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Lab members indicated in bold. * Postdoc, ** PhD student, *** MSc student, **** BSc student
2024
Rajarajan*, Decaestecker, Walser, Bulteel, Spaak, Wolinska. Host genotype and infection status interact to shape microbiomes in Daphnia magna. Parasitology. In press.
Thomé**, Wolinska, Van Den Wyngaert, Rene, Ilicic, Agha*, Grossart, Garces, Monaghan, Strassert*. Phylogenomics including new sequence data of phytoplankton-infecting chytrids reveals multiple independent lifestyle transitions across the phylum. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
Halle, Hirshberg, Manzi**, Wolinska, Ben-Ami. Coinfection frequency in water flea populations is a mere reflection of parasite diversity. Communications Biology
Funke, Webb***, Wolinska. The effect of microplastics on Daphnia fitness – Systematic review and meta‐analysis. Freshwater Biology
Martínez-Ruiz*, Agha*, Spahr, Wolinska. Widely used herbicide metolachlor can promote harmful bloom formation by stimulating cyanobacterial growth and driving detrimental effects on their chytrid parasites. Environmental Pollution
2023
Thomé**, Irisarri, Wolinska, Monaghan, Strassert*. Single-cell genomics reveals new rozellid lineages and supports their sister relationship to Microsporidia. Biology Letters
de Souza Machado, Ghadernezhad***, Wolinska. Potential for high toxicity of polystyrene nanoplastics to the European Daphnia longispina. Environmental Sciences Europe Press release
Deng, Zhang, Wolinska, Blair, Hu, Yin. Climate has contributed to population diversification of Daphnia galeata across Eurasia. Molecular Ecology
Zhang, Wolinska, Blair, Hu, Yin. Responses to predation pressure involve similar sets of genes in two divergent species of Daphnia. Journal of Animal Ecology
Mrugała, Wolinska, Jeschke. A meta‐analysis of how parasites affect host consumption rates. Oikos Press release
Mavrianos***, Manzi**, Agha*, Azoubib****, Schampera***, Wolinska. Nanoplastics modulate the outcome of a zooplankton–microparasite interaction. Freshwater Biology
Rajarajan, Wolinska, Walser, Dennis, Spaak. Host-associated bacterial communities vary between Daphnia galeata genotypes but not by host genetic distance. Microbial Ecology
Manzi**, Schlösser***, Owczarz, Wolinska. Polystyrene nanoplastics differentially influence the outcome of infection by two microparasites of the host Daphnia magna. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Press release
King, Hall, Wolinska. Infectious disease ecology and evolution in a changing world. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B
Dziuba, Manzi**, Cerbin, Wolinska. Can climate warming save Daphnia from parasites? Reduced parasite prevalence in Daphnia populations from artificially heated lakes. Limnology and Oceanography Press release
2022
Agha*, Gerphagnon*, Schampera***, Rohrlack, Fastner, Wolinska. Fate of hepatotoxin microcystin during infection of cyanobacteria by fungal chytrid parasites. Harmful Algae
Gsell, Wolinska, Preuß, Teurlincx, Özkundakci, Hilt, van Donk, Ibelings, Adrian. Long‐term trends and seasonal variation in host density, temperature, and nutrients differentially affect chytrid fungi parasitising lake phytoplankton. Freshwater Biology
Manzi**, Agha*, Mühlenhaupt, Wolinska. Prior exposure of a fungal parasite to cyanobacterial extracts does not impair infection of its Daphnia host. Hydrobiologia
Rajarajan, Wolinska, Walser, Dennis, Spaak. Host-Associated bacterial communities vary between Daphnia galeata genotypes but not by host genetic distance. Microbial Ecology
Machado, Cuco, Cássio, Wolinska, Castro. Antiparasitic potential of agrochemical fungicides on a non-target aquatic model (Daphnia × Metschnikowia host-parasite system). Science of The Total Environment
Schampera***, Agha*, Manzi**, Wolinska. Parasites do not adapt to elevated temperature, as evidenced from experimental evolution of a phytoplankton–fungus system. Biology Letters
2021
Manzi**, Halle, Seemann****, Ben-Ami, Wolinska. Sequential infection of Daphnia magna by a gut microsporidium followed by a haemolymph yeast decreases transmission of both parasites. Parasitology
Beng*, Wolinska, Funke, Van den Wyngaert, Gsell, Monaghan. Temporal dynamics of freshwater planktonic parasites inferred using a DNA metabarcoding time-series. Parasitology
Zhang, Blair, Wolinska, Ma, Yang, Hu, Yin. Genomic regions associated with adaptation to predation in Daphnia often include members of expanded gene families. Proceedings of the Royal Society B
Dziuba, Kuczyński, Wejnerowski, Cerbin, Wolinska. Countergradient variation concealed adaptive responses to temperature increase in Daphnia from heated lakes. Limnology and Oceanography
Schampera***, Wolinska, Bachelier, de Souza Machado, Rosal, Gonzalez-Pleiter, Agha*. Exposure to nanoplastics affects the outcome of infectious disease in phytoplankton. Environmental Pollution Press release
2020
Lu*, Ocaña-Pallarès, López-Escardó, Dennis, Monaghan, Ruiz-Trillo, Spaak, Wolinska. Revisiting the phylogenetic position of Caullerya mesnili (Ichthyosporea), a common Daphnia parasite, based on 22 protein-coding genes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
Cuco, Wolinska, Santos, Abrantes, Gonçalves, Castro. Can parasites adapt to pollutants? A multigenerational experiment with a Daphnia × Metschnikowia model system exposed to the fungicide tebuconazole. Aquatic Toxicology
Tao**, Wolinska, Hölker, Agha*. Light intensity and spectral distribution affect chytrid infection of cyanobacteria via modulation of host fitness. Parasitology
Frenken*, Wolinska, Tao**, Rohrlack, Agha*. Infection of filamentous phytoplankton by fungal parasites enhances herbivory in pelagic food webs. Limnology and Oceanography Press release
Manzi**, Agha*, Lu*, Ben-Ami, Wolinska. Temperature and host diet jointly influence the outcome of infection in a Daphnia-fungal parasite system. Freshwater Biology
2019
Turko, Wolinska, Tellenbach, Dziuba, Monchamp, Spaak. Using DNA from formaldehyde-preserved Daphnia to reconstruct past populations. Hydrobiologia
Frenken*, Agha*, Schmeller, van West, Wolinska. Biological concepts for the control of aquatic zoosporic diseases. Trends in Parasitology Press release
Ortiz-Canavate***, Wolinska, Agha*. Fungicides at environmentally relevant concentrations can promote the proliferation of toxic bloom-forming cyanobacteria by inhibiting natural fungal parasite epidemics. Chemosphere
Ma, Hu, Smilauer, Yin, Wolinska. Daphnia galeata and D. dentifera are geographically and ecologically separated whereas their hybrids occur in intermediate habitats: survey of 44 Chinese lakes. Molecular Ecology
Gerphagnon*, Agha*, Martin‐Creuzburg, Bec, Perriere, Rad‐Menéndez, Gachon, Wolinska. Comparison of sterol and fatty acid profiles of chytrids and their hosts reveals trophic upgrading of nutritionally inadequate phytoplankton by fungal parasites. Environmental Microbiology
Ma, Petrusek, Wolinska, Hu, Yin. Lineage diversity and reproductive modes of the Daphnia pulex group in Chinese lakes and reservoirs. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
2018
Lu*, Johnston, Dennis, Monaghan, John, Spaak, Wolinska. Daphnia galeata responds to the exposure to an ichthyosporean gut parasite by down-regulation of immunity and lipid metabolism. BMC Genomics
Yin, Wang, Ma, Giessler, Petrusek, Griebel**, Hu, Wolinska. Cytonuclear diversity and shared mitochondrial haplotypes among Daphnia galeata populations separated by seven thousand kilometres. BMC Evolutionary Biology
Griebel**, Utz, Hermisson, Wolinska. The establishment of hybrids of the Daphnia longispina complex explained by a mathematical model incorporating different overwintering life history strategies. PloS ONE
Agha*, Gross***, Rohrlack, Wolinska. Adaptation of a chytrid parasite to its cyanobacterial host is hampered by host intraspecific diversity. Frontiers in Microbiology Press release
Agha*, Gross***, Gerphagnon*, Rohrlack, Wolinska. Fitness and eco-physiological response of a chytrid fungal parasite infecting planktonic cyanobacteria to thermal and host genotype variation. Parasitology
Turko, Tellenbach, Keller, Tardent, Keller, Spaak, Wolinska. Parasites driving host diversity: Incidence of disease correlated with Daphnia clonal turnover. Evolution Commentary & IGB-News
Cuco, Castro, F Gonçalves, Wolinska, Abrantes. Temperature modulates the interaction between fungicide pollution and disease: evidence from a Daphnia-microparasitic yeast model. Parasitology
2017
Cuco, Santos, Abrantes, Gonçalves, Wolinska, Castro. Concentration and timing of application reveal strong fungistatic effect of tebuconazole in a Daphnia-microparasitic yeast model. Aquatic Toxicology
Imhof, Rusek**, Thiel, Wolinska, Laforsch. Do microplastic particles affect Daphnia magna at the morphological, life history and molecular level? PloS ONE
Frenken, Alacid, Berger, Bourne, Gerphagnon*, Grossart, Gsell, Ibelings, Kagami, Küpper, Letcher, Miki, Nejstgaard, Rasconi, Reñé, Rohrlack, Rojas‐Jimenez, Schmeller, Scholz, Seto, Sime‐Ngando, Sukenik, Van de Waal, Van den Wyngaert, Van Donk, Wolinska, Wurzbacher, Agha*. Integrating chytrid fungal parasites into plankton ecology. Research gaps and needs. Environmental Microbiology
Cuco, Abrantes, Gonçalves, Wolinska, Castro. Interplay between fungicides and parasites: Tebuconazole, but not copper, suppresses infection in a Daphnia-Metschnikowia experimental model. PloS ONE
Saebelfeld**, Minguez, Griebel**, Gessner, Wolinska. Humic dissolved organic carbon drives oxidative stress and severe fitness impairments in Daphnia. Aquatic Toxicology
2016
Tellenbach, Tardent, Pomati, Keller, Hairston, Wolinska, Spaak. Cyanobacteria facilitate parasite epidemics in Daphnia. Ecology
González-Tortuero**, Rusek**, Maayan***, Petrusek, Piálek, Laurent, Wolinska. Genetic diversity of two Daphnia-infecting microsporidian parasites, based on sequence variation in the internal transcribed spacer region. Parasites & Vectors
Agha*, Saebelfeld**, Manthey****, Rohrlack, Wolinska. Chytrid parasitism facilitates trophic transfer between bloom-forming cyanobacteria and zooplankton (Daphnia). Scientific Reports
Cuco, Abrantes, Gonçalves, Wolinska, Castro. Toxicity of two fungicides in Daphnia: is it always temperature-dependent? Ecotoxicology
González-Tortuero**, Rusek**, Turko, Petrusek, Maayan***, Piálek, Tellenbach, Gießler, Spaak, Wolinska. Daphnia parasite dynamics across multiple Caullerya epidemics indicate selection against common parasite genotypes. Zoology
Ma, Wolinska, Petrusek, Gießler, Hu, Yin. The phenotypic plasticity in Chinese populations of Daphnia similoides sinensis: recurvate helmeted forms are associated with the presence of predators. Journal of Plankton Research
Griebel**, Gießler, Yin, Wolinska. Parental and hybrid Daphnia from the D. longispina complex: long‐term dynamics in genetic structure and significance of overwintering modes. Journal of Evolutionary Biology
2015
González‐Tortuero**, Rusek**, Petrusek, Gießler, Lyras, Grath, Castro‐Monzón, Wolinska. The Quantification of Representative Sequences pipeline for amplicon sequencing: case study on within population ITS1 sequence variation in a microparasite infecting Daphnia. Molecular Ecology Resources
Griebel**, Gießler*, Poxleitner***, Navas Faria***, Yin, Wolinska. Extreme environments facilitate hybrid superiority–the story of a successful Daphnia galeata × longispina hybrid clone. PLoS ONE
Rusek**, Ayan***, Turko, Tellenbach, Giessler*, Spaak, Wolinska. New possibilities arise for studies of hybridization: SNP-based markers for the multi-species Daphnia longispina complex derived from transcriptome data. Journal of Plankton Research
Wei, Gießler*, Wolinska, Ma, Yang, Hu, Yin. Genetic structure of Daphnia galeata populations in eastern China. PLoS ONE
