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.
LibreCat: https://research-explorer.ista.ac.at/record/14479
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2024.01.017
PMID: 38307022

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).
LibreCat: https://research-explorer.ista.ac.at/record/14478
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2316284121
PMID: 38442176

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).
LibreCat: https://research-explorer.ista.ac.at/record/12469
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1119002
WoS: 000961542100001
PMID: PPR559293 

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).
LibreCat: https://research-explorer.ista.ac.at/record/13127
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-38947-y
WoS: 001002562700005
PMID: 37270641

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.
LibreCat: https://research-explorer.ista.ac.at/record/12543
DOI: 10.1038/s41559-023-01981-6
WoS: 000924572800001
PMID: 36732670

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).
LibreCat: https://research-explorer.ista.ac.at/record/12961
DOI: 10.1111/desc.13395
PMID: 37101383

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.
LibreCat: https://research-explorer.ista.ac.at/record/12765
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.14310
WoS: 000948940500001

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).
LibreCat: https://research-explorer.ista.ac.at/record/12696
DOI: 10.1186/s12862-023-02137-7
WoS: 001042643600002
PMID: 37550612

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.
LibreCat: https://research-explorer.ista.ac.at/record/13984
DOI: 10.15479/at:ista:13984

Principles of disease defence in organisms, superorganisms and societies
S. Cremer, M.K. Sixt, Nature Reviews Immunology 22 (2022) 713–714.
LibreCat: https://research-explorer.ista.ac.at/record/12133
DOI: 10.1038/s41577-022-00797-y
WoS: 000871836300001
PMID: 36284178

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.
LibreCat: https://research-explorer.ista.ac.at/record/10284
DOI: 10.1111/ele.13907
WoS: 000713396100001
PMID: 34725912

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.
LibreCat: https://research-explorer.ista.ac.at/record/10727
DOI: 10.15479/AT:ISTA:10727

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.
LibreCat: https://research-explorer.ista.ac.at/record/9101
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-020-01461-5
WoS: 000608382100001

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).
LibreCat: https://research-explorer.ista.ac.at/record/13061
DOI: 10.5061/DRYAD.7PVMCVDTJ

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).
LibreCat: https://research-explorer.ista.ac.at/record/10568
DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2021.626442
WoS: 000637736300001

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).
LibreCat: https://research-explorer.ista.ac.at/record/10569
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.243647
WoS: 000738259300013
PMID: 34845497

Parasites and Pathogens
P. Schmid-Hempel, S. Cremer, in:, C. Starr (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Social Insects, Springer Nature, Cham, 2020.
LibreCat: https://research-explorer.ista.ac.at/record/9096
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-90306-4_94-1

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).
LibreCat: https://research-explorer.ista.ac.at/record/7490
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.52067
WoS: 000514104100001
PMID: 31971511

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.
LibreCat: https://research-explorer.ista.ac.at/record/7343
DOI: 10.1111/ele.13458
WoS: 000507515900001

Social immunity modulates competition between coinfecting pathogens
B. Milutinovic, M. Stock, A.V. Grasse, E. Naderlinger, C. Hilbe, S. Cremer, (2020).
LibreCat: https://research-explorer.ista.ac.at/record/13060
DOI: 10.5061/DRYAD.CRJDFN318

A multi-faceted approach testing the effects of previous bacterial exposure on resistance and tolerance
M. Kutzer, J. Kurtz, S.A.O. Armitage, Journal of Animal Ecology 88 (2019) 566–578.
LibreCat: https://research-explorer.ista.ac.at/record/6105
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12953
WoS: 000467994800007

Data from: A multi-faceted approach testing the effects of previous bacterial exposure on resistance and tolerance
M. Kutzer, J. Kurtz, S.A.O. Armitage, (2019).
LibreCat: https://research-explorer.ista.ac.at/record/9806
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.9kj41f0

Pathogens and disease defense of invasive ants
S. Cremer, Current Opinion in Insect Science 33 (2019) 63–68.
LibreCat: https://research-explorer.ista.ac.at/record/6415
DOI: 10.1016/j.cois.2019.03.011
WoS: 000477666000012

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

Social network plasticity decreases disease transmission in a eusocial insect
N. Stroeymeyt, A.V. Grasse, A. Crespi, D. Mersch, S. Cremer, L. Keller, (2018).
LibreCat: https://research-explorer.ista.ac.at/record/13055
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.1322669

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

Additional file 1: Table . of 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, (2017).
LibreCat: https://research-explorer.ista.ac.at/record/9859
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.c.3756974_d1.v1

Additional file 5: Table . of 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, (2017).
LibreCat: https://research-explorer.ista.ac.at/record/9860
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.c.3756974_d5.v1

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

Raw data from ant queens increase their reproductive efforts after pathogen infection
J. Giehr, A.V. Grasse, S. Cremer, J. Heinze, A. Schrempf, (2017).
LibreCat: https://research-explorer.ista.ac.at/record/9853
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5117788.v1

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

Data from: 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, (2016).
LibreCat: https://research-explorer.ista.ac.at/record/9720
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.4b565

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

Data from: 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, (2016).
LibreCat: https://research-explorer.ista.ac.at/record/9704
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.cq7t1

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

Data from: Opposing effects of allogrooming on disease transmission in ant societies
F. Theis, L.V. Ugelvig, C. Marr, S. Cremer, (2015).
LibreCat: https://research-explorer.ista.ac.at/record/9721
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.dj2bf

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

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).
LibreCat: https://research-explorer.ista.ac.at/record/9742
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.7kc79

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

Supporting information
S. Wolf, D. Mcmahon, K. Lim, C. Pull, S. Clark, R. Paxton, J. Osborne, (2014).
LibreCat: https://research-explorer.ista.ac.at/record/9888
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0103989.s003

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

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).
LibreCat: https://research-explorer.ista.ac.at/record/9740
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.vm0vc

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).
LibreCat: https://research-explorer.ista.ac.at/record/9753
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.nc0gc

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

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).
LibreCat: https://research-explorer.ista.ac.at/record/9755
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.sv37s

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).
LibreCat: https://research-explorer.ista.ac.at/record/9757
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.61649

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