Publications

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

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.
• 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

Teaching

• Practical: *+) Aspects of Evolutionary Physiology [132397]
  (in cooperation with Robert Peuß)
  • [Mon – Fri | ad hoc]
• Practical/Seminar: *) Lehr-Lern-Labor: Humanbiologie mit digitalen Tools unterrichten [132189]
  (in cooperation with Marie Neumann, Benedikt Heuckmann, Robert Peuß and Sarah Wilken)
  • [24^th Oct 2025 – 30^th Jan 2026 | Fri, 9.00 a. m. – 2.00 p. m. | weekly | SP8 141 (HP 141)]
  • [24^th Oct 2025 – 30^th Jan 2026 | Fri, 9.00 a. m. – 2.00 p. m. | weekly | VSH 243]
  • [Mon, 9^th – Wed, 11^th Feb 2026 | 8.00 a. m. – 3.00 p. m. | Block Course | VSH 243]
  • [weekly]
• Practical/Seminar: *) Integrative Biologie [132029]
  (in cooperation with Michael Hippler, Jaime Anaya-Rojas, Sylvia Kaiser, Susann Wicke, Jan-Ole Niemeier, Carsten Kemena-Rinke, Gundula Noll, Joachim Kurtz, Lowis Gerrit Boje Müller, Karin Busch, Iris Finkemeier, Jürgen Gadau, Lukas Schrader, Erich Bornberg-Bauer, Bharat Ravi, Felix Buchert, Melanie Dammhahn, Robert Peuß, Bettina Zeis, Stefan Roski, Ivan Berg, Maik Bartelheimer, Till Ischebeck and Jochen Schmid)
  • [27^th Oct – 17^th Nov 2025 | Mon, 9.00 a. m. – 12.00 p. m. | weekly | HHü]
  • [27^th Oct – 21^st Nov 2025Mon – Fri | Block Course]
  • [28^th Oct – 18^th Nov 2025 | Tue, 9.00 a. m. – 1.00 p. m. | weekly | HHü]
  • [29^th Oct – 19^th Nov 2025 | Wed, 9.00 a. m. – 1.00 p. m. | weekly | HHü]
  • [29^th Oct – 19^th Nov 2025 | Mon – Fri, 1.00 p. m. – 5.00 p. m. | Block Course | SP4 106]
  • [30^th Oct – 13^th Nov 2025 | Thu, 9.00 a. m. – 1.00 p. m. | weekly | HHü]
  • [Thu, 30^th – Fri, 31^st Oct 2025 | 10.00 a. m. – 1.00 p. m. | Block Course | SP4 106]
  • [30^th Oct – 13^th Nov 2025 | Thu, 1.00 p. m. – 5.00 p. m. | weekly | SP4 108]
  • [31^st Oct – 14^th Nov 2025 | Fri, 9.00 a. m. – 1.00 p. m. | weekly | HHü]
  • [Mon, 17^th Nov 2025, 10.00 a. m. – 12.00 p. m. | Single Course | SP4 201]
• Short practical outside term-time: *) Evolutionsökologie der Tiere [132065]
  (in cooperation with Jürgen Gadau, Joachim Kurtz and Robert Peuß)
  • [20^th Oct – 12^th Dec 2025 | Mon – Fri, 10.00 a. m. – 6.00 p. m. | Block Course]
• Practice: *) Evolution und Biodiversität der Tiere [132174]
  (in cooperation with Jürgen Gadau, Joachim Kurtz, Jaime Anaya-Rojas, Jürgen Schmitz and Robert Peuß)
  • [15^th Dec 2025 – 2^nd Feb 2026 | Mon, 8.00 a. m. – 12.00 p. m. | weekly | MB K8]
  • [16^th Dec 2025 – 3^rd Feb 2026 | Tue, 8.00 a. m. – 12.00 p. m. | weekly | MB K8]
  • [17^th Dec 2025 – 4^th Feb 2026 | Wed, 8.00 a. m. – 12.00 p. m. | weekly | MB K8]
  • [18^th Dec 2025 – 5^th Feb 2026 | Thu, 8.00 a. m. – 12.00 p. m. | weekly | MB K8]
  • [19^th Dec 2025 – 6^th Feb 2026 | Fri, 8.00 a. m. – 12.00 p. m. | weekly | MB K8]
• Project course: *+) Themenbereich: Metabolische Adaptation an extreme Umweltbedingungen [132362]
  (in cooperation with Robert Peuß)