Research Foci
- Evolution of immune systems
- Host-parasite coevolution
- Evolutionary ecology of parasites
CV
Academic Education
- Dr. rer. nat. (Biology, Zoology), University of Bonn
- Studies in Biology (Diplom), University of Cologne
- Studies in Biology (Vordiplom), University of Göttingen
Positions
- Visiting scientist, University of Padua, Italy
- Professor W3 of Biology (Zoology), University of Münster
- Fellow and Convenor, Institute of Advanced Study Berlin
- Research associate, Institute for Integrative Biology, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
- Research associate, Max-Planck Institute for Limnology, Plön
- Visiting scientist; University of Sheffield, UK
Honors
- Goldener Hans – Fachschaft Biologie der Universität Münster
- Fellowship of the Institute of Advanced Study 2006/2007 – Institute of Advanced Study
External Functions
- DFG CRC-TRR 212 “A Novel Synthesis of Individualisation across Behaviour, Ecology and Evolution: Niche Choice, Niche Conformance, Niche Construction (NC3)” (Vice spokesperson)
- DFG RTG 2220 'EvoPAD: Evolutionary Processes in Adaptation and Disease' (Spokesperson)
- Member of the Editorial Board 'Frontiers in Immunology'
- University of Münster (Faculty of Biology, Vice Dean for Structure and Internationalisation)
- Münster Graduate School of Evolution (MGSE) (Spokesperson)
- Member of the Editorial Board of 'Experimental Parasitology'
- Speaker of DFG SPP 1399 ‘Host-Parasite Coevolution’
- Member of the Faculty of 1000, Biology
- Member of the scientific council of the Max-Planck Society
Projects
In Process
- CRC 1748: Principles of Reproduction – Unravelling the Molecular Mechanisms of Male Infertility ()
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 ()
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 ()
Main DFG-Project Hosted at the University of Münster: DFG - Schwerpunktprogramm - SPP 2349 - Subproject: Evolution of epigenetic regulation in beetles (Coleoptera) ()
Subproject in DFG-Joint Project Hosted at the University of Münster: DFG - Schwerpunktprogramm | Project Number: KU 1929/9-2 - Animal Personality Meets Personality Psychology ()
Internally at the University of Münster Funded Project: Universität Münster-interne Förderung - Topical Programmes - CRC TRR 212 - C01: The role of niche construction and evolutionary capacitance for evolvability in the Red Flour Beetle ()
Subproject in DFG-Joint Project Hosted outside the University of Münster: DFG - Sonderforschungsbereich | Project Number: TRR 212/2 C01
Finished
- SPP 2349: Genomic Basis of Evolutionary Innovations – GEvol ()
Main DFG-Project Hosted at the University of Münster: DFG - Schwerpunktprogramm - CRC TRR 212 - C05: Niche construction consequences of parasite virulence in eco-evolutionary dynamics ()
Subproject in DFG-Joint Project Hosted outside the University of Münster: DFG - Sonderforschungsbereich | Project Number: TRR 212/2 C05 - SPP 2349 - Subproject: Evolution of epigenetic regulation in beetles (Coleoptera) ()
Subproject in DFG-Joint Project Hosted at the University of Münster: DFG - Schwerpunktprogramm | Project Number: KU 1929/9-1 - Reproduction – from Genes to Molecules and Function ()
Internally at the University of Münster Funded Project: Universität Münster-interne Förderung - Topical Programmes - Individualisierung in sich ändernden Umwelten – InChangE ()
Participation in other joint Project: MKW - Förderlinie "Profilbildung" | Project Number: PROFILNRW-2020-143-B - The Individual in the Focus of Life Sciences ()
Internally at the University of Münster Funded Project: Universität Münster-interne Förderung - Topical Programmes - RTG 2220: Evolutionary Processes in Adaptation and Disease – RTG 2220 EvoPAD ()
Main DFG-Project Hosted at the University of Münster: DFG - Graduiertenkolleg | Project Number: GRK 2220/1 - CRC TRR 212 - C01: The role of niche construction and evolutionary capacitance for evolvability in the Red Flour Beetle, Tribolium castaneum ()
Subproject in DFG-Joint Project Hosted outside the University of Münster: DFG - Sonderforschungsbereich | Project Number: TRR 212/1 C01 - SPP 1819 - Subproject: The role of phenotypic plasticity for rapid evolutionary adaptation: theoretical and experimental approaches using Tribolium castaneum and Bacillus thuringiensis ()
Subproject in DFG-Joint Project Hosted outside the University of Münster: DFG - Schwerpunktprogramm | Project Number: KU 1929/8-1 - Münster Graduate School of Evolution - Unterstützung des Evolution Think Tank – MGSE ()
Individual Granted Project: Santander Consumer Bank AG - SPP 1399 - Work Package: Programme Coordination for the Priority Programme SPP 1399 on Host-Parasite Coevolution ()
Subproject in DFG-Joint Project Hosted at the University of Münster: DFG - Schwerpunktprogramm | Project Number: KU 1929/7-1 - SPP 1399 - Work Package: Coevulution between Tribolium Castaneum and Bacillus Thuringiensis: On the Evolutionary Significance of Genetic Specificity and Specific Immunity (2nd funding period) ()
Subproject in DFG-Joint Project Hosted at the University of Münster: DFG - Schwerpunktprogramm | Project Number: KU 1929/4-2 - SPP 1399: Host-Parasite Coevolution - Rapid Reciprocal Adaptation and its Genetic Basis ()
Main DFG-Project Hosted at the University of Münster: DFG - Schwerpunktprogramm - Post doctoral project of Dr. Maike Diddens-de Buhr: "Transgenerational immunity – mechanisms and fitness consequences in an invertebrate, the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum" ()
Individual Granted Project: VolkswagenStiftung | Project Number: I/84 794 - 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 - Schwerpunktprogramm | Project Number: KU 1929/4-1:1 - SPP 1399 - Work package: Host-Parasite Coevolution – Programme coordination and meta-analysis of Host-Parasite Coevolution ()
Subproject in DFG-Joint Project Hosted at the University of Münster: DFG - Schwerpunktprogramm | Project Number: KU 1929/5-1 - Post doctoral stipend of Dr. Sophie Armitage "Insect evolutionary immunology: the role of the Dscam gene in host-parasite coevolution" ()
Individual Granted Project: VolkswagenStiftung | Project Number: I/83 516 - Durchführung des 1. Statussymposiums der Initiative Evolutionsbiologie der Volkswagenstiftung ()
Scientific Event: VolkswagenStiftung | Project Number: I/84 252
Publications
- Drakula, Maja, Gerigk, Lena, Rothe, S.Ella, Brüning, Jacob‐Josef, Reckert, Mats, Brinker, Alexander, Elias Ranelli, Beatriz, Kurtz, Joachim, and Anaya‐Rojas, Jaime M. . “Can manipulative parasites modify host‐mediated trophic effects? Experimental evidence from <i>Schistocephalus solidus</i> and three‐spined sticklebacks.” Preprint. Functional Ecology: 1–16. doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.70326.
- Meuthen, Denis, Hoffman, Joseph I, Kurtz, Joachim, Berthelsen, Ane Liv, Chakarov, Nayden, Chen, Rebecca Shuhua, Coculla, Angelica, Gadau, Jürgen, Gossmann, Toni I, Mühlenhaupt, Max, Chavarria-Pizarro, Tania, Rapp, Tim M., Sepers, Bernice, Vellnow, Nikolas, Xu, Shuqing, and Vendrami, David L. J. . “Exploring the interplay of epigenetics and individualization.” Preprint. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 42. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2025.12.010.
- 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, and Xu, S. . “Individualised niches: an integrative conceptual framework across behaviour, ecology, and evolution.” Preprint. Biological reviews. doi: 10.1002/brv.70147.
- Bauhus, Marc B., Wander, Luise, Boy, David, Santacruz, Ana, Maldonado, Ernesto, Kurtz, Joachim, Kaiser, Sylvia, and Peuß, Robert. . “Environmental dynamics influence scale cortisol levels in Mexican cavefish.” Preprint. bioRxiv doi: 10.1101/2025.03.09.642216.
- Kurtz, Joachim, Andino, Raul, Boraschi, Diana, Contreras-Garduño, Jorge, Kachroo, Aardra, Khan, Imroze, Lanz Mendoza, Humberto, Mukherjee, Krishnendu, Peuß, Robert, and Ton, Jurriaan. . “Trained immunity and immune priming in plants and invertebrates.” eLife 14. doi: 10.7554/eLife.106597.
- Sayed, Rascha, Şahin, Özge, Errbii, Mohammed, Prüser, Tobias, Schrader, Lukas, Schulz, Nora, and Kurtz, Joachim. . “HSP90 as an Evolutionary Capacitor Drives Adaptive Eye Size Reduction via atonal.” Nature Communications 16. doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-65027-0.
- Kuper, Niclas, Breitmoser, Yves, Caspers, Barbara, Dammhahn, Melanie, Gadau, Jürgen, Kaiser, Marie I, Kandler, Christian, Kroh, Martin, Krüger, Oliver, Kurtz, Joachim, Lemola, Sakari, Rauthmann, John, Richter, Helene, Voelcker-Rehage, Claudia, and Back, Mitja. . “An interdisciplinary linked-lives approach to individual differences in social behaviour.” Nature Human Behaviour 9 (10). doi: 10.1038/s41562-025-02301-7.
- Khaliq, Shaista, Nachev, Milen, Riekenberg, Philip M., Jochmann, Maik A., Vosough, Maryam, Franke, Frederik, Scharsack, Jörn P., Kurtz, Joachim, Sures, Bernd, van der Meer, Marcel T. J., and Schmidt, Torsten C. . “Trophic dynamics and metabolic pathways in host parasite interactions revealed by nitrogen isotope analysis of amino acids in multiple tissues.” Scientific Reports 15. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-19052-0.
- Contreras-Garduño, Jorge, and Kurtz, Joachim. . “Commending 20 years since the formal discovery of immune priming: the innate immune memory.” Frontiers in immunology 16. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2025.1652666.
- Korša, Ana, Baur, Moritz, Schulz, Nora KE, Anaya-Rojas, Jaime M, Mellmann, Alexander, and Kurtz, Joachim. . “Experimental evolution of a pathogen confronted with innate immune memory increases variation in virulence.” PLoS Pathogens 21 (6). doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1012839.
- Länger, Zoe M., Israel, Elisa, Engelhardt, Jan, Kalita, Agata I., Keller Valsecchi, Claudia I., Kurtz, Joachim, and Prohaska, Sonja J. . “Multiomics Reveal Associations Between CpG Methylation, Histone Modifications and Transcription in a Species That has Lost DNMT3, the Colorado Potato Beetle.” Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution (early view). doi: 10.1002/jez.b.23303.
- Mundinger, C, Schulz, NKE, Singh, P, Janz, S, Schurig, M, Seidemann, J, Kurtz, J, Müller, C, Schielzeth, H, von, Kortzfleisch VT, and Richter, SH. . “Testing the reproducibility of ecological studies on insect behavior in a multi-laboratory setting identifies opportunities for improving experimental rigour.” PLoS Biology 23 (4) e3003019. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3003019.
- Schulz, Nora K. E., Korsa, Ana, Jensen, Helle, Lo, Lai Ka, Friedrichs, Jeanne, Müller, Caroline, and Kurtz, Joachim. . “Resistance evolution driven by niche construction – the role of microbiota and beetle secretions.” Preprint. Research Square doi: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-6353988/v1.
- R, Reshma, Schulz, Nora KE, Feldmann, Carlina C, Mews, Sina, Ogueta, Maite, Stanewsky, Ralf, and Kurtz, Joachim. . “Testing the role of heat shock protein 90 as an evolutionary capacitor of behavioural variation in Tribolium castaneum.” Preprint. Research Square doi: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-6354107/v1.
- Lo, Lai Ka, Schulz, Nora K. E., Jensen, Helle, and Kurtz, Joachim. . “Experimental Removal of Niche Construction Alters the Pace and Mechanisms of Resistance Evolution.” Preprint. bioRxiv doi: 10.1101/2025.03.27.645637.
- Rapp, Tim Maximilian, Lautwein, Tobias, Peuß, Robert, Kurtz, Joachim, Krüger, Oliver, and Chakarov, Nayden. . “Host-parasite interactions of an avian blood parasite elucidated by single-cell transcriptomics.” Preprint. bioRxiv doi: 10.1101/2025.03.14.643032.
- Baur, Moritz, Schulz, Nora KE, Greune, Lilo, Länger, Zoe M, Eirich, Jürgen, Finkemeier, Iris, Peuss, Robert, Dersch, Petra, and Kurtz, Joachim. . “Immune priming in the insect gut: a dynamic response revealed by ultrastructural and transcriptomic changes.” BMC Biology 23. doi: 10.1186/s12915-025-02334-4.
- R, Reshma, Prüser, Tobias, Nora, Schulz E. K., Paula, Mayer F. M., Ogueta, Maite, Stanewsky, Ralf, and Kurtz, Joachim. . “Deciphering a Beetle Clock: Individual and Sex-Dependent Variation in Daily Activity Patterns.” Journal of Biological Rhythms 00 (00). doi: 10.1177/07487304241263619.
- Bauhus, Marc B., Mews, Sina, Kurtz, Joachim, Brinker, Alexander, Peuß, Robert, and Anaya-Rojas, Jaime M. . “Tapeworm infection affects sleep-like behaviour in three-spined sticklebacks.” Scientific Reports 14 23395. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-73992-7.
- Herrera-Rivero, M, Gutiérrez-Fragoso, K, Kurtz, J, Baune, BT, Thalamuthu, A, Amare, AT, Adli, M, Akiyama, K, Akula, N, Ardau, R, Arias, B, Aubry, J, Backlund, L, Bellivier, F, Benabarre, A, Bengesser, S, Bhattacharjee, AK, Biernacka, JM, Birner, A, Cearns, M, Cervantes, P, Chen, H, Chillotti, C, Cichon, S, Clark, SR, Colom, F, Cruceanu, C, Czerski, PM, Dalkner, N, Degenhardt, F, Del, Zompo M, DePaulo, JR, Etain, B, Falkai, P, Ferensztajn-Rochowiak, E, Forstner, AJ, Frank, J, Frisén, L, Frye, MA, Fullerton, JM, Gallo, C, Gard, S, Garnham, JS, Goes, FS, Grigoroiu-Serbanescu, M, Grof, P, Hashimoto, R, Hasler, R, Hauser, J, Heilbronner, U, Herms, S, Hoffmann, P, Hou, L, Hsu, Y, Jamain, S, Jiménez, E, Kahn, J, Kassem, L, Kato, T, Kelsoe, J, Kittel-Schneider, S, Kuo, P, Kusumi, I, König, B, Laje, G, Landén, M, Lavebratt, C, Leboyer, M, Leckband, SG, Maj, M, Manchia, M, Marie-Claire, C, Martinsson, L, McCarthy, MJ, McElroy, SL, Millischer, V, Mitjans, M, Mondimore, FM, Monteleone, P, Nievergelt, CM, Novák, T, Nöthen, MM, O’Donovan, C, Ozaki, N, Papiol, S, Pfennig, A, Pisanu, C, Potash, JB, Reif, A, Reininghaus, E, Richard-Lepouriel, H, Roberts, G, Rouleau, GA, Rybakowski, JK, Schalling, M, Schofield, PR, Schubert, KO, Schulte, EC, Schweizer, BW, Severino, G, Shekhtman, T, Shilling, PD, Shimoda, K, Simhandl, C, Slaney, CM, Squassina, A, Stamm, T, Stopkova, P, Streit, F, Tekola-Ayele, F, Tortorella, A, Turecki, G, Veeh, J, Vieta, E, Viswanath, B, Witt, SH, Zandi, PP, Alda, M, Bauer, M, McMahon, FJ, Mitchell, PB, Rietschel, M, and Schulze, TG. . “Immunogenetics of lithium response and psychiatric phenotypes in patients with bipolar disorder.” Translational Psychiatry 14 (1). doi: 10.1038/s41398-024-02865-4.
- Ng, TH, Harrison, MC, Scharsack, JP, and Kurtz, J. . “Disentangling specific and unspecific components of innate immune memory in a copepod–tapeworm system.” Frontiers in immunology 15. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2024.1307477.
- Kaiser, M.I., Killin, A., Abendroth, A.-K., Back, M.D., Baune, B.T., Bilstein, N., Breitmoser, Y., Caspers, B.A., Gadau, J., Gossmann, T.I., Kaiser, S., Krüger, O., Kurtz, J.Lengersdorf, D., Malsch, A. K. F., Müller, C. Rauthmann, J.F., Reinhold, K., Richter, S.H., Stummer, C., Trappes, R., Voelcker-Rehage, C., and Wittmann, M.J. . “Individualisation and individualised science across disciplinary perspectives.” European Journal for Philosophy of Science 14 (41) 41. doi: 10.1007/s13194-024-00602-8.
- Vommaro, Maria Luigia, Korša, Ana, Lindeza, Ana Sofia, Giglio, Anita, and Kurtz, Joachim. . “The combined effect of herbicide and Bacillus thuringiensis exposure delays development in the red flour beetle.” Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 207. doi: 10.1016/j.jip.2024.108227.
- Hesse, T, Nachev, M, Khaliq, S, Jochmann, MA, Franke, F, Scharsack, JP, Kurtz, J, Sures, B, and Schmidt, TC. . “A new technique to study nutrient flow in host-parasite systems by carbon stable isotope analysis of amino acids and glucose.” Scientific Reports 13. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-24933-9.
- Lo Ka Lai, RReshma, Tewes Johanna Lisa, Milutinović Barbara, and Müller, Caroline Kurtz Joachim. . “Immune Stimulation via Wounding Alters Chemical Profiles of Adult Tribolium castaneum.” Journal of Chemical Ecology 49 (1-2): 46–58. doi: 10.1007/s10886-022-01395-x.
- Trienens, Monika, Kurtz, Joachim, and Wertheim, Bregje. . “Rapid but narrow – Evolutionary adaptation and transcriptional response of Drosophila melanogaster to toxic mould.” Molecular Ecology 32 (11): 2784–2797. doi: 10.1111/mec.16885.
- Länger Marie Zoe, Baur Moritz, Korša, Ana Eirich Jürgen, Lindeza Sofia Ana, Zanchi Caroline, and Finkemeier, Iris Kurtz Joachim. . “Differential proteome profiling of bacterial culture supernatants reveals candidates for the induction of oral immune priming in the red flour beetle.” Biology Letters 19 (11). doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2023.0322.
- Vommaro, ML, Zanchi, C, Angelone, T, Giglio, A, and Kurtz, J. . “Herbicide exposure alters the effect of the entomopathogen Beauveria bassiana on immune gene expression in mealworm beetles.” Environmental Pollution 338. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2023.122662.
- Korša, A, Lo, LK, Gandhi, S, Bang, C, and Kurtz, J. . “Oral Immune Priming Treatment Alters Microbiome Composition in the Red Flour Beetle Tribolium castaneum.” Frontiers in Microbiology 13: 793143–793143. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.793143.
- Schulz, Nora K. E., Mohamed, Fakry F., Lo, KaLai, Peuß, Robert, de Buhr, Maike F., and Kurtz, Joachim. . “Paternal knockdown of tRNA (cytosine‐5‐)‐methyltransferase (Dnmt2) increases offspring susceptibility to infection in red flour beetles.” Insect Molecular Biology 31 (6): 711–721. doi: 10.1111/imb.12798.
- Schröder, NCH, Korša, A, Wami, H, Mantel, O, Dobrindt, U, and Kurtz, J. . “Serial passage in an insect host indicates genetic stability of the human probiotic Escherichia coli Nissle 1917.” Evolution, Medicine and Public Health 10 (1): 71–86.
- Rose, Trappes, Bezad, Nematipour, I., Kaiser Marie, Ulrich, Krohs, J., van Benthem Koen, R., Ernst Ulrich, Jürgen, Gadau, Peter, Korsten, Joachim, Kurtz, Holger, Schielzeth, Tim, Schmoll, and Elina, Takola. . “How Individualized Niches Arise: Defining Mechanisms of Niche Construction, Niche Choice and Niche Conformance.” BioScience 72 (6): 538–548. doi: 10.1093/biosci/biac023.
- Moran, N, Caspers, B, Chakarov, N, Ernst, U, Fricke, C, Kurtz, J, Lilie, N, Lo, L, Müller, C, Reshma, R, Takola, E, Trimmer, P, Benthem, K, Winternitz, J, and Wittmann, M. . “Shifts between cooperation and antagonism driven by individual variation: a systematic synthesis review.” Oikos 130. doi: 10.1111/oik.08201.
- Trappes, R, Nematipour, B, Kaiser, M, Krohs, U, Benthem, KJ, Ernst, UR, Gadau, J, Korsten, P, Kurtz, J, Schielzeth, H, Schmoll, T, and Takola, E. . “How Individualized Niches Arise: Defining Mechanisms of Niche Construction, Niche Choice, and Niche Conformance.” BioScience 72 (6): 538–548. doi: 10.1093/biosci/biac023.
- Hesse, T, Nachev, M, Khaliq, S, Jochmann, MA, Franke, F, Scharsack, JP, Kurtz, J, Sures, B, and Schmidt, TC. . “Insights into amino acid fractionation and incorporation by compound-specific carbon isotope analysis of three-spined sticklebacks.” Scientific Reports 12 (1). doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-15704-7.
- Vommaro, ML, Zanchi, C, Giglio, A, and Kurtz, J. . “Herbicide exposure alters the expression of antimicrobial peptide patterns in the mealworm beetle infected with the natural entomopathogen Beauveria bassiana.” contribution to the XXIst scientific meeting of the Italian Association of Developmental and Comparative Immunobiology (IADCI), Padua C/O DAVIDE MALAGOLI, DEPT OF LIFE SCIENCES, UNIV MODENA & REGGIO EMILIA, VIA CAMPI, 213-D, MODENA, 41125, ITALY: INVERTEBRATE SURVIVAL JOURNAL.
- Gati, NS, Altinok, OA, Kumar, S, Ferrando, VA, Kurtz, J, Quante, M, Ludwig, S, and Mellmann, A. . “Integrating evolutionary aspects into dual-use discussion: the cases of influenza virus and enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli.” Evolution, Medicine and Public Health 9 (1): 383–392. doi: 10.1093/emph/eoab034.
- Desjardins, E, Kurtz, J, Kranke, N, Lindeza, A, and Richter, SH. . “Beyond standardization: Improving external validity and reproducibility in experimental evolution.” BioScience biab008. doi: 10.1093/biosci/biab008.
- Zanchi, C, Lo, L, Reshma, R, Moritz, I, Kurtz, J, and Müller, C. . “Survival of the Sawfly Athalia rosae Upon Infection by an Entomopathogenic Fungus and in Relation to Clerodanoid Uptake.” Frontiers in Physiology 12. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2021.637617.
- Vommaro, M, Kurtz, J, and Giglio, A. . “Morphological characterisation of haemocytes in the mealworm beetle tenebrio molitor (Coleoptera, tenebrionidae).” Insects 12 (5). doi: 10.3390/insects12050423.
- Demandt, N, Bierbach, D, Kurvers, R, Krause, J, Kurtz, J, and Scharsack, J. . “Parasite infection impairs the shoaling behaviour of uninfected shoal members under predator attack.” Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 75 (11). doi: 10.1007/s00265-021-03080-7.
- Scharsack, Jörn P., Wieczorek, Bartholomäus, Schmidt-Drewello, Alexander, Büscher, Janine, Franke, Frederik, Moore, Andrew, Branca, Antoine Witten Anika Stoll Monika, Bornberg-Bauer, Erich, Wicke, Susann, and Kurtz, Joachim. . “Climate change facilitates a parasite’s host exploitation via temperature-mediated immunometabolic processes.” Global Change Biology 27: 94–107. doi: 10.1111/gcb.15402.
- Demandt, N, Praetz, M, Kurvers, RHJM, Krause, J, Kurtz, J, and Scharsack, JP. . “Parasite infection disrupts escape behaviours in fish shoals.” Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 287 (1938). doi: 10.1098/rspb.2020.1158.
- Ng, TH, and Kurtz, J. . “Dscam in immunity: A question of diversity in insects and crustaceans.” Developmental and Comparative Immunology 105. doi: 10.1016/j.dci.2019.103539.
- Zanchi, C, Lindeza, AS, and Kurtz, J. . “Comparative Mortality and Adaptation of a Smurf Assay in Two Species of Tenebrionid Beetles Exposed to Bacillus thuringiensis.” Insects 11 (4). doi: 10.3390/insects11040261.
- Ferro, K, Peuß, R, Yang, W, Rosenstiel, P, Schulenburg, H, and Kurtz, J. . “Experimental evolution of immunological specificity.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 116. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1904828116.
- Kutzer, MAM, Kurtz, J, and Armitage, SAO. . “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, and Kurtz, J. . “Transgenerational Developmental Effects of Immune Priming in the Red Flour Beetle Tribolium castaneum.” Frontiers in Physiology 10 (98). doi: 10.3389/fphys.2019.00098.
- Franke, F, Raifarth, N, Kurtz, J, and Scharsack, J. . “Consequences of divergent temperature optima in a host–parasite system.” Oikos 128. doi: 10.1111/oik.05864.
- Kutyrev, I, Franke, F, Kurtz, J, and Scharsack, J. . “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.
- Giglio, A, Cavaliere, F, Giulianini, PG, Kurtz, J, Vommaro, ML, and Brandmayr, P. . “Continuous Agrochemical Treatments in Agroecosystems Can Modify the Effects of Pendimethalin-Based Herbicide Exposure on Immunocompetence of a Beneficial Ground Beetle.” DIVERSITY-BASEL 11 (12). doi: 10.3390/d11120241.
- Kutzer, MAM, Kurtz, J, and Armitage, SAO. . “Genotype and diet affect resistance, survival, and fecundity but not fecundity tolerance.” Journal of Evolutionary Biology 31 (1): 159–171. doi: 10.1111/jeb.13211.
- Demandt, N, Saus, B, Kurvers, RHJM, Krause, J, Kurtz, J, and Scharsack, JP. . “Parasite-infected sticklebacks increase the risk-taking behaviour of uninfected group members.” Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 285 (1881). doi: 10.1098/rspb.2018.0956.
- Wohlleben, AM, Franke, F, Hamley, M, Kurtz, J, and Scharsack, JP. . “Early stages of infection of three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) with the cestode Schistocephalus solidus.” Journal of Fish Diseases 41 (11): 1701–1708. doi: 10.1111/jfd.12876.
- Schulz, NKE, Wagner, CI, Ebeling, J, Raddatz, G, Diddens-de, Buhr MF, Lyko, F, and Kurtz, J. . “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.
- Schulz, NKE, Diddens-de, Buhr MF, and Kurtz, J. . “Paternal knockdown of Dnmt2 increases offspring susceptibility to bacterial infection.” bioRxiv 2018: 422063..
- Kurtz, J, and Armitage, SAO. . “Dissecting the dynamics of trans-generational immune priming.” Molecular Ecology 26 (15): 3857–3859. doi: 10.1111/mec.14190.
- Valverde, J., Eggert, H., Kurtz, J., and Schielzeth, H. . “Condition-dependence and sexual ornamentation: Effects of immune challenges on a highly sexually dimorphic grasshopper.” Insect Science 25 (4): 617–630. doi: 10.1111/1744-7917.12448.
- Armitage, SAO, Kurtz, J, Brites, D, Dong, Y, Du, Pasquier L, and Wang, HC. . “Dscam1 in pancrustacean immunity: Current status and a look to the future.” Frontiers in immunology 8. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2017.00662.
- Hamley, M., Franke, F., Kurtz, J., and Scharsack, J.P. . “An experimental approach to the immuno-modulatory basis of host-parasite local adaptation in tapeworm-infected sticklebacks.” Experimental Parasitology 180 (SI): 119–132. doi: 10.1016/j.exppara.2017.03.004.
- Franke, F, Armitage, SAO, Kutzer, MAM, Kurtz, J, and Scharsack, JP. . “Environmental temperature variation influences fitness trade-offs and tolerance in a fish-tapeworm association.” Parasites & Vectors 10. doi: 10.1186/s13071-017-2192-7.
- Talarico, M., Seifert, F., Lange, J., Sachser, N., Kurtz, J., and Scharsack, J. . “Specific manipulation or systemic impairment? Behavioural changes of three-spined sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus) infected with the tapeworm Schistocephalus solidus.” Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 71 (2). doi: 10.1007/s00265-017-2265-9.
- Lugert, V, Meyer, EI, Kurtz, J, and Scharsack, JP. . “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 (1): 444–456. doi: 10.1080/24750263.2017.1356386.
- Futo, M, Sell, MP, Kutzer, MAM, and Kurtz, J. . “Specificity of oral immune priming in the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum.” Biology Letters 13 (12). doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2017.0632.
- Ferro, K, Ferro, D, Corra, F, Bakiu, R, Santovito, G, and Kurtz, J. . “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.
- Catania, Francesco, Krohs, Ulrich, Chittò, Marco, Ferro, Diana, Ferro, Kevin, Lepennetier, Gildas, Görtz, Hans-Dieter, Schreiber, Rebecca S., Kurtz, Joachim, and Jürgen, Gadau. . “The hologenome concept: we need to incorporate function.” Theory in biosciences = Theorie in den Biowissenschaften 136 (3-4): 89–98. doi: 10.1007/s12064-016-0240-z.
- Greenwood, JM, Milutinović, B, Peuß, R, Behrens, S, Esser, D, Rosenstiel, P, Schulenburg, H, and Kurtz, J. . “Oral immune priming with Bacillus thuringiensis induces a shift in the gene expression of Tribolium castaneum larvae.” BMC Genomics 18 (1): 329.
- Futo, M, Armitage, SAO, and Kurtz, J. . “Microbiota plays a role in oral immune priming in Tribolium castaneum.” Frontiers in Microbiology 6. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.01383.
- Kurtz, J, Schulenburg, H, and Reusch, TBH. . “Host–parasite coevolution—Rapid reciprocal adaptation and its genetic basis.” Zoology 119. doi: 10.1016/j.zool.2016.06.011.
- Milutinovic, B, Peuß, R, Ferro, K, and Kurtz, J. . “Immune priming in arthropods: an update focusing on the red flour beetle.” Zoology 119. doi: 10.1016/j.zool.2016.03.006.
- Scharsack, JP, Franke, F, Erin, NI, Kuske, A, Büscher, J, Stolz, H, Samonte, IE, Kurtz, J, and Kalbe, M. . “Effects of environmental variation on host–parasite interaction in three-spined sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus).” Zoology 119. doi: 10.1016/j.zool.2016.05.008.
- Milutinovic, B, and Kurtz, J. . “Immune memory in invertebrates.” Seminars in Immunology 28. doi: 10.1016/j.smim.2016.05.004.
- Peuß, R, Wensing, K, Woestmann, L, Eggert, H, Milutinović, B, Sroka, M, Scharsack, JP, Kurtz, J, and Armitage, S. . “Down syndrome cell adhesion molecule 1: Testing for a role in insect immunity, behaviour and reproduction.” Royal Society Open Science 3 (4). doi: 10.1098/rsos.160138.
- Coustau, C, Kurtz, J, and Moret, Y. . “A Novel Mechanism of Immune Memory Unveiled at the Invertebrate-Parasite Interface.” Trends in Parasitology null (null). doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2016.02.005.
- Peuß, R, Wensing, KU, Woestmann, L, Eggert, H, Milutinović, B, Sroka, MGU, Scharsack, JP, Kurtz, J, and Armitage, SAO. . “Down syndrome cell adhesion molecule 1: testing for a role in insect immunity, behaviour and reproduction.” Royal Society Open Science 3 (4): 160138..
- Milutinović, B, and Kurtz, J. . “Immune memory in invertebrates.” Seminars in immunology 28 (4): 328–342.
- 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, and Schulenburg, H. . “Host-Pathogen Coevolution: The Selective Advantage of Bacillus thuringiensis Virulence and Its Cry Toxin Genes.” PLoS Biology 13 (6): e1002169.. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1002169.
- Eggert, H, Diddens-de, Buhr MF, and Kurtz, J. . “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.
- Peuß, R, Eggert, H, Armitage, SAO, and Kurtz, J. . “Downregulation of the evolutionary capacitor Hsp90 is mediated by social cues.” Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 282. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2015.2041.
- Ballarin, L., Du, Pasquier L., Rinkevich, B., and Kurtz, J. . “Evolutionary aspects of allorecognition.” Invertebrate Survival Journal 12 (null): 233–236.
- Milutinović, B., Höfling, C., Futo, M., Scharsack, J., and Kurtz, J. . “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 (23): 8135–8144. doi: 10.1128/AEM.02051-15.
- Milutinović, B, Höfling, C, Futo, M, Scharsack, JP, and Kurtz, J. . “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 (23): 8135–8144.
- Armitage, SAO, Peuß, R, and Kurtz, J. . “Dscam and pancrustacean immune memory - A review of the evidence.” Developmental and Comparative Immunology 48. doi: 10.1016/j.dci.2014.03.004.
- Armitage, SA, Sun, W, You, X, Kurtz, J, Schmucker, D, and Chen, W. . “Quantitative Profiling of Drosophila melanogaster Dscam1 Isoforms Reveals No Changes in Splicing after Bacterial Exposure.” PloS one 9 (10): e108660.. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0108660.
- Eggert, H, Kurtz, J, and Diddens-de, Buhr MF. . “Different effects of paternal trans-generational immune priming on survival and immunity in step and genetic offspring.” Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 281 (1797). doi: 10.1098/rspb.2014.2089.
- Kutyrev, IA, Franke, F, Büscher, J, Kurtz, J, and Scharsack, JP. . “In vitro effects of prostaglandin E2 on leucocytes from sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus) infected and not infected with the cestode Schistocephalus solidus.” Fish and Shellfish Immunology 41: 4473–481. doi: 10.1016/j.fsi.2014.09.031.
- Kutyrev, I., Franke, F., Büscher, J., Kurtz, J., and Scharsack, J. . “Invitro effects of prostaglandin E2 on leucocytes from sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus) infected and not infected with the cestode Schistocephalus solidus.” Fish and Shellfish Immunology 41 (2): 473–481. doi: 10.1016/j.fsi.2014.09.031.
- Kurtz, J., and Heiming, R. . “Krankheit und Evolution.” in wissen.leben.ethik, Themen und Positionen der Bioethik, edited by Johann S. Ach, Beate Lüttenberg and Michael Quante. Münster: mentis Verlag.
- Joop, G., Roth, O., Schmid-Hempel, P., and Kurtz, J. . “Experimental evolution of external immune defences in the red flour beetle.” Journal of Evolutionary Biology 27 (8): 1562–1571. doi: 10.1111/jeb.12406.
- Milutinović, B, Fritzlar, S, and Kurtz, J. . “Increased Survival in the Red Flour Beetle after Oral Priming with Bacteria-Conditioned Media.” Journal of Innate Immunity 6 (3): 306–314. doi: 10.1159/000355211.
- Dittmar, J., Janssen, H., Kuske, A., Kurtz, J., and Scharsack, J.P. . “Heat and immunity: An experimental heat wave alters immune functions in three-spined sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus).” Journal of Animal Ecology 83 (4): 744–757. doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.12175.
- Behrens, S, Peuß, R, Milutinović, B, Eggert, H, Esser, D, Rosenstiel, P, Schulenburg, H, Bornberg-Bauer, E, and Kurtz, J. . “Infection routes matter in population-specific responses of the red flour beetle to the entomopathogen Bacillus thuringiensis.” BMC Genomics 16 (1): 445.
- Scharsack, J.P., Gossens, A., Franke, F., and Kurtz, J. . “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 (6): 1779–1787. doi: 10.1016/j.fsi.2013.08.029.
- Milutinovic, B, Stolpe, C, Peuß, R, Armitage, SAO, and Kurtz, J. . “The red flour beetle as a model for bacterial oral infections.” PloS one 8. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0064638.
- Armitage, SAO, Freiburg, RY, Kurtz, J, and Bravo, IG. . “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, and Kurtz, J. . “Population genetic dynamics of three-spined sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus) in anthropogenic altered habitats.” Ecology and Evolution 2 (6): 1122–1143. doi: 10.1002/ece3.232.
- Roth, O, Kurtz, J, and Reusch, TBH. . “A summer heat wave decreases the immunocompetence of the mesograzer, Idotea baltica.” Marine Biology 157 (7): 1605–1611. doi: 10.1007/s00227-010-1433-5.
- Roth, O, Joop, G, Eggert, H, Hilbert, J, Daniel, J, Schmid-Hempel, P, and Kurtz, J. . “Paternally derived immune priming for offspring in the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum.” Journal of Animal Ecology 79 (2): 403–413. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2009.01617.x.
- Schulenburg, H, Kurtz, J, Moret, Y, and Siva-Jothy, MT. . “Introduction. Ecological immunology.” Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 364 (1513): 3–14. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2008.0249.
- Roth, O, and Kurtz, J. . “Phagocytosis mediates specificity in the immune defence of an invertebrate, the woodlouse Porcellio scaber (Crustacea: Isopoda).” Developmental and Comparative Immunology 33 (11): 1151–1155. doi: 10.1016/j.dci.2009.04.005.
- Hammerschmidt, K, and Kurtz, J. . “Ecological Immunology of a Tapeworms' Interaction with its Two Consecutive Hosts.” Advances in Parasitology 68: 111+.. doi: 10.1016/S0065-308X(08)00605-2.
- Roth, O, Sadd, BM, Schmid-Hempel, P, and Kurtz, J. . “Strain-specific priming of resistance in the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum.” Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 276 (1654): 145–151. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2008.1157.
- Schulenburg, H, Kurtz, J, Moret, Y, and Siva-Jothy, MT. . “Ecological immunology.” Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 364 (1513): 3–14. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2008.0249.
- Roth, O, and Kurtz, J. . “The stimulation of immune defence accelerates development in the red flour beetle (Tribolium castaneum).” Journal of Evolutionary Biology 21 (6): 1703–1710. doi: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2008.01584.x.
- Kurtz, J, and Scharsack, JP. . 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. . 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, and Scharsack, JP. . “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 (2): 119–126. doi: 10.3354/dao074119.
- Kurtz, J. . “The correlation between immunocompetence and an ornament trait changes over lifetime in Panorpa vulgaris scorpionflies.” Zoology 110 (5): 336–343. doi: 10.1016/j.zool.2007.07.001.
- Kurtz, J, Kalbe, M, Langefors, S, Mayer, I, Milinski, M, and Hasselquist, D. . “An experimental test of the immunocompetence handicap hypothesis in a teleost fish: 11-ketotestosterone suppresses innate immunity in three-spined sticklebacks.” American Naturalist 170 (4): 509–519. doi: 10.1086/521316.
- Hammerschmidt, K, and Kurtz, J. . “Schistocephalus solidus: Establishment of tapeworms in sticklebacks - fast food or fast lane?” Experimental Parasitology 116 (2): 142–149. doi: 10.1016/j.exppara.2006.12.013.
- Kurtz, J., and Scharsack, J.P. . “Resistance is skin-deep: Innate immunity may help amphibians to survive a deadly fungus.” Animal Conservation 10 (4): 422–424. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2007.00149.x.
- Kurtz, J, and Armitage, SAO. . “Alternative adaptive immunity in invertebrates.” Trends in Immunology 27 (11): 493–496. doi: 10.1016/j.it.2006.09.001.
- Kurtz, J, and Hammerschmidt, K. . “Resistance against heterogeneous sequential infections: experimental studies with a tapeworm and its copepod host.” Journal of Helminthology 80 (2): 199–206. doi: 10.1079/JOH2006349.
- Kurtz, J, Wegner, KM, Kalbe, M, Reusch, TBH, Schaschl, H, Hasselquist, D, and Milinski, M. . “MHC genes and oxidative stress in sticklebacks: an immuno-ecological approach.” Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 273 (1592): 1407–1414. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3450.
- Wegner, K, Kalbe, M, Rauch, G, Kurtz, J, Schaschl, H, and Reusch, T. . “Genetic variation in MHC class II expression and interactions with MHC sequence polymorphism in three-spined sticklebacks.” Molecular Ecology 15 (4): 1153–1164. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2006.02855.x.
- Kalbe, M, and Kurtz, J. . “Local differences in immunocompetence reflect resistance of sticklebacks against the eye fluke Diplostomum pseudospathaceum.” Parasitology 132 (Part 1): 105–116. doi: 10.1017/S0031182005008681.
- Irmak, P, Kurtz, J, and Zimmer, M. . “Immune response in Porcellio scaber (Isopoda : Oniscidea): copper revisited.” European Journal of Soil Biology 41 (3-4): 77–83. doi: 10.1016/j.ejsobi.2005.09.011.
- Hammerschmidt, K, and Kurtz, J. . “Surface carbohydrate composition of a tapeworm in its consecutive intermediate hosts: Individual variation and fitness consequences.” International Journal for Parasitology 35 (14): 1499–1507. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2005.08.011.
- Hammerschmidt, K, and Kurtz, J. . “Evolutionary implications of the adaptation to different immune systems in a parasite with a complex life cycle.” Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 272 (1580): 2511–2518. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3241.
- Jacot, A, Scheuber, H, Kurtz, J, and Brinkhof, M. . “Juvenile immune status affects the expression of a sexually selected trait in field crickets.” Journal of Evolutionary Biology 18 (4): 1060–1068. doi: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2005.00899.x.
- Kurtz, J. . “Specific memory within innate immune systems.” Trends in Immunology 26 (4): 186–192. doi: 10.1016/j.it.2005.02.001.
- Jacot, A, Scheuber, H, Kurtz, J, and Brinkhof, M. . “Juvenile immune system activation induces a costly upregulation of adult immunity in field crickets Gryllus campestris.” Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 272 (1558): 63–69. doi: 10.1098/rspc.2004.2919.
- Kurtz, J. . “Memory in the innate and adaptive immune systems.” Microbes and Infection 6 (15): 1410–1417. doi: 10.1016/j.micinf.2004.10.002.
- Hammerschmidt, K, and Kurtz, J. . “Following a parasite through its life cycle: how tough is it to cope with different immune systems?” International Journal of Medical Microbiology 293 (Suppl. 38): 53..
- Scharsack, J, Kalbe, M, Derner, R, Kurtz, J, and Milinski, M. . “Modulation of granulocyte responses in three-spined sticklebacks Gasterosteus aculeatus infected with the tapeworm Schistocephalus solidus.” Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 59 (2): 141–150. doi: 10.3354/dao059141.
- Field, S, Kurtz, J, Cooper, E, and Michiels, N. . “Evaluation of an innate immune reaction to parasites in earthworms.” Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 86 (1-2): 45–49. doi: 10.1016/j.jiip.2004.04.001.
- Wegner, K, Kalbe, M, Kurtz, J, Reusch, T, and Milinski, M. . “Response to comment on ''Parasite selection for immunogenetic optimality{''}}.” Science 303 (5660). doi: 10.1126/science.1093355.
- Kurtz, J, Kalbe, M, Aeschlimann, P, Haberli, M, Wegner, K, Reusch, T, and Milinski, M. . “Major histocompatibility complex diversity influences parasite resistance and innate immunity in sticklebacks.” Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 271 (1535): 197–204. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2003.2567.
- Scharsack, J.P., Kalbe, M., Derner, R., Kurtz, J., and Milinski, M. . “Modulation of granulocyte responses in three-spined sticklebacks Gasterosteus aculeatus infected with the tapeworm Schistocephalus solidus.” Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 59 (2): 141–150.
- Kurtz, J. . “Sex, parasites and resistance - an evolutionary approach.” Zoology 106 (4): 327–339. doi: 10.1078/0944-2006-00126.
- Wegner, K, Kalbe, M, Kurtz, J, Reusch, T, and Milinski, M. . “Parasite selection for immunogenetic optimality.” Science 301 (5638): 1343.. doi: 10.1126/science.1088293.
- Kurtz, J, and Franz, K. . “Evidence for memory in invertebrate immunity.” Nature 425 (6953): 37–38. doi: 10.1038/425037a.
- Christen, M, Kurtz, J, and Milinski, M. . “Outcrossing increases infection success and competitive ability: Experimental evidence from a hermaphrodite parasite.” Evolution 56 (11): 2243–2251.
- Franz, K, and Kurtz, J. . “Altered host behaviour: manipulation or energy depletion in tapeworm-infected copepods?” Parasitology 125 (Part 2): 187–196. doi: 10.1017/S0031182002001932.
- Kurtz, J. . “Phagocytosis by invertebrate hemocytes: Causes of individual variation in Panorpa vulgaris scorpionflies.” Microscopy Research and Technique 57 (6): 456–468. doi: 10.1002/jemt.10099.
- Van, der Veen I, and Kurtz, J. . “To avoid or eliminate: cestode infections in copepods.” Parasitology 124 (Part 4): 465–474. doi: 10.1017/S0031182001001275.
- Kurtz, J, I, van der Veen, and Christen, M. . “Fluorescent vital labeling to track cestodes in a copepod intermediate host.” Experimental Parasitology 100 (1): 36–43. doi: 10.1006/expr.2001.4681.
- Kurtz, J, I, van der Veen, and Ryder, J. . “Ecological immunity of arthropods - a thread of Ariadne?” Trends in Ecology & Evolution 17 (5): 204–205. doi: 10.1016/S0169-5347(02)02457-6.
- Kurtz, J, Klappert, K, Schneider, W, and Reinhold, K. . “Immune defence, dispersal and local adaptation.” Evolutionary Ecology Research 4 (3): 431–439.
- Reinhold, K, Kurtz, J, and Engqvist, L. . “Cryptic male choice: sperm allocation strategies when female quality varies.” Journal of Evolutionary Biology 15 (2): 201–209. doi: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.2002.00390.x.
- Kurtz, J, and Sauer, K. . “Gender differences in phenoloxidase activity of Panorpa vulgaris hemocytes.” Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 78 (1): 53–55. doi: 10.1006/jipa.2001.5040.
- Kurtz, J, Reinhold, K, and Engqvist, L. . “Immunosuppression under stress: necessary for condition-dependent signalling?” Trends in Ecology & Evolution 15 (10): 418–419. doi: 10.1016/S0169-5347(00)01969-8.
- Kurtz, J, Nahif, A, and Sauer, K. . “Phagocytosis of Vairimorpha sp (Microsporida, Nosematidae) spores by Plutella xylostella and Panorpa vulgaris hemocytes.” Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 75 (3): 237–239. doi: 10.1006/jipa.1999.4909.
- Kurtz, J, Wiesner, A, Gotz, P, and Sauer, K. . “Gender differences and individual variation in the immune system of the scorpionfly Panorpa vulgaris (Insecta : Mecoptera).” Developmental and Comparative Immunology 24 (1): 1–12. doi: 10.1016/S0145-305X(99)00057-9.
- Wipking, W, and Kurtz, J. . “Genetic variability in the diapause response of the burnet moth Zygaena trifolii (Lepidoptera : Zygaenidae).” Journal of Insect Physiology 46 (2): 127–134. doi: 10.1016/S0022-1910(99)00108-0.
- Kurtz, J, and Sauer, K. . “The immunocompetence handicap hypothesis: testing the genetic predictions.” Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 266 (1437): 2515–2522. doi: 10.1098/rspb.1999.0954.
- Reinhold, K, Engqvist, L, Misof, B, and Kurtz, J. . “Meiotic drive and evolution of female choice.” Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 266 (1426): 1341–1345. doi: 10.1098/rspb.1999.0785.
- Gerken, T, Kurtz, J, Sauer, K, and Lubjuhn, T. . “DNA preparation and efficient microsatellite analysis from insect hemolymph.” Electrophoresis 19 (18): 3069–3070. doi: 10.1002/elps.1150191804.
- Sauer, K, Lubjuhn, T, Sindern, J, Kullmann, H, Kurtz, J, Epplen, C, and Epplen, J. . “Mating system and sexual selection in the scorpionfly Panorpa vulgaris (Mecoptera : Panorpidae).” Naturwissenschaften 85 (5): 219–228. doi: 10.1007/s001140050487.
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- Länger, Zoe Marie: Evolution of epigenetic regulation in Coleoptera
- Supervisors
- Prohanska, Sonja
- Feldmeyer, Barbara
- Reviewers
- Kurtz, Joachim
- Prohanska, Sonja
- Feldmeyer, Barbara
- Prohanska, Sonja
- Bauhus, Marc: Genetic and phenotypic characterization of immunological niche conformance in cavefish
- Further Supervisors
- Rohner, Nicolas
- Liebau, Eva
- Reviewers
- Kurtz, Joachim
- Rohner, Nicolas
- Yilmaz Terzioglu, Yeliz (): Identification of bacterial traits involved in interference with horizontal gene transfer in Escherichia coli 2025
- Further Supervisors
- Schmitz, Jürgen
- Dobrindt, Ulrich
- Reviewers
- Kurtz, Joachim
- Schmitz, Jürgen
- Dobrindt, Ulrich
- Schmitz, Jürgen
- Keizers, Marla (): Investigation of the role of pleiotropic regulatory systems on the evolution and adaptation of pathogenic and commensal Escherichia coli variants
- Further Supervisors
- Dobrindt, Ulrich
- Philipp, Bodo
- Reviewers
- Dobrindt, Ulrich
- Kurtz, Joachim
- Philipp, Bodo
- Kurtz, Joachim
- Dumevi, Rexford Mawunyo (): „Identifying Small Regulatory RNAs in Escherichia coli O104:H4 - Transcriptome Profile and Characterization of Pic-associated sRNAs“
- Further Supervisors
- Dobrindt, Ulrich
- Mellmann, Alexander
- Reviewers
- Dobrindt, Ulrich
- Kurtz, Joachim
- Mellmann, Alexander
- Kurtz, Joachim
- R, Reshma: The role of evolutionary capacitance for adaptability in the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum
- Supervisors
- Müller, Caroline
- Gadau, Jürgen
- Reviewers
- Kurtz, Joachim
- Müller, Caroline
- Gadau, Jürgen
- Müller, Caroline
- Sahin, Özge: A Bulk Segregation Analysis for an HSP90-released reduced eye phenotype in Tribolium castaneum
- Supervisors
- Gadau, Jürgen
- Flatt, Thomas
- Reviewers
- Kurtz, Joachim
- Gadau, Jürgen
- Flatt, Thomas
- Gadau, Jürgen
- Klimek, Hanna (): Molecular interactions of probiotic and extraintestinal Escherichia coli isolates with human intestinal epithelial cells.
- Further Supervisors
- Dobrindt, Ulrich
- Philipp, Bodo
- Reviewers
- Dobrindt, Ulrich
- Kurtz, Joachim
- Philipp, Bodo
- Kurtz, Joachim
- Wami, Haleluya Tesfaye (): Characterization of adoptive strategies of E. coli during long term interaction with human host
- Chitto, Marco (): The genomic stability of the pathogenicity islands of uropathogenic Escherichia coli 536: the role of extrinsic and intrinsic factors
- Further Supervisors
- Dobrindt, Ulrich
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