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2024 | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 14479 | 
Csata, Eniko, Alfonso Perez-Escudero, Emmanuel Laury, Hanna Leitner, Gerard Latil, Juerge Heinze, Stephen Simpson, Sylvia Cremer, and Audrey Dussutour. “Fungal Infection Alters Collective Nutritional Intake of Ant Colonies.” Current Biology. Elsevier, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2024.01.017.
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2024 | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 14478 |
Habig, Michael, Anna V Grasse, Judith Müller, Eva H. Stukenbrock, Hanna Leitner, and Sylvia Cremer. “Frequent Horizontal Chromosome Transfer between Asexual Fungal Insect Pathogens.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2316284121.
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2023 | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 12469 |
Viljakainen, Lumi, Matthias Fürst, Anna V Grasse, Jaana Jurvansuu, Jinook Oh, Lassi Tolonen, Thomas Eder, Thomas Rattei, and Sylvia Cremer. “Antiviral Immune Response Reveals Host-Specific Virus Infections in Natural Ant Populations.” Frontiers in Microbiology. Frontiers, 2023. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2023.1119002.
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2023 | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 13127 |
Casillas Perez, Barbara E, Katarina Bodova, Anna V Grasse, Gašper Tkačik, and Sylvia Cremer. “Dynamic Pathogen Detection and Social Feedback Shape Collective Hygiene in Ants.” Nature Communications. Springer Nature, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-38947-y.
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2023 | Research Data | IST-REx-ID: 12945 |
Cremer, Sylvia. “Data from: ‘Dynamic Pathogen Detection and Social Feedback Shape Collective Hygiene in Ants’ .” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:12945.
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2023 | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 12543 |
Stock, Miriam, Barbara Milutinovic, Michaela Hönigsberger, Anna V Grasse, Florian Wiesenhofer, Niklas Kampleitner, Madhumitha Narasimhan, Thomas Schmitt, and Sylvia Cremer. “Pathogen Evasion of Social Immunity.” Nature Ecology and Evolution. Springer Nature, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-023-01981-6.
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2023 | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 12961
Wagner, Bernhard, Vedrana Šlipogor, Jinook Oh, Marion Varga, and Marisa Hoeschele. “A Comparison between Common Marmosets (Callithrix Jacchus) and Human Infants Sheds Light on Traits Proposed to Be at the Root of Human Octave Equivalence.” Developmental Science. Wiley, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.13395.
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2023 | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 12765
Stockmaier, Sebastian, Yuko Ulrich, Gregory F. Albery, Sylvia Cremer, and Patricia C. Lopes. “Behavioural Defences against Parasites across Host Social Structures.” Functional Ecology. British Ecological Society, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.14310.
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2023 | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 12696 |
Metzler, Sina, Jessica Kirchner, Anna V Grasse, and Sylvia Cremer. “Trade-Offs between Immunity and Competitive Ability in Fighting Ant Males.” BMC Ecology and Evolution. Springer Nature, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-023-02137-7.
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2023 | Research Data | IST-REx-ID: 12693 |
Cremer, Sylvia. “Source Data for Metzler et Al, 2023: Trade-Offs between Immunity and Competitive Ability in Fighting Ant Males .” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:12693.
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2023 | Thesis | IST-REx-ID: 13984
Franschitz, Anna. “Individual and Social Immunity against Viral Infections in Ants.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:13984.
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2022 | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 12133
Cremer, Sylvia, and Michael K Sixt. “Principles of Disease Defence in Organisms, Superorganisms and Societies.” Nature Reviews Immunology. Springer Nature, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41577-022-00797-y.
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2022 | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 10284 |
Casillas Perez, Barbara E, Christopher Pull, Filip Naiser, Elisabeth Naderlinger, Jiri Matas, and Sylvia Cremer. “Early Queen Infection Shapes Developmental Dynamics and Induces Long-Term Disease Protection in Incipient Ant Colonies.” Ecology Letters. Wiley, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13907.
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2022 | Thesis | IST-REx-ID: 10727 |
Metzler, Sina. “Pathogen-Mediated Sexual Selection and Immunization in Ant Colonies.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2022. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:10727.
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2021 | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 9101 |
Reber, Stephan A., Jinook Oh, Judith Janisch, Colin Stevenson, Shaun Foggett, and Anna Wilkinson. “Early Life Differences in Behavioral Predispositions in Two Alligatoridae Species.” Animal Cognition. Springer Nature, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-020-01461-5.
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2021 | Research Data Reference | IST-REx-ID: 13061 |
Casillas Perez, Barbara E, Christopher Pull, Filip Naiser, Elisabeth Naderlinger, Jiri Matas, and Sylvia Cremer. “Early Queen Infection Shapes Developmental Dynamics and Induces Long-Term Disease Protection in Incipient Ant Colonies.” Dryad, 2021. https://doi.org/10.5061/DRYAD.7PVMCVDTJ.
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2021 | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 10568 |
Goehlich, Henry, Linda Sartoris, Kim-Sara Wagner, Carolin C. Wendling, and Olivia Roth. “Pipefish Locally Adapted to Low Salinity in the Baltic Sea Retain Phenotypic Plasticity to Cope with Ancestral Salinity Levels.” Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. Frontiers Media, 2021. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2021.626442.
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2021 | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 10569 |
Szabo, B, R Mangione, M Rath, A Pašukonis, SA Reber, Jinook Oh, M Ringler, and E Ringler. “Naïve Poison Frog Tadpoles Use Bi-Modal Cues to Avoid Insect Predators but Not Heterospecific Predatory Tadpoles.” Journal of Experimental Biology. The Company of Biologists, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.243647.
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2020 | Book Chapter | IST-REx-ID: 9096
Schmid-Hempel, Paul, and Sylvia Cremer. “Parasites and Pathogens.” In Encyclopedia of Social Insects, edited by C Starr. Cham: Springer Nature, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90306-4_94-1.
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2020 | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 7490 |
Narasimhan, Madhumitha, Alexander J Johnson, Roshan Prizak, Walter Kaufmann, Shutang Tan, Barbara E Casillas Perez, and Jiří Friml. “Evolutionarily Unique Mechanistic Framework of Clathrin-Mediated Endocytosis in Plants.” ELife. eLife Sciences Publications, 2020. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.52067.
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2020 | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 7343 |
Milutinovic, Barbara, Miriam Stock, Anna V Grasse, Elisabeth Naderlinger, Christian Hilbe, and Sylvia Cremer. “Social Immunity Modulates Competition between Coinfecting Pathogens.” Ecology Letters. Wiley, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13458.
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2020 | Research Data Reference | IST-REx-ID: 13060 |
Milutinovic, Barbara, Miriam Stock, Anna V Grasse, Elisabeth Naderlinger, Christian Hilbe, and Sylvia Cremer. “Social Immunity Modulates Competition between Coinfecting Pathogens.” Dryad, 2020. https://doi.org/10.5061/DRYAD.CRJDFN318.
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2019 | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 6105 |
Kutzer, Megan, Joachim Kurtz, and Sophie A.O. Armitage. “A Multi-Faceted Approach Testing the Effects of Previous Bacterial Exposure on Resistance and Tolerance.” Journal of Animal Ecology. Wiley, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.12953.
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2019 | Research Data Reference | IST-REx-ID: 9806 |
Kutzer, Megan, Joachim Kurtz, and Sophie A.O. Armitage. “Data from: A Multi-Faceted Approach Testing the Effects of Previous Bacterial Exposure on Resistance and Tolerance.” Dryad, 2019. https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.9kj41f0.
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2019 | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 6415
Cremer, Sylvia. “Pathogens and Disease Defense of Invasive Ants.” Current Opinion in Insect Science. Elsevier, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cois.2019.03.011.
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2019 | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 6552 |
Cremer, Sylvia. “Social Immunity in Insects.” Current Biology. Elsevier, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2019.03.035.
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2019 | Book Chapter | IST-REx-ID: 7513
Cremer, Sylvia, and Megan Kutzer. “Social Immunity.” In Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior, edited by Jae Choe, 2nd ed., 747–55. Elsevier, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-809633-8.90721-0.
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2019 | Thesis | IST-REx-ID: 6435 |
Casillas Perez, Barbara E. “Collective Defenses of Garden Ants against a Fungal Pathogen.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2019. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:6435.
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2018 | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 413 |
Konrad, Matthias, Christopher Pull, Sina Metzler, Katharina Seif, Elisabeth Naderlinger, Anna V Grasse, and Sylvia Cremer. “Ants Avoid Superinfections by Performing Risk-Adjusted Sanitary Care.” PNAS. National Academy of Sciences, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1713501115.
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2018 | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 616 |
Pull, Christopher, Line V Ugelvig, Florian Wiesenhofer, Anna V Grasse, Simon Tragust, Thomas Schmitt, Mark Brown, and Sylvia Cremer. “Destructive Disinfection of Infected Brood Prevents Systemic Disease Spread in Ant Colonies.” ELife. eLife Sciences Publications, 2018. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.32073.
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2018 | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 617 |
Kutzer, Megan, Joachim Kurtz, and Sophie Armitage. “Genotype and Diet Affect Resistance, Survival, and Fecundity but Not Fecundity Tolerance.” Journal of Evolutionary Biology. Wiley, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1111/jeb.13211.
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2018 | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 426
Metzler, Sina, Alexandra Schrempf, and Jürgen Heinze. “Individual- and Ejaculate-Specific Sperm Traits in Ant Males.” Journal of Insect Physiology. Elsevier, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinsphys.2017.12.003.
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2018 | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 194 |
Liutkeviciute, Zita, Esther Gil Mansilla, Thomas Eder, Barbara E Casillas Perez, Maria Giulia Di Giglio, Edin Muratspahić, Florian Grebien, et al. “Oxytocin-like Signaling in Ants Influences Metabolic Gene Expression and Locomotor Activity.” The FASEB Journal. FASEB, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1096/fj.201800443.
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2018 | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 55 |
Pull, Christopher, Sina Metzler, Elisabeth Naderlinger, and Sylvia Cremer. “Protection against the Lethal Side Effects of Social Immunity in Ants.” Current Biology. Cell Press, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2018.08.063.
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2018 | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 29 |
Viljakainen, Lumi, Jaana Jurvansuu, Ida Holmberg, Tobias Pamminger, Silvio Erler, and Sylvia Cremer. “Social Environment Affects the Transcriptomic Response to Bacteria in Ant Queens.” Ecology and Evolution. Wiley, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.4573.
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2018 | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 806
Cremer, Sylvia, Christopher Pull, and Matthias Fürst. “Social Immunity: Emergence and Evolution of Colony-Level Disease Protection.” Annual Review of Entomology. Annual Reviews, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-ento-020117-043110.
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2018 | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 7 |
Stroeymeyt, Nathalie, Anna V Grasse, Alessandro Crespi, Danielle Mersch, Sylvia Cremer, and Laurent Keller. “Social Network Plasticity Decreases Disease Transmission in a Eusocial Insect.” Science. AAAS, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aat4793.
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2018 | Research Data Reference | IST-REx-ID: 13055 |
Stroeymeyt, Nathalie, Anna V Grasse, Alessandro Crespi, Danielle Mersch, Sylvia Cremer, and Laurent Keller. “Social Network Plasticity Decreases Disease Transmission in a Eusocial Insect.” Zenodo, 2018. https://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.1322669.
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2017 | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 1006 |
Greenwood, Jenny, Barbara Milutinovic, Robert Peuß, Sarah Behrens, Daniela Essar, Philip Rosenstiel, Hinrich Schulenburg, and Joachim Kurtz. “Oral Immune Priming with Bacillus Thuringiensis Induces a Shift in the Gene Expression of Tribolium Castaneum Larvae.” BMC Genomics. BioMed Central, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-017-3705-7.
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2017 | Research Data Reference | IST-REx-ID: 9859 |
Greenwood, Jenny, Barbara Milutinovic, Robert Peuß, Sarah Behrens, Daniela Essar, Philip Rosenstiel, Hinrich Schulenburg, and Joachim Kurtz. “Additional File 1: Table S1. of Oral Immune Priming with Bacillus Thuringiensis Induces a Shift in the Gene Expression of Tribolium Castaneum Larvae.” Springer Nature, 2017. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.3756974_d1.v1.
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2017 | Research Data Reference | IST-REx-ID: 9860 |
Greenwood, Jenny, Barbara Milutinovic, Robert Peuß, Sarah Behrens, Daniela Essar, Philip Rosenstiel, Hinrich Schulenburg, and Joachim Kurtz. “Additional File 5: Table S3. of Oral Immune Priming with Bacillus Thuringiensis Induces a Shift in the Gene Expression of Tribolium Castaneum Larvae.” Springer Nature, 2017. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.3756974_d5.v1.
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2017 | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 914 |
Giehr, Julia, Anna V Grasse, Sylvia Cremer, Jürgen Heinze, and Alexandra Schrempf. “Ant Queens Increase Their Reproductive Efforts after Pathogen Infection.” Royal Society Open Science. Royal Society, The, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.170547.
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2017 | Research Data Reference | IST-REx-ID: 9853 |
Giehr, Julia, Anna V Grasse, Sylvia Cremer, Jürgen Heinze, and Alexandra Schrempf. “Raw Data from Ant Queens Increase Their Reproductive Efforts after Pathogen Infection.” The Royal Society, 2017. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.5117788.v1.
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2017 | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 734 |
Kennedy, Patrick, Gemma Baron, Bitao Qiu, Dalial Freitak, Heikki Helantera, Edmund Hunt, Fabio Manfredini, et al. “Deconstructing Superorganisms and Societies to Address Big Questions in Biology.” Trends in Ecology and Evolution. Cell Press, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2017.08.004.
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2017 | Thesis | IST-REx-ID: 819 |
Pull, Christopher. “Disease Defence in Garden Ants.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2017. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:th_861.
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2017 | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 732 |
Pull, Christopher, and Sylvia Cremer. “Co-Founding Ant Queens Prevent Disease by Performing Prophylactic Undertaking Behaviour.” BMC Evolutionary Biology. BioMed Central, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-017-1062-4.
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2017 | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 459 |
Cremer, Sylvia. “Invasive Ameisen in Europa: Wie Sie Sich Ausbreiten Und Die Heimische Fauna Verändern.” Rundgespräche Forum Ökologie. Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, 2017.
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2017 | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 558
Futo, Momir, Marie Sell, Megan Kutzer, and Joachim Kurtz. “Specificity of Oral Immune Priming in the Red Flour Beetle Tribolium Castaneum.” Biology Letters. The Royal Society, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2017.0632.
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2016 | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 1184 |
Metzler, Sina, Jürgen Heinze, and Alexandra Schrempf. “Mating and Longevity in Ant Males.” Ecology and Evolution. Wiley-Blackwell, 2016. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.2474.
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2016 | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 1202 |
Milutinovic, Barbara, Robert Peuß, Kevin Ferro, and Joachim Kurtz. “Immune Priming in Arthropods: An Update Focusing on the Red Flour Beetle.” Zoology . Elsevier, 2016. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.zool.2016.03.006.
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