Amplatz K, Zieger E, Abed-Navandi D, Weissenbacher A, Wanninger A. Neuromuscular development in the emerging scyphozoan model system, Cassiopea xamachana: implications for the evolution of cnidarian nervous systems. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 2024 Jan 11;17:1324980. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2023.1324980

Robert NSM, Sarigol F, Zieger E, Simakov O. SYNPHONI: scale-free and phylogeny-aware reconstruction of synteny conservation and transformation across animal genomes. Bioinformatics. 2022 Dec 15;38(24):5434-5436. doi: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btac695

Schulreich SM, Salamanca-Diaz DA, Zieger E, Calcino AD, Wanninger A. A mosaic of conserved and novel modes of gene expression and morphogenesis in mesoderm and muscle formation of a larval bivalve. Organisms Diversity & Evolution. 2022 Dec;22(4):893-913. Epub 2022 Jul 7. doi: 10.1007/s13127-022-00569-5

Wernström JV, Hembrom AA, Hansen CS, Holovachov O, Brenneis G, Zieger E et al. Cruise Report HHUMTL22: The Arctic University Museum of Norway R/V “Helmer Hanssen” Tromsø–Longyearbyen August 22–29, 2022. Septentrio Reports. 2022 Sept 21;(1). doi: 10.7557/7.6693

Zieger E, Schwaha T, Burger K, Bergheim I, Wanninger A, Calcino AD. Midbody-Localized Aquaporin Mediates Intercellular Lumen Expansion During Early Cleavage of an Invasive Freshwater Bivalve. Frontiers in cell and developmental biology. 2022 Jun 14;10:894434. doi: 10.3389/fcell.2022.894434

Sachslehner A, Zieger E, Calcino A, Wanninger A. HES and Mox genes are expressed during early mesoderm formation in a mollusk with putative ancestral features. Scientific Reports. 2021 Sept 9;11:18030. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-96711-y

Zieger E, Calcino AD, Robert NSM, Baranyi C, Wanninger A. Ecdysis-related neuropeptide expression and metamorphosis in a non-ecdysozoan bilaterian. Evolution. 2021 Sept;75(9):2237-2250. Epub 2021 Aug 2. doi: 10.1111/evo.14308

Zieger E, Robert N, Calcino A, Wanninger A. Ancestral Role of Ecdysis-Related Neuropeptides in Animal Life Cycle Transitions. Current Biology. 2020 Oct 29;31(1):207-213.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.10.004

Calcino A, De Oliveira AL, Simakov O, Schwaha T, Zieger E, Wollesen T et al. The quagga mussel genome and the evolution of freshwater tolerance. DNA Research. 2019 Oct;26(5):411–422. doi: 10.1093/dnares/dsz019