Publications of the SFB 1372

2024

Karwinkel, T., Peter, A., Holland, R. A., Thorup, K., Bairlein, F., & Schmaljohann, H. (2024). A conceptual framework on the role of magnetic cues in songbird migration ecology. Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, doi: 10.1111/brv.13082.

Gerhards, L., M. Werr, O. Hübner, I. A. Solov’yov, and H.-J. Himmel. Peculiar Differences between Two Copper Complexes Containing Similar Redox-Active Ligands: Density Functional and Multiconfigurational Calculations. Inorganic Chemistry 63, pp. 961–975 (2024).

Helm B, Liedvogel M (2024) Avian Migration Clocks in a Changing World. Journal of Comparative Physiology A. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00359-023-01688-w

Langebrake C, Manthey G, Frederiksen A, Lugo Ramos JS, Dutheil J, Chetverikova R, Solov’yov I, Mouritsen H, Liedvogel M (2024) Evidence for adaptive evolution towards high magnetic sensitivity of potential magnetoreceptor in songbirds. Proceedings of the Royal Society B in press.

Laurien, M., Spiecker, L., Luhrmann, L., Mende, L., Dammann, W., Clemmesen, C., & Gerlach, G. (2024). Time-compensated sun compass in juvenile sprat (Sprattus sprattus) reveals the onset of migratory readiness. The Journal of experimental biology, jeb.246188. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.246188

Stephani, J.C., L. Gerhards, B. Khairalla, I.A. Solov’yov, I. Brand. How do Antimicrobial Peptides Interact with the Outer Membrane of Gram-Negative Bacteria? Role of Lipopolysaccharides in Peptide Binding, Anchoring, and Penetration, ACS Infect. Dis. 2024, XXXX, XXX, XXX-XXX, https://doi.org/10.1021/acsinfecdis.3c00673

Timmer, D., G. Hergert, L. Gerhards, D.C. Lünemann, N. Schröder, T. Greven, J. Ivar van der Vlugt, A. De Sio, I.A. Solov’yov, J. Christoffers, C. Lienau. Structural Flexibility Slows down Charge Transfers in Diaminoterephthalate-C60 Dyads, J. Phys. Chem. C 2024, XXXX, XXX, XXX-XXX https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.3c08270

Timmer, D., Lünemann, D. C., Riese, S., De Sio, A., & Lienau, C. (2024). Full visible range two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy with high time resolution. Optics Express 32, 835-847.

Yuan C, Gerhards L, Solov’yov IA, Dedek K (2024) Biotin-cGMP and -cAMP are able to permeate through the gap junctions of some amacrine cells in the mouse retina despite their large size. Front Ophthalmol. In press. https://doi.org/10.3389/fopht.2023.1334602

2023

Bascón-Cardozo K, Bours A, Manthey G, Pruisscher P, Durieux G, Dutheil J, Odenthal-Hesse L*, Liedvogel M* (2023) Fine-scale map reveals highly variable recombination rates associated with genomic features in the European blackcap. Genome Biology and Evolution 16, Authorea. https://doi.org/10.22541/au.165423614.49331155/v1

Bassetto, M., Reichl, T., Kobylkov, D., Kattnig, D.R., Winklhofer, M., Hore, P.J., Mouritsen, H. No evidence for magnetic field effects on the behaviour of Drosophila. Nature 620, 595–599 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06397-7

Balaji V, Haverkamp S, Seth PK, Günther A, Mendoza E, Schmidt J, Herrmann M, Pfeiffer LL, Němec P, Scharff C, Mouritsen H, Dedek K (2023) Immunohistochemical characterization of bipolar cells in four distantly related avian species. J Comp Neurol 531:561–581. https://doi.org/10.1002/cne.25443

Bours A*, Pruisscher P*, Bascón-Cardozo K, Odenthal-Hesse L, Liedvogel M (2023) The blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla) genome reveals a recent accumulation of LTR retrotransposons. Scientific Reports https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-2166848/v1

Code, C., D. Qiu, I. A. Solov’yov, J.-G. Lee, H.-C. Shin, C. Roland, C. Sagui, D. Houde, K. D. Rand, and T. J. D. Jørgensen. Conformationally Restricted Glycopeptide Backbone Inhibits Gas-Phase H/D Scrambling between Glycan and Peptide Moieties. Journal of the American Chemical Society 145, pp. 23925–23938 (2023).

Delmore K, Van Doren BM, Ullrich K, Curk T, van der Jeugd HP, Liedvogel M (2023) Structural genomic variation and migratory behavior in wild songbirds. Evolution Letters qrad040, https://doi.org/10.1093/evlett/qrad040

Eikenaar, C., Ostolani, A., Brust, V., Karwinkel, T., Schmaljohann, H., & Isaksson, C. (2023). The oxidative balance and stopover departure decisions in a medium- and a long-distance migrant. Movement ecology, 11(1), 7. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40462-023-00372-7

Frederiksen, A., C. Langebrake, M. Hanić, G. Manthey, H. Mouritsen, M. Liedvogel, I.A. Solov’yov (2023) Mutational Study of the Tryptophan Tetrad Important for Electron Transfer in European Robin Cryptochrome 4a. ACS Omega. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.3c02963

Gerhards, L., Nielsen, C., Kattnig, D. R., Hore, P. J., & Solov'yov, I. A. (2023). Modeling spin relaxation in complex radical systems using MolSpin. Journal of computational chemistry, 44(19), 1704–1714. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcc.27120

Hanić, M., Antill, L. M., Gehrckens, A. S., Schmidt, J., Görtemaker, K., Bartölke, R., El-Baba, T. J., Xu, J., Koch, K. W., Mouritsen, H., Benesch, J. L. P., Hore, P. J., & Solov'yov, I. A. (2023). Dimerization of European Robin Cryptochrome 4a. The journal of physical chemistry. B, 10.1021/acs.jpcb.3c01305. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.3c01305

Ishigohoka J*, Bascón-Cardozo K*, Bours A, Fuß J, Rhie A, Mountcastle J, Haase B, Chow W, Collins J, Howe K, Uliano-Silva M, Fedrigo O, Jarvis ED, Pérez-Tris J, Illera JC, Liedvogel M. Recombination suppression and selection affect local ancestries in genomes of a migratory songbird. bioRxiv 2023. https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.12.22.473882

Jacobsen, L., J. Hungerland, V. Bačić, L. Gerhards, F. Schuhmann, and I. A. Solov’yov. Introducing the Automated Ligand Searcher. Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling 63, pp. 7518–7528 (2023).

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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbamcr.2023.119491

Leberecht, B., Wong, S. Y., Satish, B., Döge, S., Hindman, J., Venkatraman, L., Apte, S., Haase, K., Musielak, I., Dautaj, G., Solov'yov, I. A., Winklhofer, M., Mouritsen, H., & Hore, P. J. (2023). Upper bound for broadband radiofrequency field disruption of magnetic compass orientation in night-migratory songbirds. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 120(28), e2301153120. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2301153120

Manthey G, Liedvogel M, Haest B, Manthey M, Wynn J (2023) The unexpected consequences of predictor error in ecological model selection bioRxiv 2023.12.04.569928; https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.12.04.569928

Matysik, J., Gerhards, L., Theiss, T., Timmermann, L., Kurle-Tucholski, P., Musabirova, G., Qin, R., Ortmann, F., Solov'yov, I. A., & Gulder, T. (2023). Spin Dynamics of Flavoproteins. International journal of molecular sciences, 24(9), 8218. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms24098218

McLaren, J.D., Schmaljohann, H. & Blasius, B. Gauge-and-compass migration: inherited magnetic headings and signposts can adapt to changing geomagnetic landscapes. Mov Ecol11, 37 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40462-023-00406-0

Nguyen, X. T., Winte, K., Timmer, D., Rakita, Y., Ceratti, D. R., Aharon, S., ... & De Sio, A. (2023). Phonon-driven intra-exciton Rabi oscillations in CsPbBr3 halide perovskites. Nature communications, 14(1), 1047.

Pazaera GJ, Benjamin P, Mouritsen H, Hore PJ (2023) Isotope Substitution Effects on the Magnetic Compass Properties of Cryptochrome-Based Radical Pairs: A Computational Study. Phys. Chem. B https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.2c05335

Rüppel, G., Hüppop, O., Lagerveld, S., Schmaljohann, H., & Brust, V. (2023). Departure, routing and landing decisions of long-distance migratory songbirds in relation to weather. Royal Society open science, 10(2), 221420. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.221420

Rüppel, G., Hüppop, O., Schmaljohann, H., & Brust, V. (2023). The urge to breed early: Similar responses to environmental conditions in short- and long-distance migrants during spring migration. Ecology and evolution, 13(7), e10223. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.10223

Salerno, K. M., J. Domenico, K. B. Nam Q. Le, R. J. McQuillen, C. D. Stiles, I. A. Solov’yov, and C. F. Martino. Long-Time Oxygen and Superoxide Localization in Arabidopsis thaliana Cryptochrome. Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling 63, pp. 6756–6767 (2023).

Schneider WT, Holland RA, Keišs O, Lindecke O. Migratory bats are sensitive to magnetic inclination changes during the compass calibration period. Biol. Lett. 19 (2023): 20230181. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2023.0181

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. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0284736

Spieker, L., Curdt, F., Bally, A., Janzen, N., Kraemer, P., Leberecht, B., Kingsford, M.J., Mouritsen, H., Winklhofer, M. & Gerlach, G., 2023: Coral reef fish larvae show no evidence for map-based navigation after physical displacement. iScience, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2023.10695

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;6(1):187. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-023-04530-w

Timmer, D., Frederiksen, A., Lünemann, D. C., Thomas, A. R., Xu, J., Bartölke, R., Schmidt, J., Kubař, T., De Sio, A., Solov'yov, I. A., Mouritsen, H., & Lienau, C. (2023). Tracking the Electron Transfer Cascade in European Robin Cryptochrome 4 Mutants. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 145(21), 11566–11578. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.3c00442

Vu, H. H., H. Behrmann, M. Hanić, G. Jeyasankar, S. Krishnan, D. Dannecker, C. Hammer, M. Gunkel, I. A. Solov’yov, E. Wolf, and E. Behrmann. A marine cryptochrome with an inverse photo-oligomerization mechanism. Nature Communication 14, pp. 6918 (2023).

Wong SY, Benjamin P, Hore PJ (2023) Magnetic field effects on radical pair reactions: estimation of B1/2 for flavin-tryptophan radical pairs in cryptochromes. Phys Chem Chem Phys 25,2:975-982. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2cp03793a

Wynn J, Liedvogel M (2023) Lost: on what level should we aim to understand animal navigation? Journal of Experimental Biology 226, jeb245441. 

Wynn J, Leberecht B, Liedvogel M, Burnus L, Chetverikova R, Döge S, Karwinkel T, Kobylkov D, Xu J, Mouritsen H (2023) Naive songbirds show seasonally appropriate spring orientation in the laboratory despite having never completed first migration. Biology Letters 19, 20220478. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2022.0478

Wynn J, Fandos G, Delmore K, Van Doren BM, Fransson T, Liedvogel M (2022) Bi-axial orientation could explain range expansion in a migratory songbird. bioRxiv 2022.05.04.490589; https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.05.04.490589

Yee C, Görtemaker K, Wellpott R, Koch KW (2023) Kinetics of cone specific G-protein signaling in avian photoreceptor cells. Front. Mol. Neurosci. 16:1107025. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnmol.2023.1107025

2022

Ahlers MT, Block CT, Winklhofer M, Greschner M (2022) Integration and evaluation of magnetic stimulation in physiology setups. PLoS One 17:e0271765.

Anselme P, Wittek N, Oeksuez F, Güntürkün O (2022) Overmatching under food uncertainty in foraging pigeons. Behav Processes 201:104728.

Bach P, Voigt CC, Göttsche M, Bach L ,Brust V, Hill R, Hüppop O, Lagerveld S, Schmaljohann H , Seebens-Hoyer A (2022) Offshore ans coastline migration of radio-tagged Nathusius` pipistrelles. Conserv sci pract, https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.12783.

Bellinger MR, Wei J, Hartmann U, Cadiou H, Winklhofer M, Banks MA (2022) Conservation of magnetite biomineralization genes in all domains of life and implications for magnetic sensing. PNAS, 119:e2108655119.

Brust V. Eikenaar C, Packmor F, Schmaljohann H , Huppop O, Czirják G (2022) Do departure and flight route decisions correlate with immune parameters in migratory songbirds? Funct Ecol 36:12, 3007-302.

Chetverikova R, Dautaj G, Schwigon L, Dedek K, Mouritsen H (2022) Double cones in the avian retina form an oriented mosaic which might facilitate magnetoreception and/or polarized light sensing. J R Soc Interface 19:20210877.

Curdt F, Haase K , Ziegenbalg L, Greb H, Heyers D , Winklhofer M (2022) Prussian blue technique is prone to yield false negative results in magnetoreception research. Sci Rep 12:8803.

Dufour P, Åkesson S, Hellström M, Hewson C, Lagerveld S, Mitchell L, Chernetsov S, Schmaljohann H , Crochet PA (2022) The Yellow-browed Warbler (Phylloscopus inornatus) as a model to understand vagrancy and its potential for the evolution of new migration routes. Mov Ecol 10:59 3117

Einwich A, Seth PK, Bartölke R, Bolte P, Feederle R, Dedek K, Mouritsen H (2022) Localisation of cryptochrome 2 in the avian retina. J Comp Physiol A Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol 208:69–81.

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.

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  208:97–106.

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.

Karwinkel T, Winklhofer M, Christoph P, Allenstein D, Hüppop O, Brust V, Bairlein F, Schmaljohann H (2022) No apparent effect of a magnetic pulse on free-flight behaviour in northern wheatears (Oenanthe oenanthe) at a stopover site. J R Soc Interface 19:20210805.

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.

Marggraf LC, Lindecke O , Voigt CC, Pētersons G, Voigt-Heucke SL. (2022) Playback paradox? Nathusius’ bats, Pipistrellus nathusii, bypass mating and fueling opportunities on migratory transit flights. bioRxiv, https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.04.02.486838.

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.

McLaren JD, Schmaljohann H, Blasius B (2022) Inherited geomagnetic sign posts can maintain shifts (“Zugknicks”) in migratory directions in changing geomagnetic landscapes. BioRxiv https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.06.29.498190.

McLaren JD, Schmaljohann H, Blasius B (2022) Predicting performance of naïve migratory animals, from many wrongs to self-correction. Comm. Biol 5:1058.

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.

Spieker 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

Timmer, D., Zheng, F., Gittinger, M., Quenzel, T., Lünemann, D. C., Winte, K., ... & Lienau, C. (2022). Charge Delocalization and Vibronic Couplings in Quadrupolar Squaraine Dyes. Journal of the American Chemical Society,144(41), 19150-19162.

Wittek N, Wittek K, Keibel C, Güntürkün O (2022) Supervised machine learning aided behavior classification in pigeons. Behav Res Methods https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-022-01881-w.

Wynn J, Fandos G, Delmore K, Van Doren B, Fransson T, Liedvogel M (2022) Bi-axial orientation could explain range expansion in a migratory songbird. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.05.04.490589v1.

Wynn J, Padget O, Mouritsen H , Morford J, Jaggers P, Guilford T (2022) Magnetic stop signs signal a European songbird’s arrival at the breeding site after migration. Science 375:446–449.

2021

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.

Bolte P*, Einwich A*, Seth PK , Chetverikova R, Heyers, D, Wojahn I, Janssen-Bienhold U, Feederle R, Hore PJ, Dedek K, Mouritsen H (2021)  Cryptochrome 1a localisation in light- and dark-adapted retinae of several migratory and non-migratory bird species: no signs of light-dependent activation. Ethol Ecol Evol 33:248-272.

De Sio A , Sommer E, Nguyen XT, Groß L, Popović D, Nebgen BT, Fernandez-Alberti S, Pittalis S, Rozzi CA, Molinari E, Mena-Osteritz E, Bäuerle P, Frauenheim T, Tretiak S, Lienau C (2021) Intermolecular conical intersections in molecular aggregates. Nat Nanotechnol 16:63–68.

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.

Dunn JC, Liedvogel M , Smith M, Corton C, Oliver K, Skelton J, Betteridge E, Dolucan J, Quail MA, Uliano-Silva M, et al. (2021). The genome sequence of the European robin, Erithacus rubecula Linnaeus 1758. Welcome Open Res 6:172.

Eliav T, Maimon SR, Aljadeff J, Tsodyks M, Ginosar G, Las L, Ulanovsky N (2021) Multiscale representation of very large environments in the hippocampus of flying bats. Science 372:eabg4020.

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.

Haase K , Musielak I,   Heyers D (2021)  The neuronal correlates of the avian magnetic senses. Neuroforum 27:167-174.  

Haverkamp S, Albert L, Balaji V , Němec P, Dedek K (2021) Expression of cell markers and transcription factors in the avian retina compared with that in the marmoset retina. J Comp Neurol 529:3171–3193.

Husen P, Solov’yov IA (2021) Modeling the Energy Landscape of Side Reactions in the Cytochrome bc1 Complex. Front Chem 9:643796.

Jacobsen L, Husen P, Solov’yov IA (2021) Inhibition Mechanism of Antimalarial Drugs Targeting the Cytochrome bc1 Complex. J Chem Inf Model 61:1334–1345.

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.

Lisovski S, Liedvogel M (2021) A bird's migration decoded. Nature A bird's migration decoded. Natur 591:202-204.

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.

Mroginski M-A, ...,   Solov’yov IA,  et al. (2021) Frontiers in Multiscale Modeling of Photoreceptor Proteins. Photochem Photobiol 97:243–269.

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.

Schalm G, Bruns K, Drachenberg N, Geyer N, Foulkes NS, Bertolucci C, Gerlach G (2021) Finding Nemo’s clock reveals switch from nocturnal to diurnal activity. Sci Rep 11:6801.

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.

Seth PK , Balaji V,   Dedek K (2021)   The retinal circuitry for magnetoreception in migratory birds. Neuroforum 27:59-166. 

Spiecker L, Leberecht B , Langebrake C , Laurien M, Apte S, Mouritsen H , Gerlach G,   Liedvogel M  (2021) Endless skies and open seas – how birds and fish navigate. Neuroforum 27:127-139.

Verkhovtsev AV, Solov’yov IA , Solov’yov AV (2021) Advances in multiscale modeling for novel and emerging technologies. Eur Phys J D 75:207.

Verkhovtsev AV, Solov’yov IA ,  Solov’yov AV (2021) Irradiation-driven molecular dynamics: a review. Eur Phys J 75: 213,1-12.

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.

Wong SY, Frederiksen A, Hanić M, Schuhmann F, Grüning G, Hore PJ, Solov’yov Ilia A  (2021)  Navigation of migratory songbirds: a quantum magnetic compass sensor. Neuroforum 27:141-150. https://doi.org/10.1515/nf-2021-0005. 

Wong SY , Wei Y, Mouritsen H, Solov’yov IA, Hore PJ (2021) Cryptochrome magnetoreception: four tryptophans could be better than three. J R Soc Interface 18:20210601.

Wong SY, Solov’yov IA, Hore PJ, Kattnig DR (2021) Nuclear polarization effects in cryptochrome-based magnetoreception. J Chem Phys 154:035102.

Xu J , ..., Bartölke R , ...,   Koch KW , ...,  Solov’yov IA, ..., Mouritsen H, Hore PJ (2021) Magnetic sensitivity of cryptochrome 4 from a migratory songbird. Nature 594:535–540.

Xu Z, Zhou Y, Yam CY, Groß L, De Sio A, Frauenheim T, Lienau C, Chen G (2021) Revealing generation, migration, and dissociation of electron-hole pairs and current emergence in an organic photovoltaic cell. Sci Adv 7:eabf7672.

2020

Delmore K, Illera JC, Pérez-Tris J, Segelbacher G, Lugo Ramos JS, Durieux G, Ishigohoka J, Liedvogel M (2020) The evolutionary history and genomics of European blackcap migration. eLife 9.

de Vera P, Azzolini M, Sushko G, Abril I, Garcia-Molina R, Dapor M, Solov’yov IA, Solov’yov AV (2020) Multiscale simulation of the focused electron beam induced deposition process. Sci Rep 10:20827.

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.

Feng S, ..., Mouritsen H, ..., Liedvogel M et al. (2020) Dense sampling of bird diversity increases power of comparative genomics. Nature 587:252–257.

Friis I, Verkhovtsev A, Solov’yov IA , Solov’yov AV (2020) Modeling the effect of ion-induced shock waves and DNA breakage with the reactive CHARMM force field. J Comput Chem 41:2429–2439.

Kobylkov D, Schwarze S, Michalik B, Winklhofer M , Mouritsen H, Heyers D (2020) A newly identified trigeminal brain pathway in a night-migratory bird could be dedicated to transmitting magnetic map information. Proc Biol Sci 287:20192788.

Rook N, Letzner S, Packheiser J, Güntürkün O, Beste C (2020) Immediate early gene fingerprints of multi-component behaviour. Sci Rep 10:384.

Stacho M, Herold C, Rook N, Wagner H, Axer M, Amunts K, Güntürkün O (2020) A cortex-like canonical circuit in the avian forebrain. Science 369:eabc5534.

von Eugen K, Tabrik S, Güntürkün O , Ströckens F (2020) A comparative analysis of the dopaminergic innervation of the executive caudal nidopallium in pigeon, chicken, zebra finch, and carrion crow. J Comp Neurol 528:2929–2955.

Wu H, Scholten A, Einwich A, Mouritsen H , Koch KW (2020) Protein-protein interaction of the putative magnetoreceptor cryptochrome 4 expressed in the avian retina. Sci Rep 10:7364.

Wynn J, Padget O, Mouritsen H , Perrins C, Guilford T (2020) Natal imprinting to the Earth’s magnetic field in a pelagic seabird. Curr Biol 30:2869-2873.e2.

2019

Kobylkov D, Wynn J, Winklhofer M , Chetverikova R, Xu J, Hiscock H, Hore PJ , Mouritsen H (2019) Electromagnetic 0.1-100 kHz noise does not disrupt orientation in a night-migrating songbird implying a spin coherence lifetime of less than 10 µs. J R Soc Interface 16:20190716.

Player TC, Hore PJ (2019) Viability of superoxide-containing radical pairs as magnetoreceptors. J Chem Phys 151:225101.

Zoltowski BD, Chelliah Y, Wickramaratne A, Jarocha L, Karki N, Xu W, Mouritsen H, Hore PJ, Hibbs RE, Green CB, Takahashi JS (2019) Chemical and structural analysis of a photoactive vertebrate cryptochrome from pigeon. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 116:19449–19457.