Sylvia Cremer
Cremer Group
78 Publications
2024 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 14479 |

Csata E, Perez-Escudero A, Laury E, Leitner H, Latil G, Heinze J, Simpson S, Cremer S, Dussutour A. 2024. Fungal infection alters collective nutritional intake of ant colonies. Current Biology. 34(4), 902–909.e6.
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2023 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 12469 |

Viljakainen L, Fürst M, 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. 14, 1119002.
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2023 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 12543 |

Stock M, Milutinovic B, Hönigsberger M, Grasse AV, Wiesenhofer F, Kampleitner N, Narasimhan M, Schmitt T, Cremer S. 2023. Pathogen evasion of social immunity. Nature Ecology and Evolution. 7, 450–460.
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2023 | Research Data | IST-REx-ID: 12693 |

Cremer S. 2023. Source data for Metzler et al, 2023: Trade-offs between immunity and competitive ability in fighting ant males , Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 10.15479/AT:ISTA:12693.
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2023 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 12696 |

Metzler S, Kirchner J, Grasse AV, Cremer S. 2023. Trade-offs between immunity and competitive ability in fighting ant males. BMC Ecology and Evolution. 23, 37.
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2023 | Research Data | IST-REx-ID: 12945 |

Cremer S. 2023. Data from: ‘Dynamic pathogen detection and social feedback shape collective hygiene in ants’ , Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 10.15479/AT:ISTA:12945.
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2023 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 13127 |

Casillas Perez BE, Bodova K, Grasse AV, Tkačik G, Cremer S. 2023. Dynamic pathogen detection and social feedback shape collective hygiene in ants. Nature Communications. 14, 3232.
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2023 | Submitted | Preprint | IST-REx-ID: 14478 |

Habig M, Grasse AV, Müller J, Stukenbrock EH, Leitner H, Cremer S. Frequent horizontal chromosome transfer between asexual fungal insect pathogens. bioRxiv, 10.1101/2023.09.18.558174.
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2022 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 12133
Cremer S, Sixt MK. 2022. Principles of disease defence in organisms, superorganisms and societies. Nature Reviews Immunology. 22(12), 713–714.
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2022 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 10284 |

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. 25(1), 89–100.
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2021 | Research Data Reference | IST-REx-ID: 13061 |

Casillas Perez BE, Pull C, Naiser F, Naderlinger E, Matas J, Cremer S. 2021. Early queen infection shapes developmental dynamics and induces long-term disease protection in incipient ant colonies, Dryad, 10.5061/DRYAD.7PVMCVDTJ.
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2020 | Research Data Reference | IST-REx-ID: 13060 |

Milutinovic B, Stock M, Grasse AV, Naderlinger E, Hilbe C, Cremer S. 2020. Social immunity modulates competition between coinfecting pathogens, Dryad, 10.5061/DRYAD.CRJDFN318.
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2020 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 7343 |

Milutinovic B, Stock M, Grasse AV, Naderlinger E, Hilbe C, Cremer S. 2020. Social immunity modulates competition between coinfecting pathogens. Ecology Letters. 23(3), 565–574.
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2019 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 6552 |

Cremer S. 2019. Social immunity in insects. Current Biology. 29(11), R458–R463.
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2018 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 29 |

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. 8(22), 11031–11070.
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2018 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 413 |

Konrad M, Pull C, Metzler S, Seif K, Naderlinger E, Grasse AV, Cremer S. 2018. Ants avoid superinfections by performing risk-adjusted sanitary care. PNAS. 115(11), 2782–2787.
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2018 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 55 |

Pull C, Metzler S, Naderlinger E, Cremer S. 2018. Protection against the lethal side effects of social immunity in ants. Current Biology. 28(19), R1139–R1140.
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2018 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 806
Cremer S, Pull C, Fürst M. 2018. Social immunity: Emergence and evolution of colony-level disease protection. Annual Review of Entomology. 63, 105–123.
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2018 | Research Data Reference | IST-REx-ID: 13055 |

Stroeymeyt N, Grasse AV, Crespi A, Mersch D, Cremer S, Keller L. 2018. Social network plasticity decreases disease transmission in a eusocial insect, Zenodo, 10.5281/ZENODO.1322669.
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2018 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 616 |

Pull C, Ugelvig LV, Wiesenhofer F, Grasse AV, Tragust S, Schmitt T, Brown M, Cremer S. 2018. Destructive disinfection of infected brood prevents systemic disease spread in ant colonies. eLife. 7, e32073.
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2018 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 7 |

Stroeymeyt N, Grasse AV, Crespi A, Mersch D, Cremer S, Keller L. 2018. Social network plasticity decreases disease transmission in a eusocial insect. Science. 362(6417), 941–945.
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2018 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 194 |

Liutkeviciute Z, Gil Mansilla E, Eder T, Casillas Perez BE, Giulia Di Giglio M, Muratspahić E, Grebien F, Rattei T, Muttenthaler M, Cremer S, Gruber C. 2018. Oxytocin-like signaling in ants influences metabolic gene expression and locomotor activity. The FASEB Journal. 32(12), 6808–6821.
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2017 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 459 |

Cremer S. 2017. Invasive Ameisen in Europa: Wie sie sich ausbreiten und die heimische Fauna verändern. Rundgespräche Forum Ökologie. 46, 105–116.
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2017 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 914 |

Giehr J, Grasse AV, Cremer S, Heinze J, Schrempf A. 2017. Ant queens increase their reproductive efforts after pathogen infection. Royal Society Open Science. 4(7), 170547.
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2017 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 732 |

Pull C, Cremer S. 2017. Co-founding ant queens prevent disease by performing prophylactic undertaking behaviour. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 17(1), 219.
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2017 | Research Data Reference | IST-REx-ID: 9853 |

Giehr J, Grasse AV, Cremer S, Heinze J, Schrempf A. 2017. Raw data from ant queens increase their reproductive efforts after pathogen infection, The Royal Society, 10.6084/m9.figshare.5117788.v1.
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2015 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 1830 |

Theis F, Ugelvig LV, Marr C, Cremer S. 2015. Opposing effects of allogrooming on disease transmission in ant societies. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences. 370(1669).
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2015 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 1831 |

Kappeler P, Cremer S, Nunn C. 2015. Sociality and health: Impacts of sociality on disease susceptibility and transmission in animal and human societies. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences. 370(1669), 20140116.
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2015 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 1850 |

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. 372(5), 54–64.
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2015 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 1993 |

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 of London Series B Biological Sciences. 282(1799), 20141976.
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2015 | Research Data Reference | IST-REx-ID: 9721 |

Theis F, Ugelvig LV, Marr C, Cremer S. 2015. Data from: Opposing effects of allogrooming on disease transmission in ant societies, Dryad, 10.5061/dryad.dj2bf.
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2015 | Research Data Reference | IST-REx-ID: 9742 |

Westhus C, Ugelvig LV, Tourdot E, Heinze J, Doums C, Cremer S. 2015. Data from: Increased grooming after repeated brood care provides sanitary benefits in a clonal ant, Dryad, 10.5061/dryad.7kc79.
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2014 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 1887 |

Cremer S. 2014. Gemeinsame Krankheitsabwehr in Ameisengesellschaften. Zoologie., 23–30.
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2014 | Published | Book Chapter | IST-REx-ID: 1888
Cremer S. 2014.Soziale Immunität: Wie sich der Staat gegen Pathogene wehrt Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften. In: Soziale Insekten in einer sich wandelnden Welt. Rundgespräche der Kommission für Ökologie, vol. 43, 65–72.
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2014 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 1999
Stroeymeyt N, Casillas Perez BE, Cremer S. 2014. Organisational immunity in social insects. Current Opinion in Insect Science. 5(1), 1–15.
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2014 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 2161
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. 68(10), 1701–1710.
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2014 | Research Data Reference | IST-REx-ID: 9740 |

Konrad M, Grasse AV, Tragust S, Cremer S. 2014. Data from: Anti-pathogen protection versus survival costs mediated by an ectosymbiont in an ant host, Dryad, 10.5061/dryad.vm0vc.
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2014 | Research Data Reference | IST-REx-ID: 9753 |

Tragust S, Ugelvig LV, Chapuisat M, Heinze J, Cremer S. 2014. Data from: Pupal cocoons affect sanitary brood care and limit fungal infections in ant colonies, Dryad, 10.5061/dryad.nc0gc.
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2013 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 2926
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. 23(1), 76–82.
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2013 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 2284 |

Tragust S, Ugelvig LV, Chapuisat M, Heinze J, Cremer S. 2013. Pupal cocoons affect sanitary brood care and limit fungal infections in ant colonies. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 13(1), 225.
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2012 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 2966 |

Cremer S, Suefuji M, Schrempf A, Heinze J. 2012. The dynamics of male-male competition in Cardiocondyla obscurior ants. BMC Ecology. 12, 7.
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2012 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 3242 |

Konrad M, Vyleta M, Theis F, Stock M, Tragust S, Klatt M, Drescher V, Marr C, Ugelvig LV, Cremer S. 2012. Social transfer of pathogenic fungus promotes active immunisation in ant colonies. PLoS Biology. 10(4), e1001300.
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2012 | Research Data Reference | IST-REx-ID: 9755 |

Konrad M, Vyleta M, Theis F, Stock M, Klatt M, Drescher V, Marr C, Ugelvig LV, Cremer S. 2012. Data from: Social transfer of pathogenic fungus promotes active immunisation in ant colonies, Dryad, 10.5061/dryad.sv37s.
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2012 | Research Data Reference | IST-REx-ID: 9757 |

Tragust S, Mitteregger B, Barone V, Konrad M, Ugelvig LV, Cremer S. 2012. Data from: Ants disinfect fungus-exposed brood by oral uptake and spread of their poison, Dryad, 10.5061/dryad.61649.
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2011 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 3399 |

Cremer S, Schrempf A, Heinze J. 2011. Competition and opportunity shape the reproductive tactics of males in the ant Cardiocondyla obscurior. PLoS One. 6(3), e17323.
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2010 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 3904 |

Ugelvig LV, Kronauer D, Schrempf A, Heinze J, Cremer S. 2010. Rapid anti-pathogen response in ant societies relies on high genetic diversity. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B Biological Sciences. 277(1695), 2821–2828.
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2009 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 3946 |

Cremer S, Sixt MK. 2009. Analogies in the evolution of individual and social immunity. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences. 364(1513), 129–142.
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2008 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 3906
Cremer S, Ugelvig LV, Drijfhout F, Schlick Steiner B, Steiner F, Seifert B, Hughes D, Schulz A, Petersen K, Konrad H, Stauffer C, Kiran K, Espadaler X, D’Ettorre P, Aktaç N, Eilenberg J, Jones G, Nash D, Pedersen J, Boomsma J. 2008. The evolution of invasiveness in garden ants. PLoS One. 3(12).
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2006 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 3912
Cremer S, Ugelvig LV, Lommen S, Petersen K, Pedersen J. 2006. Attack of the invasive garden ant: aggression behaviour of Lasius neglectus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) against native Lasius species in Spain. Myrmecological News. 9, 13–19.
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2006 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 3914
Moder K, Schlick Steiner B, Steiner F, Cremer S, Christian E, Seifert B. 2006. Optimal species distinction by discriminant analysis: comparing established methods of character selection with a combination procedure using ant morphometrics as a case study. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. 45(1), 82–87.
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2005 | Published | Conference Paper | IST-REx-ID: 3902
Cremer S, Boomsma J. 2005. The drawback of mobility: invasive species in a globalised world. Marie Curie Conference.
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2003 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 3917
Cremer S, Heinze J. 2003. Zwischen Hochzeitsflug und Brudermord: reproduktive Taktiken bei Ameisenmännchen. Blick in die Wissenschaft. 12(15), 32–36.
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2002 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 3919 |

Cremer S, Heinze J. 2002. Adaptive production of fighter males: queens of the ant Cardiocondyla adjust the sex ratio under local mate competition. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B Biological Sciences. 269(1489), 417–422.
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2002 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 3920
Turillazzi S, Sledge M, Cremer S, Heinze J. 2002. A method for analysing small-size specimens in GC-MS. Insect Social Life. 4, 169–175.
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2002 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 3925
Cremer S, Sledge M, Heinze J. 2002. Chemical mimicry: Male ants disguised by the queen’s bouquet. Nature. 419, 897–897.
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2000 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 3923
Cremer S. 2000. Paternity analysis with AFLPs in Cardiocondyla ants. Futura: the Journal of the Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds. 15(1), 68–71.
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2024 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 14479 |

Csata E, Perez-Escudero A, Laury E, Leitner H, Latil G, Heinze J, Simpson S, Cremer S, Dussutour A. 2024. Fungal infection alters collective nutritional intake of ant colonies. Current Biology. 34(4), 902–909.e6.
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2023 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 12469 |

Viljakainen L, Fürst M, 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. 14, 1119002.
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2023 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 12543 |

Stock M, Milutinovic B, Hönigsberger M, Grasse AV, Wiesenhofer F, Kampleitner N, Narasimhan M, Schmitt T, Cremer S. 2023. Pathogen evasion of social immunity. Nature Ecology and Evolution. 7, 450–460.
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2023 | Research Data | IST-REx-ID: 12693 |

Cremer S. 2023. Source data for Metzler et al, 2023: Trade-offs between immunity and competitive ability in fighting ant males , Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 10.15479/AT:ISTA:12693.
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2023 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 12696 |

Metzler S, Kirchner J, Grasse AV, Cremer S. 2023. Trade-offs between immunity and competitive ability in fighting ant males. BMC Ecology and Evolution. 23, 37.
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2023 | Research Data | IST-REx-ID: 12945 |

Cremer S. 2023. Data from: ‘Dynamic pathogen detection and social feedback shape collective hygiene in ants’ , Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 10.15479/AT:ISTA:12945.
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2023 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 13127 |

Casillas Perez BE, Bodova K, Grasse AV, Tkačik G, Cremer S. 2023. Dynamic pathogen detection and social feedback shape collective hygiene in ants. Nature Communications. 14, 3232.
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2023 | Submitted | Preprint | IST-REx-ID: 14478 |

Habig M, Grasse AV, Müller J, Stukenbrock EH, Leitner H, Cremer S. Frequent horizontal chromosome transfer between asexual fungal insect pathogens. bioRxiv, 10.1101/2023.09.18.558174.
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2022 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 12133
Cremer S, Sixt MK. 2022. Principles of disease defence in organisms, superorganisms and societies. Nature Reviews Immunology. 22(12), 713–714.
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2022 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 10284 |

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. 25(1), 89–100.
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2021 | Research Data Reference | IST-REx-ID: 13061 |

Casillas Perez BE, Pull C, Naiser F, Naderlinger E, Matas J, Cremer S. 2021. Early queen infection shapes developmental dynamics and induces long-term disease protection in incipient ant colonies, Dryad, 10.5061/DRYAD.7PVMCVDTJ.
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2020 | Research Data Reference | IST-REx-ID: 13060 |

Milutinovic B, Stock M, Grasse AV, Naderlinger E, Hilbe C, Cremer S. 2020. Social immunity modulates competition between coinfecting pathogens, Dryad, 10.5061/DRYAD.CRJDFN318.
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2020 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 7343 |

Milutinovic B, Stock M, Grasse AV, Naderlinger E, Hilbe C, Cremer S. 2020. Social immunity modulates competition between coinfecting pathogens. Ecology Letters. 23(3), 565–574.
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2019 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 6552 |

Cremer S. 2019. Social immunity in insects. Current Biology. 29(11), R458–R463.
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2018 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 29 |

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. 8(22), 11031–11070.
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2018 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 413 |

Konrad M, Pull C, Metzler S, Seif K, Naderlinger E, Grasse AV, Cremer S. 2018. Ants avoid superinfections by performing risk-adjusted sanitary care. PNAS. 115(11), 2782–2787.
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2018 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 55 |

Pull C, Metzler S, Naderlinger E, Cremer S. 2018. Protection against the lethal side effects of social immunity in ants. Current Biology. 28(19), R1139–R1140.
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2018 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 806
Cremer S, Pull C, Fürst M. 2018. Social immunity: Emergence and evolution of colony-level disease protection. Annual Review of Entomology. 63, 105–123.
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| DOI
| WoS
2018 | Research Data Reference | IST-REx-ID: 13055 |

Stroeymeyt N, Grasse AV, Crespi A, Mersch D, Cremer S, Keller L. 2018. Social network plasticity decreases disease transmission in a eusocial insect, Zenodo, 10.5281/ZENODO.1322669.
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2018 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 616 |

Pull C, Ugelvig LV, Wiesenhofer F, Grasse AV, Tragust S, Schmitt T, Brown M, Cremer S. 2018. Destructive disinfection of infected brood prevents systemic disease spread in ant colonies. eLife. 7, e32073.
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2018 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 7 |

Stroeymeyt N, Grasse AV, Crespi A, Mersch D, Cremer S, Keller L. 2018. Social network plasticity decreases disease transmission in a eusocial insect. Science. 362(6417), 941–945.
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2018 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 194 |

Liutkeviciute Z, Gil Mansilla E, Eder T, Casillas Perez BE, Giulia Di Giglio M, Muratspahić E, Grebien F, Rattei T, Muttenthaler M, Cremer S, Gruber C. 2018. Oxytocin-like signaling in ants influences metabolic gene expression and locomotor activity. The FASEB Journal. 32(12), 6808–6821.
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2017 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 459 |

Cremer S. 2017. Invasive Ameisen in Europa: Wie sie sich ausbreiten und die heimische Fauna verändern. Rundgespräche Forum Ökologie. 46, 105–116.
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2017 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 914 |

Giehr J, Grasse AV, Cremer S, Heinze J, Schrempf A. 2017. Ant queens increase their reproductive efforts after pathogen infection. Royal Society Open Science. 4(7), 170547.
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2017 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 732 |

Pull C, Cremer S. 2017. Co-founding ant queens prevent disease by performing prophylactic undertaking behaviour. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 17(1), 219.
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2017 | Research Data Reference | IST-REx-ID: 9853 |

Giehr J, Grasse AV, Cremer S, Heinze J, Schrempf A. 2017. Raw data from ant queens increase their reproductive efforts after pathogen infection, The Royal Society, 10.6084/m9.figshare.5117788.v1.
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2015 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 1830 |

Theis F, Ugelvig LV, Marr C, Cremer S. 2015. Opposing effects of allogrooming on disease transmission in ant societies. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences. 370(1669).
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2015 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 1831 |

Kappeler P, Cremer S, Nunn C. 2015. Sociality and health: Impacts of sociality on disease susceptibility and transmission in animal and human societies. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences. 370(1669), 20140116.
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2015 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 1850 |

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. 372(5), 54–64.
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2015 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 1993 |

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 of London Series B Biological Sciences. 282(1799), 20141976.
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2015 | Research Data Reference | IST-REx-ID: 9721 |

Theis F, Ugelvig LV, Marr C, Cremer S. 2015. Data from: Opposing effects of allogrooming on disease transmission in ant societies, Dryad, 10.5061/dryad.dj2bf.
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2015 | Research Data Reference | IST-REx-ID: 9742 |

Westhus C, Ugelvig LV, Tourdot E, Heinze J, Doums C, Cremer S. 2015. Data from: Increased grooming after repeated brood care provides sanitary benefits in a clonal ant, Dryad, 10.5061/dryad.7kc79.
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2014 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 1887 |

Cremer S. 2014. Gemeinsame Krankheitsabwehr in Ameisengesellschaften. Zoologie., 23–30.
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2014 | Published | Book Chapter | IST-REx-ID: 1888
Cremer S. 2014.Soziale Immunität: Wie sich der Staat gegen Pathogene wehrt Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften. In: Soziale Insekten in einer sich wandelnden Welt. Rundgespräche der Kommission für Ökologie, vol. 43, 65–72.
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2014 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 1999
Stroeymeyt N, Casillas Perez BE, Cremer S. 2014. Organisational immunity in social insects. Current Opinion in Insect Science. 5(1), 1–15.
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2014 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 2161
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. 68(10), 1701–1710.
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2014 | Research Data Reference | IST-REx-ID: 9740 |

Konrad M, Grasse AV, Tragust S, Cremer S. 2014. Data from: Anti-pathogen protection versus survival costs mediated by an ectosymbiont in an ant host, Dryad, 10.5061/dryad.vm0vc.
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2014 | Research Data Reference | IST-REx-ID: 9753 |

Tragust S, Ugelvig LV, Chapuisat M, Heinze J, Cremer S. 2014. Data from: Pupal cocoons affect sanitary brood care and limit fungal infections in ant colonies, Dryad, 10.5061/dryad.nc0gc.
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2013 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 2926
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. 23(1), 76–82.
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2013 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 2284 |

Tragust S, Ugelvig LV, Chapuisat M, Heinze J, Cremer S. 2013. Pupal cocoons affect sanitary brood care and limit fungal infections in ant colonies. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 13(1), 225.
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2012 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 2966 |

Cremer S, Suefuji M, Schrempf A, Heinze J. 2012. The dynamics of male-male competition in Cardiocondyla obscurior ants. BMC Ecology. 12, 7.
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2012 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 3242 |

Konrad M, Vyleta M, Theis F, Stock M, Tragust S, Klatt M, Drescher V, Marr C, Ugelvig LV, Cremer S. 2012. Social transfer of pathogenic fungus promotes active immunisation in ant colonies. PLoS Biology. 10(4), e1001300.
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2012 | Research Data Reference | IST-REx-ID: 9755 |

Konrad M, Vyleta M, Theis F, Stock M, Klatt M, Drescher V, Marr C, Ugelvig LV, Cremer S. 2012. Data from: Social transfer of pathogenic fungus promotes active immunisation in ant colonies, Dryad, 10.5061/dryad.sv37s.
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2012 | Research Data Reference | IST-REx-ID: 9757 |

Tragust S, Mitteregger B, Barone V, Konrad M, Ugelvig LV, Cremer S. 2012. Data from: Ants disinfect fungus-exposed brood by oral uptake and spread of their poison, Dryad, 10.5061/dryad.61649.
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2011 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 3399 |

Cremer S, Schrempf A, Heinze J. 2011. Competition and opportunity shape the reproductive tactics of males in the ant Cardiocondyla obscurior. PLoS One. 6(3), e17323.
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2010 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 3904 |

Ugelvig LV, Kronauer D, Schrempf A, Heinze J, Cremer S. 2010. Rapid anti-pathogen response in ant societies relies on high genetic diversity. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B Biological Sciences. 277(1695), 2821–2828.
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2009 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 3946 |

Cremer S, Sixt MK. 2009. Analogies in the evolution of individual and social immunity. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences. 364(1513), 129–142.
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2008 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 3906
Cremer S, Ugelvig LV, Drijfhout F, Schlick Steiner B, Steiner F, Seifert B, Hughes D, Schulz A, Petersen K, Konrad H, Stauffer C, Kiran K, Espadaler X, D’Ettorre P, Aktaç N, Eilenberg J, Jones G, Nash D, Pedersen J, Boomsma J. 2008. The evolution of invasiveness in garden ants. PLoS One. 3(12).
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2006 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 3912
Cremer S, Ugelvig LV, Lommen S, Petersen K, Pedersen J. 2006. Attack of the invasive garden ant: aggression behaviour of Lasius neglectus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) against native Lasius species in Spain. Myrmecological News. 9, 13–19.
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2006 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 3914
Moder K, Schlick Steiner B, Steiner F, Cremer S, Christian E, Seifert B. 2006. Optimal species distinction by discriminant analysis: comparing established methods of character selection with a combination procedure using ant morphometrics as a case study. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. 45(1), 82–87.
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2005 | Published | Conference Paper | IST-REx-ID: 3902
Cremer S, Boomsma J. 2005. The drawback of mobility: invasive species in a globalised world. Marie Curie Conference.
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2003 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 3917
Cremer S, Heinze J. 2003. Zwischen Hochzeitsflug und Brudermord: reproduktive Taktiken bei Ameisenmännchen. Blick in die Wissenschaft. 12(15), 32–36.
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2002 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 3919 |

Cremer S, Heinze J. 2002. Adaptive production of fighter males: queens of the ant Cardiocondyla adjust the sex ratio under local mate competition. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B Biological Sciences. 269(1489), 417–422.
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2002 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 3920
Turillazzi S, Sledge M, Cremer S, Heinze J. 2002. A method for analysing small-size specimens in GC-MS. Insect Social Life. 4, 169–175.
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2002 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 3925
Cremer S, Sledge M, Heinze J. 2002. Chemical mimicry: Male ants disguised by the queen’s bouquet. Nature. 419, 897–897.
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2000 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 3923
Cremer S. 2000. Paternity analysis with AFLPs in Cardiocondyla ants. Futura: the Journal of the Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds. 15(1), 68–71.
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