nature Genetics 54, 684–693, doi: 10.1038/s41588-022-01049-4.
• Enhanced lipogenesis through Pparγ helps cavefish adapt to food scarcity
  Xiong S, Wang W, Kenzior A, Olsen L, Krishnan J, Persons J, Medley K, Peuß R, Wang Y, Chen S, Zhang N, Thomas N, Miles JM, Alvarado AS, Rohner N (2022) Current biology, doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2022.03.038.

2021

• Image3C, a multimodal image-based and label-independent integrative method for single-cell analysis
  Accorsi A, Box AC, Peuß R, Wood C, Sánchez A A, Rohner N (2021) eLife 10, e65372C1 - eLife 2021;10:e65372DO - 10.7554/eLife.65372, doi: 10.7554/eLife.65372.
• A chromosome-level genome of Astyanax mexicanus surface fish for comparing population-specific genetic differences contributing to trait evolution
  Warren WC, Boggs TE, Borowsky R, Carlson BM, Ferrufino E, Gross JB, Hillier L, Hu Z, Keene AC, Kenzior A, Kowalko JE, Tomlinson C, Kremitzki M, Lemieux ME, Graves-Lindsay T, McGaugh SE, Miller JT, Mommersteeg M TM, Moran RL, Peuß R, Rice ES, Riddle MR, Sifuentes-Romero I, Stanhope BA, Tabin CJ, Thakur S, Yamamoto Y, Rohner N (2021) Nature Communications 12 (1), 1447, doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-21733-zDO-10.1038/s41467-021-21733-z.

2020

• Adaptation to low parasite abundance affects immune investment and immunopathological responses of cavefish
  Peuß R, Box AC, Chen S, Wang Y, Tsuchiya D, Persons JL, Kenzior A, Maldonado E, Krishnan J, Scharsack JP, Slaughter BD, Rohner N (2020) Nature Ecology and Evolution 2020, doi: 10.1038/s41559-020-1234-2.
• Comparative transcriptome analysis of wild and lab populations of Astyanax mexicanus uncovers differential effects of environment and morphotype on gene expression
  Krishnan J, Persons JL, Peuß R, Hassan H, Kenzior A, Xiong S, Olsen L, Maldonado E, Kowalko JE, Rohner N (2020) Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution 1-10, doi: 10.1002/jez.b.22933.

2019

• Experimental evolution of immunological specificity
  Ferro K, Peuß R, Yang W, Rosenstiel P, Schulenburg H, Kurtz J (2019) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 116, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1904828116.
• An Adult Brain Atlas Reveals Broad Neuroanatomical Changes in Independently Evolved Populations of Mexican Cavefish
  Loomis C, Peuß R, Jaggard JB, Wang Y, McKinney SA, Raftopoulos SC, Raftopoulos A, Whu D, Green M, McGaugh SE, Rohner N, Keene AC, Duboue ER (2019) Frontiers in Neuroanatomy 13, 88, doi: 10.3389/fnana.2019.00088.
• Gamete Collection and In Vitro Fertilization of Astyanax mexicanus
  Peuß R, Zakibe Z, Krishnan J, Merryman MS, Baumann DP, Rohner N (2019) Journal of Visualized Experiments 2019 (147), e59334.
• Stable transgenesis in Astyanax mexicanus using the Tol2 transposase system
  Stahl BA, Peuß R, McDole B, Kenzior A, Jaggard JB, Gaudenz K, Krishnan J, McGaugh SE, Duboue ER, Keene AC (2019) Developmental Dynamics 248 (8), 679–687, doi: 10.1002/dvdy.32.

2018

• Early adipogenesis contributes to excess fat accumulation in cave populations of Astyanax mexicanus
  Xiong S, Krishnan J, Peuß R, Rohner N (2018) Developmental Biology 441 (2), 297–304, doi: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2018.06.003.
• Insulin resistance in cavefish as an adaptation to a nutrient-limited environment
  Riddle MR, Aspiras AC, Gaudenz K, Peuß R, Sung JY, Martineau B, Peavey M, Box AC, Tabin JA, McGaugh S (2018) Nature 555 (7698), 647–651, doi: 10.1038/nature26136.

2017

• Oral immune priming with Bacillus thuringiensis induces a shift in the gene expression of Tribolium castaneum larvae
  Greenwood JM, Milutinović B, Peuß R, Behrens S, Esser D, Rosenstiel P, Schulenburg H, Kurtz J (2017) BMC Genomics 18 (1), 329.

2016

• Immune priming in arthropods: an update focusing on the red flour beetle
  Milutinovic B, Peuß R, Ferro K, Kurtz J (2016) Zoology 119, doi: 10.1016/j.zool.2016.03.006.
• Down syndrome cell adhesion molecule 1: testing for a role in insect immunity, behaviour and reproduction
  Peuß R, Wensing KU, Woestmann L, Eggert H, Milutinović B, Sroka M GU, Scharsack JP, Kurtz J, Armitage S AO (2016) Royal Society Open Science 3 (4), 160138.

2015

• Downregulation of the evolutionary capacitor Hsp90 is mediated by social cues
  Peuß R, Eggert H, Armitage S AO, Kurtz J (2015) Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 282, doi: 10.1098/rspb.2015.2041.
• Dscam and pancrustacean immune memory - A review of the evidence
  Armitage S AO, Peuß R, Kurtz J (2015) Developmental and Comparative Immunology 48, doi: 10.1016/j.dci.2014.03.004.

2014

• Infection routes matter in population-specific responses of the red flour beetle to the entomopathogen Bacillus thuringiensis
  Behrens S, Peuß R, Milutinović B, Eggert H, Esser D, Rosenstiel P, Schulenburg H, Bornberg-Bauer E, Kurtz J (2014) BMC Genomics 16 (1), 445.

2013

• The red flour beetle as a model for bacterial oral infections
  Milutinovic B, Stolpe C, Peuß R, Armitage S AO, Kurtz J (2013) PloS one 8, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0064638.

Projects

In Process

• CRC 1748: Principles of Reproduction – Unravelling the Molecular Mechanisms of Male Infertility (2026 – 2029)
  Main DFG-Project Hosted at the University of Münster: DFG - Sonderforschungsbereich | Project Number: SFB 1748/1
• CRC 1748 - B05: The role of the MHC for fertilisation and infertility from a fish perspective (2026 – 2029)
  Subproject in DFG-Joint Project Hosted at the University of Münster: DFG - Sonderforschungsbereich | Project Number: SFB 1748/1, B05
• SPP 2349: Die genomischen Grundlagen evolutionärer Innovationen – GEvol (2026 – 2029)
  Main DFG-Project Hosted at the University of Münster: DFG - Schwerpunktprogramm
• SPP 2349 - Teilprojekt: GEvol-Defense - Evolution of novel cellular defences via horizontal gene transfer in leaf beetles (2026 – 2028)
  Subproject in DFG-Joint Project Hosted at the University of Münster: DFG - Schwerpunktprogramm | Project Number: PE 2807/5-1
• The influence of parasite diversity on the evolution and function of the immune system of the Mexcian Cavefish, Astyanax mexicanus (since 2020)
  Own Resources Project

Finished

• CRC TRR 212 - B06: Genetic and phenotypic characterisation of immunological niche conformance in cavefish (2022 – 2025)
  Subproject in DFG-Joint Project Hosted outside the University of Münster: DFG - Sonderforschungsbereich | Project Number: TRR 212/2 B06
• Reproduction – from Genes to Molecules and Function (2022 – 2024)
  Internally at the University of Münster Funded Project: Universität Münster-interne Förderung - Topical Programmes
• SPP 1399 - Work package: Coevulution between Tribolium castaneum and Bacillus thuringiensis: On the evolutionary significance of genetic specificity and specific immunity. (2009 – 2012)
  Subproject in DFG-Joint Project Hosted at the University of Münster: DFG - Schwerpunktprogramm | Project Number: KU 1929/4-1:1

Teaching

• Lecture: Labormethoden der Biologie [134010]
  (in cooperation with Michael Hippler, Iris Finkemeier, Michele Boiani, Christian Klämbt, Uwe Lammel, Stefan Weinl, Martin Scholz, Bettina Zeis, Rainer Waadt and Jörg Kudla)
  • [Fri, 10^th Apr 2026, 10.00 a. m. – 11.00 a. m. | Single Course | SP 7]
  • [13^th Apr | Mon, 1.00 p. m. – 2.00 p. m. | weekly | SP 7]
  • [Mon, 13^th Apr 2026, 9.00 a. m. – 10.00 a. m. | Single Course | SP4 201]
• Practical: *) Übungen Zellbiologie und Physiologie [134027]
  (in cooperation with Bettina Zeis, Rainer Waadt, Jörg Kudla, Felix Buchert, Michael Hippler, Iris Finkemeier, Michele Boiani, Christian Klämbt, Uwe Lammel, Andrea Oeckinghaus, Stefan Weinl and Martin Scholz)
  • [13^th Apr | Mon, 2.00 p. m. – 6.00 p. m. | weekly | SP8 141 (HP 141)]
  • [14^th Apr | Tue, 2.00 p. m. – 6.00 p. m. | weekly | SP8 141 (HP 141)]
  • [15^th Apr | Wed, 2.00 p. m. – 6.00 p. m. | weekly | SP8 141 (HP 141)]
  • [16^th Apr | Thu, 2.00 p. m. – 6.00 p. m. | weekly | SP8 141 (HP 141)]
  • [17^th Apr | Fri, 2.00 p. m. – 6.00 p. m. | weekly | SP8 141 (HP 141)]
• Practical: *+) Aspects of evolutionary physiology [134353]
  • [Mon – Fri | ad hoc]
• Practical/Seminar: *) Lehr-Lern-Labor: Humanbiologie mit digitalen Tools unterrichten [134101]
  (in cooperation with Benedikt Heuckmann and Marie Neumann)
  • [Fri, 17^th Apr 2026, 9.00 a. m. – 12.00 p. m. | Single Course | VSH 243]
  • [24^th Apr – 24^th Jul 2026 | Fri, 9.00 a. m. – 2.00 p. m. | weekly | VSH 243]
  • [24^th Apr – 22^nd May 2026 | Fri, 9.00 a. m. – 2.00 p. m. | weekly | SP8 141 (HP 141)]
• Project course: *+) Themenbereich: Metabolische Adaptation an extreme Umweltbedingungen [134351]