Dr. Robert Peuß

2024

• Riddle, Misty R, Nguyen, Nguyen K, Nave, Maeve, Peuß, Robert, Maldonado, Ernesto, Rohner, Nicolas, and Tabin, Clifford J. 2024. “Host evolution shapes gut microbiome composition in Astyanax mexicanus.” Ecology and Evolution, № 14 (4) doi: 10.1002/ece3.11192.
• 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.

2023

• Olsen, Luke, Levy, Michaella, Medley, Kyle J, Hassan, Huzaifa, Miller, Brandon, Alexander, Richard, Wilcock, Emma, Yi, Kexi, Florens, Laurence, Weaver, Kyle, McKinney, Sean A, Peuß, Robert, Persons, Jenna, Kenzior, Alexander, Maldonado, Ernesto, Delventhal, Kym, Gluesenkamp, Andrew, Mager, Edward, Coughlin, David, and Rohner, Nicolas. 2023. “Metabolic reprogramming underlies cavefish muscular endurance despite loss of muscle mass and contractility.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, № 120 (5) doi: 10.1073/pnas.2204427120.

2022

• Schulz, Nora K. E., Mohamed, Fakry F., Lo, Lai Ka, Peuß, Robert, de Buhr, Maike F., and Kurtz, Joachim. 2022. “Paternal knockdown of tRNA (cytosine-5-)-methyltransferase (Dnmt2 ) increases offspring susceptibility to infection in red flour beetles.” Insect Molecular Biology, № 2022 doi: 10.1111/imb.12798.
• Krishnan, Jaya, Wang, Yan, Kenzior, Olga, Hassan, Huzaifa, Olsen, Luke, Tsuchiya, Dai, Kenzior, Alexander, Peuß, Robert, Xiong, Shaolei, Wang, Yongfu, Zhao, Chongbei, and Rohner, Nicolas. 2022. “Liver-derived cell lines from cavefish Astyanax mexicanus as an in vitro model for studying metabolic adaptation.” Scientific Reports, № 12 (10115) doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-14507-0.
• Medley, Kyle J, Persons, Jenna, Biswas, Tathagata, Olsen, Luke, Peuß, Robert, Krishnan, Jaya, Xiong, Shaolei, and Rohner, Nicolas. 2022. “The metabolome of Mexican cavefish shows a convergent signature highlighting sugar, antioxidant, and Ageing-Related metabolites.” eLife, № 11 (e74539) doi: 10.7554/eLife.74539.
• Krishnan, Jaya, Seidel, Chris W., Zhang, Ning, Singh, Narendra P., VanCampen, Jake, Peuß, Robert, Xiong, Shaolei, Kenzior, Alexander, Li, Hua, Conaway, Joan W., and Rohner, Nicolas. 2022. “Genome-wide analysis of cis-regulatory changes underlying metabolic adaptation of cavefish.” Nature Genetics, № 54: 684–693. doi: 10.1038/s41588-022-01049-4.
• Xiong, S, Wang, W, Kenzior, A, Olsen, L, Krishnan, J, Persons, J, Medley, K, Peuß, R, Wang, Y, Chen, S, Zhang, N, Thomas, N, Miles, JM, Alvarado, AS, and Rohner, N. 2022. “Enhanced lipogenesis through Pparγ helps cavefish adapt to food scarcity.” Current biology doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2022.03.038.

2021

• Accorsi, A, Box, AC, Peuß, R, Wood, C, Sánchez, Alvarado A, and Rohner, N. 2021. “Image3C, a multimodal image-based and label-independent integrative method for single-cell analysis.” eLife, № 10: e65372C1 - eLife 2021;10:e65372DO - 10.7554/eLife.65372. doi: 10.7554/eLife.65372.
• Warren, WC, Boggs, TE, Borowsky, R, Carlson, BM, Ferrufino, E, Gross, JB, Hillier, L, Hu, Z, Keene, AC, Kenzior, A, Kowalko, JE, Tomlinson, C, Kremitzki, M, Lemieux, ME, Graves-Lindsay, T, McGaugh, SE, Miller, JT, Mommersteeg, MTM, Moran, RL, Peuß, R, Rice, ES, Riddle, MR, Sifuentes-Romero, I, Stanhope, BA, Tabin, CJ, Thakur, S, Yamamoto, Y, and Rohner, N. 2021. “A chromosome-level genome of Astyanax mexicanus surface fish for comparing population-specific genetic differences contributing to trait evolution.” Nature Communications, № 12 (1): 1447. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-21733-zDO-10.1038/s41467-021-21733-z.

2020

• Krishnan, J, Persons, JL, Peuß, R, Hassan, H, Kenzior, A, Xiong, S, Olsen, L, Maldonado, E, Kowalko, JE, and Rohner, N. 2020. “Comparative transcriptome analysis of wild and lab populations of Astyanax mexicanus uncovers differential effects of environment and morphotype on gene expression.” Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution, № 1-10 doi: 10.1002/jez.b.22933.
• Peuß, R, Box, AC, Chen, S, Wang, Y, Tsuchiya, D, Persons, JL, Kenzior, A, Maldonado, E, Krishnan, J, Scharsack, JP, Slaughter, BD, and Rohner, N. 2020. “Adaptation to low parasite abundance affects immune investment and immunopathological responses of cavefish.” Nature Ecology and Evolution, № 2020 doi: 10.1038/s41559-020-1234-2.

2019

• Loomis, C, Peuß, R, Jaggard, JB, Wang, Y, McKinney, SA, Raftopoulos, SC, Raftopoulos, A, Whu, D, Green, M, McGaugh, SE, Rohner, N, Keene, AC, and Duboue, ER. 2019. “An Adult Brain Atlas Reveals Broad Neuroanatomical Changes in Independently Evolved Populations of Mexican Cavefish.” Frontiers in Neuroanatomy, № 13: 88. doi: 10.3389/fnana.2019.00088.
• Peuß, R, Zakibe, Z, Krishnan, J, Merryman, MS, Baumann, DP, and Rohner, N. 2019. “Gamete Collection and In Vitro Fertilization of Astyanax mexicanus.” Journal of Visualized Experiments, № 2019 (147): e59334.
• Stahl, BA, Peuß, R, McDole, B, Kenzior, A, Jaggard, JB, Gaudenz, K, Krishnan, J, McGaugh, SE, Duboue, ER, and Keene, AC. 2019. “Stable transgenesis in Astyanax mexicanus using the Tol2 transposase system.” Developmental Dynamics, № 248 (8): 679–687. doi: 10.1002/dvdy.32.
• 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.

2018

• Xiong, S, Krishnan, J, Peuß, R, and Rohner, N. 2018. “Early adipogenesis contributes to excess fat accumulation in cave populations of Astyanax mexicanus.” Developmental Biology, № 441 (2): 297–304. doi: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2018.06.003.
• Riddle, MR, Aspiras, AC, Gaudenz, K, Peuß, R, Sung, JY, Martineau, B, Peavey, M, Box, AC, Tabin, JA, and McGaugh, S. 2018. “Insulin resistance in cavefish as an adaptation to a nutrient-limited environment.” Nature, № 555 (7698): 647–651. doi: 10.1038/nature26136.

2017

• Greenwood, JM, Milutinović, B, Peuß, R, Behrens, S, Esser, D, Rosenstiel, P, Schulenburg, H, and Kurtz, J. 2017. “Oral immune priming with Bacillus thuringiensis induces a shift in the gene expression of Tribolium castaneum larvae.” BMC Genomics, № 18 (1): 329.

2016

• 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.
• Peuß, R, Wensing, KU, Woestmann, L, Eggert, H, Milutinović, B, Sroka, MGU, Scharsack, JP, Kurtz, J, and Armitage, SAO. 2016. “Down syndrome cell adhesion molecule 1: testing for a role in insect immunity, behaviour and reproduction.” Royal Society Open Science, № 3 (4): 160138.

2015

• 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.
• 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.

2014

• Behrens, S, Peuß, R, Milutinović, B, Eggert, H, Esser, D, Rosenstiel, P, Schulenburg, H, Bornberg-Bauer, E, and Kurtz, J. 2014. “Infection routes matter in population-specific responses of the red flour beetle to the entomopathogen Bacillus thuringiensis.” BMC Genomics, № 16 (1): 445.

2013

• 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.