Moritz Baur

This paper investigates immune priming in the gut of Tribolium castaneum using RNA sequencing and transmission electron microscopy, showing that priming leads to gut damage, stress response, and gene upregulation that enhances protection against subsequent infection.

This study shows that innate immune memory in hosts does not increase average virulence but increases variation in virulence among pathogens evolved in primed hosts.

The paper assesses oomycete diversity and pathogenicity in lowland tropical forest soils, finding they are abundant, host-generalist pathogens and saprophytes affecting seed and seedling survival.