Dr. Robert Peuß
Professur für Tierphysiologie (Prof. Rohner)
Principal Scientist
Publications
- Individualised niches: an integrative conceptual framework across behaviour, ecology, and evolution.
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 () Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, doi: 10.1002/brv.70147.
- 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 (), 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 () 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 () 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 () 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 (), 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 () BMC Biology 23, doi: 10.1186/s12915-025-02334-4.
- 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 () 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 () Ecology and Evolution 14 (4), doi: 10.1002/ece3.11192.
- 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 () Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 120 (5), doi: 10.1073/pnas.2204427120.
- 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 () 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 () 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 () 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 () 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 () Current biology, doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2022.03.038.
- 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 () 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 () Nature Communications 12 (1), 1447, doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-21733-zDO-10.1038/s41467-021-21733-z.
- 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 () 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 () Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution 1-10, doi: 10.1002/jez.b.22933.
- Experimental evolution of immunological specificity
Ferro K, Peuß R, Yang W, Rosenstiel P, Schulenburg H, Kurtz J () 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 () 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 () 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 () Developmental Dynamics 248 (8), 679–687, doi: 10.1002/dvdy.32.
- Early adipogenesis contributes to excess fat accumulation in cave populations of Astyanax mexicanus
Xiong S, Krishnan J, Peuß R, Rohner N () 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 () Nature 555 (7698), 647–651, doi: 10.1038/nature26136.
- 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 () BMC Genomics 18 (1), 329.
- Immune priming in arthropods: an update focusing on the red flour beetle
Milutinovic B, Peuß R, Ferro K, Kurtz J () 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 () Royal Society Open Science 3 (4), 160138.
- Downregulation of the evolutionary capacitor Hsp90 is mediated by social cues
Peuß R, Eggert H, Armitage S AO, Kurtz J () 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 () Developmental and Comparative Immunology 48, doi: 10.1016/j.dci.2014.03.004.
- 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 () BMC Genomics 16 (1), 445.
- The red flour beetle as a model for bacterial oral infections
Milutinovic B, Stolpe C, Peuß R, Armitage S AO, Kurtz J () PloS one 8, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0064638.
Projects
Granted
- CRC 1748: Principles of Reproduction – Unravelling the Molecular Mechanisms of Male Infertility ()
Main DFG-Project Hosted at the University of Münster: DFG - Collaborative Research Centre | Project Number: SFB 1748/1 - CRC 1748 - B05: The role of the MHC for fertilisation and infertility from a fish perspective ()
Subproject in DFG-Joint Project Hosted at the University of Münster: DFG - Collaborative Research Centre | Project Number: SFB 1748/1, B05
In Process
- SPP 2349: Die genomischen Grundlagen evolutionärer Innovationen – GEvol ()
Main DFG-Project Hosted at the University of Münster: DFG - Priority Programme - SPP 2349 - Teilprojekt: GEvol-Defense - Evolution of novel cellular defences via horizontal gene transfer in leaf beetles ()
Subproject in DFG-Joint Project Hosted at the University of Münster: DFG - Priority Programme | 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 ()
Own Resources Project
Finished
- CRC TRR 212 - B06: Genetic and phenotypic characterisation of immunological niche conformance in cavefish ()
Subproject in DFG-Joint Project Hosted outside the University of Münster: DFG - Collaborative Research Centre | Project Number: TRR 212/2 B06 - Reproduction – from Genes to Molecules and Function ()
Internally at the University of Münster Funded Project: Uni Münster-internal funding - Topical Programmes - SPP 1399 - Work package: Coevulution between Tribolium castaneum and Bacillus thuringiensis: On the evolutionary significance of genetic specificity and specific immunity. ()
Subproject in DFG-Joint Project Hosted at the University of Münster: DFG - Priority Programme | Project Number: KU 1929/4-1:1
Teaching
- Practical/Seminar: *) Integrative Biologie [132029]
(in cooperation with Carsten Kemena-Rinke, Joachim Kurtz, Iris Finkemeier, Susann Wicke, Bharat Ravi, Jan-Ole Niemeier, Gundula Noll, Sylvia Kaiser, Till Ischebeck, Lowis Gerrit Boje Müller, Stefan Roski, Melanie Dammhahn, Jaime Anaya-Rojas, Felix Buchert, Michael Hippler, Lukas Schrader, Jürgen Gadau, Karin Busch, Maik Bartelheimer, Jochen Schmid, Erich Bornberg-Bauer, Ivan Berg and Bettina Zeis)- [ – Mon – Fri | Block Course]
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- Short practical outside term-time: *) Evolutionsökologie der Tiere [132065]
(in cooperation with Jürgen Gadau and Joachim Kurtz)- [ – | Mon – Fri, – | Block Course]
- Practice: *) Evolution und Biodiversität der Tiere [132174]
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