Social immunity in insects
S. Cremer, Current Biology 29 (2019) 8–3.
LibreCat: https://research-explorer.ista.ac.at/record/6552
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2019.03.035
WoS: 000470902000023
PMID: 31163158

Social immunity
S. Cremer, M. Kutzer, in:, J. Choe (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior, 2nd ed., Elsevier, 2019, pp. 747–755.
LibreCat: https://research-explorer.ista.ac.at/record/7513
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-809633-8.90721-0
WoS: 000248989500026

Collective defenses of garden ants against a fungal pathogen
B.E. Casillas Perez, Collective Defenses of Garden Ants against a Fungal Pathogen, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2019.
LibreCat: https://research-explorer.ista.ac.at/record/6435
DOI: 10.15479/AT:ISTA:6435

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.
LibreCat: https://research-explorer.ista.ac.at/record/413
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1713501115
WoS: 000427245400069
PMID: 29463746

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).
LibreCat: https://research-explorer.ista.ac.at/record/616
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.32073
WoS: 000419601300001

Genotype and diet affect resistance, survival, and fecundity but not fecundity tolerance
M. Kutzer, J. Kurtz, S. Armitage, Journal of Evolutionary Biology 31 (2018) 159–171.
LibreCat: https://research-explorer.ista.ac.at/record/617
DOI: 10.1111/jeb.13211
WoS: 000419307000014
PMID: 29150962

Individual- and ejaculate-specific sperm traits in ant males
S. Metzler, A. Schrempf, J. Heinze, Journal of Insect Physiology 107 (2018) 284–290.
LibreCat: https://research-explorer.ista.ac.at/record/426
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2017.12.003
WoS: 000434751100034

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.
LibreCat: https://research-explorer.ista.ac.at/record/194
DOI: 10.1096/fj.201800443
WoS: 000449359700035
PMID: 29939785

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.
LibreCat: https://research-explorer.ista.ac.at/record/55
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2018.08.063
WoS: 000446693400008

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.
LibreCat: https://research-explorer.ista.ac.at/record/29
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.4573
WoS: 000451611000032

Social immunity: Emergence and evolution of colony-level disease protection
S. Cremer, C. Pull, M. Fürst, Annual Review of Entomology 63 (2018) 105–123.
LibreCat: https://research-explorer.ista.ac.at/record/806
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-ento-020117-043110
WoS: 000424633700008

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.
LibreCat: https://research-explorer.ista.ac.at/record/7
DOI: 10.1126/science.aat4793
WoS: 000451124500041

Oral immune priming with Bacillus thuringiensis induces a shift in the gene expression of Tribolium castaneum larvae
J. Greenwood, B. Milutinovic, R. Peuß, S. Behrens, D. Essar, P. Rosenstiel, H. Schulenburg, J. Kurtz, BMC Genomics 18 (2017) 329.
LibreCat: https://research-explorer.ista.ac.at/record/1006
DOI: 10.1186/s12864-017-3705-7
WoS: 000400625200004

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).
LibreCat: https://research-explorer.ista.ac.at/record/914
DOI: 10.1098/rsos.170547
WoS: 000406670000025

Deconstructing superorganisms and societies to address big questions in biology
P. Kennedy, G. Baron, B. Qiu, D. Freitak, H. Helantera, E. Hunt, F. Manfredini, T. O’Shea Wheller, S. Patalano, C. Pull, T. Sasaki, D. Taylor, C. Wyatt, S. Sumner, Trends in Ecology and Evolution 32 (2017) 861–872.
LibreCat: https://research-explorer.ista.ac.at/record/734
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2017.08.004
WoS: 000413231900011

Disease defence in garden ants
C. Pull, Disease Defence in Garden Ants, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2017.
LibreCat: https://research-explorer.ista.ac.at/record/819
DOI: 10.15479/AT:ISTA:th_861

Co-founding ant queens prevent disease by performing prophylactic undertaking behaviour
C. Pull, S. Cremer, BMC Evolutionary Biology 17 (2017).
LibreCat: https://research-explorer.ista.ac.at/record/732
DOI: 10.1186/s12862-017-1062-4
WoS: 000412816800001

Invasive Ameisen in Europa: Wie sie sich ausbreiten und die heimische Fauna verändern
S. Cremer, Rundgespräche Forum Ökologie 46 (2017) 105–116.
LibreCat: https://research-explorer.ista.ac.at/record/459

Specificity of oral immune priming in the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum
M. Futo, M. Sell, M. Kutzer, J. Kurtz, Biology Letters 13 (2017).
LibreCat: https://research-explorer.ista.ac.at/record/558
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2017.0632
PMID: 29237813

Mating and longevity in ant males
S. Metzler, J. Heinze, A. Schrempf, Ecology and Evolution 6 (2016) 8903–8906.
LibreCat: https://research-explorer.ista.ac.at/record/1184
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.2474

Immune priming in arthropods: an update focusing on the red flour beetle
B. Milutinovic, R. Peuß, K. Ferro, J. Kurtz, Zoology  119 (2016) 254–261.
LibreCat: https://research-explorer.ista.ac.at/record/1202
DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2016.03.006

Down syndrome cell adhesion molecule 1: Testing for a role in insect immunity, behaviour and reproduction
R. Peuß, K. Wensing, L. Woestmann, H. Eggert, B. Milutinovic, M. Sroka, J. Scharsack, J. Kurtz, S. Armitage, Royal Society Open Science 3 (2016).
LibreCat: https://research-explorer.ista.ac.at/record/1255
DOI: 10.1098/rsos.160138

Immune memory in invertebrates
B. Milutinovic, J. Kurtz, Seminars in Immunology 28 (2016) 328–342.
LibreCat: https://research-explorer.ista.ac.at/record/1268
DOI: 10.1016/j.smim.2016.05.004

Host plant use drives genetic differentiation in syntopic populations of Maculinea alcon
A. Tartally, A. Kelager, M. Fürst, D. Nash, PeerJ 2016 (2016).
LibreCat: https://research-explorer.ista.ac.at/record/1431
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.1865

Elevated virulence of an emerging viral genotype as a driver of honeybee loss
D. Mcmahon, M. Natsopoulou, V. Doublet, M. Fürst, S. Weging, M. Brown, A. Gogol Döring, R. Paxton, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B Biological Sciences 283 (2016).
LibreCat: https://research-explorer.ista.ac.at/record/1262
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2016.0811

Host–pathogen coevolution: The selective advantage of Bacillus thuringiensis virulence and its cry toxin genes
L. El Masri, A. Branca, A. Sheppard, A. Papkou, D. Laehnemann, P. Guenther, S. Prahl, M. Saebelfeld, J. Hollensteiner, H. Liesegang, E. Brzuszkiewicz, R. Daniel, N. Michiels, R. Schulte, J. Kurtz, P. Rosenstiel, A. Telschow, E. Bornberg Bauer, H. Schulenburg, PLoS Biology 13 (2015) 1–30.
LibreCat: https://research-explorer.ista.ac.at/record/1551
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1002169

Infection of Tribolium castaneum with Bacillus thuringiensis: Quantification of bacterial replication within cadavers, transmission via cannibalism, and inhibition of spore germination
B. Milutinovic, C. Höfling, M. Futo, J. Scharsack, J. Kurtz, Applied and Environmental Microbiology 81 (2015) 8135–8144.
LibreCat: https://research-explorer.ista.ac.at/record/1548
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02051-15
PMID: 26386058

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).
LibreCat: https://research-explorer.ista.ac.at/record/1831
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2014.0116
PMID: 25870402

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.
LibreCat: https://research-explorer.ista.ac.at/record/1850
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2015.02.018

A sting in the spit: Widespread cross-infection of multiple RNA viruses across wild and managed bees
D. Mcmahon, M. Fürst, J. Caspar, P. Theodorou, M. Brown, R. Paxton, Journal of Animal Ecology 84 (2015) 615–624.
LibreCat: https://research-explorer.ista.ac.at/record/1855
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12345
PMID: 25646973

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).
LibreCat: https://research-explorer.ista.ac.at/record/1830
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2014.0108
PMID: 25870394

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).
LibreCat: https://research-explorer.ista.ac.at/record/1993
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2014.1976
PMID: 25473011

Evolution of a fungal pathogen towards individual versus social immunity in ants
M. Stock, Evolution of a Fungal Pathogen towards Individual versus Social Immunity in Ants, IST Austria, 2014.
LibreCat: https://research-explorer.ista.ac.at/record/1404

Selection from parasites favours immunogenetic diversity but not divergence among locally adapted host populations
M. Tobler, M. Plath, R. Riesch, I. Schlupp, A.V. Grasse, G. Munimanda, C. Setzer, D. Penn, Y. Moodley, Journal of Evolutionary Biology 27 (2014) 960–974.
LibreCat: https://research-explorer.ista.ac.at/record/1905
DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12370
PMID: 24725091

Individual and social immunisation in insects
L. El Masri, S. Cremer, Trends in Immunology 35 (2014) 471–482.
LibreCat: https://research-explorer.ista.ac.at/record/1998
DOI: 10.1016/j.it.2014.08.005

Disease associations between honeybees and bumblebees as a threat to wild pollinators
M. Fürst, D. Mcmahon, J. Osborne, R. Paxton, M. Brown, Nature 506 (2014) 364–366.
LibreCat: https://research-explorer.ista.ac.at/record/2235
DOI: 10.1038/nature12977

So near and yet so far: Harmonic radar reveals reduced homing ability of Nosema infected honeybees
S. Wolf, D. Mcmahon, K. Lim, C. Pull, S. Clark, R. Paxton, J. Osborne, PLoS One 9 (2014).
LibreCat: https://research-explorer.ista.ac.at/record/2086
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0103989

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.
LibreCat: https://research-explorer.ista.ac.at/record/2161
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-014-1778-8

Immune defences in ants: Effects of social immunisation and a fungal ectosymbiont in the ant Lasius neglectus
M. Konrad, Immune Defences in Ants: Effects of Social Immunisation and a Fungal Ectosymbiont in the Ant Lasius Neglectus, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2014.
LibreCat: https://research-explorer.ista.ac.at/record/1395

Gemeinsame Krankheitsabwehr in Ameisengesellschaften
S. Cremer, Zoologie (2014) 23–30.
LibreCat: https://research-explorer.ista.ac.at/record/1887

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.
LibreCat: https://research-explorer.ista.ac.at/record/1888

Organisational immunity in social insects
N. Stroeymeyt, B.E. Casillas Perez, S. Cremer, Current Opinion in Insect Science 5 (2014) 1–15.
LibreCat: https://research-explorer.ista.ac.at/record/1999
DOI: 10.1016/j.cois.2014.09.001

Tolerating an infection: an indirect benefit of co-founding queen associations in the ant Lasius niger 
C. Pull, W. Hughes, M. Brown, Naturwissenschaften 100 (2013) 1125–1136.
LibreCat: https://research-explorer.ista.ac.at/record/2283
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-013-1115-5

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).
LibreCat: https://research-explorer.ista.ac.at/record/2284
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-13-225

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.
LibreCat: https://research-explorer.ista.ac.at/record/2926
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2012.11.034

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.
LibreCat: https://research-explorer.ista.ac.at/record/2938
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12013

The dynamics of male-male competition in Cardiocondyla obscurior ants
S. Cremer, M. Suefuji, A. Schrempf, J. Heinze, BMC Ecology 12 (2012).
LibreCat: https://research-explorer.ista.ac.at/record/2966
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6785-12-7

Two pathways ensuring social harmony
M. Konrad, T. Pamminger, S. Foitzik, Naturwissenschaften 99 (2012) 627–636.
LibreCat: https://research-explorer.ista.ac.at/record/3132
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-012-0943-z

Suppression of ribosomal function triggers innate immune signaling through activation of the NLR inflammasome
M. Vyleta, J. Wong, B. Magun, PLoS One 7 (2012).
LibreCat: https://research-explorer.ista.ac.at/record/3161
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036044

Dispersal and gene flow in the rare parasitic Large Blue butterfly Maculinea arion
L.V. Ugelvig, A. Andersen, J. Boomsma, D. Nash, Molecular Ecology 21 (2012) 3224–3236.
LibreCat: https://research-explorer.ista.ac.at/record/3156
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2012.05592.x

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).
LibreCat: https://research-explorer.ista.ac.at/record/3242
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001300

Reconstructing eight decades of genetic variation in an isolated Danish population of the large blue butterfly Maculinea arion
L.V. Ugelvig, P. Nielsen, J. Boomsma, D. Nash, BMC Evolutionary Biology 11 (2011).
LibreCat: https://research-explorer.ista.ac.at/record/3388
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-11-201

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.
LibreCat: https://research-explorer.ista.ac.at/record/3386
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2011.02278.x

Competition and opportunity shape the reproductive tactics of males in the ant Cardiocondyla obscurior
S. Cremer, A. Schrempf, J. Heinze, PLoS One 6 (2011).
LibreCat: https://research-explorer.ista.ac.at/record/3399
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0017323