Fungal infection alters collective nutritional intake of ant colonies
E. Csata, A. Perez-Escudero, E. Laury, H. Leitner, G. Latil, J. Heinze, S. Simpson, S. Cremer, A. Dussutour, Current Biology 34 (2024) 902–909.e6.

Frequent horizontal chromosome transfer between asexual fungal insect pathogens
M. Habig, A.V. Grasse, J. Müller, E.H. Stukenbrock, H. Leitner, S. Cremer, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 121 (2024).

Antiviral immune response reveals host-specific virus infections in natural ant populations
L. Viljakainen, M. Fürst, A.V. Grasse, J. Jurvansuu, J. Oh, L. Tolonen, T. Eder, T. Rattei, S. Cremer, Frontiers in Microbiology 14 (2023).

Dynamic pathogen detection and social feedback shape collective hygiene in ants
B.E. Casillas Perez, K. Bodova, A.V. Grasse, G. Tkadik, S. Cremer, Nature Communications 14 (2023).

Data from: "Dynamic pathogen detection and social feedback shape collective hygiene in ants" 
S. Cremer, (2023).

Pathogen evasion of social immunity
M. Stock, B. Milutinovic, M. Hönigsberger, A.V. Grasse, F. Wiesenhofer, N. Kampleitner, M. Narasimhan, T. Schmitt, S. Cremer, Nature Ecology and Evolution 7 (2023) 450–460.

Behavioural defences against parasites across host social structures
S. Stockmaier, Y. Ulrich, G.F. Albery, S. Cremer, P.C. Lopes, Functional Ecology 37 (2023) 809–820.

Trade-offs between immunity and competitive ability in fighting ant males
S. Metzler, J. Kirchner, A.V. Grasse, S. Cremer, BMC Ecology and Evolution 23 (2023).

Source data for Metzler et al, 2023: Trade-offs between immunity and competitive ability in fighting ant males 
S. Cremer, (2023).

Principles of disease defence in organisms, superorganisms and societies
S. Cremer, M.K. Sixt, Nature Reviews Immunology 22 (2022) 713–714.

Early queen infection shapes developmental dynamics and induces long-term disease protection in incipient ant colonies
B.E. Casillas Perez, C. Pull, F. Naiser, E. Naderlinger, J. Matas, S. Cremer, Ecology Letters 25 (2022) 89–100.

Early queen infection shapes developmental dynamics and induces long-term disease protection in incipient ant colonies
B.E. Casillas Perez, C. Pull, F. Naiser, E. Naderlinger, J. Matas, S. Cremer, (2021).

Parasites and Pathogens
P. Schmid-Hempel, S. Cremer, in:, C. Starr (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Social Insects, Springer Nature, Cham, 2020.

Social immunity modulates competition between coinfecting pathogens
B. Milutinovic, M. Stock, A.V. Grasse, E. Naderlinger, C. Hilbe, S. Cremer, Ecology Letters 23 (2020) 565–574.

Social immunity modulates competition between coinfecting pathogens
B. Milutinovic, M. Stock, A.V. Grasse, E. Naderlinger, C. Hilbe, S. Cremer, (2020).

Pathogens and disease defense of invasive ants
S. Cremer, Current Opinion in Insect Science 33 (2019) 63–68.

Social immunity in insects
S. Cremer, Current Biology 29 (2019) 8–3.

Social immunity
S. Cremer, M. Kutzer, in:, J. Choe (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior, 2nd ed., Elsevier, 2019, pp. 747–755.

Ants avoid superinfections by performing risk-adjusted sanitary care
M. Konrad, C. Pull, S. Metzler, K. Seif, E. Naderlinger, A.V. Grasse, S. Cremer, PNAS 115 (2018) 2782–2787.

Destructive disinfection of infected brood prevents systemic disease spread in ant colonies
C. Pull, L.V. Ugelvig, F. Wiesenhofer, A.V. Grasse, S. Tragust, T. Schmitt, M. Brown, S. Cremer, ELife 7 (2018).

Oxytocin-like signaling in ants influences metabolic gene expression and locomotor activity
Z. Liutkeviciute, E. Gil Mansilla, T. Eder, B.E. Casillas Perez, M. Giulia Di Giglio, E. Muratspahi, F. Grebien, T. Rattei, M. Muttenthaler, S. Cremer, C. Gruber, The FASEB Journal 32 (2018) 6808–6821.

Protection against the lethal side effects of social immunity in ants
C. Pull, S. Metzler, E. Naderlinger, S. Cremer, Current Biology 28 (2018) 39–40.

Social environment affects the transcriptomic response to bacteria in ant queens
L. Viljakainen, J. Jurvansuu, I. Holmberg, T. Pamminger, S. Erler, S. Cremer, Ecology and Evolution 8 (2018) 11031–11070.

Social immunity: Emergence and evolution of colony-level disease protection
S. Cremer, C. Pull, M. Fürst, Annual Review of Entomology 63 (2018) 105–123.

Social network plasticity decreases disease transmission in a eusocial insect
N. Stroeymeyt, A.V. Grasse, A. Crespi, D. Mersch, S. Cremer, L. Keller, Science 362 (2018) 941–945.

Social network plasticity decreases disease transmission in a eusocial insect
N. Stroeymeyt, A.V. Grasse, A. Crespi, D. Mersch, S. Cremer, L. Keller, (2018).

Ant queens increase their reproductive efforts after pathogen infection
J. Giehr, A.V. Grasse, S. Cremer, J. Heinze, A. Schrempf, Royal Society Open Science 4 (2017).

Raw data from ant queens increase their reproductive efforts after pathogen infection
J. Giehr, A.V. Grasse, S. Cremer, J. Heinze, A. Schrempf, (2017).

Co-founding ant queens prevent disease by performing prophylactic undertaking behaviour
C. Pull, S. Cremer, BMC Evolutionary Biology 17 (2017).

Invasive Ameisen in Europa: Wie sie sich ausbreiten und die heimische Fauna verändern
S. Cremer, Rundgespräche Forum Ökologie 46 (2017) 105–116.

Sociality and health: Impacts of sociality on disease susceptibility and transmission in animal and human societies
P. Kappeler, S. Cremer, C. Nunn, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences 370 (2015).

Fungal disease dynamics in insect societies: Optimal killing rates and the ambivalent effect of high social interaction rates
S. Novak, S. Cremer, Journal of Theoretical Biology 372 (2015) 54–64.

Opposing effects of allogrooming on disease transmission in ant societies
F. Theis, L.V. Ugelvig, C. Marr, S. Cremer, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences 370 (2015).

Data from: Opposing effects of allogrooming on disease transmission in ant societies
F. Theis, L.V. Ugelvig, C. Marr, S. Cremer, (2015).

Anti-pathogen protection versus survival costs mediated by an ectosymbiont in an ant host
M. Konrad, A.V. Grasse, S. Tragust, S. Cremer, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B Biological Sciences 282 (2015).

Data from: Increased grooming after repeated brood care provides sanitary benefits in a clonal ant
C. Westhus, L.V. Ugelvig, E. Tourdot, J. Heinze, C. Doums, S. Cremer, (2015).

Individual and social immunisation in insects
L. El Masri, S. Cremer, Trends in Immunology 35 (2014) 471–482.

Increased grooming after repeated brood care provides sanitary benefits in a clonal ant
C. Westhus, L.V. Ugelvig, E. Tourdot, J. Heinze, C. Doums, S. Cremer, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 68 (2014) 1701–1710.

Data from: Anti-pathogen protection versus survival costs mediated by an ectosymbiont in an ant host
M. Konrad, A.V. Grasse, S. Tragust, S. Cremer, (2014).

Data from: Pupal cocoons affect sanitary brood care and limit fungal infections in ant colonies
S. Tragust, L.V. Ugelvig, M. Chapuisat, J. Heinze, S. Cremer, (2014).

Gemeinsame Krankheitsabwehr in Ameisengesellschaften
S. Cremer, Zoologie (2014) 23–30.

Soziale Immunität: Wie sich der Staat gegen Pathogene wehrt  Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften
S. Cremer, in:, Soziale Insekten in Einer Sich Wandelnden Welt, Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, 2014, pp. 65–72.

Organisational immunity in social insects
N. Stroeymeyt, B.E. Casillas Perez, S. Cremer, Current Opinion in Insect Science 5 (2014) 1–15.

Pupal cocoons affect sanitary brood care and limit fungal infections in ant colonies
S. Tragust, L.V. Ugelvig, M. Chapuisat, J. Heinze, S. Cremer, BMC Evolutionary Biology 13 (2013).

Ants disinfect fungus-exposed brood by oral uptake and spread of their poison
S. Tragust, B. Mitteregger, V. Barone, M. Konrad, L.V. Ugelvig, S. Cremer, Current Biology 23 (2013) 76–82.

Effects of social immunity and unicoloniality on host parasite interactions in invasive insect societies
L.V. Ugelvig, S. Cremer, Functional Ecology 26 (2012) 1300–1312.

The dynamics of male-male competition in Cardiocondyla obscurior ants
S. Cremer, M. Suefuji, A. Schrempf, J. Heinze, BMC Ecology 12 (2012).

Social transfer of pathogenic fungus promotes active immunisation in ant colonies
M. Konrad, M. Vyleta, F. Theis, M. Stock, S. Tragust, M. Klatt, V. Drescher, C. Marr, L.V. Ugelvig, S. Cremer, PLoS Biology 10 (2012).

Data from: Social transfer of pathogenic fungus promotes active immunisation in ant colonies
M. Konrad, M. Vyleta, F. Theis, M. Stock, M. Klatt, V. Drescher, C. Marr, L.V. Ugelvig, S. Cremer, (2012).

Data from: Ants disinfect fungus-exposed brood by oral uptake and spread of their poison
S. Tragust, B. Mitteregger, V. Barone, M. Konrad, L.V. Ugelvig, S. Cremer, (2012).

Social influence on age and reproduction reduced lifespan and fecundity in multi queen ant colonies
A. Schrempf, S. Cremer, J. Heinze, Journal of Evolutionary Biology 24 (2011) 1455–1461.

Competition and opportunity shape the reproductive tactics of males in the ant Cardiocondyla obscurior
S. Cremer, A. Schrempf, J. Heinze, PLoS One 6 (2011).

Rapid anti-pathogen response in ant societies relies on high genetic diversity
L.V. Ugelvig, D. Kronauer, A. Schrempf, J. Heinze, S. Cremer, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B Biological Sciences 277 (2010) 2821–2828.

Analogies in the evolution of individual and social immunity
S. Cremer, M.K. Sixt, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences 364 (2009) 129–142.

The introduction history of invasive garden ants in Europe: integrating genetic, chemical and behavioural approaches
L.V. Ugelvig, F. Drijfhout, D. Kronauer, J. Boomsma, J. Pedersen, S. Cremer, BMC Biology 6 (2008).

Imperfect chemical female mimicry in males of the ant Cardiocondyla obscurior
S. Cremer, P. D’Ettorre, F. Drijfhout, M. Sledge, S. Turillazzi, J. Heinze, Naturwissenschaften 95 (2008) 1101–1105.

Queen number influences the timing of the sexual production in colonies of Cardiocondyla ants
M. Suefuji, S. Cremer, J. Oettler, J. Heinze, Biology Letters 4 (2008) 670–673.

The evolution of invasiveness in garden ants
S. Cremer, L.V. Ugelvig, F. Drijfhout, B. Schlick Steiner, F. Steiner, B. Seifert, D. Hughes, A. Schulz, K. Petersen, H. Konrad, C. Stauffer, K. Kiran, X. Espadaler, P. D’Ettorre, N. Aktaç, J. Eilenberg, G. Jones, D. Nash, J. Pedersen, J. Boomsma, PLoS One 3 (2008).

Social prophylaxis: group interaction promotes collective immunity in ant colonies
L.V. Ugelvig, S. Cremer, Current Biology 17 (2007) 1967–1971.

Social immunity
S. Cremer, S. Armitage, P. Schmid Hempel, Current Biology 17 (2007) 3–2.

Plasticity in anti-parasite behaviours and its suggested role in invasion biology
D. Hughes, S. Cremer, Animal Behaviour 74 (2007) 1593–1599.

Attack of the invasive garden ant: aggression behaviour of Lasius neglectus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) against native Lasius species in Spain
S. Cremer, L.V. Ugelvig, S. Lommen, K. Petersen, J. Pedersen, Myrmecological News 9 (2006) 13–19.

Optimal species distinction by discriminant analysis: comparing established methods of character selection with a combination procedure using ant morphometrics as a case study
K. Moder, B. Schlick Steiner, F. Steiner, S. Cremer, E. Christian, B. Seifert, Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 45 (2006) 82–87.

Stealthy invaders: the biology of Cardiocondyla tramp ants
J. Heinze, S. Cremer, N. Eckl, A. Schrempf, Insectes Sociaux 53 (2006) 1–7.

Long repeats in a huge gemome: microsatellite loci in the grasshopper Chorthippus biguttulus
J. Ustinova, R. Achmann, S. Cremer, F. Mayer, Journal of Molecular Evolution 62 (2006) 158–167.

Sexual cooperation: mating increases longevity in ant queens
A. Schrempf, J. Heinze, S. Cremer, Current Biology 15 (2005) 267–270.

Primary sex ratio adjustment by ant queens in response to local mate competition
L. De Menten, S. Cremer, J. Heinze, S. Aron, Animal Behaviour 69 (2005) 1031–1035.

The drawback of mobility: invasive species in a globalised world
S. Cremer, J. Boomsma, in:, Elsevier, 2005.

Production of winged and wingless males in the ant, Cardiocondyla minutior
J. Heinze, A. Böttcher, S. Cremer, Insectes Sociaux 51 (2004) 275–278.

Live and let die: Why fighter males of the ant Cardiocondyla kill each other but tolerate their winged rivals
C. Anderson, S. Cremer, J. Heinze, Behavioral Ecology 14 (2003) 54–62.

Stress grows wings: Environmental induction of winged dispersal males in Cardiocondyla ants
S. Cremer, J. Heinze, Current Biology 13 (2003) 219–223.

Zwischen Hochzeitsflug und Brudermord: reproduktive Taktiken bei Ameisenmännchen
S. Cremer, J. Heinze, Blick in Die Wissenschaft 12 (2003) 32–36.

Adaptive production of fighter males: queens of the ant Cardiocondyla adjust the sex ratio under local mate competition
S. Cremer, J. Heinze, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B Biological Sciences 269 (2002) 417–422.

A transitional stage between the ergatoid and winged male morph in the ant Cardiocondyla obscurior
S. Cremer, B. Lautenschläger, J. Heinze, Insectes Sociaux 49 (2002) 221–228.

Chemical mimicry: Male ants disguised by the queen's bouquet
S. Cremer, M. Sledge, J. Heinze, Nature 419 (2002) 897–897.

A method for analysing small-size specimens in GC-MS
S. Turillazzi, M. Sledge, S. Cremer, J. Heinze, Insect Social Life 4 (2002) 169–175.

Paternity analysis with AFLPs in Cardiocondyla ants
S. Cremer, Futura: The Journal of the Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds 15 (2000) 68–71.

Partitioning the components of sexual selection: attractiveness and agonistic behaviour in male wax moths, Achroia grisella (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae)
S. Cremer, M. Greenfield, Ethology 104 (1998) 1–9.