Publications
Kriegler, M., Herrero, S. & Fischer, R. (2025) Where to grow and where to go. Fungal Genet. Biol. 178: 103983. (review). pdf.
Kriegler, M., Wernet, V., Hetzer, B., Herrero, S., Wei, A., Wäckerle, J., Dewein, I. & Fischer, R. (2025) Cell-end marker proteins are required for hyphal ring formation and size determination of traps of Arthrobotrys flagrans. J. Cell Sci., 138(8):jcs263744.
Emser, J., Wernet, N., Hetzer, B., Wohlmann, E. & Fischer, R. (2024) The cysteine-rich virulence factor NipA of Arthrobotrys flagrans interferes with cuticle integrity of Caenorhabditis elegans. Nat. Commun., 15:5795. pdf.
Hu, X., Hoffmann, D., Wang, M., Schuhmacher, L., Stroe, M., Schreckenberger, B., Elstner, M. & Fischer, R. (2024) GprC of the nematode-trapping fungus Arthrobotrys flagrans activates mitochondria and reprograms fungal cells for nematode hunting. Nat. Microbiol., 9(7):1752-1763. Pdf.
Pop, M., Klemke, A.L., Seidler, L., Wernet, N., Steudel P.L., Baust, V., Wohlmann, E. & Fischer, R. (2024) Caenorhabditis elegans neuropeptide NLP-27 enhances neurodegeneration and controls paralysis in an opioid manner during infection with the fungus Arthrobotrys flagrans. iScience, 27(4):109484.
Hammadeh, H.H., Serrano, A., Wernet, V., Stomberg, N., Hellmeier, D., Weichert, M., Brandt, U., Sieg, B., Kanofsky, K., Hehl, R., Fischer, R. & Fleißner, A. (2022). A dialog-like cell communication mechanism is conserved in filamentous ascomycete fungi and mediates interspecies interactions. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., 119(12):e2112518119. .
Wernet, V., Wäckerle, J. & Fischer, R. (2021) The STRIPAK component SipC is involved in morphology and cell-fate determination in the nematode-trapping fungus Duddingtonia flagrans. Genetics, 220(1):iyab153.
Wernet, V., Wernet, N. & Fischer, R. (2021) Räuberische Pilze mit Anwendungpotenzial. Biospektrum, 7.21:686-689.
Wernet, N., Wernet, V. & Fischer, R. (2021) The small-secreted cysteine-rich protein CyrA is a virulence factor participating in the attck of Caenorhabditis elegans by Duddingtonia flagrans. PLoS Pathog., 17(11):e1010028.
Yu, X., Hu, X., Mirza, M., Kirschhöfer, F., Brenner-Weiß, G., Schäfer, J., Bunzel, M. & Fischer R. (2021) Fatal attraction of Caenorhabditis elegans to predatory fungi through 6-methyl salicylic acid. Nat. Commun., 12:5462.
Youssar, L., Wernet, V., Hensel, N., Yu, X., Hildebrand, H.-G., Schreckenberger, B., Hetzer, B. & Fischer, R. (2019). Intercellular communication is required for trap formation in the nematode-trapping fungus Duddingtonia flagrans. PLoS Genet., 15(3):e1008029.