CREMER GROUP @ IST Austria

Publications

Research Article

Habig M, Grasse AV, Müller J, Stukenbrock E, Leitner H, Cremer S

(2024) Frequent horizontal chromosome transfer between asexual fungal insect pathogens

PNAS

Research Article

Csata E, Pérez-Escudero A, Laury E, Leitner H, Latil G, Heinze J, Simpson SJ, Cremer S, Dussutour A

(2024) Fungal infection alters collective nutritional intake of ant colonies

Current Biology

Research Article

Metzler S, Kirchner J, Grasse AV, Cremer S

(2023) Trade-offs between immunity and competitive ability in fighting ant males

BMC Ecology and Evolution

Research Article

Casillas-Pérez B, Katarína Bodóvá K, Grasse AV, Tkačik G, Cremer S

(2023) Dynamic pathogen detection and social feedback shape collective hygiene in ants

Nature Communications

Research Article

Viljakainen L, Fürst MA, Grasse AV, Jurvansuu J, Oh J, Tolonen L, Eder T, Rattei T, Cremer S

(2023) Antiviral immune response reveals host-specific virus infections in natural ant populations

Frontiers in Microbiology

Review Article

Stockmaier S, Ulrich Y, Albery GF, Cremer S

(2023) Behavioural defences against parasites across host social structures

Functional Ecology

Research Article

Stock M, Milutinović B, Hoenigsberger M, Grasse AV, Wiesenhofer F, Kampleitner N, Narasimhan M, Schmitt T, Cremer S

(2023) Pathogen evasion of social immunity

Nat Ecol Evol

Review Article

Cremer S, Sixt M

(2022) Principles of disease defence in organisms, superorganisms and societies

Nature Reviews Immunology

Research Article

Casillas Perez BE, Pull C, Naiser F, Naderlinger E, Matas J, Cremer S

(2022) Early queen infection shapes developmental dynamics and induces long-term disease protection in incipient ant colonies

Ecology Letters

Book Chapter

Schmid-Hempel P, Cremer S

(2020) Parasites and Pathogens

in C.K. Starr (ed), Encyclopedia of Social Insects, Cham, Switzerland

Research Article

Milutinović B, Stock M, Grasse AV, Naderlinger E, Hilbe C, Cremer S

(2020) Social immunity modulates competition between coinfecting pathogens

Ecology Letters

Review Article

Cremer S

(2019) Social immunity in insects

Current Biology

Review Article

Cremer S

(2019) Pathogens and disease defense of invasive ants

Current Opinion in Insect Science

Book Chapter

Cremer S, Kutzer MAM

(2019) Social Immunity

in J.C. Choe (ed), Encyclopedia of Animal Behaviour 2nd editionAcademic Press Elsevier

Research Article

Liutkevičiūtė Z, Gil-Mansilla E, Eder T, Casillas-Pérez B, Di Giglio MG, Muratspahić E, Grebien F, Rattei T, Muttenthaler M, Cremer S, Gruber CW

(2018) Oxytocin-like signaling in ants influences metabolic gene expression and locomotor activity

The FASEB journal

Research Article

Stroeymeyt N, Grasse AV, Crespi A, Mersch DP, Cremer S, Keller L

(2018) Social network plasticity decreases disease transmission in a eusocial insect

Science

Research Article

Viljakainen L, Jurvansuu J, Holmberg I, Pamminger T, Erler S, Cremer S

(2018) Social environment affects the transcriptomic response to bacteria in ant queens

Ecology and Evolution

Research Article

Pull CD, Metzler S, Naderlinger E, Cremer S

(2018) Protection against the lethal side effects of social immunity in ants

Current Biology

Research Article

Konrad M, Pull CD, Metzler S, Seif K, Naderlinger E, Grasse AV, Cremer S

(2018) Ants avoid superinfections by performing risk-adjusted sanitary care

PNAS

Research Article

Pull CD, Ugelvig LV, Wiesenhofer F, Grasse AV, Tragust S, Schmitt T, Brown MJF, Cremer S

(2018) Destructive disinfection of infected brood prevents systemic disease spread in ant colonies

elife

Review Article

Cremer S, Pull CD, Fürst MA

(2018) Social immunity: emergence and evolution of colony-level disease protection

Annual Reviews of Entomology

Research Article

Pull CD, Cremer S

(2017) Co-founding ant queens prevent disease by performing prophylactic undertaking behaviour

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Research Article

Giehr J, Grasse AV, Cremer S, Heinze J, Schrempf A

(2017) Ant queens increase their reproductive efforts after pathogen infection

Royal Society Open Science

Research Article

Kappler PM, Cremer S, Nunn CL

(2015) Sociality and health: impacts of sociality on disease susceptibility and transmission in animal and human societies

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Research Article

Theis FJ, Ugelvig LV, Marr C, Cremer S

(2015) Opposing effects of allogrooming on disease transmission in ant societies

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Research Article

Novak S, Cremer S

(2015) Fungal disease dynamics in insect societies: optimal killing rates and the ambivalent effect of high social interaction rates

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Research Article

Konrad M, Grasse AV, Tragust S, Cremer S

(2015) Anti-pathogen protection versus survival costs mediated by an ectosymbiont in an ant host

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Review Article

Stroeymeyt N, Casillas-Pérez B, Cremer S

(2014) Organisational immunity in social insects

Current Opinion in Insect Science

Review Article

Masri L, Cremer S

(2014) Individual and social immunisation in insects

Trends in Immunology

Research Article

Westhus C, Ugelvig LV, Tourdot E, Heinze J, Doums C, Cremer S

(2014) Increased grooming after repeated brood care provides sanitary benefits in a clonal ant

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Research Article

Tragust S, Ugelvig LV, Chapulsat M, Heinze J, Cremer S

(2013) Pupal cocoons affect sanitary brood care and limit fungal infections in ant colonies

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Research Article

Tragust S, Mitteregger B, Barone V, Konrad M, Ugelvig LV, Cremer S

(2013) Ants disinfect fungus-exposed brood by oral uptake and spread of their poison

Current Biology

Review Article

Ugelvig LV, Cremer S

(2012) Effects of social immunity and unicoloniality on host-parasite interactions in invasive insect societies

Functional Ecology

Research Article

Konrad M, Vyleta ML, Theis FJ, Tragust S, Stock M, Klatt M, Descher V, Marr C, Ugelvig LV, Cremer S

(2012) Social transfer of pathogenic fungus promotes active immunisation in ant colonies

PLoS Biology

Research Article

Ugelvig LV, Kronauer DJC, Schrempf A, Heinze J, Cremer S

(2010) Rapid anti-pathogen response in ant societies relies on high genetic diversity

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Review Article

Cremer S, Sixt M

(2009) Analogies in the evolution of individual and social immunity

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Research Article

Ugelvig LV, Cremer S

(2007) Social prophylaxis: group interaction promotes collective immunity in ant colonies

Current Biology

Review Article

Hughes DP, Cremer S

(2007) Plasticity in anti-parasite behaviours and its suggested role in invasion biology

Animal Behaviour

Review Article

Cremer S, Armitage SAO, Schmid-Hempel P

(2007) Social immunity

Current Biology

Research Article

Cremer S, Ugelvig LV, Lommen STE, Petersen KS, Pedersen JS

(2006) Attack of the invasive garden ant: aggression behaviour of Lasius neglectus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) against native Lasius species in Spain

Myrmecological News