Scientific Advisory Board 2023/2024

Hertig, E., Hunger, I., Kaspar-Ott, I., Matzarakis, A., Niemann, H., Schulte-Droesch, L., & Voss, M. (2023). Climate change and public health in Germany–An introduction to the German status report on climate change and health 2023. Journal of Health Monitoring, 8(Suppl 3), 6.

Merkenschlager, Ch., Bangalesa, F., Paeth, H. Hertig, E. (2023): Blessing and curse of bioclimatic variables: A comparison of different calculation schemes and datasets for species distribution modeling within the extended Mediterranean area. Ecology and Evolution. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.10553

Merkenschlager, Ch., Hertig, E., Simon, J., Beck, Ch. (2023): High-resolution intra-urban assessments of future heat events and heat waves for the city of Augsburg, Germany. Urban Climate. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.uclim.2023.101472Hertig, E. (2019): Distribution of Anopheles vectors and potential malaria transmission stability in Europe and the Mediterranean area under future climate change. Parasites & Vectors 12(1), 18.

Gäbel, P., Koller, Ch., Hertig, E. (2022): Development of air quality boxes based on low-cost sensor technology for Ambient Air Quality Monitoring. Sensors. doi: 10.3390/s22103830

Hertig, E. (2019): Distribution of Anopheles vectors and potential malaria transmission stability in Europe and the Mediterranean area under future climate change. Parasites & Vectors 12(1), 18. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-018-3278-6

World Health Organization. (‎2024)‎. Laboratory biosecurity guidance. World Health Organization. [Contributor]  https://iris.who.int/handle/10665/377754.

Himmel, M. (2023). Biosecurity Risk Assessment in the Life Sciences: Towards a Toolkit for Individual Practitioners. Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, SIPRI, Stockholm.

Himmel, M. and Frey, S. (2021). SARS-CoV-2: International Investigation Under the WHO or BWC. Front Public Health, 9:636679.

Stegmaier, T., Oellingrath, E., Himmel, M., and Fraas, S. (2020). Differences in epidemic spread patterns of norovirus and influenza seasons of Germany: an application of optical flow analysis in epidemiology. Sci Rep, 10(1):14125.

Himmel, M. (2019). Emerging Dual-Use Technologies in the Life Sciences: Challenges and Policy Recommendations on Export Control. EU Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Papers, (64).

Naj, X., Hoffmann, A.-K., Himmel, M., and Linder, S. (2013). The formins FMNL1 and mDia1 regulate coiling phagocytosis of Borrelia burgdorferi by primary human macrophages. Infect Immun, 81(5):1683–95.

Hörner C†, Fiedler A†, Bodmer BS, Walz L, Scheuplein VA, Hutzler S, Matrosovich MN, von Messling V, Mühlebach MD: „A protective measles virus-derived vaccine inducing long-lasting immune responses against influenza A virus H7N9“ npj Vaccines 8: 46 (2023). †equally contributed

Ebenig A, Muraleedharan S, Kazmierski J, Todt D, Auste A, Anzaghe M, Gömer A, Postmus D, Gogesch P, Niles M, Plesker R, Miskey C, Gellhorn Serra M, Breithaupt A, Hörner C, Kruip C, Ehmann R, Ivics Z, Waibler Z, Pfaender S, Wyler E, Landthaler M, Kupke A, Nouailles G, Goffinet C, Brown RJP, Mühlebach MD: “Vaccine-associated enhanced respiratory pathology in COVID-19 hamsters after TH2-biased immunization.” Cell Reports 40: 111214 (2022).

Hörner C†, Schürmann C†, Auste A, Ebenig A, Muraleedharan S, Scholz T, Dinnon KH III, Herrmann M, Schnierle B, Baric R, Mühlebach MD: “A Highly Immunogenic Measles Virus-based Th1-biased COVID-19 Vaccine” Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 117(51): 32657-66. (2020). †equally contributed

Turoňová B†, Sikora M†, Schürmann C†, Hagen WJH, Welsch S, Blanc FEC, von Bülow S, Gecht M, Bagola K, Hörner C, van Zandbergen G, Mosalaganti S, Schwarz A, Covino R, Mühlebach MD, Hummer G‡, Krijnse Locker J‡, Beck M‡: “In situ structural analysis of SARS-CoV-2 spike reveals flexibility mediated by three hinges” Science 370 (6513): 203-8 (2020).†equally contributed; ‡corresponding authors

Mühlebach MD, Mateo M, Sinn PL, Prüfer S, Uhlig KM, Leonard VHJ, Navaratnarajah CK, Frenzke M, Wong XX, Sawatsky B, Ramachandran S, McCray, Jr. PB, Cichutek K, von Messling V, Lopez M, Cattaneo R: “Adherens junction protein nectin-4 is the epithelial receptor for measles virus” Nature 480(7378): 530-3 (2011).

Król N, Chitimia-Dobler L, Dobler G, Kiewra D, Czulowska A, Obiegala A, Zaijkowska J, Juretzek T, Pfeffer M (2024) Genetic characterization of Tick-borne encephalitis virus isolates from North-Eastern Germany and Western Poland. Viruses 16, 637. DOI:  10.4.202410.3390/v16040637

Brandenburg PJ, Obiegala A, Schmuck HM, Dobler G, Chitimia-Dobler L, Pfeffer M (2023) Seroprevalence of tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) virus in wild rodents from two natural TBE foci in Bavaria, Germany. Pathogens 12, 185. DOI: 10.3390/pathogens12020185

Gothe LMR, Ganzenberg S, Ziegler U, Obiegala A, Lohmann KL, Sieg M, Vahlenkamp TW Hörügel U, Pfeffer M (2023) Horses as sentinels for the circulation of flaviviruses in eastern-central Germany. Viruses 15, 1108. DOI: 10.3390/v15051108

Król N, Obiegala A, ImholtC, Arz C, Schmidt E, Jeske K, Ulrich RG, Rentería‑Solís Z, Jacob J, Pfeffer M (2022) Diversity of Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. in ticks and small mammals from grasslands and forests. Parasites & Vectors 15: 195. Doi: 10.1186/s13071-022-05326-3

Schmidt E, Obiegala A, Ulrich RG, Drewes S, Mayer-Scholl A, Jacob J, Imholt C, Triebenbauer C, Saathoff M, Plasil P, Pfeffer M (2021) Distribution and Prevalence of pathogenic Leptospira spp. in bank voles (Clethrionomys glareolus) in Germany. biology 10, 933. DOI: 10.3390/biology10090933

Haut M, Król N, Obiegala A, Kacza J, Seeger J, Pfeffer M (2020) Under the skin: Ixodes ticks in the subcutaneous tissue of red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) from Germany. Parasites & Vectors 13:189. DOI: 10.1186/s13071-020-04061-x

Lundström JO, Hesson JC, Schäfer M, Östman Ö, Semmler T, Weidmann M, Lundkvist A, Pfeffer M (2019) Sindbis virus polyarthritis outbreak signaled by virus prevalence in the mosquito vectors. PLoS Neglected and Tropical Diseases 13(8):e0007702 doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0007702

Krasselt M, Wagner U, Nguyen P, Pietsch C, Boldt A, Baerwald C, Pierer M, Seifert O (2022). Humoral and Cellular Response to COVID-19 Vaccination in Patients with Inflammatory Rheumatic Diseases and Immunosuppressive Therapy under Real-life Conditions. Rheumatology, 28(keac089), 2022

Pietsch C, Michalski D, Münch J, Petros S, Bergs S, Trawinski H, Lübbert C, Liebert UG. Autochthonous West Nile virus infection outbreak in humans, Leipzig, Germany, August to September 2020. Eurosurv; 25(46), 2020

Pietsch C, Liebert UG. Rotavirus vaccine effectiveness in preventing hospitalizations due to gastroenteritis: a descriptive epidemiological study from Germany. Clin Microbiol Infect, 25(1), 2019

Schlottau K, Forth L, Angstwurm K, […], Pietsch C, Hoffmann D, Jantsch J and Beer M. Fatal Encephalitic Borna Disease Virus 1 in Solid-Organ Transplant Recipients. N Engl J Med, 379(14), 2018

Zeller M, Heylen E, Damanka S, Pietsch C, et al. Emerging OP354-Like P[8] Rotaviruses Have Rapidly Dispersed from Asia to Other Continents. Mol Biol Evol, 32(8), 2015

Rauhöft, L., Șuleșco, T., Martins Afonso, S. M., Schmidt-Chanasit, J., Jöst, H., Sauer, F. G., & Lühken, R. (2024). Large-scale performance assessment of the BG-Counter 2 used with two different mosquito traps. Parasites & Vectors, 17(1), 273.

Sauer, F. G., Pfitzner, W. P., Jöst, H., Rauhöft, L., Kliemke, K., Lange, U., ... & Lühken, R. (2023). Using geometric wing morphometrics to distinguish Aedes japonicus japonicus and Aedes koreicus. Parasites & Vectors, 16(1), 418.

Astrid von Mentzer, Thomas R Connor, Lothar H Wieler, Torsten Semmler, Atsushi Iguchi, Nicholas R Thomson, David A Rasko, Enrique Joffre, Jukka Corander, Derek Pickard, Gudrun Wiklund, Ann-Mari Svennerholm, Asa Sjöling, Gordon Dougan: Identification of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) clades with long-term global distribution. Nature Genetics 11/2014;, DOI:10.1038/ng.3145

Lennard Epping, Birgit Walther, Rosario M. Piro, Marie‑Theres Knüver, Charlotte Huber, Andrea    Thürmer, Antje Flieger, Angelika Fruth, Nicol Janecko, Lothar H. Wieler, Kerstin Stingl & Torsten Semmler: Genome-wide insights into population structure and host specificity of Campylobacter jejuni. Scientific Reports 11(1), May 2021, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-89683-6

Christa Ewers, Anno de Jong, Ellen Prenger-Berninghoff, Farid El Garch, Ursula Leidner, Sumeet K. Tiwari and Torsten Semmler: Genomic Diversity and Virulence Potential of ESBL- and AmpC-β-Lactamase-Producing Escherichia coli Strains From Healthy Food Animals Across Europe. Frontiers in Microbiology 12, April 2021, DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.626774

Silver A. Wolf, Lennard Epping, Sandro Andreotti, Knut Reinert, Torsten Semmler: SCORE: Smart Consensus of RNA Expression pipelines - a consensus tool for detecting differentially expressed genes in bacteria. Bioinformatics 2020, 1–3, DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btaa681

Scheithauer S, Dilthey A, Bludau A, Ciesek S, Corman V, Donker T, Eckmanns T, Egelkamp R, Grundmann H, Häcker G, Kaase M, Lange B, Mellmann A, Mielke M, Pletz M, Salzberger B, Thürmer A, Widmer A, Wieler LH, Wolff T, Gatermann S, Semmler T: Etablierung der Genomischen Erreger-Surveillance zur Stärkung des Pandemie- und Infektionsschutzes in Deutschland [Establishment of genomic pathogen surveillance to strengthen pandemic preparedness and infection prevention in Germany]. Bundesgesundheitsblatt Gesundheitsforschung Gesundheitsschutz. 2023 Apr;66(4):443-449. DOI: 10.1007/s00103-023-03680-w. PMID: 36811648; PMCID: PMC9945818.

Fleischer R, Jones C, Ledezma-Campos P, Czirják GÁ, Sommer S, Gillespie TR, Vicente-Santos A (2024) Gut microbial shifts in vampire bats linked to immunity due to changed diet in human disturbed landscapes. Science of the Total Environment, 907, 167815. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.167815.  

Fleischer R, Eibner GJ, Schwensow NI, Pirzer F, Paraskevopoulou S, Mayer G, Corman VM, Drosten C, Wilhelm K, Heni AC*, Sommer S*, Schmid DW* (2024) Immunogenetic-pathogen networks shrink in Tome’s spiny rat, a generalist rodent inhabiting disturbed landscapes. Communications Biology, 7, 169. doi: 10.1038/s42003-024-05870-x. * shared senior authors, contributed equally to the study.

Leibniz-Forschungsnetzwerk Biodiversität (2024): 10 Must-Knows aus der Biodiversitätsforschung 2024. Thonicke K, Rahner E, Arneth A, Bonn A, Borchard N, Chaudhary A, Darbi M, Dutta T, Eberle U, Eisenhauer N, Farwig N, Flocco CG, Freitag J, Grobe P, Grosch R, Grossart HP, Grosse A, Grützmacher K, Hagemann N, Hansjürgens B, Hartman Scholz A, Hassenrück C, Häuser C, Hickler T, Hölker F, Jacob U, Jähnig S, Jürgens K, Kramer-Schadt S, Kretsch C, Krug C, Lindner JP, Loft L, Mann C, Matzdorf B, Mehring M, Meier R, Meusemann K, Müller D, Nieberg M, Overmann J, Peters RS, Pörtner L, Pradhan P, Prochnow A, Rduch V, Reyer C, Roos C, Scherber C, Scheunemann N, Schroer S, Schuck A, Sioen GB, Sommer S, Sommerwerk N, Tanneberger F, Tockner K, van der Voort H, Veenstra T, Verburg P, Voss M, Warner B, Wende W, Wesche K. Potsdam, Deutschland. 72 Seiten. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10794362.

Meyer M*, Schmid DW*, Baldwin H, Wilhelm K, Nkrumah EE, Badu EK, Oppong SK, Schwensow N, Vallo P, Corman VM, Tschapka M, Drosten C, Sommer S (2024) Bat species assemblage predicts coronavirus prevalence. Nature Communications, 15(1), 2887. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-46979-1.

Olayemi A, Schmid DW, Fleischer R, Wilhelm K, Heni A, Mueller-Klein N, Haikukutu L, Fichet-Calvet E, Günther S, SommerS (2024). MHC-I alleles mediate clearance and antibody response to the zoonotic Lassa virus in Mastomys rodent reservoirs. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 18(2), e0011984. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011984.

Sommer S (2024) Darmmikrobiom - Mikroplastik und Klimaveränderungen beeinflussen die (mikrobielle) Gesundheit. Karriere, Köpfe und Konzepte. BIOspektrum, 02.24.

Fackelmann G, Pham CK, Rodríguez Y, Mallory ML, Provencher JF, Baak JE, Sommer S (2023) Current levels of microplastic pollution impact wild seabird gut microbiomes. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 7, 698-706. doi: 10.1038/s41559-023-02013-z.

Haikukutu L, Lyaku JR, Lyimo CM, Eiseb S, Makundi RH, Wilhelm K, Olayemi A, Müller-Klein N, Schmid DW, Fleischer R, Sommer S (2023) Immunogenetics, sylvatic plague and its vectors: Insights from the pathogen reservoir Mastomys natalensis in Tanzania. Immunogenetics, 75, 517-530. doi: 10.1007/s00251-023-01323-7.

Heni AC, Fackelmann G, Eibner G, Kreinert S, Schmid J, Schwensow NI, Wiegand J, WilhelmK, Sommer S (2023) Wildlife gut microbiomes of sympatric generalist species respond differently to anthropogenic landscape disturbances. Animal Microbiome, 5:22. 10.1186/s42523-023-00237-9.

Risely A, Müller-Klein N, Schmid DW, Wilhelm K, Clutton-Brock T, Manser MB, Sommer S (2023) Climate change drives loss of bacterial gut mutualists at the expense of host survival in wild meerkats. Global Change Biology, 29, 5816 – 5828. doi: 10.1111/gcb.16877.

Schmid DW*, Meyer M*, Wilhelm K, Tilley T, Link-Hessing T, Fleischer R, Badu EK, Nkrumah EE, Oppong SK, Schwensow N, Tschapka M, Baldwin HJ, Vallo P, Corman VM, Drosten C, Sommer S (2023) MHC class II genes mediate susceptibility and resistance to coronavirus infections in bats. Molecular Ecology, 32, 3989–4002. doi: 10.1111/mec.16983.

Carranco AS, Gillingham MAF, Wilhelm K, Romo D, de Lourdes Torres M, Sommer S*, Romo D* (2022) Transcending sea turtles: first report of hatching failure in eggs of an Amazonian freshwater turtle with symptoms of the fungal emerging disease fusariosis. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 69, e3282–e3288. doi: 10.1111/tbed.14596. * contributed equally to the study.

Donadio J, Risely A, Müller-Klein N, Wilhelm K, Clutton-Brock T, Manser MB, Sommer S (2022) Characterizing tuberculosis progression in wild meerkats (Suricata suricatta) from faecal samples and clinical signs. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 58(2), 309–321. doi: 10.7589/JWD-D-21-00063.

Fleischer R, Schmid DW, Wasimuddin, Brändel SD, Rasche A, Corman VM, Drosten C, Tschapka M, Sommer S (2022) Interaction between MHC diversity and constitution, gut microbiome composition and Astrovirus infections in a neotropical bat. Molecular Ecology, 31, 3342–3359. doi: 10.1111/mec.16491. 

Leibniz-Forschungsnetzwerk Biodiversität (2022) 10 Must-Knows aus der Biodiversitäts-forschung 2022. Thonicke K, Rahner E, Arneth A, Bartkowski B, Bonn A, Döhler C, Finger R, Freitag J, Grosch R, Grossart H.-P, Grützmacher K, Hartman Scholz A, Häuser C, Hickler T, Hölker F, Jähnig SC, Jeschke J, Kasen R, Kastner T, Kramer-Schadt S, Krug C, Lakner S, Loft L, Matzdorf B, Meakins F, De Meester L, Monaghan MT, Müller D, Overmann J, Quaas M, Radchuk V, Reyer C, Roos C, Scholz I, Schroer S, Sioen GB, Sommer S, Sommerwerk N, Tockner K, Turk Z, Warner B, Wätzold F, Wende W, Veenstra T, van der Voort H. Potsdam, Deutschland. 60 Seiten. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.6257476.

Müller-Klein N, Risely A, Schmid DW, Manser MB, Clutton-Brock T, Sommer S (2022) Two decades of tuberculosis surveillance reveal disease spread, high levels of exposure and mortality, and marked variation in disease progression in wild meerkats. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases. doi:10.1111/tbed.14679.

Risely A, Schmid DW, Müller-Klein N, Wilhelm K, Clutton-Brock T, Manser MB, Sommer S (2022) Gut microbiota individuality is contingent on temporal scale and age in wild meerkats. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 289, 20220609.

Schmid DW, Fackelmann G, Wasimuddin, Rakotondranary J, Ratovonamana YR, Montero K, Ganzhorn JU, SommerS (2022) A framework for testing the impacts of co-infections on host gut microbiomes. Animal Microbiome, 4:48. https://doi.org/10.1186/s42523-022-00198-5.

Schwensow N*, Heni A*, Schmid J, Montero BK, Brändel S, Halczok TK, Mayer G, Fackelmann G, Wilhelm K, Schmid D*, Sommer S* (2022). Disentangling direct from indirect effects of habitat disturbance on multiple components of biodiversity. Journal Animal Ecology, 91, 2220-2234. * shared first / senior authors. doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.13802.

Wasimuddin, Malik H, Ratovonamana YR, Rakotondranary SJ, Ganzhorn JU, Sommer S (2022) Anthropogenic disturbance impacts gut microbiome homeostasis in a Malagasy primate. Frontiers Microbiology, Community Series in the Wildlife Gut Microbiome and Its Implication for Conservation Biology, Volume II, 13, 911275. doi: 10.1101/2022.04.02.486803.

Alpízar P, Risely A, Tschapka M, Sommer S (2021) Agricultural fast food: Bats feeding in banana monocultures are heavier but have less diverse gut microbiomes. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 9, 746783. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2021.746783.

Fackelmann F, Gillingham MAF, Schmid J, Heni AC, Wilhelm K, Sommer S (2021) Human encroachment into wildlife gut microbiomes. Communications Biology, 4, 800. doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-02315-7.

Gillingham MAF, Borghesi F, Montero BK, Migani F, Béchet A, Rendón-Martos M, Amat JA, Dinelli E, Sommer S (2021) Bioaccumulation of trace elements affects chick body condition and gut microbiome in greater flamingos. Science of the Total Environment, 761, 143250. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.143250.

Jiménez RR, Alvarado G, Mena F, Ruepert C, Ballestero E, Sommer S (2021) The fungicide chlorothalonil changes the amphibian skin microbiome: a potential factor disrupting a host disease-protective trait. Applied Microbiology, 1, 26–37. 

Montero BK, Wasimuddin, Schwensow N, Gillingham MAF, Ratovonamana YR, Rakotondranary SJ, Corman V, Drosten C, Ganzhorn JU, Sommer S (2021) Evidence for MHC class I and II influencing viral and helminth infection via the microbiome in a non-human primate. PLOS Pathogens, 17(11): e1009675. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1009675.

Risely A, Wilhelm K, Clutton-Brock T, Manser MB, Sommer S (2021) Diurnal oscillations in gut bacterial load and composition eclipse seasonal and lifetime dynamics in wild meerkats, Suricata suricatta. Nature Communications, 12, 6017. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26298-5.

Heni AC, Schmid J, Rasche A, Corman VM, Drosten C, Sommer S (2020) Pathogen-associated selection on innate immunity genes (TLR4, TLR7) in a neotropical rodent in landscapes differing in anthropogenic disturbance. Heredity, 125, 184-199. doi.org/10.1038/s41437-020-0331-y.

Jiménez RR, Alvarado G, Sandoval J, Sommer S (2020) Habitat disturbance influences the skin microbiome of a rediscovered neotropical-montane frog. BMC Microbiology, 20, 292.

Paraskevopoulou S, Pirzer F, Schmid J, Corman VM, Schroeder S, Rasche A, Muth D, Goldmann N, Gottula LT, Drexler JF, Heni AC, Eibner GJ, Page R, Jones TC, Müller MA, Sommer S, Glebe D, Drosten C (2020) Mammalian hepatitis delta virus without hepadnavirus coinfection in the neotropical rodent Proechimys semispinosus. PNAS, 117 (30), 17977-17983. doi: org/10.1073/pnas.2006750117

Fackelmann G, Sommer S (2019) Microplastics and the gut microbiome: how chronically exposed species may suffer from gut dysbiosis. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 143, 193-203.

Schwensow N, Castro-Prieto A, Wachter B, Sommer S (2019) Immunological MHC supertypes and allelic expression: how low is the functional MHC variability in wild endangered Namibian cheetahs? Conservation Genetics, 20(1), 65-80. 

Šrut M, Menke S, Höckner M, Sommer S (2019) Earthworms and Cadmium - heavy metal resistant gut bacteria as indicators for heavy metal pollution in soils? Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 171, 843-853.

Wasimuddin, Corman VM, Ganzhorn JU, Rakotondranary SJ, Ratovonamana YR, Drosten C, Sommer S (2019) Adenovirus infection is associated with altered gut microbial communities in a non-human primate. Scientific Reports, 9, 13410.

Santos PSC, Mezger M, Kolar M, Michler F-U, Sommer S (2018) The best smellers make the best choosers: mate choice is affected by female chemosensory receptor gene diversity in a mammal. Proceedings of the Royal Society London B, 285, 20182426.

Schmid J, Rasche A, Eibner G, Jeworowski L, Page RA, Corman VM, Drosten C, Sommer S (2018) Ecological drivers of Hepacivirus infection in a Neotropical rodent inhabiting landscapes with various degrees of human environmental change. Oecologia, 188(1), 289-302.

Schmidt-Küntzel A, Dalton DL, Menotti-Raymond M, Fabiano E, Charruau P, Johnson WE, Sommer S, Marker L, Kotzé A, O’Brien S (2018) Conservation genetics of the cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus): genetic history and implications for conservation. In: Cheetahs: Biology and Conservation of Cheetahs (edited by L Marker, L Boast, A Schmidt-Küntzel). Biodiversity of the World: Conservation from Genes to Landscapes (series editor: PJ Nyhus). Academic Press, USA.

Wasimuddin, Brändel SD, Tschapka M, Page R, Rasche A, Corman VM, Drosten C, Sommer S (2018) Astrovirus infections induce age-dependent dysbiosis in gut microbiomes of bats. The ISME Journal, 12, 2883-2893. DOI: 10.1038/s41396-018-0239-1.

Jiménez Randall R, Sommer S (2017) The amphibian microbiome: natural range of variation, pathogenic dysbiosis and role in conservation. Biodiversity and Conservation, 26(4), 763-786.

Menke S, Meier M, Mfune JKE, Melzheimer J, Wachter B, Sommer S (2017) Effect of host traits and land-use changes on the gut microbiome of the Namibian black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas). FEMS, 93(11), DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fix123.

Santos PSC, Michler F-U, Sommer S (2017) Can MHC-assortative partner choice promote offspring diversity? A new combination of MHC-dependent behaviors among sexes in a highly successful invasive mammal. Molecular Ecology, 26, 2392-2404.

Schwensow NI, Detering H, Pederson S, Mazzoni C, Sinclair R, Peacock D, Kovaliski J, Cooke B, Fickel J, Sommer S (2017) Resistance to RHD virus in wild Australian rabbits: comparison of susceptible and resistant individuals using a genome-wide approach. Molecular Ecology, 26, 4551-4561.

Schwensow NI, Mazzoni CJ, Marmesat E, Fickel J, Peacock D, Kovaliski J, Sinclair R, Cassey P, Cooke B, Sommer S (2017) High adaptive variability and virus-driven selection on Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) genes in invasive wild rabbits in Australia. Biological Invasions, 19(4), 1255-1271.

Wasimuddin, Menke S, Melzheimer J, Thalwitzer S, Heinrich H, Wachter B, Sommer S (2017) Gut microbiomes of free-ranging and captive Namibian cheetahs: diversity, putative functions, and occurrence of potential pathogens. Molecular Ecology, 26, 5515-5527