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.

A comparison between common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus) and human infants sheds light on traits proposed to be at the root of human octave equivalence
B. Wagner, V. Slipogor, J. Oh, M. Varga, M. Hoeschele, Developmental Science 26 (2023).

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).

Individual and social immunity against viral infections in ants
A. Franschitz, Individual and Social Immunity against Viral Infections in Ants, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 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.

Pathogen-mediated sexual selection and immunization in ant colonies
S. Metzler, Pathogen-Mediated Sexual Selection and Immunization in Ant Colonies, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2022.

Early life differences in behavioral predispositions in two Alligatoridae species
S.A. Reber, J. Oh, J. Janisch, C. Stevenson, S. Foggett, A. Wilkinson, Animal Cognition 24 (2021) 753–764.

Pipefish locally adapted to low salinity in the Baltic Sea retain phenotypic plasticity to cope with ancestral salinity levels
H. Goehlich, L. Sartoris, K.-S. Wagner, C.C. Wendling, O. Roth, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 9 (2021).

Naïve poison frog tadpoles use bi-modal cues to avoid insect predators but not heterospecific predatory tadpoles
B. Szabo, R. Mangione, M. Rath, A. Pasukonis, S. Reber, J. Oh, M. Ringler, E. Ringler, Journal of Experimental Biology 224 (2021).

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

Evolutionarily unique mechanistic framework of clathrin-mediated endocytosis in plants
M. Narasimhan, A.J. Johnson, R. Prizak, W. Kaufmann, S. Tan, B.E. Casillas Perez, J. Friml, ELife 9 (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.