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Burnus L, Wynn J, Liedvogel M, Rollins R. Beware of hitchhiking ticks? Clarifying the variable roles of bird species in tick movement along migratory routes. Journal of Avian Biology, 2024: e03275. https://doi.org/10.1111/jav.03275.
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Laurien M, Mende L, Luhrmann L, Frederiksen A, Aldag M, Spiecker L, Clemmesen C, Solov'yov IA, Gerlach G. Magnetic orientation in juvenile Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus) could involve cryptochrome 4 as a potential magnetoreceptor. J R Soc Interface. 2024;21(215):20240035. doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2024.0035.
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Bours A, Pruisscher P, Bascón-Cardozo K, Odenthal-Hesse L, Liedvogel M. The blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla) genome reveals a recent accumulation of LTR retrotransposons. Sci Rep. 2023;13(1):16471. doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-2166848/v1.
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Eikenaar C, Ostolani A, Brust V, Karwinkel T, Schmaljohann H, Isaksson C. The oxidative balance and stopover departure decisions in a medium- and a long-distance migrant. Mov Ecol. 2023;11(1):7. doi.org/10.1186/s40462-023-00372-7.
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Gerhards L, Nielsen C, Kattnig DR, Hore PJ, Solov'yov IA. Modeling spin relaxation in complex radical systems using MolSpin. J Comput Chem. 2023;44(19):1704-1714. doi.org/10.1002/jcc.27120.
Golesworthy MJ, Zollitsch T, Luo J, Selby D, Jarocha LE, Henbest KB, Paré-Labrosse O, Bartölke R, Schmidt J, Xu J, Mouritsen H, Hore PJ, Timmel CR, Mackenzie SR. Singlet-triplet dephasing in radical pairs in avian cryptochromes leads to time-dependent magnetic field effects. J Chem Phys. 2023 Sep 14;159(10):105102. doi: 10.1063/5.0166675.
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Jacobsen L, Hungerland J, Bačić V, Gerhards L, Schuhmann F, Solov'yov IA. Introducing the Automated Ligand Searcher. J Chem Inf Model. 2023;63(23):7518-7528. doi.org/10.1021/acs.jcim.3c01317.
Koch KW. (2023) Molecular tuning of calcium dependent processes by neuronal calcium sensor proteins in the retina. Biochim. Biophys. Acta. Mol. Cell. Res. 1870(6):119491. doi.org/10.1016/j.bbamcr.2023.119491.
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Salerno KM, Domenico J, Le NQ, Balakrishnan K, McQuillen RJ, Stiles CD, Solov'yov IA, Martino CF. Long-Time Oxygen and Superoxide Localization in Arabidopsis thaliana Cryptochrome. J Chem Inf Model. 2023, 63(21):6756-6767. doi.org/10.1021/acs.jcim.3c00325.
Schneider WT, Packmor F, Lindecke O, Holland RA. Sense of doubt: inaccurate and alternate locations of virtual magnetic displacements may give a distorted view of animal magnetoreception ability. Commun Biol. 2023 Feb 20;6(1):187. doi: 10.1038/s42003-023-04530-w. PMID: 36808184; PMCID: PMC9941108.
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Schuhmann, F., Ryvkin, L., McLaren, J. D., Gerhards, L., & Solov'yov, I. A. (2023). Across atoms to crossing continents: Application of similarity measures to biological location data. PloS one, 18(5), e0284736. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0284736
Spiecker L, Curdt F, Bally A, Janzen N, Kraemer P, Leberecht B, Kingsford MJ, Mouritsen H, Winklhofer M, Gerlach G. Coral reef fish larvae show no evidence for map-based navigation after physical displacement. iScience. 2023 May 25;26(6):106950. doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2023.10695.
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Elend L, Jacobsen L, Cofala T, Prellberg J, Teusch T, Kramer O, Solov’yov IA (2022) Design of SARS-CoV-2 Main Protease Inhibitors Using Artificial Intelligence and Molecular Dynamic Simulations. Molecules 27:2043.
Frederiksen A , Teusch T, Solov’yov IA (2022) Quantum Effects in Biological Systems in: Dynamics of Systems on the Nanoscale, Springer 201–248.
Görtemaker K, Yee C, Bartölke R, Behrmann H, Voß JO, Schmidt J, Xu J, Solovyeva V, Leberecht B, Behrmann E, Mouritsen H, Koch KW (2022) Direct interaction of avian cryptochrome 4 with a cone specific G- protein. Cells 11:2043.
Grüning G, Wong SY , Gerhards L, Schuhmann F, Kattnig DR, Hore PJ, Solov’yov IA (2022) Effects of Dynamical Degrees of Freedom on Magnetic Compass Sensitivity: A Comparison of Plant and Avian Cryptochromes. J Am Chem Soc 144: 50. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.2c06233
Haase K, Musielak I, Warmuth-Moles L, Leberecht B, Zolotareva A, Mouritsen H, Heyers D (2022) In Search for the Avian Trigeminal Magnetic Sensor: Distribution of Peripheral and Central Terminals of Ophthalmic Sensory Neurons in the Night-Migratory Eurasian Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla). Front Neuroanat 16:853401.
Hanić M, Schuhmann F, Frederiksen A, Langebrake C, Manthey G, Liedvogel M, Xu J, Mouritsen H, Solov’yov IA (2022) Computational Reconstruction and Analysis of Structural Models of Avian Cryptochrome 4. J Phys Chem B. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.2c00878.
Hanić M, Frederiksen A, Schuhmann F, Solov'yov IA (2022). On the energetic differences of avian cryptochromes 4 from selected species. Europ Phys J D 76,198.
Heyers D, Musielak I, Haase K, Herold C, Bolte P, Güntürkün O, Mouritsen H (2022) Morphology, biochemistry and connectivity of Cluster N and the hippocampal formation in a migratory bird. Brain Struct Funct 227:2731–2749.
Hungerland J, Frederiksen A, Gerhards L, Bordallo HN, Solov'yov IA (2022) Studying folding ↔ unfolding dynamics of solvated alanine polypeptides using molecular dynamics. Eur Phys J D 76:154, 1-13.
Justen H, Hasselmann T, Illera JC, Delmore KE, Serrano D, Flinks H, Senzaki M, Kawamura K, Helm B, Liedvogel M (2022) Population-specific association of Clock gene polymorphism with annual cycle timing in stonechats. Sci Rep 12:7947.
Karwinkel T, Winklhofer M, Janner LE, Brust V, Hüppop O, Bairlein F, Schmaljohann H (2022) A magnetic pulse does not affect free-flight navigation behaviour of a medium-distance songbird migrant in spring. J Exp Biol 225:jeb244473.
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Kobylkov D, Musielak I, Haase K, Rook N, von Eugen K, Dedek K, Güntürkün O, Mouritsen H, Heyers D (2022) Morphology of the “prefrontal” nidopallium caudolaterale in the long-distance night-migratory Eurasian blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla). Neurosci Lett 789:136869.
Leberecht B, Kobylkov D, Karwinkel T , Döge S, Burnus L, Wong SY , Apte S, Haase K, Musielak I , Chetverikova R, Dautaj G, Bassetto M, Winklhofer M, Hore PJ, Mouritsen H (2022) Broadband 75-85 MHz radiofrequency fields disrupt magnetic compass orientation in night-migratory songbirds consistent with a flavin-based radical pair magnetoreceptor. J Comp Physiol A Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol 208:97–106.
McLaren JD, Schmaljohann H, Blasius B (2022) Self-correcting sun compass, spherical geometry and cue transfer predict naïve migratory performance. Comm Biol. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-996110/v1.
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Pakhomov A, Prokshina A, Cellarius F, Mouritsen H, Chernetsov N (2022) Access to the sky near the horizon and stars does not play a crucial role in compass calibration of European songbird migrants. J. Exp. Biol. 225, 243631.
Quenzel T, Timmer D , Gittinger M, Zablocki J, Zheng F, Schiek M, Lützen A, Frauenheim T, Tretiak S, Silies M, Zhong J-H, De Sio A, Lienau C (2022) Plasmon-Enhanced Exciton Delocalization in Squaraine-Type Molecular Aggregates. ACS Nano 16:4693–4704.
Salerno KM, Domenico J, Le NQ, Stiles CD, Solov'yov IA , Martino CF (2022) Long-Time Oxygen Localization in Electron Transfer Flavoprotein. J Chem Inf Model 62(17):4191-4199.
Sarel A, Palgi S , Blum D, Aljadeff J, Las L, Ulanovsky N (2022) Natural switches in behaviour rapidly modulate hippocampal coding. Nature 609:119–127.
Schröder N, Schmidtmann M, Mouritsen H , Christoffers J. (2022) Synthesis of Flavin-Indole-Conjugates with Rigid Diamino Linkers as Cryptochrome Model Compounds. Euro J Organic Chem 202201327.
Schuhmann F, Tan X, Gerhards L, Bordallo HN, Solov’yov IA (2022) The same, but different, but still the same: structural and dynamical differences of neutrophil elastase and cathepsin G. Eur. Phys. J. D 76:126,1-14.
Shahu MK, Schuhmann F, Scholten A, Solov’yov IA, Koch KW (2022) The Transition of Photoreceptor Guanylate Cyclase Type 1 to the Active State. Int J Mol Sci 23:4030.
Solov’yov IA, Sushko G, Friis I, Solov’yov AV (2022) Multiscale modeling of stochastic dynamics processes with MBN Explorer. J Comp Chem https://doi.org/0.1002/jcc.26948.
Spiecker L, Laurien M, Dammann W, Franke A, Clemmensen C, Gerlach G (2022) Juvenile Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus) use a time-compensated sun compass for orientation. J Exp Biol 15,225:18
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Wynn J, Padget O, Mouritsen H, Morford J, Jaggers P, Guilford T. Magnetic stop signs signal a European songbird's arrival at the breeding site after migration. Science. 2022;375(6579):446-449. doi.org/10.1126/science.abj4210.
Bartölke R, Behrmann H, Görtemaker K, Yee C, Xu J, Behrmann E, Koch K (2021) The secrets of cryptochromes: photoreceptors, clock proteins, and magnetic sensors. Neuroforum 27:151-157.
Barragan AM, Soudackov AV, Luthey-Schulten Z, Hammes-Schiffer S, Schulten K, Solov’yov IA (2021) Theoretical Description of the Primary Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer Reaction in the Cytochrome bc1 Complex. J Am Chem Soc 143:715–723.
Ben-Yishay E, Krivoruchko K, Ron S, Ulanovsky N , Derdikman D, Gutfreund Y (2021) Directional tuning in the hippocampal formation of birds. Curr Biol 31:2592-2602.e4.
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Dreyer D, Frost B, Mouritsen H , Lefèvre A, Menz M, Warrant E (2021) A Guide for Using Flight Simulators to Study the Sensory Basis of Long-Distance Migration in Insects. Front Behav Neurosci 15:678936.
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Friis I, Verkhovtsev AV, Solov’yov IA, Solov’yov AV (2021) Lethal DNA damage caused by ion-induced shock waves in cells. Phys Rev E 104:054408.
Gerlach G, Kraemer P, Weist P, Eickelmann L, Kingsford MJ (2021) Impact of cyclones on hard coral and metapopulation structure, connectivity and genetic diversity of coral reef fish. Coral Reefs 40:999-1011.
Günther A, Dedek K, Haverkamp S, Irsen S, Briggman KL, Mouritsen H (2021) Double Cones and the Diverse Connectivity of Photoreceptors and Bipolar Cells in an Avian Retina. J Neurosci 41:5015–5028.
Güntürkün O , von Eugen K, Packheiser J, Pusch R (2021) Avian pallial circuits and cognition: A comparison to mammals. Curr Opin Neurobiol 71:29–36.
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Kishkinev D, Packmor F, Zechmeister T, Winkler H-C, Chernetsov N, Mouritsen H , Holland RA (2021) Navigation by extrapolation of geomagnetic cues in a migratory songbird. Curr Biol 31:1563-1569.e4.
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Lünemann DC, Thomas AR, Xu J , Bartölke R, Mouritsen H, De Sio A, Lienau C (2021) Distinguishing between coherent and incoherent signals in excitation-emission spectroscopy. Opt Express 29:24326–24337.
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Rook N, Tuff JM, Packheiser J, Güntürkün O , Beste C (2021) A hierarchical processing unit for multi-component behavior in the avian brain. iScience 24:103195
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Schuhmann F, Kattnig DR, Solov’yov IA (2021) Exploring Post-activation Conformational Changes in Pigeon Cryptochrome 4. J Phys Chem B 125:9652–9659.
Schuhmann F, Korol V, Solov’yov IA (2021) Introducing Pep McConst-A user-friendly peptide modeler for biophysical applications. J Comput Chem 42:572–580.
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Wittek N, Matsui H, Behroozi M, Otto T, Wittek K, Sarı N, Stoecker S, Letzner S, Choudhary V, Peterburs J, Güntürkün O (2021) Unihemispheric evidence accumulation in pigeons. J Exp Psychol Anim Learn Cogn 47:303–316.
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Einwich A, Dedek K, Seth PK, Laubinger S, Mouritsen H (2020) A novel isoform of cryptochrome 4 (Cry4b) is expressed in the retina of a night-migratory songbird. Sci Rep 10:15794.
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Peter J. Hore
Mercator Fellow Stuart Mackenzie
Mercator Fellow Christiane Timmel