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Christian Sturmbauer

Christian Sturmbauer

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Ecology and Evolution

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61
Citations
9111
World Ranking
2245
National Ranking
15

Overview

Christian Sturmbauer is affiliated with the University of Graz in Austria. Their research portfolio spans primarily across the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Environmental Science. Within these broad areas, their work focuses significantly on Molecular Biology, Genetics, Infectious Diseases, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Ecology.

The scientist's research topics include genetic diversity and population structure, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, developmental biology and gene regulation, fish biology, ecology and behavior, SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing, cancer-related molecular mechanisms research, and fish ecology and management studies.

Christian Sturmbauer has contributed to several recent scientific papers, reflecting ongoing involvement in virology, evolutionary biology, and ecology. Notable publications include:

  • "Cumulative SARS-CoV-2 mutations and corresponding changes in immunity in an immunocompromised patient indicate viral evolution within the host" (2022, Nature Communications)
  • "Gene coexpression networks reveal molecular interactions underlying cichlid jaw modularity" (2021, BMC Ecology and Evolution)
  • "The mutational dynamics of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in serial passages in vitro" (2022, Virologica Sinica)
  • "Somewhere I belong: phylogeny and morphological evolution in a species-rich lineage of ectoparasitic flatworms infecting cichlid fishes" (2022, Cladistics)
  • "An in vitro model for assessment of SARS-CoV-2 infectivity by defining the correlation between virus isolation and quantitative PCR value: isolation success of SARS-CoV-2 from oropharyngeal swabs correlates negatively with Cq value" (2021, Virology Journal)

The frequent coauthors with whom Christian Sturmbauer has worked include Stephan Koblmüller, Ehsan Pashay Ahi, Wolfgang Gessl, Pooja Singh, and Anna Duenser. These collaborations reflect multi-disciplinary interactions across various aspects of molecular biology and ecology.

The venues where Christian Sturmbauer has frequently published include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), BMC Ecology and Evolution, Virology Journal, Nature Communications, and Virologica Sinica, indicating an engagement with both preprint platforms and peer-reviewed journals in ecology, evolutionary biology, and virology sectors.

Christian Sturmbauer also has a book publication titled "Checklisten der Fauna Österreichs, No. 10," released in 2020 by Verlag der österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften eBooks.

Best Publications

  • Genetic divergence, speciation and morphological stasis in a lineage of African cichlid fishes.

    Christian Sturmbauer;Axel Meyer

  • Phylogeny of the Lake Tanganyika Cichlid Species Flock and Its Relationship to the Central and East African Haplochromine Cichlid Fish Faunas

    Walter Salzburger;Axel Meyer;Sanja Baric;Erik Verheyen

  • Speciation via introgressive hybridization in East African cichlids

    W. Salzburger;S. Baric;C. Sturmbauer

  • Lake Level Fluctuations Synchronize Genetic Divergences of Cichlid Fishes in African Lakes

    Christian Sturmbauer;Sanja Baric;Walter Salzburger;Lukas Rüber

  • An extant cichlid fish radiation emerged in an extinct Pleistocene lake

    Domino A. Joyce;Domino A. Joyce;Domino A. Joyce;David H. Lunt;Roger Bills;George F. Turner

  • Phylogenomics uncovers early hybridization and adaptive loci shaping the radiation of Lake Tanganyika cichlid fishes

    Iker Irisarri;Pooja Singh;Pooja Singh;Stephan Koblmüller;Julián Torres-Dowdall

  • Molecular phylogeny analysis of fiddler crabs: test of the hypothesis of increasing behavioral complexity in evolution

    Christian Sturmbauer;Jeffrey S. Levinton;John Christy

  • Mitochondrial DNA reveals cryptic oligochaete species differing in cadmium resistance.

    C Sturmbauer;G B Opadiya;H Niederstätter;A Riedmann

  • Light gradients and meadow structure in Posidonia oceanica: ecomorphological and functional correlates

    J. Dalla Via;C. Sturmbauer;G. Schönweger;E. Sötz

  • Explosive speciation in cichlid fishes of the African Great Lakes: a dynamic model of adaptive radiation

    C. Sturmbauer

  • Reticulate phylogeny of gastropod-shell-breeding cichlids from Lake Tanganyika--the result of repeated introgressive hybridization.

    Stephan Koblmüller;Nina Duftner;Kristina M Sefc;Mitsuto Aibara

  • The Lake Tanganyika cichlid species assemblage: recent advances in molecular phylogenetics

    Stephan Koblmüller;Stephan Koblmüller;Kristina M. Sefc;Christian Sturmbauer

  • Rapid radiation, ancient incomplete lineage sorting and ancient hybridization in the endemic Lake Tanganyika cichlid tribe Tropheini.

    Stephan Koblmüller;Bernd Egger;Christian Sturmbauer;Kristina M. Sefc

  • Mitochondrial phylogeny of the endemic mouthbrooding lineages of cichlid fishes from Lake Tanganyika in eastern Africa.

    Christian Sturmbauer;Axel Meyer

  • Cryptic species in marine polychaete and their independent introduction from North America to Europe.

    R Bastrop;K Jürss;C Sturmbauer

  • Parallelism of amino acid changes at the RH1 affecting spectral sensitivity among deep-water cichlids from Lakes Tanganyika and Malawi

    Tohru Sugawara;Yohey Terai;Hiroo Imai;George F. Turner

  • Assessment of traditional versus geometric morphometrics for discriminating populations of the Tropheus moorii species complex (Teleostei: Cichlidae), a Lake Tanganyika model for allopatric speciation

    M. Maderbacher;C. Bauer;J. Herler;L. Postl

  • Mitochondrial phylogeny of the Lamprologini, the major substrate spawning lineage of cichild fishes from Lake Tanganyika in eastern Africa.

    Christian Sturmbauer;Erik Verheyen;Axel Meyer

  • Population structure in two sympatric species of the Lake Tanganyika cichlid tribe Eretmodini: evidence for introgression.

    Lukas Rüber;Axel Meyer;Christian Sturmbauer;Erik Verheyen

  • Nuclear and mitochondrial data reveal different evolutionary processes in the Lake Tanganyika cichlid genus Tropheus

    Bernd Egger;Stephan Koblmüller;Christian Sturmbauer;Kristina M Sefc

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephan Koblmüller
Stephan Koblmüller University of Graz
Kristina M. Sefc
Kristina M. Sefc University of Graz
Walter Salzburger
Walter Salzburger University of Basel
Maarten P.M. Vanhove
Maarten P.M. Vanhove Hasselt University
Erik Verheyen
Erik Verheyen Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
Tine Huyse
Tine Huyse KU Leuven
Milan Gelnar
Milan Gelnar Masaryk University
Christian Schlötterer
Christian Schlötterer University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna

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