Defining the Origins of the NOD-Like Receptor System at the Base of Animal Evolution

Characterization of taxonomically restricted genes in a phylum-restricted cell type

(2012) Sabine Milde et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY

The dynamic genome of Hydra

(2010) Jarrod A. Chapman et al.   NATURE

The Amphimedon queenslandica genome and the evolution of animal complexity

(2010) Mansi Srivastava et al.   NATURE

Convergent origins and rapid evolution of spliced leader trans-splicing in Metazoa: Insights from the Ctenophora and Hydrozoa

(2010) R. Derelle et al.   RNA

Activity of the Novel Peptide Arminin against Multiresistant Human Pathogens Shows the Considerable Potential of Phylogenetically Ancient Organisms as Drug Sources

(2009) R. Augustin et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Fungal incompatibility: Evolutionary origin in pathogen defense?

(2009) Mathieu Paoletti et al.   BIOESSAYS

Identification of a kazal-type serine protease inhibitor with potent anti-staphylococcal activity as part of Hydra's innate immune system

(2009) René Augustin et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY

Evolution and Function of Innate Immune Receptors – Insights from Marine Invertebrates

(2009) Philip Rosenstiel et al.   Journal of Innate Immunity

How Hydra senses and destroys microbes

(2009) René Augustin et al.   SEMINARS IN IMMUNOLOGY

Compagen, a comparative genomics platform for early branching metazoan animals, reveals early origins of genes regulating stem-cell differentiation

(2008) Georg Hemmrich et al.   BIOESSAYS

Uncovering the evolutionary history of innate immunity: The simple metazoan Hydra uses epithelial cells for host defence

(2008) Thomas C.G. Bosch et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY

Genomic analysis of the immune gene repertoire of amphioxus reveals extraordinary innate complexity and diversity

(2008) S. Huang et al.   GENOME RESEARCH