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F. Pfaff

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Evolutionary Biology· 2 Microbiology· 2 Cell Biology· 1

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Approach:experimental assay· 4 Organism:mouse· 4 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 3 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 3 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 2 Assay:metagenomics· 2 Organism:rat· 2 Research Focus:clustering· 1

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M. Beer· 5 shared D. Rubbenstroth· 3 shared B. Litz· 2 shared C. Baumbach· 2 shared C. Wylezich· 2 shared D. Hoeper· 2 shared R. G. Ulrich· 2 shared S. Nippert· 2 shared

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2021-2023 · peak 2/yr

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M. Beer

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Small in size but huge as reservoir -- insights into the virome of European white-toothed shrews

V. C. Haring, B. Litz, J. Jacob, M. Brecht, M. Bauswein, J. Sehl-Ewert, M. Heroldova, D. Hoffmann, R. G. Ulrich, M. Beer, F. Pfaff

The paper identifies a diverse virome in European white-toothed shrews, including novel viral species related to WHO priority pathogens, and highlights their potential role in zoonotic spillover.

bioRxiv · Nov 14, 2023Evolutionary Biology

Diving Deep into Fish Bornaviruses: Uncovering Hidden Diversity and Transcriptional Strategies through Comprehensive Data Mining

M. Eshak, D. Rubbenstroth, M. Beer, F. Pfaff

The paper screens fish sequence data to discover new bornaviruses, identifies novel species and genomic structures, and reveals transcriptional features.

bioRxiv · Aug 23, 2023Evolutionary Biology

Mystery of fatal "Staggering disease" unravelled: Novel rustrela virus causes severe encephalomyelitis in domestic cats

K. Matiasek, F. Pfaff, H. Weissenboeck, C. Wylezich, J. Kolodziejek, S. Tengstrand, F. Ecke, S. Nippert, P. Starcky, B. Litz, J. Nessler, P. Wohlsein, C. Baumbach, L. Mundhenk, A. Aebischer, , D. Rubbenstroth

This study identifies Rustrela virus as the cause of feline staggering disease through detection in affected cats and potential reservoir hosts.

bioRxiv · Jun 1, 2022Microbiology

Revisiting rustrela virus - new cases of encephalitis and a solution to the capsid enigma

F. Pfaff, A. Breithaupt, D. Rubbenstroth, S. Nippert, C. Baumbach, S. Gerst, C. Langner, C. Wylezich, A. Ebinger, D. Hoeper, R. Ulrich, M. Beer

The paper reports two new cases of RusV-associated encephalitis and presents a method to resolve the incomplete RusV genome, revealing a previously undetected intergenic region and capsid protein sequence.

bioRxiv · Dec 27, 2021Microbiology

Adherent and suspension baby hamster kidney cells have a different cytoskeleton and surface receptor repertoire

V. Dill, F. Pfaff, A. Zimmer, M. Beer, M. Eschbaumer

The paper compares adherent and suspension BHK cells to identify differences in cytoskeleton and surface receptors, highlighting the importance of parental clones in adaptation.

bioRxiv · Jan 25, 2021Cell Biology