DPZ Publications

Infection Biology Unit

Peer-reviewed articles

Arora P, Kempf A, Nehlmeier I, Schulz S, Jäck H, Hoffmann M, Pöhlmann S (2025) Entry efficiency, protease dependence, and antibody-mediated neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 sublineages KP.3.1.1 and XEC. Vaccines 13(4): 385. 10.3390/vaccines13040385

Arora P, Zhang L, Nehlmeier I, Kempf A, Graichen L, Kreitz E, Sidarovich A, Rocha C, Gärtner S, Winkler M, Schulz S, Jäck H, Hoffmann M, Pöhlmann S (2025) Host cell lectins ASGR1 and DC-SIGN jointly with TMEM106B confer ACE2 independence and imdevimab resistance to SARS-CoV-2 pseudovirus with spike mutation E484D. J Virol 99(2): e0123024. 10.1128/jvi.01230-24

Basaran R, Budhadev D, Dimitriou E, Wootton HS, Miller GJ, Kempf A, Nehlmeier I, Pöhlmann S, Guo Y, Zhou D (2025) Polyvalent mannuronic acid-coated gold nanoparticles for probing multivalent lectin–glycan interaction and blocking virus infection. Viruses 17(8): 1066. 10.3390/v17081066

Bdeir N, Lüddecke T, Maaß H, Schmelz S, Rand U, Jacobsen H, Metzdorf K, Kulkarni U, Cossmann A, Stankov MV, Hoffmann M, Pöhlmann S, Blankenfeldt W, Dopfer‐Jablonka A, Behrens GMN, Čičin‐Šain L (2025) Reverse mutational scanning of SARS-CoV-2 spike BA.2.86 identifies epitopes contributing to immune escape from polyclonal sera. Nat Commun 16(1): 809. 10.1038/s41467-025-55871-5

Elez K, Hempel T, Shrimp J, Moor N, Raich L, Rocha C, Winter R, Le T, Pöhlmann S, Hoffmann M, Hall M, Noé F (2025) Simulations and active learning enable efficient identification of an experimentally-validated broad coronavirus inhibitor. Nat Commun 16: 12. 10.1038/s41467-025-62139-5

* Flury P^#, Krüger N^#, Sylvester K, Breidenbach J, Al Hamwi G, Qiao J, Chen Y, Rocha C, Serafim MSM, da Silva EB, Pöhlmann S, Poso A, Kronenberger T, Rox K, O’Donoghue AJ, Yang S, Sträter N, Gütschow M, Laufer S, Müller CE, Pillaiyar T (2025) Design, synthesis, and unprecedented interactions of covalent dipeptide-based inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2 main protease and its variants displaying potent antiviral activity. J Med Chem 68(3): 3626-3652. (^#shared first authors) 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.4c02254

Liu S, Hahn AS (2025) Identified receptors shed light on Epstein–Barr virus infection. Nat Microbiol 10(11): 2656-2658. 10.1038/s41564-025-02123-3

Liu S, Schlagowski S, Großkopf AK, Khizanishvili N, Yang X, Wong SW, Guzmán EM, Backovic M, Scribano S, Cordsmeier A, Ensser A, Hahn AS (2025) Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) gB dictates a low-pH endocytotic entry pathway as revealed by a dual-fluorescent virus system and a rhesus monkey rhadinovirus expressing KSHV gB. PLoS Pathog 21(1): e1012846. 10.1371/journal.ppat.1012846

Mazigi O, Langley DB, Henry JY, Burnett DL, Sobti M, Walker GJ, Rouet R, Balachandran H, Lenthall H, Jackson J, Ubiparipovic S, Schofield P, Brown SHJ, Schulz S, Hoffmann M, Pöhlmann S, Post JJ, Martinello M, Ahlenstiel G, Kelleher AD, Rawlinson WD, Turville S, Bull RA, Stewart AG, Jäck H, Goodnow CC, Christ D (2025) Affinity maturation endows potent activity onto class 6 SARS-CoV-2 broadly neutralizing antibodies. P Natl Acad Sci USA 122(1): e2417544121. 10.1073/pnas.2417544121

Posch W, Prakash E, Erckert SA, Zaderer V, Bellmann-Weiler R, Chokkalingam U, Anuma S, Pöhlmann S, Hoffmann M,Wilflingseder D (2025) Aloe-derived polysaccharides (APS) mitigate SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BQ1.1 infection by preserving epithelial integrity and reducing viral load in human airway epithelial (HAE) cultures. Biomed Pharmacother 192: 118657. 10.1016/j.biopha.2025.118657

Rocha C, Arora P, Zhang L, Sidarovich A, Graichen L, Moldenhauer A-S, Pöhlmann S, Hoffmann M (2025) Amino acid residues 655 and 969 in the spike protein of Omicron subvariant BA.1 control use of TMPRSS2 versus Cathepsin L dependent entry pathways and cell tropism. PLoS ONE 20(8): e0328879. 10.1371/journal.pone.0328879

Song M, Liu S, Luo Y, Ji T, Zhang Y, Deng W (2025) PKM2 facilitates classical swine fever virus replication by enhancing NS5B polymerase function. Viruses 17(5): 648. 10.3390/v17050648

Stankov M^#, Hoffmann M^#, Happle C, Lürken K, Kempf A, Nehlmeier I, Stölting A, Pöhlmann S, Dopfer-Jablonka A, Behrens G (2025) Humoral immune responses in dialysis patients after mRNA omicron JN.1 vaccination. Kidney Med 7: 4. (^#shared first authors) 10.1016/j.xkme.2025.101067

Stein S, Ssebyatika G, Benecke T, Ströh L, Rajak M, Vollmer B, Menz S, Waldmann J-Y, Tipp S, Ochulor O, Herold E, Schwarzloh B, Mutschall D, Zischke J, Schneider T, Hinrichs I, Blasczyk R, Kleine-Weber H, Hoffmann M, Klein F, Kaiser F, González-Hernández M, Armando F, Ciurkiewicz M, Beythien G, Pöhlmann S, Baumgärtner W, Gruenewald K, Osterhaus A, Schulz T, Krey T and Hansen G (2025) A critical residue in a conserved RBD epitope determines neutralization breadth of pan-sarbecovirus antibodies with recurring YYDRxxG motifs. mBio 16: 19. 10.1128/mbio.00606-25

Zhang L, Kempf A, Nehlmeier I, Chen N, Graichen L, Moldenhauer A-S, Stankov MV, Happle C, Schulz SR, Dopfer-Jablonka A, Jäck H-M, Behrens GMN, Pöhlmann S, Hoffmann M (2025) Host cell entry efficiency and neutralization sensitivity of the SARS-CoV-2 MC.10.1 variant. Virology 612: 110675. 10.1016/j.virol.2025.110675

Zhang L, Kempf A, Nehlmeier I, Chen N, Stankov MV, Happle C, Dopfer-Jablonka A, Behrens GMN, Schulz SR, Jäck H-M, Pöhlmann S, Hoffmann M (2025) Host cell entry and neutralisation sensitivity of SARS-CoV-2 BA.3.2. Lancet Microbe 6(11): 101165. 10.1016/j.lanmic.2025.101165

Zhang L, Kempf A, Nehlmeier I, Chen N, Stankov MV, Happle C, Dopfer‐Jablonka A, Behrens GMN, Hoffmann M and Pöhlmann S (2025) Host cell entry and neutralisation sensitivity of the emerging SARS-CoV-2 variant LP.8.1. The Lancet Infect Dis 25(4): e196-e197. 10.1016/S1473-3099(25)00113-6  

Zhang L, Behrens G, Kempf A, Nehlmeier I, Gärtner S, Moldenhauer A-S, Graichen L, Happle C, Winkler M, Dopfer-Jablonka A, Pöhlmann S and Hoffmann M (2025) Neutralizing activity against bovine H5N1 HPAIV (clade 2.3.4.4b) in human plasma after seasonal influenza vaccination. EmergMicrobes Infect 14: 4. 10.1080/22221751.2025.2528539

 

Laboratory Animal Science Unit

Peer-reviewed articles

Deniz E, Marsen S, Helms F, Krüger H, Arima N, Hanke J, Merzah AS, Al-Hasan-Al-Saegh S, Knigge S, Alhowaizy S, Meyer T, Hinkel R, Arar M, Popov AF, Dogan G, Schmack B, Weymann A, Ruhparwar A, Mohamed-Glüer SA, Schmitto JD (2025) Development and validation of an acute large animal model for type A aortic dissection. J Cardiovasc Dev Dis 12(12): 496. 10.3390/jcdd12120496

* Jebran A-F, Seidler T, Tiburcy M, Daskalaki M, Kutschka I, Fujita B, Ensminger S, Bremmer F, Moussavi A, Yang H, Qin X, Mißbach S, Drummer C, Baraki H, Boretius S, Hasenauer C, Nette T, Kowallick J, Ritter CO, Lotz J, Didié M, Mietsch M, Meyer T, Kensah G, Krüger D, Sakib MS, Kaurani L, Fischer A, Dressel R, Rodriguez-Polo I, Stauske M, Diecke S, Maetz-Rensing K, Gruber-Dujardin E, Bleyer M, Petersen B, Roos C, Zhang L, Walter L, Kaulfuß S, Yigit G, Wollnik B, Levent E, Roshani B, Stahl-Henning C, Ströbel P, Legler T, Riggert J, Hellenkamp K, Voigt J-U, Hasenfuß G, Hinkel R, Wu JC, Behr R, Zimmermann W-H (2025) Engineered heart muscle allografts for heart repair in primates and humans. Nature 639(8054): 503-511. 10.1038/s41586-024-08463-0

Karamanlis D, Khani MH, Schreyer HM, Zapp SJ, Mietsch M, Gollisch T (2025) Nonlinear receptive fields evoke redundant retinal coding of natural scenes. Nature 637(8045): 394-401. 10.1038/s41586-024-08212-3

* Shahidi N, Rozenblit F, Khani MH, Schreyer HM, Mietsch M, Protti DA, Gollisch T (2025) Filter-based models of suppression in retinal ganglion cells: Comparison and generalization across species and stimuli. PLoS Comput Biol 21(5): e1013031. 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1013031

 

Plattform Infection Models

Peer-reviewed articles

* Flury P^#, Krüger N^#, Sylvester K, Breidenbach J, Al Hamwi G, Qiao J, Chen Y, Rocha C, Serafim MSM, da Silva EB, Pöhlmann S, Poso A, Kronenberger T, Rox K, O’Donoghue AJ, Yang S, Sträter N, Gütschow M, Laufer S, Müller CE, Pillaiyar T (2025) Design, synthesis, and unprecedented interactions of covalent dipeptide-based inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2 main protease and its variants displaying potent antiviral activity. J Med Chem 68(3): 3626-3652. (^#shared first authors) 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.4c02254

* Jebran A-F, Seidler T, Tiburcy M, Daskalaki M, Kutschka I, Fujita B, Ensminger S, Bremmer F, Moussavi A, Yang H, Qin X, Mißbach S, Drummer C, Baraki H, Boretius S, Hasenauer C, Nette T, Kowallick J, Ritter CO, Lotz J, Didié M, Mietsch M, Meyer T, Kensah G, Krüger D, Sakib MS, Kaurani L, Fischer A, Dressel R, Rodriguez-Polo I, Stauske M, Diecke S, Maetz-Rensing K, Gruber-Dujardin E, Bleyer M, Petersen B, Roos C, Zhang L, Walter L, Kaulfuß S, Yigit G, Wollnik B, Levent E, Roshani B, Stahl-Henning C, Ströbel P, Legler T, Riggert J, Hellenkamp K, Voigt J-U, Hasenfuß G, Hinkel R, Wu JC, Behr R, Zimmermann W-H (2025) Engineered heart muscle allografts for heart repair in primates and humans. Nature 639(8054): 503-511. 10.1038/s41586-024-08463-0

Krüger N, Laufer SA, Pillaiyar T (2025) An overview of progress in human metapneumovirus (hMPV) research: Structure, function, and therapeutic opportunities. Drug Discov Today 30(5): 104364. 10.1016/j.drudis.2025.104364

 

Pathology

Peer-reviewed articles

Becker Y, Eichner C, Paquette M, Bock C, Girard‐Buttoz C, Jäger C, Gräßle T, Deschner T, EBC Consortium(incl. Mätz-Rensing K, Bleyer M, Aschoff D), Gunz P, Wittig RM, Crockford C, Friederici AD, Anwander A (2025) Long arcuate fascicle in wild and captive chimpanzees as a potential structural precursor of the language network. Nat Commun 16(1): 4485. 10.1038/s41467-025-59254-8

* Bunzendahl L, Moussavi A, Bleyer M, Neumann S, Boretius S (2025) Magnetisation transfer, T1 and T2* relaxation in canine menisci of elderly dogs—an ex vivo study in stifle joints. Front Vet Sci 12: 1521684. 10.3389/fvets.2025.1521684

* Hüsken S, Röder A, Ptok J, Meyer AE, Georg M, Schwarz Y, Roos C, Mätz-Rensing K, Hutter MC, Floss DM, Rettie AE, Girhard M, Hanenberg H, Wiek C (2025) Functional analysis of CYP4B1 enzymes from apes and humans uncovers evolutionary hot spots for adaptations of the catalytical function. PLoS Genet 21(6): e1011750. 10.1371/journal.pgen.1011750

* Jebran A-F, Seidler T, Tiburcy M, Daskalaki M, Kutschka I, Fujita B, Ensminger S, Bremmer F, Moussavi A, Yang H, Qin X, Mißbach S, Drummer C, Baraki H, Boretius S, Hasenauer C, Nette T, Kowallick J, Ritter CO, Lotz J, Didié M, Mietsch M, Meyer T, Kensah G, Krüger D, Sakib MS, Kaurani L, Fischer A, Dressel R, Rodriguez-Polo I, Stauske M, Diecke S, Maetz-Rensing K, Gruber-Dujardin E, Bleyer M, Petersen B, Roos C, Zhang L, Walter L, Kaulfuß S, Yigit G, Wollnik B, Levent E, Roshani B, Stahl-Henning C, Ströbel P, Legler T, Riggert J, Hellenkamp K, Voigt J-U, Hasenfuß G, Hinkel R, Wu JC, Behr R, Zimmermann W-H (2025) Engineered heart muscle allografts for heart repair in primates and humans. Nature 639(8054): 503-511. 10.1038/s41586-024-08463-0

Krull F, Hosseini S, Bleyer M, Brenig B (2025) Findings from transcriptomics and immunohistochemistry indicate an autoimmune disease targeting brainstem inhibitory interneurons in bovine spastic paresis. PLoS One 20(5): e0324633. 10.1371/journal.pone.0324633

Mehl C, Adeyemi OA, Möhrer FJ, Wylezich C, Sander S, Schmidt K, Geiger C, Schauerte N, Wurr S, Mätz-Rensing K, Nesseler A, von Graffenried TA, Morgan AP, Oestereich L, Günther S, Beer M, Klein C, Cadar D, Kerber R, Höper D, Reiche S, Heckel G, Ulrich RG (2025) Persistence, spill over, and evolution of co-occurring lineages of lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus. Virus Evol 11: veaf085. 10.1093/ve/veaf085

Sheikh SM, Staab J, Bleyer M, Ívetic A, Lühder F, Wirths O, Meyer T (2025) N-terminal truncation of STAT1 transcription factor causes CD3- and CD20-negative non-Hodgkin lymphoma through upregulation of STAT3-mediated oncogenic functions. Cell Commun Signal 23(1): 201. 10.1186/s12964-025-02183-2

Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory

Peer-reviewed articles

Akkoyunlu B, Schwiedrzik CM (2025) Task-irrelevant phase but not contrast variability unlocks generalization in visual perceptual learning. J Cogn Enhance 9(3): 297-309. 10.1007/s41465-025-00329-1

Amann LK, Casasnovas V, Gail A (2025) Visual target and task-critical feedback uncertainty impair different stages of reach planning in motor cortex. Nat Commun 16(1): 3372. 10.1038/s41467-025-58738-x

Bhonsle A, Wilke M (2025) Neural and Cardiac Contributions to Perceptual Suppression During Cycling. Psychophysiology 62(9): e70144. 10.1111/psyp.70144

Ferrea E, Morel P, Gail A (2025) Frontal and parietal planning signals encode adapted motor commands when learning to control a brain–computer interface. PLoS Biol 23(9): e3003408. 10.1371/journal.pbio.3003408

Guo H, Kuang S, Gail A (2025) Sensorimotor environment but not task rule reconfigures population dynamics in rhesus monkey posterior parietal cortex. Nat Commun 16(1): 1116.  10.1038/s41467-025-56360-5

Hashemi S, Ebadi SA, Jahromy FZ, Treue S, Kreiman G, Esghaei M (2025) Behavioral relevance of category selectivity revealed by human ECoG data. PLoS One 20(10): e0328374. 10.1371/journal.pone.0328374

Kadijani MN, Backen T, Manchanda K, Mody SK, Treue S, Martínez-Trujillo J (2025) Bilateral field advantage of spatial attention in macaque lateral prefrontal cortex. J Cogn Neurosci 37(12): 2430-2444. 10.1162/JOCN.a.58

Kingir E, Segawa R, Hesse JK, Kagan I, Wilke M (2025) Fixation shifts in a novel “no-report” binocular rivalry paradigm induce saccade-related perceptual switches. Conscious Cogn 133: 103891. 10.1016/j.concog.2025.103891

Koch NA, Corrigan B, Feyerabend M, Gulli RA, Jimenez-Sosa MS, Abbass M, Sunstrum JK, Matovic S, Roussy M, Luna R, Mestern S, Mahmoudian B, Vijayraghavan S, Igarashi H, Pradeepan KS, Assis WJ, Pruszynski JA, Tripathy SJ, Staiger JF, González‐Burgos G, Neef A, Treue S, Everling S, Inoue W, Khadra A, Martinez-Trujillo JC (2025) Spike frequency adaptation in primate lateral prefrontal cortex neurons results from interplay between intrinsic properties and circuit dynamics. Cell Rep 44(1): 115159. 10.1016/j.celrep.2024.115159

Lewen D, Ivanov V, Dehning J, Ruß J, Fischer A, Penke L, Schacht A, Gail A, Priesemann V, Kagan I (2025) Continuous dynamics of cooperation and competition in social decision-making. Communications Psychology 3(1): 170. 10.1038/s44271-025-00348-w

Lindner E, Schöberl T, Desantis A, Gail A (2025) Temporal action-effect prediction does not affect perceived loudness, but the sense of agency. Conscious Cogn 130: 103837. 10.1016/j.concog.2025.103837

Mayer S, Saxena P, Crayen MA, Treue S (2025) Establishing In-vivo brain microdialysis for comparing concentrations of a variety of cortical neurotransmitters in the awake rhesus macaque between different cognitive states. J Neurosci Meth 415: 110361. 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2025.110361

Nosouhi M, Treue S, Esghaei M (2025) Temporal concentration and phase synchronization in phase-amplitude coupling. Front Behav Neurosci 19: 1615997. 10.3389/fnbeh.2025.1615997

Pfefferle D, Talbot SR, Kahnau P, Cassidy LC, Brockhausen RR, Jaap A, Deikun V, Yurt P, Gail A, Treue S, Lewejohann L (2025) Advancing preference testing in humans and animals. Behav Res Methods 57(7): 193. 10.3758/s13428-025-02668-5

Puchik M, Kagan I (2025) Probing the staying power of chemogenetics. eLife 14: e109193. 10.7554/eLife.109193

Rucci M, Ahissar E, Burr DC, Kagan I, Poletti M, Victor JD (2025) The visual system does not operate like a camera. J Vision 25(3): 2. 10.1167/jov.25.3.2

* Schweizer R, Muellen AM, Stropel J (2025) The deep winding at the brain surface: replicating a historical report associating the ‘bridged’ central sulcus with the pli de passage fronto-pariétal moyen. Brain Struct Funct 230(6): 87. 10.1007/s00429-025-02947-z

* Shahidi N, Rozenblit F, Khani MH, Schreyer HM, Mietsch M, Protti DA, Gollisch T (2025) Filter-based models of suppression in retinal ganglion cells: Comparison and generalization across species and stimuli. PLoS Comput Biol 21(5): e1013031. 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1013031

* Vogg R, Lüddecke T, Henrich J, Dey S, Nuske M, Hassler V, Murphy D, Fischer J, Ostner J, Schülke O, Kappeler PM, Fichtel C, Gail A, Treue S, Scherberger H, Wörgötter F, Ecker AS (2025) Computer vision for primate behavior analysis in the wild. Nat Methods 22(6): 1154-1166. 10.1038/s41592-025-02653-y

Wilke M, Eisenberg H, Schmidt‐Samoa C, Mahdavi S, Kagan I, Dechent P, Liman J, Karnath H, Bähr M (2025) Optic ataxia in patients with thalamic lesions. Brain Commun 7(5): fcaf359. 10.1093/braincomms/fcaf359

 

Neurobiology Laboratory

Peer-reviewed article

* Vogg R, Lüddecke T, Henrich J, Dey S, Nuske M, Hassler V, Murphy D, Fischer J, Ostner J, Schülke O, Kappeler PM, Fichtel C, Gail A, Treue S, Scherberger H, Wörgötter F, Ecker AS (2025) Computer vision for primate behavior analysis in the wild. Nat Methods 22(6): 1154-1166. 10.1038/s41592-025-02653-y

 

Functional Imaging Laboratory

Peer-reviewed articles

* Bunzendahl L, Moussavi A, Bleyer M, Neumann S, Boretius S (2025) Magnetisation transfer, T1 and T2* relaxation in canine menisci of elderly dogs—an ex vivo study in stifle joints. Front Vet Sci 12: 1521684. 10.3389/fvets.2025.1521684

Butt UJ, Çakır U, Wildenburg A-F, Curto Y, Ye L, Bansal V, Boretius S, Nave K-A, Singh M, Ehrenreich H (2025) Forebrain-specific loss of erythropoietin provokes compensatory upregulation of different EPO receptors. Mol Psychiat 100: 100. 10.1038/s41380-025-03230-7

Galteau ME, Broadwater M, Chen Y, Desrosiers-Gregoire G, Gil R, Kaesser J, Kim E, Kıryağdı P, Lambers H, Liu YY, López-Gil X, MacNicol E, Mohebkhodaei P, De Oliveira RXN, Pereira CA, Reimann HM, Rivera-Olvera A, Selingue E, Sirmpilatze N, Strobelt S, Sumiyoshi A, Tham C, Tudela R, Vrooman RM, Wank I, Zhang Y, van Engelenburg WA, Baudewig J, Boretius S, Cash D, Chakravarty MM, Chuang K-H, Ciobanu L, Devenyi GA, Faber C, Hess A, Homberg JR, Jelescu IO, Justicia C, Kawashima R, Niendorf T, Scheenen TWJ, Shemesh N, Soria G, Todd N, Wachsmuth L, Yu X, Zhang BB, Shih Y-YI, Lee S-H, Grandjean J (2025) Activation mapping in multi-center retrospective rat sensory-evoked functional MRI datasets using a unified pipeline. Imaging Neuroscience 3: IMAG.a.157. 10.1162/IMAG.a.157

* Jebran A-F, Seidler T, Tiburcy M, Daskalaki M, Kutschka I, Fujita B, Ensminger S, Bremmer F, Moussavi A, Yang H, Qin X, Mißbach S, Drummer C, Baraki H, Boretius S, Hasenauer C, Nette T, Kowallick J, Ritter CO, Lotz J, Didié M, Mietsch M, Meyer T, Kensah G, Krüger D, Sakib MS, Kaurani L, Fischer A, Dressel R, Rodriguez-Polo I, Stauske M, Diecke S, Maetz-Rensing K, Gruber-Dujardin E, Bleyer M, Petersen B, Roos C, Zhang L, Walter L, Kaulfuß S, Yigit G, Wollnik B, Levent E, Roshani B, Stahl-Henning C, Ströbel P, Legler T, Riggert J, Hellenkamp K, Voigt J-U, Hasenfuß G, Hinkel R, Wu JC, Behr R, Zimmermann W-H (2025) Engineered heart muscle allografts for heart repair in primates and humans. Nature 639(8054): 503-511. 10.1038/s41586-024-08463-0 

Mantegna F, Olivetti E, Schwedhelm P, Baldauf D (2025) Covariance-based decoding reveals a category-specific functional connectivity network for imagined visual objects. NeuroImage 311: 121171. 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2025.121171

Martinez-Vazquez P, Abad-Torrent A (2025) Simultaneous pharmacometric control optimization for advanced integrated multi-drug target infusions. Biomed Signal Process Control 110: 108271. 10.1016/j.bspc.2025.108271

Memhave TR, Deckers M, Boretius S, Gröbner J, Moussavi A (2025) A custom‐built, cost‐efficient Lithium‐7 Tx/Rx coil for in vivo ⁷Li magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy. NMR Biomed 38(5): e70034. 10.1002/nbm.70034

Ramedani M, Moussavi A, Memhave TR, Boretius S (2025) Deep learning-based automated segmentation of cardiac real-time MRI in non-human primates. Comput Biol Med 189: 109894. 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2025.109894

Redeker K-E, Kirsch N, Boretius S, Tzvetkov M and Brockmöller J (2025) Substrate Specificity of the Organic Cation Transporters MATE1 and MATE2K and Functional Overlap with OCT1 and OCT2. J Med Chem 68(12): 12473–12492. 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.5c00056

* Schweizer R, Muellen AM, Stropel J (2025) The deep winding at the brain surface: replicating a historical report associating the ‘bridged’ central sulcus with the pli de passage fronto-pariétal moyen. Brain Struct Funct 230(6): 87. 10.1007/s00429-025-02947-z

Ye L, Daguano Gastaldi V, Curto Y, Wildenburg A-F, Yu X, Hindermann M, Eggert S, Ronnenberg A, Wang Q, Butt UJ, Kawaguchi R, Geschwind D, Möbius W, Boretius S, Singh M, Nave K-A, Ehrenreich H (2025) Transcriptional dynamics of the oligodendrocyte lineage and its regulation by the brain erythropoietin system. Nat Commun 16(1): 8291. 10.1038/s41467-025-62791-x

 

Book chapter

Boretius S (2025): Kontrastreiche Einblicke. In: Ullrich J, Bleyer U, Köster S, Lämmerzahl C, Meschede D, Schröter L (eds). Physik: Erkenntnisse und Perspektiven. Bad Honnef, Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft: pp. 217-218. 

Auditory Neuroscience and Optogenetics

Peer-reviewed articles

Jablonski L, Harczos T, Wolf B, Hoch G, Khurana L, Dieter A, Roos L, Hessler R, Ayub S, Ruther P, Moser T (2025) Hearing restoration by a low-weight power-efficient multichannel optogenetic cochlear implant system. J Neural Eng 22(4): 046034. 10.1088/1741-2552/adf00f

Lamm GHU, Marin E, Alekseev A, Schellbach AV, Stetsenko A, Haro-Moreno JM, Bourenkov G, Borshchevskiy V, Asido M, Agthe M, Engilberge S, Rose SL, Caramello N, Royant A, Schneider TR, Bateman A, Mager T, Moser T, Rodriguez-Valera F, Wachtveitl J, Guskov A, Kovalev K (2025) CryoRhodopsins: A comprehensive characterization of a group of microbial rhodopsins from cold environments. Sci Adv 11(27): eadv1015. 10.1126/sciadv.adv1015

Owrang D, Vona B (2025) Neurogenetic Disorders with Hearing Loss: Mechanisms, Classifications, and Emerging Insights. Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep 25(1): 77. 

Schaeper JJ, Kampshoff CA, Wolf BJ, Roos L, Michanski S, Ruhwedel T, Eckermann M, Meyer A, Jeschke M, Wichmann C, Moser T, Salditt T (2025) 3D virtual histology of rodent and primate cochleae with multi-scale phase-contrast X-ray tomography. Sci Rep 15(1): 7933. 10.1007/s11910-025-01466-y

Shadab M, Ben-Mahmoud A, Martínez Völter LN, Abbasi AA, Ku B, Ejaz A, Latif Z, Gupta V, Owrang D, Jang M-H, Zhang Z, Mohammad R, Houlden H, Kim H-G, Vona B (2025) Recurrent and novel pathogenic variants in genes involved with hearing loss in the Pakistani population. Mol Diagn Ther 29(4): 519-537. 10.1007/s40291-025-00782-w

Thirumalai A, Henseler J, Enayati M, Kusch K, Hessler R, Moser T, Huet AT (2025) Improved optogenetic modification of the spiral ganglion neurons for future optical cochlear implants. Theranostics 15(10): 4270-4286. 10.7150/thno.104474

Vona B, Wollnik B, Strenzke N, Pangršič T, Moser T (2025) Is CABP2 ‐associated hearing loss (DFNB93) a gene therapy target? Preclinical progress and patient registry. MedComm 6(9): e70363. 10.1002/mco2.70363

 

Social Neurobiology

Peer-reviewed article

Grabenhorst F, Báez-Mendoza R (2025) Dynamic coding and sequential integration of multiple reward attributes by primate amygdala neurons. Nat Commun 16(1): 3119. 10.1038/s41467-025-58270-y 
 

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology Unit

Peer-reviewed articles

Aguillon S, Turpin M, Le Minter G, Lebarbenchon C, Hoarau AOG, Toty C, Duchet A, Joffrin L, Ramanantsalama RV, Tortosa P, Mavingui P, Dietrich M (2025) Role of individual and population heterogeneity in shaping dynamics of multi-pathogen shedding in an island endemic bat. PLoS Pathog 21(7): e1013334. 10.1371/journal.ppat.1013334

De Dreu CKW, Herrmann E, Range F, Surbeck M, Wittig R (2025) Group-mindedness as evolved solution to deal with group-living. Behav Brain Sci 48: e167. 10.1017/S0140525X2510040X 

De Gregorio C, Antonini P, Heymann EW, Gamba M (2025) Isochrony in titi monkeys duets: social context as a proximate cause of duets’ rhythm and regularity. P Roy Soc B 292(2041): 20242805. 10.1098/rspb.2024.2805 

Engelhardt SC, Fichtel C, Kappeler PM (2025) Cooperative and solitary mobbing to defend offspring in wild gray mouse lemurs, Microcebus murinus. Ethology 131(1): e13512. 10.1111/eth.13512

Engelhardt SC, Socias‐Martínez L, Poirotte C, Bodson P, Sinaotse G, Ampataka R, Peckre LR, Lahmann H, Mosna M, Ratsoavina FM, Fichtel C, Kappeler PM (2025) Who to sleep with? Daytime sleeping associations in nocturnal gray mouse lemurs. Behav Ecol Sociobiol 79(6). 10.1007/s00265-025-03608-1

Engelhardt SC, Vasoya H, Taborsky M (2025) Experimental evidence for social learning in semi-natural, wild-type Norway rats. Sci Rep 15(1): 37364. 10.1038/s41598-025-25316-6

* Everson K, Pozzi L, Barrett M, Blair ME, Donohue ME, Kappeler PM, Kitchener AC, Lemmon AR, Lemmon EM, Pavón‐Vázquez CJ, Radespiel U, Randrianambinina B, Rasoloarison RM, Rasoloharijaona S, Roos C, Salmona J, Yoder AD, Zenil‐Ferguson R, Zinner D and Weisrock DW (2025) Multiple bursts of speciation in Madagascar’s endangered lemurs. Nat Commun 16(1): 7070. 10.1038/s41467-025-62310-y

Fichtel C, Huber D (2025) Mouse lemurs. Nat Methods 22(10): 1999-2001. 10.1038/s41592-025-02852-7 

Gao S-M, Lan L-Y, Yang L, Chen T, Fan P-F (2025) Health-associated key gut microbiota drives the variation in community metabolic interactions in non-human primates. Cell Rep 44(11): 116477. 10.1016/j.celrep.2025.116477

Gao X, Zhang T, Wang J, Yang D, Chen X, Yang P, Li W, Sun B, Xia D, Li J, Wang X (2025) Video‐sound recording devices reveal multiple drivers of nocturnal vocalizations in Tibetan macaques. Ecol Evol 15(12): e72587. 10.1002/ece3.72587

Gottstein M, Thiel S, Vornhagen JL, Mengel C, Tschapka M, Heymann EW, Heer K (2025) Gene flow and vertical stratification of pollination in the bat‐pollinated liana Marcgravia longifolia. Ecol Evol 15(8): e72050. 10.1002/ece3.72050

Heymann EW, Slana D (2025) Infant carrying in wild black‐fronted saddleback tamarin groups with single and two breeding females. Am J Primatol 87(8): e70062. 10.1002/ajp.70062

Heymann EW, Flores Amasifuén C, Shahuano Tello N (2025) Seasonality of sightings of Cacajao ucayalii at the Estación Biológica Quebrada Blanco and implications concerning ranging patterns and habitat use. Primate Biology 12(1): 9-13. 10.5194/pb-12-9-2025

Huchard E^#, Kappeler PM^#, Smit N, Fichtel C, Lukas D (2025) The evolution of male–female dominance relations in primate societies. P Natl Acad Sci USA 122(28): e2500405122. (^#shared first authorship) 10.1073/pnas.25004051

Ickin E, Conquet E, Abrahms B, Albon SD, Blumstein DT, Bond ML, Boersma PD, Clark-Wolf TJ, Clutton-Brock T, Compagnoni A, Dostálek T, Evers SM, Fichtel C, Gamelon M, García-Callejas D, Griesser M, Hansen BB, Jenouvrier S, Jerstad K, Kappeler PM, Layton-Matthews K, Lee DE, Lloret F, Loonen MJJE, Malchow A-K, Manser MB, Martin JGA, Morales-González A, Münzbergová Z, Nater CR, Pillay N, Quéroué M, Røstad OW, Sánchez-Mejía T, Schradin C, Sæther B-E, Ozgul A, Paniw M (2025) Comparative life-cycle analyses reveal interacting climatic and biotic drivers of population responses to climate change. PNAS Nexus 4(9): pgaf286. 10.1093/pnasnexus/pgaf286

Karakoç E, Vogg R, Marziliano M, von Petersdorff J, Ecker AS, Kappeler PM, Fichtel C (2025) Foraging competence and its impact on social relationships in a socially tolerant wild primate. Anim Cogn 28(1): 86. 10.1007/s10071-025-02011-7

Kuspiel M, Lindeman A, Naguib M, Kingma SA (2025) The duration of alarm- and territorial defence calls alters receiver response in Eurasian magpies. Anim Cogn 28(1): 59. 10.1007/s10071-025-01975-w

Lan L, Liu T, Gao S, Li Q, Yang L, Fei H, Zhong X, Wang Y, Zhu C-Y, Abel C, Kappeler PM, Huang L, Fan P (2025) Comparative study of gut microbiota reveals the adaptive strategies of gibbons living in suboptimal habitats. NPJ Biofilms Microbi 11(1): 29. 10.1038/s41522-025-00653-6

Peckre LR, Socias‐Martínez L, Kappeler PM, Fichtel C (2025) Unravelling communicative complexity: a multimodal comparative study of two lemur species with different social systems. Anim Behav 223: 123163. 10.1016/j.anbehav.2025.123163

Pethig L, Fichtel C, Pfaff A, Kappeler PM (2025) Age-dependent drivers of sex-specific disappearance in wild redfronted lemurs: the role of behavior. Behav Ecol Sociobiol 79(4): 50. 10.1007/s00265-025-03592-6

* Pethig L, Özgül A, Heistermann M, Fichtel C, Kappeler PM (2025) Prenatal sex determination illuminates the unusual adult sex ratio of a group-living lemur. Biol Lett 21(2): 20240418. 10.1098/rsbl.2024.0418 

Pfaff A, Fichtel C, Kappeler PM (2025) Infants as social magnets: The influence of births on social interactions in redfronted lemurs (Eulemur rufifrons). Am J Primatol 87(8): e70067. 10.1002/ajp.70067

* Prox L, Heistermann M, Rakotomala Z, Fichtel C, Kappeler PM (2025) Seasonal variation in aggression and physiological stress in wild female and male redfronted lemurs (Eulemur rufifrons). Horm Behav 167: 105669. 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2024.105669

Ramanantsalama RV, Wilkinson DA, Muylaert RL, Goodman SM, Lebarbenchon C (2025) Predicting current and future distributions of Malagasy bats: Implications for management of coronavirus spillover. One Health 21: 101122. 10.1016/j.onehlt.2025.101122

Romano A, Saral AS, De Dreu CKW (2025) Reciprocity evolves more readily in competitive than cooperative socio-ecologies. P Roy Soc B 292(2050): 20250973. 10.1098/rspb.2025.0973 

Roura‐Torres B, Baniel A, Cryer A, Sauvadet L, de Pastors M, Havill G, Kreyer M, de Bellefon JM, Abaga S, Harté M, Kappeler PM, Charpentier MJE (2025) Toward independence: maternal social status and experience shape mother–infant relationships in mandrills. Behav Ecol Sociobiol 79(3). 10.1007/s00265-025-03582-8

Sarkar E, Wierucka K, Bosshard AB, Burkart JM, Magimai Doss M (2025) On feature representations for marmoset vocal communication analysis. Bioacoustics 34(3): 355-369. 

Schumacher M, Kappeler PM, Fichtel C (2025) The effect of age on antipredator behaviour of Verreaux's sifakas, Propithecus verreauxi. Anim Behav 230: 123385. 10.1080/09524622.2025.2487688

Sehner S, Mobili F, Willems EP, Burkart JM (2025) Common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus) excel in a one-trial spatial memory test, yet perform poorly in a classical memory task. Anim Cogn 28(1): 24. 10.1007/s10071-025-01944-3

Sorg TI, Hegemann A, Cousseau L, Kung’u GN, Heiskanen J, Pellikka P, Githiru M, Lens L, Apfelbeck B (2025) Habitat degradation relates to reduced immune function in nestlings, but not adults, of a tropical forest bird. Sci Nat 112(6): 90. 10.1007/s00114-025-02046-3

Splinter F, Fichtel C^#, Radespiel U^# (2025) Cognitive performance in wild and captive grey mouse lemurs (Microcebus murinus). Int J Primatol 46(3): 644-663. (^#shared senior authors) 10.1007/s10764-025-00490-6

van Elst T, Sgarlata GM, Schüßler D, Tiley GP, Poelstra JW, Scheumann M, Blanco MB, Aleixo‐Pais I, Evasoa MR, Ganzhorn JU, Goodman SM, Hasiniaina AF, Hending D, Hohenlohe PA, Ibouroi MT, Iribar A, Jan F, Kappeler PM, Le Pors B, Manzi S, Olivieri G, Rakotonanahary A, Rakotondranary SJ, Rakotondravony R, Ralison JM, Ranaivoarisoa JF, Randrianambinina B, Rasoloarison RM, Rasoloharijaona S, Rasolondraibe E, Teixeira H, Zaonarivelo JR, Louis EE, Yoder AD, Chikhi L, Radespiel U, Salmona J (2025) Integrative taxonomy clarifies the evolution of a cryptic primate clade. Nat Ecol Evol 9(1): 57-72. 10.1038/s41559-024-02547-w

Vinogradov IM, Fox RJ, Fichtel C, Kappeler PM, Jennions MD (2025) Paternity analysis reveals sexual selection on cognitive performance in mosquitofish. Nat Ecol Evol 9(4): 692-704. 10.1038/s41559-025-02645-3

* Vogg R, Lüddecke T, Henrich J, Dey S, Nuske M, Hassler V, Murphy D, Fischer J, Ostner J, Schülke O, Kappeler PM, Fichtel C, Gail A, Treue S, Scherberger H, Wörgötter F, Ecker AS (2025) Computer vision for primate behavior analysis in the wild. Nat Methods 22(6): 1154-1166. 10.1038/s41592-025-02653-y

* Wierucka K, Murphy D, Watson SK, Falk N, Fichtel C, León J, Leu ST, Kappeler PM, Briefer EF, Manser MB, Phaniraj N, Scheumann M, Burkart JM (2025) Same data, different results? Machine learning approaches in bioacoustics. Meth Ecol Evol 16(8): 1574-1586. 10.1111/2041-210X.70091

Zanette EM, Bialozyt R, Santos MM, de Almeida e Silva AS, Bufalo F, Kaisin O, Messaoudi Y, Alcolea M, Heymann EW, Culot L (2025) Predicting frugivore generated seed rain in different environmental contexts: a modelling approach applied to a forest specialist. Ecol Model 505: 111093. 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2025.111093

Non-refereed article

Andriamihantason RH, Kappeler PM, Ratsoavina FM (2025) A new observation of ophiophagy in the Madagascar Black-backed Smooth Snake, Liophidium vaillanti (Mocquard, 1901), in the Kirindy Forest, western Madagascar. Herpetology Notes 18: 1009-1010. 

Monography

Kappeler P. (2025) Geschlecht im Wandel: Eine interdisziplinäre Reise durch Biologie, Kultur und Diskriminierung. Heidelberg, Springer.

 

Cognitive Ethology Laboratory

Peer-reviewed articles

Abuhay ZT, Ali A, Atickem A, Zinner D (2025) Modelling of past, current and future distribution of suitable habitat for Menelik’s bushbuck (Tragelaphus sylvaticus meneliki Neumann, 1902) in the Ethiopian highlands. BMC Ecol Evol 25(1): 47. 10.1186/s12862-025-02367-x

Accrombessi FD, Toyi SSM, Koné I, Zinner D (2025) Identifying suitable forested areas and protected forests for the conservation of white-thighed (Colobus vellerosus) and king (C. polykomos) colobus monkeys under climate change in West Africa. Glob Ecol Conserv 62: e03820. 10.1016/j.gecco.2025.e03820

^* Ahmed T, Hasan S, Nath S, Biswas S, Mithu AI, Debbarma H, Debbarma R, Alom K, Sattar A, Akhter T, Bari M, Siddik AB, Bin Muzaffar S, Zinner D^#, Roos C^# (2025) Mixed-species groups and genetically confirmed hybridization between sympatric Phayre’s langur (Trachypithecus phayrei) and capped langur (T. pileatus) in Northeast Bangladesh. Int J Primatol 46: 210-228. (^#shared senior authors) 10.1007/s10764-024-00459-x

Blinkhorn J, Zinner D, Timbrell L, Manica A, La Grove M, Scerri EML (2025) Identifying late Pleistocene and Holocene refugia for baboons. Commun Biol 8(1): 1003. 10.1038/s42003-025-08419-8

Bosshard TC, Hirel M, Meunier H, Fischer J (2025) Idiosyncrasy in multimodal gestural communication: A case study of hand‐clapping in a barbary macaque (Macaca sylvanus). Ethology 131(6). 10.1111/eth.13556

Bosshard TC, Mundry R, Fischer J (2025) Ecological risk-taking across age in Barbary macaques. Anim Behav 229: 123337. 10.1016/j.anbehav.2025.123337

* De Moor D, Skelton M, Amici F, Arlet ME, Balasubramaniam KN, Ballesta S, Berghänel A, Berman CM, Blue SK, Bhattacharjee D, Bliss‐Moreau E, Brotcorne F, Butovskaya M, Campbell L, Carosi M, Chatterjee M, Cooper MA, Cowl VB, O CM, De Marco A, Dettmer AM, Dhawale AK, Erinjery JJ, Evans CL, Fischer J, García‐Nisa I, Giraud G, Hammer R, Hansen MF, Holzner A, Kaburu S, Konečná M, Kumara HN, Larrivaz M, Leca J, Legrand M, Lehmann J, Li J, Lezé A, MacIntosh AJJ, Majolo B, Maréchal L, Marty P, Massen JJM, Maulany RI, McCowan B, McFarland R, Merieau P, Meunier H, Micheletta J, Mishra PS, Sah S, Molesti S, Morrow KS, Müller‐Klein N, Ngakan PO, Palagi E, Petit O, Pflüger LS, di Sorrentino EP, Raghaven R, Raimbault G, Ram S, Reichard UH, Riley EP, Rincon AV, Ruppert N, Sadoughi B, Santhosh K, Schino G, Sheeran LK, Silk JB, Singh M, Sinha A, Sosa S, Stribos MS, Sueur C, Tiddi B, Tkaczynski P, Trébouet F, Widdig A, Whitehouse J, Wooddell LJ, Xia D, von Fersen L, Young C, Schülke O, Ostner J, Neumann C, Duboscq J and Brent LJN (2025) MacaqueNet: Advancing comparative behavioural research through large‐scale collaboration. J Anim Ecol 94(4): 519-534. 10.1111/1365-2656.14223

* Everson K, Pozzi L, Barrett M, Blair ME, Donohue ME, Kappeler PM, Kitchener AC, Lemmon AR, Lemmon EM, Pavón‐Vázquez CJ, Radespiel U, Randrianambinina B, Rasoloarison RM, Rasoloharijaona S, Roos C, Salmona J, Yoder AD, Zenil‐Ferguson R, Zinner D, Weisrock DW (2025) Multiple bursts of speciation in Madagascar’s endangered lemurs. Nat Commun 16(1): 7070.  10.1038/s41467-025-62310-y

Girard‐Buttoz C, Neumann C, Bortolato T, Zaccarella E, Friederici AD, Wittig RM, Crockford C (2025) Versatile use of chimpanzee call combinations promotes meaning expansion. Sci Adv 11(19): eadq2879. 10.1126/sciadv.adq2879

* Goffe AS, Niederbremer C, Heistermann M, Fischer J, Dal Pesco F (2025) No evidence for a link between dominance rank, unit size, and faecal glucocorticoid levels in a small sample of wild female guinea baboons (Papio papio). Int J Primatol 46(1): 158-181. 10.1007/s10764-024-00458-y

Henkel S, Richter R, Andraczek K, Mundry R, Dontschev M, Engelmann RA, Hartmann T, Hecht C, Kasperidus HD, Rieland G, Scholz M, Seele‐Dilbat C, Vieweg M, Wirth C (2025) Ash dieback and hydrology affect tree growth patterns under climate change in European floodplain forests. Sci Rep 15(1): 10117. 10.1038/s41598-025-92079-5

Hirel M, Meunier H, Mundry R, Rakoczy H, Fischer J, Keupp S (2025) Choose your partner: social evaluation of skilfulness at cooperative co-action tasks in Tonkean macaques (Macaca tonkeana). Animal Behavior and Cognition 12: 330-359. 10.26451/abc.12.03.02.2025

Hirel M, Meunier H, Rakoczy H, Fischer J, Keupp S (2025) Tonkean macaques do not prefer the helper or the hinderer in the hill paradigm. Roy Soc Open Sci 12(8): 250488. 10.1098/rsos.250488 

Kufa CA, Bekele A, Atickem A, Chala D, Tsegaye D, Ergon T, Stenseth NC, Zinner D (2025) Mapping suitable habitat and Anthropocene refugia for Ethiopian Guerezas: Insights for their conservation. Glob Ecol Conserv 59: e03547. 10.1016/j.gecco.2025.e03547

Laumer IB, Kansal S, van Cauwenberghe A, Rahmaeti T, Setia TM, Mundry R, Haun DBM, Schuppli C (2025) Wild and zoo-housed orangutans differ in how they explore objects. Sci Rep 15(1): 14853. 10.1038/s41598-025-97926-z

Masello JF, Gonther L, Failla M, Groot H, Llanos F, Sommer C, Mundry R, Seijas VA, Quillfeldt P (2025) Variation in population size, nest distribution, colony extent, and timing of movements at the largest known parrot colony. Wildlife Biol 2025(3): e01295. 10.1002/wlb3.01295

Murphy D, Fischer J (2025) Estimating social network metrics from single-file movements in Barbary macaques, Macaca sylvanus. Anim Behav 223: 123146. 10.1016/j.anbehav.2025.123146

O’Hearn W, Hirel M, Keupp S, Fischer J (2025) Social evaluation of skill and competence in primates. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 177: 106346. 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2025.106346

O’Hearn WJ, Neumann C, Mundry R, Dal Pesco F, Fischer J (2025) Meat transfer patterns reflect the multi-level social system of Guinea baboons. iScience 28(11): 113619. 10.1016/j.isci.2025.113619

O’Hearn WJ, Beckmann J, von Fersen L, Dal Pesco F, Mundry R, Keupp S, Diakhate N, Niederbremer C, Fischer J (2025) Increased female competition for males with enhanced foraging skills in Guinea baboons. P Roy Soc B 292(2042): 20242925. 10.1098/rspb.2024.2925

Ohrndorf L, Mundry R, Beckmann J, Fischer J, Zinner D (2025) Impact of food availability and predator presence on patterns of landscape partitioning among neighbouring Guinea baboon (Papio papio) parties. Mov Ecol 13(1): 9. 10.1186/s40462-025-00534-9

Ohrndorf L, Mundry R, Beckmann J, Fischer J, Zinner D (2025) Spatiotemporal patterns of sleeping site use of guinea baboon parties (Papio papio). Ecol Evol 15(7): e71610. 10.1002/ece3.71610

* Orkin JD, Kuderna LFK, Hermosilla-Albala N, Fontsere C, Aylward ML, Janiak MC, Andriaholinirina N, Balaresque P, Blair ME, Fausser J, Gut M, Gut M, Hahn MW, Harris RA, Horvath JE, Keyser C, Kitchener AC, Lê MĐ, Lizano E, Merker S, Nadler T, Perry GH, Rabarivola C, Rasmussen L, Raveendran M, Roos C, Wu D, Zaramody A, Zhang G, Zinner D, Pozzi L, Rogers J, Farh KK, Marquès‐Bonet T (2025) Ecological and anthropogenic effects on the genomic diversity of lemurs in Madagascar. Nat Ecol Evol 9(1): 42-56. 10.1038/s41559-024-02596-1

Revathe T, Mundry R, Utami S, Aprilla TU, van Noordwijk MA, Fröhlich M, Bürkner P, Schuppli C (2025) Sumatran orangutan mothers differ in the extent and trajectory of their expression of maternal behaviour. P Roy Soc B 292(2046): 20250443. 10.1098/rspb.2025.0443

Rössler T, O’Hara M, Mioduszewska B, Folkertsma R, Mundry R, Auersperg AMI (2025) Seizing opportunities: Object neophobia as a factor mediating technical innovation in Goffin´s cockatoos? PLoS One 20(11): e0335028. 10.1371/journal.pone.0335028

* Roos C, Seshadri L, Zhang L, Harris RA, Raveendran M, Cuadros Espinoza SH, Kuderna LFK, Manu S, Umapathy G, Boubli JP, Wu H, Kuang W, Yu L, Zhao X, Liu Z, Zhu P, Qi J, Zhou X, Li M, Shao Y, Wu D, Farh KK-H, Marques-Bonet T, Zinner D, Rogers J (2025) Genomic basis of non-human-primate diversity and adaptation. Nature Reviews Biodiversity 1(6): 353-370. 10.1038/s44358-025-00039-8

Schad L, Dongre P, van de Waal E, Fischer J (2025) Loud call production in male vervet monkeys (Chlorocebus pygerythrus) varies with season and signaller rank. Int J Primatol 46(2): 538-555. 10.1007/s10764-024-00475-x

Schad L, van de Waal E, Fischer J (2025) Anti‐snake behavior and snake discrimination in vervet monkeys. Ethology 131(3): e13541. 10.1111/eth.13541

Schleihauf H, Sanford E, Thompson B, Zhang S, Rukundo J, Call J, Herrmann E, Engelmann JM (2025) Chimpanzees rationally revise their beliefs. Science 390(6772): 521-526. 10.1126/science.adq5229

Surbeck M, Cheng L, Kreyer M, Gort G, Mundry R, Hohmann G, Fruth B (2025) Drivers of female power in bonobos. Commun Biol 8(1): 550. 10.1038/s42003-025-07900-8

van Loon S, Heitkönig IMA, Goedmakers A, Mundry R, Naguib M (2025) Stone-assisted drumming in Western chimpanzees and its implications for communication and cultural transmission. Biol Lett 21(5): 20250053. 10.1098/rsbl.2025.0053

* Vogg R, Lüddecke T, Henrich J, Dey S, Nuske M, Hassler V, Murphy D, Fischer J, Ostner J, Schülke O, Kappeler PM, Fichtel C, Gail A, Treue S, Scherberger H, Wörgötter F, Ecker AS (2025) Computer vision for primate behavior analysis in the wild. Nat Methods 22(6): 1154-1166. 10.1038/s41592-025-02653-y

* Wierucka K, Murphy D, Watson SK, Falk N, Fichtel C, León J, Leu ST, Kappeler PM, Briefer EF, Manser MB, Phaniraj N, Scheumann M, Burkart JM (2025) Same data, different results? Machine learning approaches in bioacoustics. Meth Ecol Evol 16(8): 1574-1586.  10.1111/2041-210X.70091

 

Book chapters

De Jong YA, Moges A, Jenner T, Zinner D, Atickem A, Butynski TM (2025) Theropithecus gelada ssp. arsi, Arsi Gelada. In: IUCN (ed.): The IUCN Red List of Threatended Species 2025. Gland, IUCN: e.T215119031A215119126.

Fischer J (2025) Die schwierige Frage des Sprachursprungs – Was die Kommunikation von Affen über die Evolution der Sprache verrät. In: Fink H, Rosenzweig R (eds.): Naturgewalt und Geisteskraft – Menschwerdung in der Evolution. Nürnberg, Kortizes: 57-69.

Kufa C, Butynski TM, De Jong YA, Fashing PJ, Bekele A, Atickem A, Zinner D (2025) Colobus guereza ssp. gallarum, Djaffa Mountains Guereza. In: IUCN (ed.): The IUCN Red List of Threatended Species 2025. Gland, IUCN: e.T5150A254895790.

Schad L, Fischer J (2025) Animal alarm calls. In: Whiteman N (ed.) Oxford Bibliographies: Evolutionary Biology. Oxford, Oxford University Press: 0159.

 

Primate Genetics Laboratory

Peer-reviewed articles

^* Ahmed T, Hasan S, Nath S, Biswas S, Mithu AI, Debbarma H, Debbarma R, Alom K, Sattar A, Akhter T, Bari M, Siddik AB, Bin Muzaffar S, Zinner D^#, Roos C^# (2025) Mixed-species groups and genetically confirmed hybridization between sympatric Phayre’s langur (Trachypithecus phayrei) and capped langur (T. pileatus) in Northeast Bangladesh. Int J Primatol 46: 210-228. (^#shared senior authors) 10.1007/s10764-024-00459-x

Ahmed T, Mithu A, Sattar A, Debbarma R, Debbarma H, Prangon S, Litu M, Hossain S, Sadique A, Khaleque Mila F-T-Z, Hasan S, Nath S, Roos C (2025) Improper primate release fuels interspecific mating: Cases of two mixed-species groups in Bangladesh. Ecol Evol 15: e72279. 10.1002/ece3.72279

* Everson K, Pozzi L, Barrett M, Blair ME, Donohue ME, Kappeler PM, Kitchener AC, Lemmon AR, Lemmon EM, Pavón‐Vázquez CJ, Radespiel U, Randrianambinina B, Rasoloarison RM, Rasoloharijaona S, Roos C, Salmona J, Yoder AD, Zenil‐Ferguson R, Zinner D, Weisrock DW (2025) Multiple bursts of speciation in Madagascar’s endangered lemurs. Nat Commun 16(1): 7070. 10.1038/s41467-025-62310-y

Heinrich F, Simianer H, Bölling J, Röckelein H, Roos C, Reimer C, Schmitt AO (2025) Genomic analysis of three medieval parchments from German monasteries. Sci Rep 15(1): 3156. 10.1038/s41598-025-86887-y

* Hüsken S, Röder A, Ptok J, Meyer AE, Georg M, Schwarz Y, Roos C, Mätz-Rensing K, Hutter MC, Floss DM, Rettie AE, Girhard M, Hanenberg H, Wiek C (2025) Functional analysis of CYP4B1 enzymes from apes and humans uncovers evolutionary hot spots for adaptations of the catalytical function. PLoS Genet 21(6): e1011750.  10.1371/journal.pgen.1011750

Janečková K, Roos C, Andrla P, Fedrová P, Tom N, Lueert S, Keyyu JD, Chuma IS, Šmajs D, Knauf S (2025) Whole-genome sequencing reveals evidence for inter-species transmission of the yaws bacterium among nonhuman primates in Tanzania. PLoS Neglect Trop D 19(2): e0012887. 10.1371/journal.pntd.0012887

* Jebran A-F, Seidler T, Tiburcy M, Daskalaki M, Kutschka I, Fujita B, Ensminger S, Bremmer F, Moussavi A, Yang H, Qin X, Mißbach S, Drummer C, Baraki H, Boretius S, Hasenauer C, Nette T, Kowallick J, Ritter CO, Lotz J, Didié M, Mietsch M, Meyer T, Kensah G, Krüger D, Sakib MS, Kaurani L, Fischer A, Dressel R, Rodriguez-Polo I, Stauske M, Diecke S, Maetz-Rensing K, Gruber-Dujardin E, Bleyer M, Petersen B, Roos C, Zhang L, Walter L, Kaulfuß S, Yigit G, Wollnik B, Levent E, Roshani B, Stahl-Henning C, Ströbel P, Legler T, Riggert J, Hellenkamp K, Voigt J-U, Hasenfuß G, Hinkel R, Wu JC, Behr R, Zimmermann W-H (2025) Engineered heart muscle allografts for heart repair in primates and humans. Nature 639(8054): 503-511. 10.1038/s41586-024-08463-0

Li Y, Luo J, Chen M, Roos C, Hu Z, Chen Y, Tian Y, Guo R, Kuang W, Yu L (2025) Genetic diversity, genetic structure, and demographic history of black snub‐nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus strykeri) in the Gaoligong mountains, southwestern China. Am J Primatol 87(4): e70031. 10.1002/ajp.70031

Liu Z, Zhang X, Wang P, Hong M, Yan X, Qi X, Zhao Q, Chen Z, Nie H, Li H, Li Z, Zhang L, Qi J, He C, Van Truong N, Le MD, Nadler T, Imai H, Roos C, Li M (2025) Living on the rocks: Genomic analysis of limestone langurs provides novel insights into the adaptive evolution in extreme karst environments. Genom Proteom Bioinf 23(1): qzaf007. 10.1093/gpbjnl/qzaf007

* Orkin JD, Kuderna LFK, Hermosilla-Albala N, Fontsere C, Aylward ML, Janiak MC, Andriaholinirina N, Balaresque P, Blair ME, Fausser J, Gut M, Gut M, Hahn MW, Harris RA, Horvath JE, Keyser C, Kitchener AC, Lê MĐ, Lizano E, Merker S, Nadler T, Perry GH, Rabarivola C, Rasmussen L, Raveendran M, Roos C, Wu D, Zaramody A, Zhang G, Zinner D, Pozzi L, Rogers J, Farh KK, Marquès‐Bonet T (2025) Ecological and anthropogenic effects on the genomic diversity of lemurs in Madagascar. Nat Ecol Evol 9(1): 42-56. 10.1038/s41559-024-02596-1

Roos C, Seshadri L, Zhang L, Harris RA, Raveendran M, Cuadros Espinoza SH, Kuderna LFK, Manu S, Umapathy G, Boubli JP, Wu H, Kuang W, Yu L, Zhao X, Liu Z, Zhu P, Qi J, Zhou X, Li M, Shao Y, Wu D, Farh KK-H, Marques-Bonet T, Zinner D, Rogers J (2025) Genomic basis of non-human-primate diversity and adaptation. Nature Reviews Biodiversity 1(6): 353-370. 10.1038/s44358-025-00039-8

Teng Y, Li W, Wang X, Zhang R, Shen Y, Wu R, Liu J, Zhang M, Roos C, Li J, Li J, Qi J, Li M (2025) Integrating population genomics and environmental data to predict adaptation to climate change in post-bottleneck Tibetan macaques. Sci Adv 11(28): eadw0562. 10.1126/sciadv.adw0562

Yoo D, Rhie A, Hebbar P, Antonacci F, Logsdon GA, Solar SJ, Antipov D, Pickett BD, Safonova Y, Montinaro F, Luo Y, Malukiewicz J, Storer JM, Lin J, Sequeira AN, Mangan RJ, Hickey G, Monfort Anez G, Balachandran P, Bankevich A, Beck CR, Biddanda A, Borchers M, Bouffard GG, Brannan E, Brooks SY, Carbone L, Carrel L, Chan AP, Crawford J, Diekhans M, Engelbrecht E, Feschotte C, Formenti G, Garcia GH, de Gennaro L, Gilbert D, Green RE, Guarracino A, Gupta I, Haddad D, Han J, Harris RS, Hartley GA, Harvey WT, Hiller M, Hoekzema K, Houck ML, Jeong H, Kamali K, Kellis M, Kille B, Lee C, Lee Y, Lees W, Lewis AP, Li Q, Loftus M, Loh YHE, Loucks H, Ma J, Mao Y, Martinez JFI, Masterson P, McCoy RC, McGrath B, McKinney S, Meyer BS, Miga KH, Mohanty SK, Munson KM, Pal K, Pennell M, Pevzner PA, Porubsky D, Potapova T, Ringeling FR, Rocha JL, Ryder OA, Sacco S, Saha S, Sasaki T, Schatz MC, Schork NJ, Shanks C, Smeds L, Son DR, Steiner C, Sweeten AP, Tassia MG, Thibaud-Nissen F, Torres-González E, Trivedi M, Wei W, Wertz J, Yang M, Zhang P, Zhang S, Zhang Y, Zhang Z, Zhao SA, Zhu Y, Jarvis ED, Gerton JL, Rivas-González I, Paten B, Szpiech ZA, Huber CD, Lenz TL, Konkel MK, Yi SV, Canzar S, Watson CT, Sudmant PH, Molloy E, Garrison E, Lowe CB, Ventura M, O’Neill RJ, Koren S, Makova KD, Phillippy AM, Eichler EE (2025) Complete sequencing of ape genomes. Nature 641(8062): 401-418. 10.1038/s41586-025-08816-3

 

Social Evolution in Primates

Peer-reviewed articles

* Anzà S, Heistermann M, Ostner J, Schülke O (2025) Early prenatal but not postnatal glucocorticoid exposure is associated with enhanced HPA axis activity into adulthood in a wild primate. P Roy Soc B 292(2039): 20242418. 10.1098/rspb.2024.2418

* Behringer V, Malaivijitnond S, Meesawat S, Sonnweber R, Heistermann M, Schülke O, Ostner J (2025) Assessing gestation and fetal sex in wild Assamese macaques using urinary estrogen analysis. Am J Primatol 87(8): e70065. 10.1002/ajp.70065

* De Moor D, Skelton M, Amici F, Arlet ME, Balasubramaniam KN, Ballesta S, Berghänel A, Berman CM, Blue SK, Bhattacharjee D, Bliss‐Moreau E, Brotcorne F, Butovskaya M, Campbell L, Carosi M, Chatterjee M, Cooper MA, Cowl VB, O CM, De Marco A, Dettmer AM, Dhawale AK, Erinjery JJ, Evans CL, Fischer J, García‐Nisa I, Giraud G, Hammer R, Hansen MF, Holzner A, Kaburu S, Konečná M, Kumara HN, Larrivaz M, Leca J, Legrand M, Lehmann J, Li J, Lezé A, MacIntosh AJJ, Majolo B, Maréchal L, Marty P, Massen JJM, Maulany RI, McCowan B, McFarland R, Merieau P, Meunier H, Micheletta J, Mishra PS, Sah S, Molesti S, Morrow KS, Müller‐Klein N, Ngakan PO, Palagi E, Petit O, Pflüger LS, di Sorrentino EP, Raghaven R, Raimbault G, Ram S, Reichard UH, Riley EP, Rincon AV, Ruppert N, Sadoughi B, Santhosh K, Schino G, Sheeran LK, Silk JB, Singh M, Sinha A, Sosa S, Stribos MS, Sueur C, Tiddi B, Tkaczynski P, Trébouet F, Widdig A, Whitehouse J, Wooddell LJ, Xia D, von Fersen L, Young C, Schülke O, Ostner J, Neumann C, Duboscq J, Brent LJN (2025) MacaqueNet: Advancing comparative behavioural research through large‐scale collaboration. J Anim Ecol 94(4): 519-534.  10.1111/1365-2656.14223

Kawam B, Ostner J, McElreath R, Schülke O, Redhead D (2025) A causal framework for the drivers of animal social network structure. PLoS Comput Biol 21(9): e1013370. 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1013370

Ostner J, Schülke O (2025) Spelling out the mechanism: functional support and modified stressor appraisal buffer a cost of increased group size. Behav Brain Sci 48: e177. 10.1017/S0140525X25100411 

Shivani S, Malaivijitnond S, Meesawat S, Schülke O, Ostner J (2025) Females prioritize future over current offspring in wild seasonally breeding Assamese macaques. P Roy Soc B 292(2049): 20250024. 10.1098/rspb.2025.0024

* Vogg R, Lüddecke T, Henrich J, Dey S, Nuske M, Hassler V, Murphy D, Fischer J, Ostner J, Schülke O, Kappeler PM, Fichtel C, Gail A, Treue S, Scherberger H, Wörgötter F, Ecker AS (2025) Computer vision for primate behavior analysis in the wild. Nat Methods 22(6): 1154-1166. 10.1038/s41592-025-02653-y
 

Non-refereed articles

Dischereit J, Schuster S, Rippel D, Schülke O, Ostner J, Bögeholz S (2025) Soziale Interaktionen im Blick: Konstruktion und Evaluation eines Mysterys zum Sozialverhalten von Primaten. Zeitschrift für Didaktik der Biologie 30: 49-66.  

 

Primate Cooperative Evolution

Peer-reviewed articles

Brooks J, Samuni L (2025) Revisiting the spaces of societies and the cooperation that sustains them. Behav Brain Sci 48: e58. 10.1017/S0140525X24001201 

Brooks J, Clay Z, Dufour V, Fedurek P, Girard‐Buttoz C, Yamamoto S (2025) Collective acoustics in Pan: Conserved roots in the evolution of human musicality. Am J Primatol 87(6): e70048. 10.1002/ajp.70048

Cheng L, Samuni L, Deschner T, Surbeck M (2025) Oxytocin activity is not linked to out-group prosociality in wild bonobos. Sci Rep 15(1): 19408. 10.1038/s41598-025-00209-w

Eleuteri V, van der Werff J, Wilhelm W, Soldati A, Crockford C, Desai N, Fedurek P, Fitzgerald M, Graham KE, Koops K, Pruetz JD, Samuni L, Slocombe KE, Stoeger AS, Wilson ML, Wittig RM, Zuberbühler K, Camara HD, Mamy G, Ravignani A, Hobaiter C (2025) Chimpanzee drumming shows rhythmicity and subspecies variation. Curr Biol 35(10): 2448-2456.e4. 10.1016/j.cub.2025.04.019

Grampp M, Girard-Buttoz C, Samuni L, León J, Tkaczynski P, Wittig R, Crockford C (2025) Reciprocal signalling during approaches relates to close relationships within and between two primate species. Animal Behavior and Cognition 12: 360-403. 10.26451/abc.12.03.03.2025

Jahan M, Lynggaard C, Agbor A, Angedakin S, Armero A, Corogenes K, Dieguez P, Jones S, Krückemeier S, Langergraber KE, Lee K, Murai M, Normand E, van Schijndel J, Sommer V, Wessling EG, Leendertz FH, Boesch C, Kühl HS, Arandjelovic M, Gogarten JF, Calvignac‐Spencer S (2025) An Exploration of DNA Extraction Methods of Fly iDNA for Scalable Biodiversity Monitoring. Environ DNA 7(6). 10.1002/edn3.70215

Kazaba PK, Kulik L, Choumbou GBB, Tiémoko CBD, Oni FL, Kamgang SA, Heinicke S, Koné I, Mucyo SJP, Sop T, Boesch C, Stephens C, Agbor A, Angedakin S, Bailey E, Bessone M, Coupland C, Deschner T, Dieguez P, Granjon A, Harder B, Head J, Hicks TC, Jones S, Kadam P, Kalan AK, Langergraber KE, Lapuente J, Lee K, Lynn LK, Maldonado N, McCarthy MS, Meier A, Ormsby LJ, Piel A, Robbins MM, Sciaky L, Sommer V, Stewart FA, Widness J, Wittig RM, Wessling EG, Arandjelovic M, Kühl HS, van der Hoek Y (2025) Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) indicate mammalian abundance across broad spatial scales. Ecol Evol 15(3): e71000. 10.1002/ece3.71000

Lindshield S, Ontl KB, Gašperšič M, Goudiaby A, Ndiaye PI, Tappan G, Tombak KJ, Wessling E, Pruetz JD (2025) Roads and woody vegetation structure are associated with chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) occurrence at its northern range limit. J Biogeogr 52(2): 294-303. 10.1111/jbi.15034

Malherbe M, Kpazahi HN, Koné I, Samuni L, Crockford C, Wittig RM (2025) Signal traditions and cultural loss in chimpanzees. Curr Biol 35(3): R87-R88. 10.1016/j.cub.2024.12.008

Negrey JD, Angedakin S, Reddy RB, Sandel AA, Jombela S, Akamumpa E, Aliganyira C, Birungi C, Kalunga D, Kamugyisha B, Kanweri D, Mbabazi G, Nakayima PJ, Lee K, Clark IR, Samuni L, Owens L, Watts DP, Mitani JC, Goldberg TL, Langergraber KE (2025) Decreases in chimpanzee respiratory disease signs and enteric viral quantity following implementation of anthroponotic disease prevention protocols at a long-term research site. Biol Conserv 308: 111225. 10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111225

Nodé-Langlois O, Rolland E, Girard‐Buttoz C, Samuni L, Ferrari PF, Wittig RM, Crockford C (2025) Social tolerance and role model diversity increase tool use learning opportunities across chimpanzee ontogeny. Commun Biol 8(1): 509. 10.1038/s42003-025-07885-4

Onishi E, Brooks J, Inoue S, Yamamoto S (2025) Socially contagious urination in chimpanzees. Curr Biol 35: R58-R59. 10.1016/j.cub.2024.11.052

Ostridge HJ, Fontsere C, Lizano E, Soto DC, Schmidt JM, Saxena V, Álvarez-Estapé M, Barratt CD, Gratton P, Bocksberger G, Lester JD, Dieguez P, Agbor A, Angedakin S, Assumang AK, Bailey E, Barubiyo D, Bessone M, Brazzola G, Chancellor R, Cohen H, C, Danquah E, Deschner T, Dotras L, Dupain J, Egbe VE, Granjon A, Head J, Hedwig D, Hermans V, Hernández‐Aguilar RA, Jeffery KJ, Jones S, Junker J, Kadam P, Kaiser MT, Kalan AK, Kambere M, Kienast I, Kujirakwinja D, Langergraber KE, Lapuente J, Larson B, Laudisoit A, Lee K, Llana M, Maretti G, Martín R, Meier A, Morgan D, Neil E, Nicholl S, Nixon S, Normand E, Orbell C, Ormsby LJ, Orume R, Pacheco L, Preece J, Regnaut S, Robbins MM, Rundus A, Sanz C, Sciaky L, Sommer V, Stewart FA, Tagg N, Tédonzong LRD, van Schijndel J, Vendras E, Wessling EG, Willie J, Wittig RM, Yuh YG, Yurkiw K, Vigilant L, Piel A, Boesch C, Kühl HS, Dennis MY, Marquès‐Bonet T, Arandjelovic M, Andrés AM (2025) Local genetic adaptation to habitat in wild chimpanzees. Science 387(6730). 10.1126/science.adn7954

Piao Y, Brooks J, Yamamoto S (2025) An eye-tracking study of visual attention in chimpanzees and bonobos when viewing different tool-using techniques. Anim Cogn 28(1): 12. 10.1007/s10071-025-01934-5

Tuyisingize D, Kulik L, Assou D, Zausa D, Kamga SM, Mundi O, Heinicke S, Koné I, Mucyo SJP, Sop T, Boesch C, Stephens C, Agbor A, Angedakin S, Bailey E, Bessone M, Coupland C, Head J, Deschner T, Dieguez P, Egbe VE, Granjon A, Hicks TC, Jones S, Kalan AK, Langergraber KE, Lapuente J, Lee K, Lynn LK, Maldonado N, McCarthy MS, Meier A, Ormsby LJ, Piel A, Sciaky L, Sommer V, Stewart FA, Wessling EG, Widness J, Wittig RM, Strohbach P, Arandjelovic M, van der Hoek Y, Kühl HS (2025) Complex variation in afrotropical mammal communities with human impact. Ecol Evol 15(5): e71331. 10.1002/ece3.71331

Wessling EG, Whiten A, Soiret SK, Scholfield K, Samuni L, Rutz C, Redmond I, Pintea L, Lanjouw A, Koops K, Kamgang SA, Kalan AK, Ikemeh RA, Humle T, Hobaiter C, Frisch-Nwakanma H, Freymann E, Doumbe O, Brakes P, Abwe E, Sanz C (2025) Concerted conservation actions to support chimpanzee cultures. Philos T R Soc B 380(1925): 20240143. 10.1098/rstb.2024.0143

 

Stem Cell Biology and Regeneration

Peer-reviewed articles

Ciuba K, Piotrowska A, Chaudhury D, Dehingia B, Duński E, Behr R, Soroczyńska K, Czystowska-Kuźmicz M, Abbas M, Figiel I, Włodarczyk J, Verkhratsky A, Niedbała M, Kaspera W, Wilczyński B, Pękowska A (2025): Molecular signature of primate astrocytes reveals pathways and regulatory changes contributing to the human brain evolution. Cell Stem Cell 32 (3): 426-444. 10.1016/j.stem.2024.12.011

* Jebran A-F, Seidler T, Tiburcy M, Daskalaki M, Kutschka I, Fujita B, Ensminger S, Bremmer F, Moussavi A, Yang H, Qin X, Mißbach S, Drummer C, Baraki H, Boretius S, Hasenauer C, Nette T, Kowallick J, Ritter CO, Lotz J, Didié M, Mietsch M, Meyer T, Kensah G, Krüger D, Sakib MS, Kaurani L, Fischer A, Dressel R, Rodriguez-Polo I, Stauske M, Diecke S, Maetz-Rensing K, Gruber-Dujardin E, Bleyer M, Petersen B, Roos C, Zhang L, Walter L, Kaulfuß S, Yigit G, Wollnik B, Levent E, Roshani B, Stahl-Henning C, Ströbel P, Legler T, Riggert J, Hellenkamp K, Voigt J-U, Hasenfuß G, Hinkel R, Wu JC, Behr R, Zimmermann W-H (2025) Engineered heart muscle allografts for heart repair in primates and humans. Nature 639(8054): 503-511. 10.1038/s41586-024-08463-0

Torkzadeh T, Asadi Z, Jafari Atrabi M, Khodadi M, Eivazkhani F, Hajiaghalou S, Akbarinejad V, Fathi R (2025): Combination of FSH and testosterone could enhance activation of primordial follicles and growth of activated follicles in 1-day-old mice ovaries in vitro cultured for 12 days​. Zygote 33 (1): 1-9. 10.1017/S0967199424000479 

Welter H, Kreitmair N, Schneider M, Schneider J, Petkov S, Stepanov YK, Köhn F, Pickl U, Trottmann M, Fröhlich T, Behr R, Mayerhofer A (2024) Dexamethasone is a regulator of clock genes in testicular peritubular cells. Andrology 13(7): 1970-1979. 10.1111/andr.13788

 

Book chapter

Reuss B, Almamy A, Kleine A, Drummer C, Behr R, Asif AR, Ishikawa H, Schwerk C, Schroten H (2025) Autoimmune interactions of antibacterial antibodies with brain proteins on choroid plexus cells: Is there a role for neurodevelopmental disorders? In: Ishikawa H, Schroten H, Schwerk C (eds.) Human Cerebrospinal Fluid and Cerebrovascular Barrier. Singapore, Springer: 117-132.

 

Hormone Laboratory

Peer-reviewed articles

* Anzà S, Heistermann M, Ostner J, Schülke O (2025) Early prenatal but not postnatal glucocorticoid exposure is associated with enhanced HPA axis activity into adulthood in a wild primate. P Roy Soc B 292(2039): 20242418.  10.1098/rspb.2024.2418

Behringer V, Deimel C (2025) Neopterin as a tool for primate ecoimmunology: Current knowledge, practical application, and new directions from captivity to the wild. Am J Primatol 87(10): e70081. 10.1002/ajp.70081

* Behringer V, Malaivijitnond S, Meesawat S, Sonnweber R, Heistermann M, Schülke O, Ostner J (2025) Assessing gestation and fetal sex in wild Assamese macaques using urinary estrogen analysis. Am J Primatol 87(8): e70065.  10.1002/ajp.70065

Behringer V, Sonnweber R, Fruth B, Housman G, Douglas PH, Stevens JMG, Hohmann G, Kivell TL (2025) Wild bonobos experience unusually low bone resorption during early lactation relative to humans and other mammals. Evol Hum Sci 7: e27. 10.1017/ehs.2025.10013 

* Goffe AS, Niederbremer C, Heistermann M, Fischer J, Dal Pesco F (2025) No evidence for a link between dominance rank, unit size, and faecal glucocorticoid levels in a small sample of wild female guinea baboons (Papio papio). Int J Primatol 46(1): 158-181. 10.1007/s10764-024-00458-y

* Pethig L, Özgül A, Heistermann M, Fichtel C, Kappeler PM (2025) Prenatal sex determination illuminates the unusual adult sex ratio of a group-living lemur. Biol Lett 21(2): 20240418.  10.1098/rsbl.2024.0418 

* Prox L, Heistermann M, Rakotomala Z, Fichtel C, Kappeler PM (2025) Seasonal variation in aggression and physiological stress in wild female and male redfronted lemurs (Eulemur rufifrons). Horm Behav 167: 105669. 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2024.105669

 

Non-refereed article

Oerke A-K (2025) Ein Gedächtnis wie ein Elefant. MESO 51: 6-7.

 

Book chapter

Oerke A-K, Smith R. (2025) Wenn Elefantenkühe auf Reisen gehen – Einfluss auf Zyklus und Trächtigkeit. In: VZT V.d.Z. (eds). 43 Arbeitstagung-Verband der Zootierärzte. Münster, Schüling Verlag: pp. 18-23. 

 

Brain Development and Evolution

Peer-reviewed articles

Eşiyok N, Liutikaite N, Haffner C, Peters J, Heide S, Oegema CE, Huttner WB, Heide M (2025) A dyad of human-specific NBPF14 and NOTCH2NLB orchestrates cortical progenitor abundance crucial for human neocortex expansion. Sci Adv 11 (13): eads7543. 10.1126/sciadv.ads7543

Hass Y, Kniep J, Hoffrichter A, Marsoner F, Eşiyok N, Gasparotto M, Xing L, Loco detto Gava MP, Artioli A, Guida C, Meuth SG, Huttner WB, Jabali A, Heide M, Ladewig J (2025) ARHGAP11A maintains cortical progenitor identity through RHOA-ROCK signaling during human brain development. Cell Rep 44(12): 116599. 10.1016/j.celrep.2025.116599

Book chapter

Heide M, Huttner W (2025): The genetics of human brain enlargement. In: Reference Module in Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Psychology. Amsterdam, Elsevier: 00023-3.

Infection Biology Unit

Peer-reviewed articles

Arora P, Happle C, Kempf A, Nehlmeier I, Stankov M, Dopfer-Jablonka A, Behrens GMN, Pöhlmann S, Hoffmann M (2024): Impact of JN.1 booster vaccination on neutralisation of SARS-CoV-2 variants KP.3.1.1 and XEC. Lancet Infect Dis 24 (12): E732-E733. Basaran R, Budhadev D, Kempf A, Nehlmeier I, Hondow N, Pöhlmann S, Guo Y, Zhou D (2024): Probing scaffold size effects on multivalent lectin–glycan binding affinity, thermodynamics and antiviral properties using polyvalent glycan-gold nanoparticles. Nanoscale 16: 13962-13978. 10.1039/D4NR00484A

* Bleyer M, Erffmeier L, Batura O, Roos C (2024): Taenia martis cysticercosis in a common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus). Vet Sci 11: 623. 10.3390/vetsci11120623

Bruhn M, Obara M, Chiyyeadu A, Costa B, Salam A, Ziegler A, Waltl I, Pavlou A, Bonifacius A, Hoffmann M, Graalmann T, Pöhlmann S, Eiz-Vesper B, Schambach A, Kalinke U (2024): Memory B cells anticipate SARS-CoV-2 variants through somatic hypermutation. J Infect 88 (1): 57-60. 10.1016/j.jinf.2023.10.020

Bruhn M, Obara M, Salam A, Costa B, Ziegler A, Waltl I, Pavlou A, Hoffmann M, Graalmann T, Pöhlmann S, Schambah A, Kalinke U (2024): Diversification of the VH3-53 immunoglobulin gene segment by somatic hypermutation results in neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 virus variants. Eur J Immunol 54 (7): 2451056 10.1002/eji.202451056

Chen N, Decker KE, Schulz SR, Kempf A, Nehlmeier I, Moldenhauer A-S, Dopfer-Jablonka A, Behrens GMN, Stankov MV, Manthey L, Jäck H-M, Hoffmann M, Pöhlmann S, Arora P (2024): Comparative analysis of host cell entry efficiency and neutralization sensitivity of emerging SARS-CoV-2 lineages KP.2, KP.2.3, KP.3, and LB.1. Vaccines 12 (11): 1236. 10.3390/vaccines12111236 

Chiyyeadu A, Asgedom G, Bruhn M, Rocha C, Schlegel TU, Neumann T, Galla M, Barbosa PV, Hoffmann M, Ehrhardt K, Ha T-C, Morgan M, Schoeder CT, Pöhlmann S, Kalinke U, Schambach A (2024): A tetravalent bispecific antibody outperforms the combination of its parental antibodies and neutralizes diverse SARS-CoV-2 variants. Clin Immunol 260: 109902. 10.1016/j.clim.2024.109902

Cossmann A, Hoffmann M, Stankov MV, Lürken K, Ramos GM, Kempf A, Nehlmeier I, Pöhlmann S, Behrens GMN, Dopfer-Jablonka A (2024): Immune responses following BNT162b2 XBB. 1.5 vaccination in patients on haemodialysis in Germany. Lancet Infect Dis 24 (3): e145-146. 10.1016/S1473-3099(23)00783-1

* Flury P^#, Breidenbach J^#, Krüger N^#, Voget R, Schäkel L, Si Y, Krasniqi V, Calistri S, Olfert M, Sylvester K, Rocha C, Ditzinger R, Rasch A, Pöhlmann S, Kronenberger T, Poso A, Rox K, Laufer SA, Müller CE, Gütschow M, Pillaiyar T (2024): Cathepsin-targeting SARS-CoV-2 inhibitors: design, synthesis, and biological activity. ACS Pharmacol Transl 7 (2): 493-514. (^#equally contributed) 10.1021/acsptsci.3c00313

Groß R, Reßin H, von Maltitz P, Albers D, Schneider L, Bley H, Hoffmann M, Cortese M, Gupta D, Deniz M, Choi J-Y, Jansen J, Preußer C, Seehafer K, Pöhlmann S, Voelker DR, Goffinet C, Pogge- von Strandmann E, Bunz U, Bartenschlager R, El Andaloussi S, Sparrer KMJ, Herker E, Becker S, Kirchhoff F, Münch J, Müller JA (2024): Phosphatidylserine-exposing extracellular vesicles in body fluids are an innate defence against apoptotic mimicry viral pathogens. Nat Microbiol 9 (4): 905-921. 10.1038/s41564-024-01637-6

Happle C, Hoffmann M, Kempf A, Nehlmeier I, Stankov MV, Calderon Hampel N, Witte T, Pöhlmann S, Behrens GMN, Dopfer-Jablonka A (2024): Humoral immunity after mRNA SARS-CoV-2 omicron JN.1 vaccination. Lancet Infect Dis 24 (11): E674-E676. 10.1016/S1473-3099(24)00603-0

Heller C, Bachmann I, Spiegel M, Hufert FT, Dame G (2024): Detection of Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenem resistance genes by qPCR: Choosing the right method for total DNA extraction. Microorganisms 12 (7): 1285. 10.3390/microorganisms12071285

Hoffmann M, Kleine-Weber H, Graichen L, Nehlmeier I, Kempf A, Moldenhauer A-S, Braun E, Assiri AM, Kirchhoff F, Sauter D, Alkharsah KR, Pöhlmann S (2024): Acquisition of a multibasic cleavage site does not increase MERS-CoV entry into Calu-3 human lung cells. J Virol 98 (11): e01305-24. 10.1128/jvi.01305-24

Hulst M, Kant A, Harders-Westerveen J, Hoffmann M, Xie Y, Laheji C, Murk J-L, van der Poel WHM (2024): Cross-reactivity of human, wild boar, and farm animal sera from pre- and post-pandemic periods with alpha- and beta-coronaviruses (CoV), including SARS-CoV-2. Viruses 16 (1): 34 10.3390/v16010034

Jäger N, Ayyub SA, Peske F, Liedtke D, Bohne J, Hoffmann M, Rodnina MV, Pöhlmann S (2024): The inhibition of Gag-Pol expression by the restriction factor shiftless is dispensable for the restriction of HIV-1 infection. Viruses 16 (4): 583. 10.3390/v16040583

Jäger N, Pöhlmann S, Rodnina MV, Ayyub SA (2024): Interferon-stimulated genes that target retrovirus translation. Viruses 16 (6): 933. 10.3390/v16060933

* Kaiser FK^#, Gonzales Hernandez M^#, Krüger N^#, Englund E^#, Du W, Mykytyn AZ, Raadsen MP, Lamers MM, Rodrigues Ianiski F, Shamorkina TM, Snijder J, Armando F, Beythien G, Ciurkiewicz M, Schreiner T, Gruber-Dujardin E, Bleyer M, Batura O, Erffmeier L, Hinkel R, Rocha C, Mirolo M, Drabek D, Bosch B-J, Emalfarb M, Valbuena N, Tchelet R, Baumgärtner W, Saloheimo M, Pöhlmann S, Grosveld F, Haagmans BL, Osterhaus ADME (2024): Filamentous fungus-produced human monoclonal antibody provides protection against SARS-CoV-2 in hamster and non-human primate models. Nat Commun 15: 2319. (^#equally contributed) 10.1038/s41467-024-46443-0

* Karsten CB, Buettner FFR, Cajic S, Nehlmeier I, Roshani B, Klippert A, Sauermann U, Stolte-Leeb N, Reichl U, Gerardy-Schahn R, Rapp E, Stahl-Hennig C, Pöhlmann S (2024): Macrophage- and CD4+ T cell-derived SIV differ in glycosylation, infectivity and neutralization sensitivity. PloS Pathog 20 (5): e1012190 10.1371/journal.ppat.1012190

* Knauf S, Hisgen L, Ågren EO, Barlow AM, Faehndrich M, Voigt U, Fischer L, Grillová L, Hallmaier-Wacker LK, Kik MJL, Klink JC, Křenová J, Lavazza A, Lüert S, Nováková M, Čejková D, Pacioni C, Trogu T, Šmajs D, Roos C (2024): High prevalence and genetic diversity of Treponema paraluisleporidarum isolates in European lagomorphs. Microbiol Spectr 12 (1): e01774-23. 10.1128/spectrum.01774-23 

Metzdorf K, Jacobsen H, Kim Y, Teixeira Alves LG, Kulkarni U, Cokarić Brdovčak M, Materljan J, Eschke K, Chaudhry MZ, Hoffmann M, Bertoglio F, Ruschig M, Hust M, Šustić M, Krmpotić A, Jonjić S, Widera M, Ciesek S, Pöhlmann S, Landthaler M, Čičin-Šain L (2024): A single-dose MCMV-based vaccine elicits long-lasting immune protection in mice against distinct SARS-CoV-2 variants. Front Immunol 15: 1383086. 10.3389/fimmu.2024.1383086

Ning X, Budhadev D, Pollastri S, Nehlmeier I, Kempf A, Manfield I, Turnbull WB, Pöhlmann S, Bernardi A, Li X, Guo Y, Zhou D (2024): Polyvalent glycomimetic-gold nanoparticles revealing critical roles of glycan display on multivalent lectin–glycan interaction biophysics and antiviral properties. JACS Au 4 (8): 3295-3309. 10.1021/jacsau.4c00610

Nowak R, Gazecka M, Hoffmann M, Kierzek R, Pöhlmann S, Zmora P (2024): TMPRSS2-specific antisense oligonucleotides inhibit host cell entry of emerging viruses. Virology 600: 110218. 10.1016/j.virol.2024.110218

Oliveira BR, Nehlmeier I, Kempf AM, Venugopalan V, Rehders M, Ceniza MEP, Cavalcanti PA de TPV, Hoffmann M, Pöhlmann S, Brix K (2024): Cytoskeletal β-tubulin and cysteine cathepsin L deregulation by SARS-CoV-2 spike protein interaction with the neuronal model cell line SH-SY5Y. Biochimie 226: 49-61. 10.1016/j.biochi.2024.02.006

Reiter S, Sun T, Gärtner S, Pöhlmann S, Winkler M (2024): Development of rhesus macaque astrocyte cell lines supporting infection with a panel of viruses. PloS One 19 (5): e0303059 10.1371/journal.pone.0303059

Singh P, Pahari P, Mukherjee S, Karmakar S, Hoffmann M, Mandal T, Das DK (2024): SARS-CoV-2 spike fusion peptide trans interaction with phosphatidylserine lipid triggers membrane fusion for viral entry. mBio 15 (9): e01077-24. 10.1128/mbio.01077-24

Stankov MV, Hoffmann M, Gutierrez Jauregui R, Cossmann A, Morillas Ramos G, Graalmann T, Winter EJ, Friedrichsen M, Ravens I, Ilievska T, Ristenpart J, Schimrock A, Willenzon S, Ahrenstorf G, Witte T, Förster R, Kempf A, Pöhlmann S, Hammerschmidt SI, Dopfer-Jablonka A, Behrens GMN (2024): Humoral and cellular immune responses following BNT162b2 XBB.1.5 vaccination. Lancet Infect Dis 24 (1): e1-3. 10.1016/S1473-3099(23)00690-4

Stein SC, Hansen G,  Ssebyatika G, Ströh LJ, Ochulor O, Herold E, Schwarzloh B, Mutschall D, Zischke J, Cordes AK, Schneider T, Hinrichs I, Blasczyk R, Kleine-Weber H, Hoffmann M, Klein F,  Kaiser FK, Gonzalez-Hernandez M, Armando F, Ciurkiewicz M, Beythien G, Pöhlmann S, Baumgärtner W, Osterhaus A, Schulz TF, Krey T (2024): A human monoclonal antibody neutralizing SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variants containing the L452R mutation. J Virol 98 (12): e01223-24. 10.1128/jvi.01223-24

von der Schulenburg P, Behrens GMN, Hoffmann M, Linke A, Nehlmeier I, Kempf AM, Stankov M, Lütgehetmann M, Jahnke-Triankowski J, Addo MM, Fischer L, Lohse AW, Pöhlmann S, Schulze zur Wiesch J, Sterneck M (2024): Immune response to SARS-CoV-2 XBB.1.5 and JN.1 variants following XBB.1.5 booster vaccination in liver transplant recipients. Viruses 16 (12): 1942. 10.3390/v16121942

* Zhang L, Cheng HH, Krüger N, Hörnich B, Graichen L, Hahn AS, Schulz SR, Jäck HM, Stankov MV, Behrens GMN, Müller MA, Drosten C, Mörer O, Winkler MS, Qian Z, Pöhlmann S, Hoffmann M (2024): ACE2-independent sarbecovirus cell entry can be supported by TMPRSS2-related enzymes and can reduce sensitivity to antibody-mediated neutralization. PloS Pathog 20 (11): e1012653. 10.1371/journal.ppat.1012653

Zhang L, Dopfer-Jablonka A, Cossmann A, Stankov MV, Graichen L, Moldenhauer A-S, Fichter C, Aggarwal A, Turville SG, Behrens GMN, Pöhlmann S, Hoffmann M (2024): Rapid spread of the SARS-CoV-2 JN.1 lineage is associated with increased neutralization evasion. iScience 27 (6): 109904. 10.1016/j.isci.2024.109904

Zhang L, Dopfer-Jablonka A, Nehlmeier I, Kempf A, Graichen L, Calderón Hampel N, Cossmann A, Stankov MV, Morillas Ramos G, Schulz SR, JäckH-M, Behrens GMN, Pöhlmann S, Hoffmann M (2024): Virological traits of the SARS-CoV-2 BA.2.87.1 lineage. Vaccines 12 (5): 487. 10.3390/vaccines12050487

Zhang L, Kempf A, Nehlmeier I, Cossmann A, Richter A, Bdeir N, Graichen L, Moldenhauer A-S, Dopfer-Jablonka A, Stankov MV, Simon-Loriere E, Schulz SR, Jäck H-M, Čičin-Šain L, Behrens GMN, Drosten C, Hoffmann M, Pöhlmann S (2024): SARS-CoV-2 BA.2.86 enters lung cells and evades neutralizing antibodies with high efficiency. Cell 187 (3): 596-608. 10.1016/j.cell.2023.12.025

 

 

Laboratory Animal Science Unit

Peer-reviewed articles

* Bleyer M, Erffmeier L, Batura O, Roos C (2024): Taenia martis cysticercosis in a common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus). Vet Sci 11: 623. 10.3390/vetsci11120623

* Kaiser FK^#, Gonzales Hernandez M^#, Krüger N^#, Englund E^#, Du W, Mykytyn AZ, Raadsen MP, Lamers MM, Rodrigues Ianiski F, Shamorkina TM, Snijder J, Armando F, Beythien G, Ciurkiewicz M, Schreiner T, Gruber-Dujardin E, Bleyer M, Batura O, Erffmeier L, Hinkel R, Rocha C, Mirolo M, Drabek D, Bosch B-J, Emalfarb M, Valbuena N, Tchelet R, Baumgärtner W, Saloheimo M, Pöhlmann S, Grosveld F, Haagmans BL, Osterhaus ADME (2024): Filamentous fungus-produced human monoclonal antibody provides protection against SARS-CoV-2 in hamster and non-human primate models. Nat Commun 15: 2319. (^#equally contributed) 10.1038/s41467-024-46443-0

Krüppel S, Khani MH, Schreyer HM, Sridhar S, Ramakrishna V, Zapp SJ, Mietsch M, Karamanlis D, Gollisch T (2024): Applying super-resolution and tomography concepts to identify receptive field subunits in the retina. PLoS Comput Biol 20 (9): e1012370. 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1012370

Lindenhahn P, Richter J, Pepelanova I, Seeger B, Volk HA, Hinkel R, Hiebl B, Scheper T, Hinrichs JB, Becker LS, Haverich A, Kaufled T (2024): A novel artificial coronary plaque to model coronary heart disease. Biomimetics 9 (4): 197. 10.3390/biomimetics9040197

von Bibra C, Hinkel R (2024): Non-human primate studies for cardiomyocyte transplantation – ready for translation? Front Pharmacol 15: 1408679. 10.3389/fphar.2024.1408679

 

Plattform Infection Models

Peer-reviewed articles

* Flury P^#, Breidenbach J^#, Krüger N^#, Voget R, Schäkel L, Si Y, Krasniqi V, Calistri S, Olfert M, Sylvester K, Rocha C, Ditzinger R, Rasch A, Pöhlmann S, Kronenberger T, Poso A, Rox K, Laufer SA, Müller CE, Gütschow M, Pillaiyar T (2024): Cathepsin-targeting SARS-CoV-2 inhibitors: design, synthesis, and biological activity. ACS Pharmacol Transl 7 (2): 493-514. (^#equally contributed) 10.1021/acsptsci.3c00313

* Hasan MZ, Claus M, Krüger N, Reusing S, Gall E, Bade-Döding C, Braun A, Watzl C, Uhrberg M, Walter L (2024): SARS-CoV-2 infection induces adaptive NK cell responses by spike protein-mediated induction of HLA-E expression. Emerg Microbes Infect 13 (1): 2361019 10.1080/22221751.2024.2361019

* Kaiser FK^#, Gonzales Hernandez M^#, Krüger N^#, Englund E^#, Du W, Mykytyn AZ, Raadsen MP, Lamers MM, Rodrigues Ianiski F, Shamorkina TM, Snijder J, Armando F, Beythien G, Ciurkiewicz M, Schreiner T, Gruber-Dujardin E, Bleyer M, Batura O, Erffmeier L, Hinkel R, Rocha C, Mirolo M, Drabek D, Bosch B-J, Emalfarb M, Valbuena N, Tchelet R, Baumgärtner W, Saloheimo M, Pöhlmann S, Grosveld F, Haagmans BL, Osterhaus ADME (2024): Filamentous fungus-produced human monoclonal antibody provides protection against SARS-CoV-2 in hamster and non-human primate models. Nat Commun 15: 2319. (^#equally contributed) 10.1038/s41467-024-46443-0

* Karsten CB, Buettner FFR, Cajic S, Nehlmeier I, Roshani B, Klippert A, Sauermann U, Stolte-Leeb N, Reichl U, Gerardy-Schahn R, Rapp E, Stahl-Hennig C, Pöhlmann S (2024): Macrophage- and CD4+ T cell-derived SIV differ in glycosylation, infectivity and neutralization sensitivity. PloS Pathog 20 (5): e1012190 10.1371/journal.ppat.1012190

Oneto A, Al Hamwi G, Schäkel L, Krüger N, Sylvester K, Petry M, Abu Shamleh R, Pillaiyar T, Claff T, Schiedel AC, Sträter N, Gütschow M, Müller CE (2024): Nonpeptidic irreversible inhibitors of SARS-CoV‑2 main protease 2 with potent antiviral activity. J Med Chem 67 (17): 14986-15011. 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.4c00535

Richel E, Cordsmeier A, Bauer L, Fraedrich K, Vestweber R, Roshani B, Stolte-Leeb N, Ensser A, Stahl-Hennig C^#, Überla K^# (2024): Mechanisms of sterilizing immunity provided by an HIV-1 neutralizing antibody against mucosal infection. PloS Pathog 20 (12): e1012777. (^#equally contributed) 10.1371/journal.ppat.1012777

* Stahl-Hennig C, Peter A-S, Cordsmeier A, Stolte-Leeb N, Vestweber R, Socher E, Merida SA, Sauermann U, Bleyer M, Fraedrich K, Grunwald T, Winkler TH, Ensser A, Jäck H-M, Überla K (2024): Genetic barrier to resistance: a critical parameter for efficacy of neutralizing monoclonal antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 in a nonhuman primate model. J Virol 98 (7): e00628-24. 10.1128/jvi.00628-24

* Zhang L, Cheng HH, Krüger N, Hörnich B, Graichen L, Hahn AS, Schulz SR, Jäck HM, Stankov MV, Behrens GMN, Müller MA, Drosten C, Mörer O, Winkler MS, Qian Z, Pöhlmann S, Hoffmann M (2024): ACE2-independent sarbecovirus cell entry can be supported by TMPRSS2-related enzymes and can reduce sensitivity to antibody-mediated neutralization. PloS Pathogen 20 (11): e1012653. 10.1371/journal.ppat.1012653

 

Pathology

Peer-reviewed articles

* Bleyer M, Erffmeier L, Batura O, Roos C (2024): Taenia martis cysticercosis in a common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus). Vet Sci 11: 623. 10.3390/vetsci11120623

Bleyer M, Radespiel U, Klein A, Kollikowski A, Ströbel P, Mätz-Rensing K, Gruber-Dujardin E (2024): Spontaneous soft tissue tumours in aged mouse lemurs (Microcebus spp). J Comp Pathol 215: 47-54. 10.1016/j.jcpa.2024.10.001

Friederici A, Wittig RM, Anwander A, Eichner C, Gräßle T, Jäger C, Kirilina E, Lipp I, Düx A, Edwards LJ, Girard-Buttoz C, Jauch A, Kopp KS, Paquette M, Pine KJ, Unwin S, Haun DBM, Leendertz FH, McElreath R, Morawski M, Gunz P, Weiskopf N, Crockford C, EBC Consortioum (incl. Aschoff D, Gruber-Dujardin E, Mätz-Rensing K) (2024): Brain structure and function: a multidisciplinary pipeline to study hominoid brain evolution. Front Integr Neurosci 17: 1299087. 10.3389/fnint.2023.1299087

* Jaffe JE, Mätz-Rensing K, Ulrich M, Gräßle T, Behringer V, Wittig RW, Leendertz FH (2024): Chronic kidney disease and kidney stone in a wild chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) in Côte D'Ivoire. J Med Primatol 53 (5): e12739. 10.1111/jmp.12739

Jaffe JE, Metzger S, Mätz-Rensing K, Ribas A, Wittig RM, Leendertz FH (2024): Oesophagostomum stephanostomum causing parsitic granulomas in wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus) of Taï National Park, Côte d’Ivoire. Am J Primatol 86 (8): e23652. 10.1002/ajp.23652

* Kaiser FK^#, Gonzales Hernandez M^#, Krüger N^#, Englund E^#, Du W, Mykytyn AZ, Raadsen MP, Lamers MM, Rodrigues Ianiski F, Shamorkina TM, Snijder J, Armando F, Beythien G, Ciurkiewicz M, Schreiner T, Gruber-Dujardin E, Bleyer M, Batura O, Erffmeier L, Hinkel R, Rocha C, Mirolo M, Drabek D, Bosch B-J, Emalfarb M, Valbuena N, Tchelet R, Baumgärtner W, Saloheimo M, Pöhlmann S, Grosveld F, Haagmans BL, Osterhaus ADME (2024): Filamentous fungus-produced human monoclonal antibody provides protection against SARS-CoV-2 in hamster and non-human primate models. Nat Commun 15: 2319. (^#equally contributed) 10.1038/s41467-024-46443-0

Krull F, Bleyer M, Schäfer J, Brenig B (2024): A missense mutation in the highly conserved TNF-like domain of Ectodysplasin A is the candidate causative variant for X-linked hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia in Limousin cattle: Clinical, histological, and molecular analyses. PloS One 19 (1): e0291411. 10.1371/journal.pone.0291411

* Stahl-Hennig C, Peter A-S, Cordsmeier A, Stolte-Leeb N, Vestweber R, Socher E, Merida SA, Sauermann U, Bleyer M, Fraedrich K, Grunwald T, Winkler TH, Ensser A, Jäck H-M, Überla K (2024): Genetic barrier to resistance: a critical parameter for efficacy of neutralizing monoclonal antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 in a nonhuman primate model. J Virol 98 (7): e00628-24. 10.1128/jvi.00628-24

Book Chapter

Mätz-Rensing K, Mansfield KG (2024): Viral diseases in nonhuman Primates. In: Kondova-Perseng I, Mansfield KG, Miller AD (eds.): Atlas of Diagnostic Pathology in Nonhuman Primates. Cham, Springer: 1-40. 10.1007/978-3-031-41280-6_1

Olstad KJ, Bleyer M (2024): Other noninfectious conditions (inflammatory/degenerative/proliferative, immune-mediated/idiopathic/unknown) in nonhuman primates. In: Kondova-Perseng I, Mansfield KG, Miller AD (eds.): Atlas of Diagnostic Pathology in Nonhuman Primates. Cham, Springer: 211-227. 10.1007/978-3-031-41280-6_7

Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory

Peer-reviewed articles

Aboutorabi E, Ray SB, Kaping D, Shahbazi F, Treue S, Esghaei M (2024): Phase of neural oscillations as a reference frame for attention-based routing in visual cortex. Prog Neurobiol 233: 102563. 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2023.102563

Amann L, Casasnovas V, Hainke J, Gail A (2024): Optimal multisensory integration of visual and artificial vibrotactile target instructions during planning of reaching movements after short training. J Neuroengineering Rehabilitation 21: 155. 10.1186/s12984-024-01448-0 

Braun JM, Fauth M, Berger M, Huang NS, Simeoni E, Gaeta E, Rodrigues do Carmo R, Garcìa-Betances R, Arredondo Waldmeyer MT, Gail A, Larsen JC, Manoonpong P, Tetzlaff T, Wörgötter F (2024): A brain machine interface framework for exploring proactive control of smart environments. Sci Rep 14: 11054. 10.1038/s41598-024-60280-7 

Casasnovas V, Amann LK, Haas GL, Gail A (2024): Task-relevant visual feedback uncertainty attenuates visuomotor adaptation. J Neurophysiol 132 (3): 879-889. 10.1152/jn.00180.2024

Cassidy L, Treue S, Gail A, Pfefferle D (2024): Choice-based Severity Scale (CSS): Assessing the relative severity of procedures from a laboratory animal’s perspective. PeerJ 12: e17300. 10.7717/peerj.17300

Crayen MA, Kagan I, Esghaei M, Hoehl D, Thomas U, Prückl R, Schaffelhofer S, Treue S (2024): Using camera-guided electrode microdrive navigation for precise 3D targeting of macaque brain sites. PloS One 19 (5): e0301849. 10.1371/journal.pone.0301849

Crayen MA, Treue S, Esghaei M (2024): Interactions between the fovea and the periphery shape misbinding of visual features in a continuous report paradigm. Sci Rep 14: 28381. 10.1038/s41598-024-78867-5 

Dang S, Antono JE, Kagan I, Pooresmaeili A (2024): Modality-specific and modality-general representations of subjective value in frontal cortex. Commun Biol 7: 1550. 10.1038/s42003-024-07253-8 

Esghaei M, Martínez-Trujillo J, Treue S (2024): Dissecting attention: Rate modulation vs. phase locking. Neuron 112 (14): 2263-2264. 10.1016/j.neuron.2024.06.027

Hüer J, Saxena P, Treue S (2024): Pathway-selective optogenetics reveals the functional anatomy of top–down attentional modulation in the macaque visual cortex. P Natl Acad Sci USA 121 (3): e2304511121. 10.1073/pnas.2304511121

Ivanov V, Manenti GL, Plewe SS, Kagan I, Schwiedrzik CM (2024): Decision-making processes in perceptual learning depend on effectors. Sci Rep 14: 5644. 10.1038/s41598-024-55508-5 

Kaduk K, Wilke M, Kagan I (2024): Dorsal pulvinar inactivation leads to spatial selection bias without perceptual deficit. Sci Rep 14: 12852. 10.1038/s41598-024-62056-5 

Karami B, Schwiedrzik CM (2024): Visual perceptual learning of feature conjunctions leverages non-linear mixed selectivity. NPJ Sci Learn 9: 13. 10.1038/s41539-024-00226-w 

Khamechian MB, Daliri MR, Treue S, Esghaei M (2024): Coupled oscillations orchestrate selective information transmission in visual cortex. PNAS Nexus 3 (8): pgae288. 10.1093/pnasnexus/pgae288

Lacal I, Das A, Logiaco L, Molano-Mazón M, Schwaner MJ, Trach JE (2024): Emerging perspectives fot the study of the neural basis of motor behaviour. Eur J Neurosci 60 (9): 6342-6356. 10.1111/ejn.16553

Lindner E, Desantis, A, Pei-Hsin Cheng, Gail A (2024): Violation of identity-specific action-effect prediction increases pupil size and attenuates auditory event-related potentials at P2 latencies when action-effects are behaviorally relevant. NeuroImage 297: 120717. 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2024.120717

Link E, Emde-Lachmund K, Bruns S, Dittrich A, Stiesch M, Haverich A, Treue S, Klimmt C (2024): Public controversy and citizens’ attitude formation about animal research: A case for scholarship and recommendations on conflicts at the science-society interface. PloS One 19 (1): e0295503. 10.1371/journal.pone.0295503

* Marten LE, Singh A, Muellen AM, Noack SM, Kozyrev V, Schweizer R, Goya-Maldonado R (2024): Motor performance and functional connectivity between the posterior cingulate cortex and supplementary motor cortex in bipolar and unipolar depression. Eu Arch Psy Clin N 274: 655-671. 10.1007/s00406-023-01671-1 

Nigam T, Schwiedrzik CM (2024): Predictions enable top-down pattern separation in the macaque face-processing hierarchy. Nat Commun 15: 7196. 10.1038/s41467-024-51543-y 

Novembre G, Lacal I, Benusiglio D, Quarta E, Schito A, Grasso S, Caratelli L, Caminiti R, Mayer AB, Iannetti GD (2024): A cortical mechanism linking saliency detection and motor reactivity in rhesus monkeys. J Neurosci 44 (1): e0422232023. 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0422-23.2023 

* O’Hearn W, Frank L, Keupp S, Fischer J (2024): Lessons learned from cooperative box experiment with wild baboons. Animal Behavior and Cognition 11 (4): 330-348.  10.26451/abc.11.04.01.2024 

Shahidi N, Franch M, Parajuli A, Schrater P, Wright A, Pitkow X, Dragoi V (2024): Population coding of strategic variables during foraging in freely-moving macaques. Nat Neurosc 27: 772-781. 10.1038/s41593-024-01575-w 

Stinson C, Kagan I, Pooresmaeili A (2024): The contribution of sensory information asymmetry and bias of attribution to egocentric tendencies in effort comparison tasks. Front Psychol 15: 1304372. 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1304372

Taghizadeh B, Fortmann O, Gail A (2024): Position- and scale-invariant object-centered spatial localization in monkey frontoparietal cortex dynamically adapts to cognitive demand. Nat Commun 15: 3357. 10.1038/s41467-024-47554-4 

 

Book chapter

Wilke M, Kagan I (2024): Visuospatial and motor deficits following pulvinar lesions. In: Usrey WM, Sherman SM (eds): The Cerebral Cortex and Thalamus. Oxford, Oxford University Press: 764-774. 10.1093/med/9780197676158.003.0071

 

Neurobiology Laboratory

Peer-reviewed article

Agudelo-Toro A, Michaels JA, Sheng W-A, Scherberger J (2024): Accurate neural control of a hand prosthesis by posture-related activity in the primate grasping circuit. Neuron 112 (24): 4115-4129. 10.1016/j.neuron.2024.09.018

Scherberger H (2024): Modeling proprioception with task-driven neural network models. Neuron 112 (9): 1384-1386. 10.1016/j.neuron.2024.03.021

 

 

Functional Imaging Laboratory

Peer-reviewed articles

* Marten LE, Singh A, Muellen AM, Noack SM, Kozyrev V, Schweizer R, Goya-Maldonado R (2024): Motor performance and functional connectivity between the posterior cingulate cortex and supplementary motor cortex in bipolar and unipolar depression. Eu Arch Psy Clin N 274: 655-671. 10.1007/s00406-023-01671-1

Memhave TR, Moussavi A, Boretius S (2024): SPIRAL MRI for in vivo lithium-7 imaging: a feasibility study in mice after oral lithium treatment. Sci Rep 14: 681. 10.1038/s41598-023-50841-7 

Ortiz-Rios M, Sirmpilatze N, König J, Boretius S (2024): An anesthetic protocol for preserving functional network structure in the marmoset brain. Imaging Neuroscience 2: 230. 10.1162/imag_a_00230 

Steinbach T, Eck J, Timmers I, Biggs E, Goebel R, Schweizer R^#, Kaas A^# (2024): Tactile stimulation designs adapted to clinical settings result in reliable fMRI-based somatosensory digit maps. BMC Neurosci 25: 47. (^#shared senior authorship) 10.1186/s12868-024-00892-x 

Wilken E, Havlas A, Masthoff M, Moussavi A, Boretius S, Faber C (2024): Radial compressed sensing imaging improves the velocity detection limit of single cell tracking time-lapse MRI. Magn Reson Med 91 (4): 1449-1463. 10.1002/mrm.29946

 

Auditory Neuroscience and Optogenetics

Peer-reviewed articles

Chen H, Monga M, Fang Q, Slitin L, Neef J, Chepuwar SS, Mingroni Netto RC, Lezirovitz K, Tabith Jr A, Benseler F, Brose N, Kusch K, Wichmann C, Strenzke N, Vona B, Preobraschenski J, Moser T (2024): Ca²⁺ binding to the C₂E domain of otoferlin is required for hair cell exocystosis and hearing. Protein Cell 15 (4): 305-312. 10.1093/procel/pwad058

Huet A, Mager T, Gossler C, Moser T (2024): Toward optogenetic hearing restoration. Ann Rev Neurosci 47: 103-121. 10.1146/annurev-neuro-070623-103247

* Moser T, Chen H, Kusch K, Behr R, Vona B (2024): Gene therapy for deafness: are we there now? EMBO Mol Med 16 (4): 675-677. 10.1038/s44321-024-00058-6 

Oestreicher D, Chepurwar S, Kusch K, Rankovic V, Jung S, Strenzke N, Pangrsic T (2024): CaBP1 and 2 enable sustained CaV1.3 calcium currents and synaptic transmission in inner hair cells. eLife 13: RP93646. 10.7554/eLife.93646.3

 

Social Neurobiology

Peer-reviewed article

Wong E, Williams O, Williams ZM, Báez-Mendoza R (2024): Naturalistic generative narratives reveal effects of social characteristics on decision-making. Front Psychol 15: 1412131. 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1412131

 

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology Unit

Peer-reviewed articles

Cavaliere M, Yang G, de Dreu CKW, Gross J (2024) Cooperation and social organization depend on weighing private and public reputations. Sci Rep 14: 16443. 10.1038/s41598-024-67080-z  

Engelhardt SC, Paulsson NI, Taborsky M (2024): Norway rats recruit cooperation partners based on previous receipt of help while disregarding kinship. iScience 27 (12): 111314. 10.1016/j.isci.2024.111314 

Engelhardt SC, Taborsky M (2024): Reciprocal altruism in Norway rats. Ethology 130 (4): e13418. 10.1111/eth.13418 

* Eppley TM, Reuter KE, Sefczek TM (173 authors, incl. Fischer J, Heymann EW, Kappeler PM, Ostner J, Schülke O, Urbani B) (2024): Tropical field stations yield high conservation return on investment. Conserv Lett 17 (2): e13007. 10.1111/conl.13007

Fichtel C, Dinter K, Ratsoavina F (2024): Benefits but not the dual functions of submissive signals differ between two Malagasy primates. Philos T R Soc B 379: 20230197. 10.1098/rstb.2023.0197 

Gross J, Méder ZZ, Romano A, de Dreu CKW (2024): Indirect reciprocity can foster large-scale cooperation. P Natl Acad Sci USA 121 (27): e2409894121. 10.1073/pnas.2409894121

Kappeler PM, Fichtel C (2024) Independent fitness consequences of group size variation in Verreaux’s sifakas. Commun Biol 7: 816. 10.1038/s42003-024-06484-z 

* Pethig L, Behringer V, Kappeler PM, Fichtel C, Heistermann M (2024): Establishment and validation of fecal secretory immunglobulin A measurement for intestinal mucosal health assessment in wild lemurs. Am J Primatol 86 (12): e23694. 10.1002/ajp.23694

Romano A, Gross J, de Dreu CKW (2024) The nasty neighbor effect in humans. Sci Adv 10 (26): eadm7968. 10.1126/sciadv.adm7968

Roura-Torres B, Amblard-Rambert P, Lepou P, Kappeler PM, Charpentier MJE (2024): Stillbirth of a mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx) in the wild: perinatal behaviors and delivery sequences. Primates 65 (2): 75-80. 10.1007/s10329-023-01112-6 

Rubio Vargas CL, Cerón Cancharis ZL, Heymann EW (2024) Characterization of forest fragments occupied by the critically endangered and endemic San Martín titi monkey (Plecturocebus oenanthe). Front Conserv Sci 5: 1401517. 10.3389/fcosc.2024.1401517

Schüßler D, Blanco MB, Guthrie NK, Sgarlata GM, Dammhahn M, Ernest R, Evasoa MR, Hasiniaina A, Hending D, Jan F, Le Pors B, Miller A, Olivieri G, Rakotonanahary AN, Rakotondranary SJ, Rakotondravony R, Ralantoharijaona T, Ramananjato V, Randrianambinina B, Raoelinjanakolona NN, Rasoazanabary E, Rasoloarison RM, Rasolofoson DW, Rasoloharijaona S, Rasolondraibe E, Roberts SH, Teixeira H, van Elst T, Johnson SE, Ganzhorn JU, Chikhi L, Kappeler PM, Louis EE, Salmona J, Radespiel U (2024): Morphological variability or inter‐observer bias? A methodological toolkit to improve data quality of multi‐researcher datasets for the analysis of morphological variation. Am J Biol Anthropol 183 (1): 60-78. 10.1002/ajpa.24836

Sidler L, Rode-White J, Kappeler PM (2024): Male-biased dominance in greater bamboo lemurs (Prolemur simus). Primate Biology 11: 13-17. 10.5194/pb-11-13-2024 

Snijder LL, Gross J, Stallen M, De Dreu CKW (2024): Prosocial preferences can escalate intergroup conflicts by countering selfish motivations to leave. Nat Commun 15: 9009. 10.1038/s41467-024-53409-9 

Stiegler J, Gallagher CA, Hering R (106 authors, including Fichtel C, Kappeler P, Lührs M-L, Pyritz L) (2024): Mammals show faster recovery from capture and tagging in human-disturbed landscapes. Nat Commun 15: 8079. 10.1038/s41467-024-52381-8 

Thiel S, Gottstein M, Heymann EW, Kroszewski J, Lieker N, Shahuano Tello N, Tschapka M, Junker RR, Heer K (2024): Vertically stratified interactions of nectarivores and nectar-inhabiting bacteria in a liana flowering across forest strata. Am J Bot 111: e16303. 10.1002/ajb2.16303

* Tilley HB, Murphy D, Wierucka K, Wong TC, Surreault-Châble A, Mumby HS (2024): Physical activity and temperature changes of Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) participating in eco-tourism activities and elephant polo. PloS One 19 (5): e0300373. 10.1371/journal.pone.0300373

Urbani B, Heymann EW (2024): Late eighteenth-century depictions of Peruvian primates in the Codex Martínez Compañón and the Quatro de la Historia Natural Civil y Geográfica del Reyno del Perú. Arch Nat Hist 51 (1): 146-170. 10.3366/anh.2024.0903

Wierucka K, Leu ST (2024) Robust encoding of acoustic identity in alpaca hums – a basis for individual recognition. Bioacoustics 33 (6): 498-509. 10.1080/09524622.2024.2414246

 

Non-refereed articles

Goymann W, Brumm H, Kappeler P (2024): Geschlecht und Gender: Eine biologische Perspektive. Biologie in unserer Zeit 54 (4): 344-352. 10.11576/biuz-7481 

Overberg J, Göbel M, Heymann EW (2024): Enclosure use of a group of yellow-breasted capuchins (Sapajus xanthosternos) at Allwetterzoo Münster. Der Zoologische Garten 92 (2): 185-205. 10.53188/zg0032

 

Book review

Urbani B (2024): Review of Le singe aux XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles. Figure de l’art, personnage littèraire et curiosité scientifique. Am J Primatol 86: e23573. 10.1002/ajp.23573

 

Book chapter

Schäffler L, Markolf M, Kappeler PM (2024): Madame Berthe's Mouse Lemur. In: Mittermeier RA, Reuter KE, Rylands AB, Ang A, Jerusalinsky L, Nash SD, Schwitzer C, Ratsimbazafy J, Humle T (eds.) Primates in Peril: The World’s 25 Most Endangered Primates 2023–2025. IUCN SSC Primate Specialist Group, International Primatological Society, Re:wild, Washington: 8-11.

 

Cognitive Ethology Laboratory

Peer-reviewed articles

* Ahmed AS, Atickem A, Bekele A, Tsegaye D, Stenseth NC, Zinner DJ, Roos C, Zinner D (2024): New records of the Ethiopian long-eared bat Plecotus balensis in central Ethiopia. J Wildlife Biodivers 8 (2): 179-192. 10.5281/zenodo.11099537

* Balboa RF, Bertola LD, Brüniche-Olsen A, Rasmussen MS, Liu X, Besnard G, Salmona J, Santander CG, He S, Zinner D, Pedrono M, Muwanika V, Masembe C, Schubert M, Kuja J, Quinn L, Garcia-Erill G, Stæger FF, Rakotoarivony R, Henrique M, Lin L, Wang X, Heaton MP, Smith TPL, Hanghøj K, Sinding M-HS, Atickem A, Chikhi L, Roos C, Gaubert P, Siegismund HR, Moltke I, Albrechtsen A, Heller R (2024). African bushpigs exhibit porous species boundaries and appeared in Madagascar concurrently with human arrival. Nat Commun 15: 172. 10.1038/s41467-023-44105-1

de Eccher M, Mundry R, Mani N (2024): Children’s subjective uncertainty-driven sampling behaviour. Roy Soc Open Sci 11(4): 231283. 10.1098/rsos.231283 

* Eppley TM, Reuter KE, Sefczek TM (173 authors, incl. Fischer J, Heymann EW, Kappeler PM, Ostner J, Schülke O, Urbani B) (2024): Tropical field stations yield high conservation return on investment. Conserv Lett 17 (2): e13007. 10.1111/conl.13007

Fotsing EDB, Kamkeng MMF, Marcel Senge S, Zinner D (2024): Diversity, habitat and activity patterns of mesocarnivore assemblages in an Afrotropical protected forest savannah mosaic of Central Cameroon. Afr J Ecol 62 (3): e13283. 10.1111/aje.13283

Fotsing EDB, Kamkeng MMF, Zinner D (2024): Opinions, attitudes and perceptions of local people towards the conservation of Nigeria-Cameroon chimpanzees in Mpem-Djim National Park, central Cameroon. People Nat 6 (2): 865-881. 10.1002/pan3.10621

Janisch J, McNamara A, Myers LC, Schapker N, Dunham NT, Phelps T, Mundry R, Hieronymus T, Shapiro LJ, Young JW (2024): Ecological and phylogenetic influences on limb joint kinematics in wild primates. Zool J Linn Soc 202 (3): zlae004. 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae004

Keupp S, Herrmann E (2024): Domain-specific inferences about conspecifics’ skills by chimpanzees. Sci Rep 14: 21996. 10.1038/s41598-024-73340-9 

* Kuderna LFK, Ulirsch JC, Rashid S (92 authors, incl. Zinner D, Roos C) (2024): Identification of constrained sequence elements across 239 primate genomes. Nature 625 (7996): 735–742. 10.1038/s41586-023-06798-8

Madhavan R, Malem B, Ackermann L, Mundry R, Mani N (2024): An examination of measures of young children’s interest in natural object categories. Cortex 175: 124-148. 10.1016/j.cortex.2024.02.015

Martin R, Rochefort J, Mundry R, Segelbacher G (2024): Fast cultural evolution of Crossbill (Loxia spp.) calls in the Palaearctic. Ibis 166: 267-284. 10.1111/ibi.13253

* O’Hearn W, Frank L, Keupp S, Fischer J (2024): Lessons learned from cooperative box experiment with wild baboons. Animal Behavior and Cognition 11 (4): 330-348. 10.26451/abc.11.04.01.2024

Ostreiher R, Mundry R, Heifetz A (2024): Does sentinel presence improve foraging success? A study in a cooperative breeder. Behav Ecol 35 (4): arae050. 

Revathe T, Mundry R, Utami-Atmoko SS, Perawati D, Bürkner P-C, van Noordwijk MA, Schuppli C (2024): Maternal behavior in Sumatran orangutans (Pongo abelii) is modulated by mother-offspring characteristics and socioecological factors. Int J Primatol 45 (5): 1021-1048. 10.1007/s10764-024-00435-5 

Rosslund A, Mayor J, Mundry R, Singh AP, Cristia A, Kartushina N (2024): A longitudinal investigation of the acoustic properties of infant-directed speech from 6 to 18 months. R Soc Open Sci 11 (11): 240572. 10.1098/rsos.240572 

* Sadoughi B, Mundry R, Schülke O, Ostner J (2024): Social network shrinking is explained by active and passive effects but not increasing selectivity with age in wild macaques. P Roy Soc B 291: 20232736. 10.1098/rspb.2023.2736 

* Seshadri L, Atickem A, Zinner D, Roos C, Zhang L (2024): Whole genome analysis reveals evolutionary history and introgression events in Bale monkeys. Genes 15 (11): 1359. 10.3390/genes15111359

* Sterck EHM, Crockford C, Fischer J, Massen JJM, Tiddi B, Perry S, Sueur C, Schülke O, Ostner J (2024): The evolution of between-sex bonds in primates. Evol Hum Behav 45 (6): 106628. 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2024.106628 

Stolla JJ, Keupp S (2024): The effect of reward value on the performance of long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis) in a delay-of-gratification exchange task. Primate Biology 11: 19-29. 10.5194/pb-11-19-2024 

* Tilley HB, Murphy D, Wierucka K, Wong TC, Surreault-Châble A, Mumby HS (2024): Physical activity and temperature changes of Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) participating in eco-tourism activities and elephant polo. PloS One 19 (5): e0300373. 10.1371/journal.pone.0300373

Väth PA, von Petersdorff J, Neumann C, Mundry R, Fischer J (2024): Replicating the ‘seductive allure of neuroscience explanations’ effect in a classroom experiment and an online study. Roy Soc Open Sci 11: 241120. 10.1098/rsos.241120 

 

Non-refereed article

Beckmann J, Zetsche M, Riesch F, Bojarska K, Herzog S, Herzog I, Meißner M, Klamm A, Ohrndorf L (2024): Touching Bambi: experiences from the field for locating, capturing, handling and tagging free-ranging juvenile red deer (Cervus elaphus). Deer Specialist Group Newsletter 35: 19–33. 

 

Book chapter

Ekström AG, Briseño-Jaramillo M, Pascual-Guàrdia C, Berthet M, Sward K, Le Floch A, Wegdell F, Lemasson A, Fischer J, Soldati A, Friedrichs D, Wich S, Holmer S, Bosshard AB, Halenar-Price L, Desphande A, Shearer BM, Moran S, Edlund J (2024): Why only a ‘great’ primate discovered speech: A progress report on evolving vocal repertoires. In: Heldner M, Wlodarczak M, Ericsdotter Nordgren C, Wikse Barrow C (eds): Proceedings from FONETIK 2024, Stockholm, June 3–5, 2024: 101–108. 

 

Edited volume with own contributions

Liebs V, Szalay G, Fischer J (eds, 2024): Ich-Du-Wir: Soziale Beziehungen bei Menschen und anderen Primaten. Göttingen, Universitätsverlag Göttingen. 10.17875/gup2024-2577   

 

Primate Genetics Laboratory

Peer-reviewed articles

Adade E, Tawiah PO, Roos C, Chuma IS, Lubinza CC, Mfinanga SGM, Knauf S, Sylverken AA (2024): Antimicrobial susceptibility profile of oral and rectal microbiota of non‐human primate species in Ghana: A threat to human health. Vet Med Sci 10 (2): e1271. 10.1002/vms3.1271

* Ahmed AS, Atickem A, Bekele A, Tsegaye D, Stenseth NC, Zinner DJ, Roos C, Zinner D (2024): New records of the Ethiopian long-eared bat Plecotus balensis in central Ethiopia. J Wildlife Biodivers 8 (2): 179-192. 10.5281/zenodo.11099537

Ang A, Roos C (2024): Asian Langurs (Presbytis) Conservation Action Plan 2024–2034 and Colobine Monkey Day. Oryx 58(6): 692. 10.1017/S0030605324001364 

Aung PP, Lwin N, Aung TH, Htike TSM, Thompson C, Roos C, Turvey SM, Zinn W, Maw MT, Tremeu-Bravard A, Fan P-F, Cheyne SM, Evans TS (2024): Confirmation of Skywalker hoolock gibbon (Hoolock tianxing) in Myanmar extends known geographic range of an endangered primate. Int J Primatol 45 (4): 810-833. 10.1007/s10764-024-00418-6 

* Balboa RF, Bertola LD, Brüniche-Olsen A, Rasmussen MS, Liu X, Besnard G, Salmona J, Santander CG, He S, Zinner D, Pedrono M, Muwanika V, Masembe C, Schubert M, Kuja J, Quinn L, Garcia-Erill G, Stæger FF, Rakotoarivony R, Henrique M, Lin L, Wang X, Heaton MP, Smith TPL, Hanghøj K, Sinding M-HS, Atickem A, Chikhi L, Roos C, Gaubert P, Siegismund HR, Moltke I, Albrechtsen A, Heller R (2024). African bushpigs exhibit porous species boundaries and appeared in Madagascar concurrently with human arrival. Nat Commun 15: 172. 10.1038/s41467-023-44105-1 

* Bleyer M, Erffmeier L, Batura O, Roos C (2024): Taenia martis cysticercosis in a common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus). Vet Sci 11: 623. 10.3390/vetsci11120623

Boeger WA, Valim MP, Zaher H (629 authors, incl. Costa-Araújo R) (2024): Catálogo taxonômico da fauna do Brasil: Setting the baseline knowledge on the animal diversity in Brazil. Zoologia 41: e24005. 10.1590/S1984-4689.v41.e24005

Costa-Araujo R, Canale GR, de Melo FR, da Silva RR, da Silva IB, de Alencar RM, da Silva LF, Jerusalinsky L, de Azevedo RB, Júnior EMS, Mourthe I, Ruz EJH, de Sousa e Silva-Jr. J, Roos C, Farias IP, Hrbek T (2024): A dataset of new occurence records of primates from the arc of deforestation, Brazil. Primate Biology 11: 1-11. 10.5194/pb-11-1-2024 

* Hasan MZ, Claus M, Krüger N, Reusing S, Gall E, Bade-Döding C, Braun A, Watzl C, Uhrberg M, Walter L (2024):  SARS-CoV-2 infection induces adaptive NK cell responses by spike protein-mediated induction of HLA-E expression. Emerg Microbes Infect 13 (1): 2361019. 10.1080/22221751.2024.2361019

Klaus L, Reichardt SD, Neif M, Walter L, Gayer FA, Reichardt HM (2024): Teratoma development in 129.MOLF-Chr19 mice elicits two waves of immune cell infiltration. Int J Mol Sci 25 (23): 12750. 10.3390/ijms252312750

* Knauf S, Hisgen L, Ågren EO, Barlow AM, Faehndrich M, Voigt U, Fischer L, Grillová L, Hallmaier-Wacker LK, Kik MJL, Klink JC, Křenová J, Lavazza A, Lüert S, Nováková M, Čejková D, Pacioni C, Trogu T, Šmajs D, Roos C (2024): High prevalence and genetic diversity of Treponema paraluisleporidarum isolates in European lagomorphs. Microbiol Spectr 12 (1): e01774-23. 10.1128/spectrum.01774-23 

Koch Liston AL, Xueying Z, Bang TV, Phiapalath P, Hun S, Ahmed T, Hasan S, Biswas, Sajib; Nath S, Ahmed T, Ilham K, Lwin N, Frechette JL, Hon N, Agger C, Suzuki A, Auda E, Gazagne E, Kamler JF, Groenenberg M, Banet-Eugene S, Challis N, Vibol N,  Leroux N, Sinovas P, Reaksmey S, Muñoz VH, Lappan S, Zainol Z, Albanese V, Alexiadou A, Nielsen DRK, Holzner A, Ruppert N, Briefer EF, Fuentes A, Hansen MF (2024): A model for the noninvasive, habitat-inclusive estimation of upper limit abundance for synanthropes, exemplified by M. fascicularis. Sci Adv 10 (21): eadn5390. 10.1126/sciadv.adn539

* Kuderna LFK, Ulirsch JC, Rashid S (92 authors, incl. Zinner D, Roos C) (2024): Identification of constrained sequence elements across 239 primate genomes. Nature 625 (7996): 735–742. 10.1038/s41586-023-06798-8 

Radespiel U, Roos C (2024): Special Issue “Primate Phylogeny and Genetics”. Genes 15: 68. 10.3390/genes15010068

* Seshadri L, Atickem A, Zinner D, Roos C, Zhang L (2024): Whole genome analysis reveals evolutionary history and introgression events in Bale monkeys. Genes 15 (11): 1359.  10.3390/genes15111359

Zhang L, Leonard N, Passaro R, Luan MS, Van Tuyen P, Han LTN, Cam NH, Vogelnest L, Lynch M, Fine AE, Nga NTT, Van Long N, Rawson BM, Behie A, Van Nguyen T, Le MD, Nadler T, Walter L, Marques-Bonet T, Hofreiter M, Li M, Liu Z, Roos C (2024): Genomic adaptation to small population size and saltwater consumption in the critically endangered Cat Ba langur. Nat Commun 15: 8531. 10.1038/s41467-024-52811-7 

 

Non-refereed articles

Hasan S, Hasan MAU, Nath S, Akhter T, Ahmed MT, Tasnim M, Neha SA, Ahmed T (2024): Observations on the mating behaviour of capped langurs Trachypithecus pileatus in Bangladesh. Asian Primates Journal 11 (1): 24-29. 

Leibniz Research Network Biodiversity (64 authors, incl. Roos, C) (2024): 10 Must Knows from Biodiversity Science 2024. Potsdam, Potsdam Institute for Climate Research. (Policy Report) 10.5281/zenodo.10837769

Mithu AI, Ahmed T (2024): Corpse carrying by a female rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) in Madhupur National Park, Bangladesh. Bangladesh Journal of Zoology 52(3): 349-352. 10.3329/bjz.v52i3.80796

 

Book chapters

Ahmed T, Roos C (2024): Phayre's Langur. In: Mittermeier RA, Reuter KE, Rylands AB, Ang A, Jerusalinsky L, Nash SD, Schwitzer C, Ratsimbazafy J, Humle T (eds.) Primates in Peril: The World’s 25 Most Endangered Primates 2023–2025. IUCN SSC Primate Specialist Group, International Primatological Society, Re:wild, Washington: 133.

Costa-Araújo R, de Carvalho FR, de Jesus MA, de Souza-Motta CM, Motta Maués M, Santos Vieira AO, Stehmann JR (2024): Acesso às coleções biológicas científicas. In: Marinoni L, Basílio DS, de Gasper AL (eds): Coleções Biológicas Científicas Brasileiras: Diagnóstico, Propriedades e Recommendações. Sociedade Brasileira de Zoologia, Curitiba: 95-102.  

Marinoni L, Dias Pimenta A, Dal Molin A, da Silva Soares Souto A, Einicker CJ, Glienke C, Baringo Fonseca C, Meira dos Santos CR, Silveira Serejo C, de Souza-Motta CM, Silva Basílio D, Knop Henriques D, Petters-Vandresen D, Attili-Angelis D, de Almeida Chiquito E, Campos F, Werneck FP, Carvalho FR, dos Santos Morais G, Terra Garbino GS, Reis Jorge I, Stehmann JR, Macfadem Juarez KE, Lacerda Giacomin L, de Jesus MA, da Silva M, Veronesi Fukuda M, de Souza Rosa R, Costa-Araújo R, Motta Maués M, Carvalho Thiengo S, dos Santos Silva TR, Sueli de Andrade T, Barbosa Cavalcanti T, Ferreira Dutra V, Vicente VA, de Gasper AL (2024): Recommendações. In: Marinoni L, Basílio DS, de Gasper AL (eds): Coleções Biológicas Científicas Brasileiras: Diagnóstico, Propriedades e Recommendações. Sociedade Brasileira de Zoologia, Curitiba: 129-143.  

Thant NML, Lwin N, Matauschek C, Momber F, Roos C (2024): Popa Langur. In: Mittermeier RA, Reuter KE, Rylands AB, Ang A, Jerusalinsky L, Nash SD, Schwitzer C, Ratsimbazafy J, Humle T (eds.) Primates in Peril: The World’s 25 Most Endangered Primates 2023–2025. IUCN SSC Primate Specialist Group, International Primatological Society, Re:wild, Washington: 132-133.

 

Edited volume with own contributions

Marinoni L, Chiquito EA, Glienke C, Fonseca CB, Juarez KEM, Basilio DS, Henriques DK, Vandresen DALP, Morais IS, Jorge I, Pimenta AD, Dal Molin AD, Souto ASS, Santos CRM, Serejo CS, Souza-Motta CM, Attili-Angelis D, Werneck FP, Carvalho FR, Garbino GST, Stehmann JR, Giacomin LL, Jesus MA, Silva M, Fukuda MV, Rosa RS, Costa-Araújo R, Maués MM, Thiengo SC, Silva TRS, Andrade TS, Cavalcanti TB, Dutra VF, Vicente VA, Gasper AL (2024): Introduction and guidelines to good practices for Brazilian Scientific Biological Collections. Curitiba, Sociedade Brasileira de Zoologia. 10.7476/9786587590042 

 

Social Evolution in Primates

Peer-reviewed articles

* Behringer V, Deimel C, Ostner J, Fruth B, Sonnweber R (2024): Modulation of cell mediated immunity during pregnancy in wild bonobos. Biol Lett 20: 20230548. 10.1098/rsbl.2023.0548 

* Eppley TM, Reuter KE, Sefczek TM (173 authors, incl. Fischer J, Heymann EW, Kappeler PM, Ostner J, Schülke O, Urbani B) (2024): Tropical field stations yield high conservation return on investment. Conserv Lett 17 (2): e13007.  10.1111/conl.13007

Huang P, Arlet ME, Balasubramaniam KN, Beisner BA, Bliss-Moreau E, Brent LJN, Duboscq J, García-Nisa I, Kaburu SSK, Kendal R, Konečná M, Marty PR, McCowan B, Micheletta J, Ostner J, Schülke O, Schino G, Majolo B (2024): Relationship between dominance hierarchy steepness and rank-relatedness of benefits in primates. Behav Ecol 35 (5): arae066. 10.1093/beheco/arae066 

Perea-Garcia JO, Massen JJM, Ostner J, Schülke O, Castellano-Navarro A, Gazagne E, José-Domínguez JM, Beltrán-Francés V, Kaburu S, Ruppert N, Micheletta J, Gupta S, Majolo B, Maréchal L, Pflüger LS, Böhm PM, Bourjade M, Duran E, Hobaiter C, Monteiro A (2024): Photoregulatory functions drive variation in eye coloration across macaque species. Sci Rep 14: 29115. 10.1038/s41598-024-80643-4 

* Sadoughi B, Mundry R, Schülke O, Ostner J (2024): Social network shrinking is explained by active and passive effects but not increasing selectivity with age in wild macaques. P Roy Soc B 291: 20232736. 10.1098/rspb.2023.2736

Schülke O, Ostner J (2024): A central role for stressor appraisal in the social dimensions of health and aging in primates. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 159: 105596. 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2024.105596

Schülke O, Rathke E-M, Berghänel A, Ostner J (2024): Male Barbary macaques choose loyal coalition partners which may increase their coalition network betweenness. Ethology 130 (4): e13413. 10.1111/eth.13413

* Sterck EHM, Crockford C, Fischer J, Massen JJM, Tiddi B, Perry S, Sueur C, Schülke O, Ostner J (2024): The evolution of between-sex bonds in primates. Evol Hum Behav 45 (6): 106628. 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2024.106628

* Stranks J, Heistermann M, Sangmaneedet S, Schülke O, Ostner J (2024): The dynamics of sociality and glucocorticoids in wild male Assamese macaques. Horm Behav 164: 105604. 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2024.105604

 

Primate Cooperative Evolution

Peer-reviewed articles

Arandjelovic M, Stephens CR, Dieguez P, Maldonado N, Bocksberger G, Després‐Einspenner M‐L, Debetencourt B, Estienne V, Kalan AK, McCarthy MS, Granjon A‐C, Städele V, Harder B, Hacker L, Landsmann A, Lynn LK, Pfund H, Ročkaiová Z, Sigler K, Widness J, Wilken H, Buzharevski A, Goffe A, Havercamp K, Luncz LL, Sirianni G, Wessling EG, Wittig RM, Boesch C, Kühl HS (2024): Highly precise community science annotations of video camera‐trapped fauna in challenging environments. Remote Sens Ecol Conserv 10 (6): 702-724. 10.1002/rse2.402

Malherbe M, Samuni L, Ebel SJ, Kopp KS, Crockford C, Wittig RM (2024): Protracted development of stick tool use skills extends into adulthood in wild western chimpanzees. PLOS Biol 22 (5): e3002609. 10.1371/journal.pbio.3002609

Reddy RB, Samuni L, Städele V, Vigilant L, Surbeck M (2024): Maternal conflict intervention is more frequent in chimpanzee compared to bonobo development. Anim Behav 208: 127-136. 10.1016/j.anbehav.2023.11.015

Samuni L, Mielke A, Crockford C, Wittig RM (2024): Social play fosters cooperation in wild adult chimpanzees. Curr Biol 34 (24): 5839-5845. 10.1016/j.cub.2024.10.058

Samuni L, Wessling EG, Surbeck M (2024): Rethinking peace from a bonobo perspective. Behav Brain Sci 47: e27. 10.1017/S0140525X23002492

 

Stem Cell Biology and Regeneration

Peer-reviewed articles

Dittrich M, Bernhardt L, Penfold CA, Boroviak TE, Drummer C, Behr R, Müller T, Haaf T (2024): Age‐related and species‐specific methylation changes in the protein‐coding marmoset sperm epigenome. Aging Cell 23 (8): e14200. 10.1111/acel.14200

Kurlovich J^#, Rodriguez Polo I^#, Dovgusha O, Tereshchenko Y, Cruz CRV, Behr R, Gündesdogan U (2024): Generation of marmoset primordial germ cell-like cells under chemically defined conditions. Life Sci Alliance 7 (6): e202302371. (^#equally contributed) 10.26508/lsa.202302371

* Moser T, Chen H, Kusch K, Behr R, Vona B (2024): Gene therapy for deafness: are we there now? EMBO Mol Med 16 (4): 675-677. 10.1038/s44321-024-00058-6

Siriwardena D, Munger C, Penfold C, Kohler TN, Weberling A, Linneberg-Agerholm M, Slatery E, Ellermann AL, Bergmann S, Clark SJ, Rawlings TM, Brickman JM, Reik W, Brosens JJ, Zernicka-Goetz M, Sasaki E, Behr R, Hollfelder F, Boroviak TE (2024): Marmoset and human trophoblast stem cells differ in signaling requirements and recapitulate divergent modes of trophoblast invasion. Cell Stem Cell 31 (10): 1427-1446. 10.1016/j.stem.2024.09.004

Tereshchenko Y, Esiyok N, Garea-Rodríguez E, Repetto D, Behr R, Rodríguez-Polo I (2024): Transgene-free cynomolgus monkey iPSCs generated under chemically defined conditions. Cells 13: 558. 10.3390/cells13060558

Tereshchenko Y, Petkov S, Behr R (2024): The efficiency of in vitro differentiation of primate iPSCs into cardiomyocytes depending on their cell seeding density and cell line specificity. Int J Mol Sci 25 (15): 8449. 10.3390/ijms25158449

* Tkachenko OY, Kahland T, Lindenwald D, Heistermann M, Drummer C, Daskalaki M, Rüger N, Behr R (2024):  In vitro matured oocytes have a higher developmental potential than in vivo matured oocytes after hormonal ovarian stimulation in Callithrix jacchus. J Ovarian Res 17: 120. 10.1186/s13048-024-01441-0

 

Hormone Laboratory

Peer-reviewed articles

Albrecht A^#, Behringer V^#, Zierau O, Hannig C (2024):  Dental findings in wild great apes from mascerated skull analysis. Am J Primatol 86 (2): e23581. (^#shared first authorship) 10.1002/ajp.23581 

* Behringer V, Deimel C, Ostner J, Fruth B, Sonnweber R (2024): Modulation of cell mediated immunity during pregnancy in wild bonobos. Biol Lett 20: 20230548. 10.1098/rsbl.2023.0548

Behringer V, Sonnweber R, Hohmann G, Stevens JMG, Verspeek J, Kivell TL (2024): A non‐invasive measure of bone growth in mammals: Validating urinary CTX‐I as a bone resorption marker through long‐bone growth velocity in bonobos. Ecol Evol 14 (9): e70326. 10.1002/ece3.70326

Burke KC, Heistermann M, Higham JP, Berman CM (2024): Associations between fecal glucocorticoid levels and social bonds vary with relatedness in juvenile rhesus macaques. Sci Rep 14: 30966. 10.1038/s41598-024-81962-2 

Christensen C, Bracken AM, O`Rian MJ, Heistermann M, King A, Fürtbauer I (2024): More allogrooming is followed by higher pyhsiological stress in wild female baboons. Biol Lett 20 (8): 20240163. 10.1098/rsbl.2024.0163 

Fürtbauer I, Shergold C, Christensen C, Bracken AM, Heistermann M, Papadopoulou M, O'Riain MJ, King AJ (2024): Linking energy availability, movement and sociality in a wild primate (Papio ursinus). Philos Trans R Soc B 379: 20220466. 10.1098/rstb.2022.0466   

Hörner F, Lawrenz A, Damerau K, Oerke AK, Santos SB, Hard T, Müller DWH, Preisfeld G (2024): Behaviour and social bonds of African elephant calves under different holding systems in European zoos. J Zoo Aquar Res 12 (3): 163-171. 10.19227/jzar.v12i3.811

* Jaffe JE, Mätz-Rensing K, Ulrich M, Gräßle T, Behringer V, Wittig RW, Leendertz FH (2024): Chronic kidney disease and kidney stone in a wild chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) in Côte D'Ivoire. J Med Primatol 53 (5): e12739. 10.1111/jmp.12739

Petersdorf M, Weyer AH, Heistermann M, Gunson JL, Govaerts A, Siame S, Mustill RL, Hillegas ME, Winters S, Dubuc C, Higham JP (2024): Multimodal sexual signals are not precise indicators of fertility in female Kinda baboons. Horm Behav 165: 105632. 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2024.105632

* Pethig L, Behringer V, Kappeler PM, Fichtel C, Heistermann M (2024): Establishment and validation of fecal secretory immunglobulin A measurement for intestinal mucosal health assessment in wild lemurs. Am J Primatol 86 (12): e23694. 10.1002/ajp.23694

* Stranks J, Heistermann M, Sangmaneedet S, Schülke O, Ostner J (2024): The dynamics of sociality and glucocorticoids in wild male Assamese macaques. Horm Behav 164: 105604. 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2024.105604

* Tkachenko OY, Kahland T, Lindenwald D, Heistermann M, Drummer C, Daskalaki M, Rüger N, Behr R (2024): In vitro matured oocytes have a higher developmental potential than in vivo matured oocytes after hormonal ovarian stimulation in Callithrix jacchus. J Ovarian Res 17: 120. 10.1186/s13048-024-01441-0

 

Brain Development and Evolution

Peer-reviewed articles

Huttner WWB, Heide M, Mora-Bermúdez F, Namba T (2024): Neocortical neurogenesis in development and evolution – Human-specific features. J Comp Neurol 532 (2): e25576. 10.1002/cne.25576

Tynianskaia L, Heide M (2024): Human-specific genetic hallmarks in neocortical development: focus on neural progenitors. Curr Opin Genet Develop 89: 102267. 10.1016/j.gde.2024.102267