Kurtz

Publications

R, Reshma, Prüser, Tobias, Nora, Schulz E. K., et al. 2024. “Deciphering a Beetle Clock: Individual and Sex-Dependent Variation in Daily Activity Patterns.” Journal of Biological Rhythms, № 00 (00) doi: 10.1177/07487304241263619.
Mundinger, C, Schulz, NKE, Singh, P, et al. 2025. “Testing the reproducibility of ecological studies on insect behavior in a multi-laboratory setting identifies opportunities for improving experimental rigour.” PLoS Biology, № 23 (4) e3003019. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3003019.
Korša, Ana, Baur, Moritz, Schulz, Nora KE, Anaya-Rojas, Jaime M, Mellmann, Alexander, and Kurtz, Joachim. 2024. “Experimental evolution of a pathogen confronted with innate immune memory increases variation in virulence.” bioRxiv doi: 10.1101/2024.12.20.629598.
Bauhus, Marc B., Mews, Sina, Kurtz, Joachim, Brinker, Alexander, Peuß, Robert, and Anaya-Rojas, Jaime M. 2024. “Tapeworm infection affects sleep-like behaviour in three-spined sticklebacks.” Scientific Reports, № 14 23395. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-73992-7.
Hesse, T, Nachev, M, Khaliq, S, et al. 2023. “A new technique to study nutrient flow in host-parasite systems by carbon stable isotope analysis of amino acids and glucose.” Scientific Reports, № 13 doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-24933-9.
Herrera-Rivero, M, Gutiérrez-Fragoso, K, Kurtz, J, et al. 2024. “Immunogenetics of lithium response and psychiatric phenotypes in patients with bipolar disorder.” Translational Psychiatry, № 14 (1) doi: 10.1038/s41398-024-02865-4.
Ng, TH, Harrison, MC, Scharsack, JP, and Kurtz, J. 2024. “Disentangling specific and unspecific components of innate immune memory in a copepod–tapeworm system.” Frontiers in immunology, № 15 doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2024.1307477.
Kaiser, M.I., Killin, A., Abendroth, A.-K., et al. 2024. “Individualisation and individualised science across disciplinary perspectives.” European Journal for Philosophy of Science, № 14 (41) 41. doi: 10.1007/s13194-024-00602-8.
Vommaro, Maria Luigia, Korša, Ana, Lindeza, Ana Sofia, Giglio, Anita, and Kurtz, Joachim. 2024. “The combined effect of herbicide and Bacillus thuringiensis exposure delays development in the red flour beetle.” Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, № 207 doi: 10.1016/j.jip.2024.108227.
Lo Ka Lai, RReshma, Tewes Johanna Lisa, Milutinović Barbara, and Müller, Caroline Kurtz Joachim. 2023. “Immune Stimulation via Wounding Alters Chemical Profiles of Adult Tribolium castaneum.” Journal of Chemical Ecology, № 49 (1-2): 46–58. doi: 10.1007/s10886-022-01395-x.
Trienens, Monika, Kurtz, Joachim, and Wertheim, Bregje. 2023. “Rapid but narrow – Evolutionary adaptation and transcriptional response of Drosophila melanogaster to toxic mould.” Molecular Ecology, № 32 (11): 2784–2797. doi: 10.1111/mec.16885.
Länger Marie Zoe, Baur Moritz, Korša, Ana Eirich Jürgen, Lindeza Sofia Ana, Zanchi Caroline, and Finkemeier, Iris Kurtz Joachim. 2023. “Differential proteome profiling of bacterial culture supernatants reveals candidates for the induction of oral immune priming in the red flour beetle.” Biology Letters, № 19 (11) doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2023.0322.
Vommaro, ML, Zanchi, C, Angelone, T, Giglio, A, and Kurtz, J. 2023. “Herbicide exposure alters the effect of the entomopathogen Beauveria bassiana on immune gene expression in mealworm beetles.” Environmental Pollution, № 338 doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2023.122662.
Korša, A, Lo, LK, Gandhi, S, Bang, C, and Kurtz, J. 2022. “Oral Immune Priming Treatment Alters Microbiome Composition in the Red Flour Beetle Tribolium castaneum.” Frontiers in Microbiology, № 13: 793143–793143. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.793143.
Rose, Trappes, Bezad, Nematipour, I., Kaiser Marie, et al. 2022. “How Individualized Niches Arise: Defining Mechanisms of Niche Construction, Niche Choice and Niche Conformance.” BioScience, № 72 (6): 538–548. doi: 10.1093/biosci/biac023.
Moran, N, Caspers, B, Chakarov, N, et al. 2022. “Shifts between cooperation and antagonism driven by individual variation: a systematic synthesis review.” Oikos, № 130 doi: 10.1111/oik.08201.
Schulz, NKE, Mohamed, FF, Lo, LK, Peuss, R, Buhr, MF, and Kurtz, J. 2022. “Paternal knockdown of tRNA(cytosine-5-)-methyltransferase (Dnmt2) increases offspring susceptibility to infection in red flour beetles.” Insect Molecular Biology, № 31 doi: 10.1111/imb.12798.
Trappes, R, Nematipour, B, Kaiser, M, et al. 2022. “How Individualized Niches Arise: Defining Mechanisms of Niche Construction, Niche Choice, and Niche Conformance.” BioScience, № 72 (6): 538–548. doi: 10.1093/biosci/biac023.
Hesse, T, Nachev, M, Khaliq, S, et al. 2022. “Insights into amino acid fractionation and incorporation by compound-specific carbon isotope analysis of three-spined sticklebacks.” Scientific Reports, № 12 (1) doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-15704-7.
Vommaro, ML, Zanchi, C, Giglio, A, and Kurtz, J. 2022. “Herbicide exposure alters the expression of antimicrobial peptide patterns in the mealworm beetle infected with the natural entomopathogen Beauveria bassiana.” contribution to the XXIst scientific meeting of the Italian Association of Developmental and Comparative Immunobiology (IADCI), Padua C/O DAVIDE MALAGOLI, DEPT OF LIFE SCIENCES, UNIV MODENA & REGGIO EMILIA, VIA CAMPI, 213-D, MODENA, 41125, ITALY: INVERTEBRATE SURVIVAL JOURNAL.
Schulz E. K. Nora, Mohamed F. Fakry, Lo Ka Lai, Peuß Robert, and Buhr de F. Maike, Kurtz Joachim. 2022. “Paternal knockdown of tRNA (cytosine‐5‐)‐methyltransferase ( Dnmt2 ) increases offspring susceptibility to infection in red flour beetles.” Insect Molecular Biology, № 31 (6): 711–721. doi: 10.1111/imb.12798.
Schröder, NCH, Korša, A, Wami, H, Mantel, O, Dobrindt, U, and Kurtz, J. 2022. “Serial passage in an insect host indicates genetic stability of the human probiotic Escherichia coli Nissle 1917.” Evolution, Medicine and Public Health, № 10 (1): 71–86.
Gati, NS, Altinok, OA, Kumar, S, et al. 2021. “Integrating evolutionary aspects into dual-use discussion: the cases of influenza virus and enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli.” Evolution, Medicine and Public Health, № 9 (1): 383–392. doi: 10.1093/emph/eoab034.
Desjardins, E, Kurtz, J, Kranke, N, Lindeza, A, and Richter, SH. 2021. “Beyond standardization: Improving external validity and reproducibility in experimental evolution.” BioScience, № biab008 doi: 10.1093/biosci/biab008.
Zanchi, C, Lo, L, Reshma, R, Moritz, I, Kurtz, J, and Müller, C. 2021. “Survival of the Sawfly Athalia rosae Upon Infection by an Entomopathogenic Fungus and in Relation to Clerodanoid Uptake.” Frontiers in Physiology, № 12 doi: 10.3389/fphys.2021.637617.
Vommaro, M, Kurtz, J, and Giglio, A. 2021. “Morphological characterisation of haemocytes in the mealworm beetle tenebrio molitor (Coleoptera, tenebrionidae).” Insects, № 12 (5) doi: 10.3390/insects12050423.
Demandt, N, Bierbach, D, Kurvers, R, Krause, J, Kurtz, J, and Scharsack, J. 2021. “Parasite infection impairs the shoaling behaviour of uninfected shoal members under predator attack.” Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, № 75 (11) doi: 10.1007/s00265-021-03080-7.
Scharsack, JP, Wieczorek, B, Schmidt-Drewello, A, et al. 2020. “Climate change facilitates a parasite’s host exploitation via temperature-mediated immunometabolic processes.” Global Change Biology, № 26 doi: 10.1111/gcb.15402.
Demandt, N, Praetz, M, Kurvers, RHJM, Krause, J, Kurtz, J, and Scharsack, JP. 2020. “Parasite infection disrupts escape behaviours in fish shoals.” Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, № 287 (1938) doi: 10.1098/rspb.2020.1158.
Ng, TH, and Kurtz, J. 2020. “Dscam in immunity: A question of diversity in insects and crustaceans.” Developmental and Comparative Immunology, № 105 doi: 10.1016/j.dci.2019.103539.
Zanchi, C, Lindeza, AS, and Kurtz, J. 2020. “Comparative Mortality and Adaptation of a Smurf Assay in Two Species of Tenebrionid Beetles Exposed to Bacillus thuringiensis.” Insects, № 11 (4) doi: 10.3390/insects11040261.
Ferro, K, Peuß, R, Yang, W, Rosenstiel, P, Schulenburg, H, and Kurtz, J. 2019. “Experimental evolution of immunological specificity.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, № 116 doi: 10.1073/pnas.1904828116.
Kutzer, MAM, Kurtz, J, and Armitage, SAO. 2019. “A multi-faceted approach testing the effects of previous bacterial exposure on resistance and tolerance.” Journal of Animal Ecology, № 88 doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.12953.
Schulz, NKE, Sell, MP, Ferro, K, Kleinhölting, N, and Kurtz, J. 2019. “Transgenerational Developmental Effects of Immune Priming in the Red Flour Beetle Tribolium castaneum.” Frontiers in Physiology, № 10 (98) doi: 10.3389/fphys.2019.00098.
Franke, F, Raifarth, N, Kurtz, J, and Scharsack, J. 2019. “Consequences of divergent temperature optima in a host–parasite system.” Oikos, № 128 doi: 10.1111/oik.05864.
Kutyrev, I, Franke, F, Kurtz, J, and Scharsack, J. 2019. “In vitro effects of the neuroactive substances serotonin and γ-aminobutyric acid on leucocytes from sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus).” Fish and Shellfish Immunology, № 87: 286–296. doi: 10.1016/j.fsi.2019.01.022.
Giglio, A, Cavaliere, F, Giulianini, PG, Kurtz, J, Vommaro, ML, and Brandmayr, P. 2019. “Continuous Agrochemical Treatments in Agroecosystems Can Modify the Effects of Pendimethalin-Based Herbicide Exposure on Immunocompetence of a Beneficial Ground Beetle.” DIVERSITY-BASEL, № 11 (12) doi: 10.3390/d11120241.
Kutzer, MAM, Kurtz, J, and Armitage, SAO. 2018. “Genotype and diet affect resistance, survival, and fecundity but not fecundity tolerance.” Journal of Evolutionary Biology, № 31 (1): 159–171. doi: 10.1111/jeb.13211.
Demandt, N, Saus, B, Kurvers, RHJM, Krause, J, Kurtz, J, and Scharsack, JP. 2018. “Parasite-infected sticklebacks increase the risk-taking behaviour of uninfected group members.” Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, № 285 (1881) doi: 10.1098/rspb.2018.0956.
Wohlleben, AM, Franke, F, Hamley, M, Kurtz, J, and Scharsack, JP. 2018. “Early stages of infection of three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) with the cestode Schistocephalus solidus.” Journal of Fish Diseases, № 41 (11): 1701–1708. doi: 10.1111/jfd.12876.
Schulz, NKE, Wagner, CI, Ebeling, J, et al. 2018. “Dnmt1 has an essential function despite the absence of CpG DNA methylation in the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum.” Scientific Reports, № 8 doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-34701-3.
Schulz, NKE, Diddens-de, Buhr MF, and Kurtz, J. 2018. “Paternal knockdown of Dnmt2 increases offspring susceptibility to bacterial infection.” bioRxiv, № 2018: 422063.
Lugert, V, Meyer, EI, Kurtz, J, and Scharsack, JP. 2017. “Effects of an anthropogenic saltwater inlet on three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) (Teleostei: Gasterosteidae) and their parasites in an inland brook.” European Zoological Journal, № 84 (1): 444–456. doi: 10.1080/24750263.2017.1356386.
Futo, M, Sell, MP, Kutzer, MAM, and Kurtz, J. 2017. “Specificity of oral immune priming in the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum.” Biology Letters, № 13 (12) doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2017.0632.
Ferro, K, Ferro, D, Corra, F, Bakiu, R, Santovito, G, and Kurtz, J. 2017. “Cu,Zn Superoxide Dismutase Genes in Tribolium castaneum: Evolution, Molecular Characterisation, and Gene Expression during Immune Priming.” Frontiers in immunology, № 8 doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2017.01811.
Catania, Francesco, Krohs, Ulrich, Chittò, Marco, et al. 2017. “The hologenome concept: we need to incorporate function.” Theory in biosciences = Theorie in den Biowissenschaften, № 136 (3-4): 89–98. doi: 10.1007/s12064-016-0240-z.
Greenwood, JM, Milutinović, B, Peuß, R, et al. 2017. “Oral immune priming with Bacillus thuringiensis induces a shift in the gene expression of Tribolium castaneum larvae.” BMC Genomics, № 18 (1): 329.
Kurtz, J, and Armitage, SAO. 2017. “Dissecting the dynamics of trans-generational immune priming.” Molecular Ecology, № 26 (15): 3857–3859. doi: 10.1111/mec.14190.
Valverde, J., Eggert, H., Kurtz, J., and Schielzeth, H. 2017. “Condition-dependence and sexual ornamentation: Effects of immune challenges on a highly sexually dimorphic grasshopper.” Insect Science, № 25 (4): 617–630. doi: 10.1111/1744-7917.12448.
Armitage, SAO, Kurtz, J, Brites, D, Dong, Y, Du, Pasquier L, and Wang, HC. 2017. “Dscam1 in pancrustacean immunity: Current status and a look to the future.” Frontiers in immunology, № 8 doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2017.00662.
Hamley, M., Franke, F., Kurtz, J., and Scharsack, J.P. 2017. “An experimental approach to the immuno-modulatory basis of host-parasite local adaptation in tapeworm-infected sticklebacks.” Experimental Parasitology, № 180 (SI): 119–132. doi: 10.1016/j.exppara.2017.03.004.
Franke, F, Armitage, SAO, Kutzer, MAM, Kurtz, J, and Scharsack, JP. 2017. “Environmental temperature variation influences fitness trade-offs and tolerance in a fish-tapeworm association.” Parasites & Vectors, № 10 doi: 10.1186/s13071-017-2192-7.
Talarico, M., Seifert, F., Lange, J., Sachser, N., Kurtz, J., and Scharsack, J. 2017. “Specific manipulation or systemic impairment? Behavioural changes of three-spined sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus) infected with the tapeworm Schistocephalus solidus.” Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, № 71 (2) doi: 10.1007/s00265-017-2265-9.
Scharsack, JP, Franke, F, Erin, NI, et al. 2016. “Effects of environmental variation on host–parasite interaction in three-spined sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus).” Zoology, № 119 doi: 10.1016/j.zool.2016.05.008.
Milutinovic, B, and Kurtz, J. 2016. “Immune memory in invertebrates.” Seminars in Immunology, № 28 doi: 10.1016/j.smim.2016.05.004.
Peuß, R, Wensing, K, Woestmann, L, et al. 2016. “Down syndrome cell adhesion molecule 1: Testing for a role in insect immunity, behaviour and reproduction.” Royal Society Open Science, № 3 (4) doi: 10.1098/rsos.160138.
Coustau, C, Kurtz, J, and Moret, Y. 2016. “A Novel Mechanism of Immune Memory Unveiled at the Invertebrate-Parasite Interface.” Trends in Parasitology, № null (null) doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2016.02.005.
Peuß, R, Wensing, KU, Woestmann, L, et al. 2016. “Down syndrome cell adhesion molecule 1: testing for a role in insect immunity, behaviour and reproduction.” Royal Society Open Science, № 3 (4): 160138.
Milutinović, B, and Kurtz, J. 2016. “Immune memory in invertebrates.” Seminars in immunology, № 28 (4): 328–342.
Futo, M, Armitage, SAO, and Kurtz, J. 2016. “Microbiota plays a role in oral immune priming in Tribolium castaneum.” Frontiers in Microbiology, № 6 doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.01383.
Kurtz, J, Schulenburg, H, and Reusch, TBH. 2016. “Host–parasite coevolution—Rapid reciprocal adaptation and its genetic basis.” Zoology, № 119 doi: 10.1016/j.zool.2016.06.011.
Milutinovic, B, Peuß, R, Ferro, K, and Kurtz, J. 2016. “Immune priming in arthropods: an update focusing on the red flour beetle.” Zoology, № 119 doi: 10.1016/j.zool.2016.03.006.
Masri, L, Branca, A, Sheppard, AE, et al. 2015. “Host-Pathogen Coevolution: The Selective Advantage of Bacillus thuringiensis Virulence and Its Cry Toxin Genes.” PLoS Biology, № 13 (6): e1002169. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1002169.
Milutinović, B, Höfling, C, Futo, M, Scharsack, JP, and Kurtz, J. 2015. “Infection of Tribolium castaneum with Bacillus thuringiensis: Quantification of Bacterial Replication within Cadavers, Transmission via Cannibalism, and Inhibition of Spore Germination.” Applied and Environmental Microbiology, № 81 (23): 8135–8144.
Peuß, R, Eggert, H, Armitage, SAO, and Kurtz, J. 2015. “Downregulation of the evolutionary capacitor Hsp90 is mediated by social cues.” Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, № 282 doi: 10.1098/rspb.2015.2041.
Ballarin, L., Du, Pasquier L., Rinkevich, B., and Kurtz, J. 2015. “Evolutionary aspects of allorecognition.” Invertebrate Survival Journal, № 12 (null): 233–236.
Milutinović, B., Höfling, C., Futo, M., Scharsack, J., and Kurtz, J. 2015. “Infection of Tribolium castaneum with Bacillus thuringiensis: Quantification of bacterial replication within cadavers, transmission via cannibalism, and inhibition of spore germination.” Applied and Environmental Microbiology, № 81 (23): 8135–8144. doi: 10.1128/AEM.02051-15.
Eggert, H, Diddens-de, Buhr MF, and Kurtz, J. 2015. “A temperature shock can lead to trans-generational immune priming in the Red Flour Beetle, Tribolium castaneum.” Ecology and Evolution, № 2015: 1–9. doi: 10.1002/ece3.1443.
Armitage, SA, Sun, W, You, X, Kurtz, J, Schmucker, D, and Chen, W. 2014. “Quantitative Profiling of Drosophila melanogaster Dscam1 Isoforms Reveals No Changes in Splicing after Bacterial Exposure.” PloS one, № 9 (10): e108660. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0108660.
Eggert, H, Kurtz, J, and Diddens-de, Buhr MF. 2014. “Different effects of paternal trans-generational immune priming on survival and immunity in step and genetic offspring.” Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, № 281 (1797) doi: 10.1098/rspb.2014.2089.
Kutyrev, IA, Franke, F, Büscher, J, Kurtz, J, and Scharsack, JP. 2014. “In vitro effects of prostaglandin E2 on leucocytes from sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus) infected and not infected with the cestode Schistocephalus solidus.” Fish and Shellfish Immunology, № 41: 4473–481. doi: 10.1016/j.fsi.2014.09.031.
Behrens, S, Peuß, R, Milutinović, B, et al. 2014. “Infection routes matter in population-specific responses of the red flour beetle to the entomopathogen Bacillus thuringiensis.” BMC Genomics, № 16 (1): 445.
Kutyrev, I., Franke, F., Büscher, J., Kurtz, J., and Scharsack, J. 2014. “Invitro effects of prostaglandin E2 on leucocytes from sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus) infected and not infected with the cestode Schistocephalus solidus.” Fish and Shellfish Immunology, № 41 (2): 473–481. doi: 10.1016/j.fsi.2014.09.031.
Kurtz, J., and Heiming, R. 2014. “Krankheit und Evolution.” in wissen.leben.ethik, Themen und Positionen der Bioethik, edited by Johann S. Ach, Beate Lüttenberg and Michael Quante. Paderborn: mentis Verlag.
Joop, G., Roth, O., Schmid-Hempel, P., and Kurtz, J. 2014. “Experimental evolution of external immune defences in the red flour beetle.” Journal of Evolutionary Biology, № 27 (8): 1562–1571. doi: 10.1111/jeb.12406.
Milutinović, B, Fritzlar, S, and Kurtz, J. 2014. “Increased Survival in the Red Flour Beetle after Oral Priming with Bacteria-Conditioned Media.” Journal of Innate Immunity, № 6 (3): 306–314. doi: 10.1159/000355211.
Dittmar, J., Janssen, H., Kuske, A., Kurtz, J., and Scharsack, J.P. 2014. “Heat and immunity: An experimental heat wave alters immune functions in three-spined sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus).” Journal of Animal Ecology, № 83 (4): 744–757. doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.12175.
Armitage, SAO, Peuß, R, and Kurtz, J. 2015. “Dscam and pancrustacean immune memory - A review of the evidence.” Developmental and Comparative Immunology, № 48 doi: 10.1016/j.dci.2014.03.004.
Scharsack, J.P., Gossens, A., Franke, F., and Kurtz, J. 2013. “Excretory products of the cestode, Schistocephalus solidus, modulate invitro responses of leukocytes from its specific host, the three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus).” Fish and Shellfish Immunology, № 35 (6): 1779–1787. doi: 10.1016/j.fsi.2013.08.029.
Milutinovic, B, Stolpe, C, Peuß, R, Armitage, SAO, and Kurtz, J. 2013. “The red flour beetle as a model for bacterial oral infections.” PloS one, № 8 doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0064638.
Armitage, SAO, Freiburg, RY, Kurtz, J, and Bravo, IG. 2012. “The evolution of Dscam genes across the arthropods.” BMC Evolutionary Biology, № 12: 53. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-12-53.
Scharsack, JP, Schweyen, H, Schmidt, AM, Dittmar, J, Reusch, TBH, and Kurtz, J. 2012. “Population genetic dynamics of three-spined sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus) in anthropogenic altered habitats.” Ecology and Evolution, № 2 (6): 1122–1143. doi: 10.1002/ece3.232.
Roth, O, Kurtz, J, and Reusch, TBH. 2010. “A summer heat wave decreases the immunocompetence of the mesograzer, Idotea baltica.” Marine Biology, № 157 (7): 1605–1611. doi: 10.1007/s00227-010-1433-5.
Roth, O, Joop, G, Eggert, H, et al. 2010. “Paternally derived immune priming for offspring in the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum.” Journal of Animal Ecology, № 79 (2): 403–413. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2009.01617.x.
Schulenburg, H, Kurtz, J, Moret, Y, and Siva-Jothy, MT. 2009. “Introduction. Ecological immunology.” Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, № 364 (1513): 3–14. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2008.0249.
Roth, O, and Kurtz, J. 2009. “Phagocytosis mediates specificity in the immune defence of an invertebrate, the woodlouse Porcellio scaber (Crustacea: Isopoda).” Developmental and Comparative Immunology, № 33 (11): 1151–1155. doi: 10.1016/j.dci.2009.04.005.
Hammerschmidt, K, and Kurtz, J. 2009. “Ecological Immunology of a Tapeworms' Interaction with its Two Consecutive Hosts.” Advances in Parasitology, № 68: 111+. doi: 10.1016/S0065-308X(08)00605-2.
Roth, O, Sadd, BM, Schmid-Hempel, P, and Kurtz, J. 2009. “Strain-specific priming of resistance in the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum.” Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, № 276 (1654): 145–151. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2008.1157.
Schulenburg, H, Kurtz, J, Moret, Y, and Siva-Jothy, MT. 2009. “Ecological immunology.” Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, № 364 (1513): 3–14. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2008.0249.
Roth, O, and Kurtz, J. 2008. “The stimulation of immune defence accelerates development in the red flour beetle (Tribolium castaneum).” Journal of Evolutionary Biology, № 21 (6): 1703–1710. doi: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2008.01584.x.
Kurtz, J, and Scharsack, JP. 2007. Resistance is skin-deep: innate immunity may help amphibians to survive a deadly fungus, doi: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2007.00149.x.
Kurtz, J. 2007. Big fleas have little fleas: How discoveries of invertebrate diseases are advancing modern science., doi: 10.1002/ajhb.20696.
Kurtz, J. 2007. “The correlation between immunocompetence and an ornament trait changes over lifetime in Panorpa vulgaris scorpionflies.” Zoology, № 110 (5): 336–343. doi: 10.1016/j.zool.2007.07.001.
Kurtz, J, Kalbe, M, Langefors, S, Mayer, I, Milinski, M, and Hasselquist, D. 2007. “An experimental test of the immunocompetence handicap hypothesis in a teleost fish: 11-ketotestosterone suppresses innate immunity in three-spined sticklebacks.” American Naturalist, № 170 (4): 509–519. doi: 10.1086/521316.
Hammerschmidt, K, and Kurtz, J. 2007. “Schistocephalus solidus: Establishment of tapeworms in sticklebacks - fast food or fast lane?” Experimental Parasitology, № 116 (2): 142–149. doi: 10.1016/j.exppara.2006.12.013.
Kurtz, J., and Scharsack, J.P. 2007. “Resistance is skin-deep: Innate immunity may help amphibians to survive a deadly fungus.” Animal Conservation, № 10 (4): 422–424. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2007.00149.x.
Krobbach, CK, Kalbe, M, Kurtz, J, and Scharsack, JP. 2007. “Infectivity of two nematode parasites, Camallanus lacustris and Anguillicola crassus, in a paratenic host, the three-spined stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus.” Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, № 74 (2): 119–126. doi: 10.3354/dao074119.
Kurtz, J, and Armitage, SAO. 2006. “Alternative adaptive immunity in invertebrates.” Trends in Immunology, № 27 (11): 493–496. doi: 10.1016/j.it.2006.09.001.
Kurtz, J, and Hammerschmidt, K. 2006. “Resistance against heterogeneous sequential infections: experimental studies with a tapeworm and its copepod host.” Journal of Helminthology, № 80 (2): 199–206. doi: 10.1079/JOH2006349.
Kurtz, J, Wegner, KM, Kalbe, M, et al. 2006. “MHC genes and oxidative stress in sticklebacks: an immuno-ecological approach.” Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, № 273 (1592): 1407–1414. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3450.
Wegner, K, Kalbe, M, Rauch, G, Kurtz, J, Schaschl, H, and Reusch, T. 2006. “Genetic variation in MHC class II expression and interactions with MHC sequence polymorphism in three-spined sticklebacks.” Molecular Ecology, № 15 (4): 1153–1164. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2006.02855.x.
Kalbe, M, and Kurtz, J. 2006. “Local differences in immunocompetence reflect resistance of sticklebacks against the eye fluke Diplostomum pseudospathaceum.” Parasitology, № 132 (Part 1): 105–116. doi: 10.1017/S0031182005008681.
Irmak, P, Kurtz, J, and Zimmer, M. 2005. “Immune response in Porcellio scaber (Isopoda : Oniscidea): copper revisited.” European Journal of Soil Biology, № 41 (3-4): 77–83. doi: 10.1016/j.ejsobi.2005.09.011.
Hammerschmidt, K, and Kurtz, J. 2005. “Surface carbohydrate composition of a tapeworm in its consecutive intermediate hosts: Individual variation and fitness consequences.” International Journal for Parasitology, № 35 (14): 1499–1507. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2005.08.011.
Hammerschmidt, K, and Kurtz, J. 2005. “Evolutionary implications of the adaptation to different immune systems in a parasite with a complex life cycle.” Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, № 272 (1580): 2511–2518. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3241.
Jacot, A, Scheuber, H, Kurtz, J, and Brinkhof, M. 2005. “Juvenile immune status affects the expression of a sexually selected trait in field crickets.” Journal of Evolutionary Biology, № 18 (4): 1060–1068. doi: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2005.00899.x.
Kurtz, J. 2005. “Specific memory within innate immune systems.” Trends in Immunology, № 26 (4): 186–192. doi: 10.1016/j.it.2005.02.001.
Jacot, A, Scheuber, H, Kurtz, J, and Brinkhof, M. 2005. “Juvenile immune system activation induces a costly upregulation of adult immunity in field crickets Gryllus campestris.” Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, № 272 (1558): 63–69. doi: 10.1098/rspc.2004.2919.
Kurtz, J. 2004. “Memory in the innate and adaptive immune systems.” Microbes and Infection, № 6 (15): 1410–1417. doi: 10.1016/j.micinf.2004.10.002.
Hammerschmidt, K, and Kurtz, J. 2004. “Following a parasite through its life cycle: how tough is it to cope with different immune systems?” International Journal of Medical Microbiology, № 293 (Suppl. 38): 53.
Scharsack, J, Kalbe, M, Derner, R, Kurtz, J, and Milinski, M. 2004. “Modulation of granulocyte responses in three-spined sticklebacks Gasterosteus aculeatus infected with the tapeworm Schistocephalus solidus.” Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, № 59 (2): 141–150. doi: 10.3354/dao059141.
Field, S, Kurtz, J, Cooper, E, and Michiels, N. 2004. “Evaluation of an innate immune reaction to parasites in earthworms.” Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, № 86 (1-2): 45–49. doi: 10.1016/j.jiip.2004.04.001.
Wegner, K, Kalbe, M, Kurtz, J, Reusch, T, and Milinski, M. 2004. “Response to comment on ''Parasite selection for immunogenetic optimality{''}}.” Science, № 303 (5660) doi: 10.1126/science.1093355.
Kurtz, J, Kalbe, M, Aeschlimann, P, et al. 2004. “Major histocompatibility complex diversity influences parasite resistance and innate immunity in sticklebacks.” Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, № 271 (1535): 197–204. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2003.2567.
Scharsack, J.P., Kalbe, M., Derner, R., Kurtz, J., and Milinski, M. 2004. “Modulation of granulocyte responses in three-spined sticklebacks Gasterosteus aculeatus infected with the tapeworm Schistocephalus solidus.” Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, № 59 (2): 141–150.
Kurtz, J. 2003. “Sex, parasites and resistance - an evolutionary approach.” Zoology, № 106 (4): 327–339. doi: 10.1078/0944-2006-00126.
Wegner, K, Kalbe, M, Kurtz, J, Reusch, T, and Milinski, M. 2003. “Parasite selection for immunogenetic optimality.” Science, № 301 (5638): 1343. doi: 10.1126/science.1088293.
Kurtz, J, and Franz, K. 2003. “Evidence for memory in invertebrate immunity.” Nature, № 425 (6953): 37–38. doi: 10.1038/425037a.
Christen, M, Kurtz, J, and Milinski, M. 2002. “Outcrossing increases infection success and competitive ability: Experimental evidence from a hermaphrodite parasite.” Evolution, № 56 (11): 2243–2251.
Franz, K, and Kurtz, J. 2002. “Altered host behaviour: manipulation or energy depletion in tapeworm-infected copepods?” Parasitology, № 125 (Part 2): 187–196. doi: 10.1017/S0031182002001932.
Kurtz, J. 2002. “Phagocytosis by invertebrate hemocytes: Causes of individual variation in Panorpa vulgaris scorpionflies.” Microscopy Research and Technique, № 57 (6): 456–468. doi: 10.1002/jemt.10099.
Van der, Veen I, and Kurtz, J. 2002. “To avoid or eliminate: cestode infections in copepods.” Parasitology, № 124 (Part 4): 465–474. doi: 10.1017/S0031182001001275.
Kurtz, J, van der, Veen I, and Christen, M. 2002. “Fluorescent vital labeling to track cestodes in a copepod intermediate host.” Experimental Parasitology, № 100 (1): 36–43. doi: 10.1006/expr.2001.4681.
Kurtz, J, van der, Veen I, and Ryder, J. 2002. “Ecological immunity of arthropods - a thread of Ariadne?” Trends in Ecology & Evolution, № 17 (5): 204–205. doi: 10.1016/S0169-5347(02)02457-6.
Kurtz, J, Klappert, K, Schneider, W, and Reinhold, K. 2002. “Immune defence, dispersal and local adaptation.” Evolutionary Ecology Research, № 4 (3): 431–439.
Reinhold, K, Kurtz, J, and Engqvist, L. 2002. “Cryptic male choice: sperm allocation strategies when female quality varies.” Journal of Evolutionary Biology, № 15 (2): 201–209. doi: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.2002.00390.x.
Kurtz, J, and Sauer, K. 2001. “Gender differences in phenoloxidase activity of Panorpa vulgaris hemocytes.” Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, № 78 (1): 53–55. doi: 10.1006/jipa.2001.5040.
Kurtz, J, Reinhold, K, and Engqvist, L. 2000. “Immunosuppression under stress: necessary for condition-dependent signalling?” Trends in Ecology & Evolution, № 15 (10): 418–419. doi: 10.1016/S0169-5347(00)01969-8.
Kurtz, J, Nahif, A, and Sauer, K. 2000. “Phagocytosis of Vairimorpha sp (Microsporida, Nosematidae) spores by Plutella xylostella and Panorpa vulgaris hemocytes.” Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, № 75 (3): 237–239. doi: 10.1006/jipa.1999.4909.
Kurtz, J, Wiesner, A, Gotz, P, and Sauer, K. 2000. “Gender differences and individual variation in the immune system of the scorpionfly Panorpa vulgaris (Insecta : Mecoptera).” Developmental and Comparative Immunology, № 24 (1): 1–12. doi: 10.1016/S0145-305X(99)00057-9.
Wipking, W, and Kurtz, J. 2000. “Genetic variability in the diapause response of the burnet moth Zygaena trifolii (Lepidoptera : Zygaenidae).” Journal of Insect Physiology, № 46 (2): 127–134. doi: 10.1016/S0022-1910(99)00108-0.
Kurtz, J, and Sauer, K. 1999. “The immunocompetence handicap hypothesis: testing the genetic predictions.” Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, № 266 (1437): 2515–2522. doi: 10.1098/rspb.1999.0954.
Reinhold, K, Engqvist, L, Misof, B, and Kurtz, J. 1999. “Meiotic drive and evolution of female choice.” Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, № 266 (1426): 1341–1345. doi: 10.1098/rspb.1999.0785.
Gerken, T, Kurtz, J, Sauer, K, and Lubjuhn, T. 1998. “DNA preparation and efficient microsatellite analysis from insect hemolymph.” Electrophoresis, № 19 (18): 3069–3070. doi: 10.1002/elps.1150191804.
Sauer, K, Lubjuhn, T, Sindern, J, et al. 1998. “Mating system and sexual selection in the scorpionfly Panorpa vulgaris (Mecoptera : Panorpidae).” Naturwissenschaften, № 85 (5): 219–228. doi: 10.1007/s001140050487.