Christoph Giez

Prototypical pacemaker neurons interact with the resident microbiota

Åsa K. Björklund, M. D’Amato, S. Giacomello, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Spontaneous body wall contractions stabilize the fluid microenvironment that shapes host–microbe associations

J. Nawroth, E. Kanso, T. Bosch, 2022, bioRxiv.

Prototypical pacemaker neurons are immunocompetent cells

Åsa K. Björklund, M. D’Amato, S. Giacomello, 2019, bioRxiv.

Adaptive lifestyle of bacteria determines phage-bacteria interaction

U. Hentschel, T. Lachnit, C. Giez, 2022, Frontiers in Microbiology.

Exploring Effects of C. elegans Protective Natural Microbiota on Host Physiology

J. Michels, H. Schulenburg, K. Dierking, 2022, Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology.

Microbes as part of ancestral neuronal circuits: Bacterial produced signals affect neurons controlling eating behavior in Hydra

T. Bosch, T. Lachnit, A. Klimovich, 2023, bioRxiv.

Multiple neuronal populations control the eating behavior in Hydra and are responsive to microbial signals

T. Lachnit, A. Klimovich, J. Wittlieb, 2023, Current Biology.

The internal metabolic state controls behavior in Hydra through an interplay of enteric and central nervous system-like neuron populations

Thomas Bosch, Christoph Giez, Christopher Noack, 2023, bioRxiv.