Deciphering the unconventional receptor binding and modulation activity of bat influenza A viruses

Project Information

Bat Flu

Grant agreement ID: 882631

DOI

10.3030/882631

EC signature date 7 August 2020

Start date 1 November 2020

End date 31 October 2025

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost

€ 2 499 637,50

EU contribution

€ 2 499 637,50

Coordinated by

UNIVERSITAETSKLINIKUM FREIBURG
Germany

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Publications

Peer reviewed articles (9)

Jamaican fruit bats mount a stable and highly neutralizing antibody response after bat influenza virus infection

Author(s): Susanne Kessler, Philipp Stegen, Shijun Zhan, Martin Schwemmle, Peter Reuther, Tony Schountz, Kevin Ciminski
Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Issue 121, 2024, ISSN 0027-8424
Publisher: National Academy of Sciences
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2413619121

Evolutionarily conserved amino acids in MHC-II mediate bat influenza A virus entry into human cells

Author(s): Okikiola M. Olajide, Maria Kaukab Osman, Jonathan Robert, Susanne Kessler, Lina Kathrin Toews, Thiprampai Thamamongood, Jacques Neefjes, Antoni G. Wrobel, Martin Schwemmle, Kevin Ciminski, Peter Reuther
Published in: PLOS Biology, Issue 21, 2023, Page(s) e3002182, ISSN 1545-7885
Publisher: Public Library of Science (PLoS)
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3002182

The bat influenza A virus subtype H18N11 induces nanoscale MHCII clustering upon host cell attachment

Author(s): Maria Kaukab Osman, Jonathan Robert, Lukas Broich, Dennis Frank, Robert Grosse, Martin Schwemmle, Antoni G. Wrobel, Kevin Ciminski, Christian Sieben, Peter Reuther
Published in: Nature Communications, Issue 16, 2025, ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-58834-y

Bat-borne H9N2 influenza virus evades MxA restriction and exhibits efficient replication and transmission in ferrets

Author(s): Nico Joel Halwe, Lea Hamberger, Julia Sehl-Ewert, Christin Mache, Jacob Schön, Lorenz Ulrich, Sten Calvelage, Mario Tönnies, Jonas Fuchs, Pooja Bandawane, Madhumathi Loganathan, Anass Abbad, Juan Manuel Carreño, Maria C. Bermúdez-González, Viviana Simon, Ahmed Kandeil, Rabeh El-Shesheny, Mohamed A. Ali, Ghazi Kayali, Matthias Budt, Stefan Hippenstiel, Andreas C. Hocke, Florian Krammer, Thorst
Published in: Nature Communications, Issue 15, 2024, ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-47455-6

Single influenza A viruses induce nanoscale cellular reprogramming at the virus-cell interface

Author(s): Lukas Broich, Hannah Wullenkord, Maria Kaukab Osman, Yang Fu, Mathias Müsken, Peter Reuther, Mark Brönstrup, Christian Sieben
Published in: Nature Communications, Issue 16, 2025, ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-58935-8

Deciphering bat influenza H18N11 infection dynamics in male Jamaican fruit bats on a single-cell level

Author(s): Susanne Kessler, Bradly Burke, Geoffroy Andrieux, Jan Schinköthe, Lea Hamberger, Johannes Kacza, Shijun Zhan, Clara Reasoner, Taru S. Dutt, Maria Kaukab Osman, Marcela Henao-Tamayo, Julian Staniek, Jose Francisco Villena Ossa, Dalit T. Frank, Wenjun Ma, Reiner Ulrich, Toni Cathomen, Melanie Boerries, Marta Rizzi, Martin Beer, Martin Schwemmle, Peter Reuther, Tony Schountz, Kevin Ciminski
Published in: Nature Communications, Issue 15, 2024, ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-48934-6

Influenza A Viruses and Zoonotic Events—Are We Creating Our Own Reservoirs?

Author(s): Susanne Kessler; Timm C. Harder; Martin Schwemmle; Kevin Ciminski
Published in: Viruses, Issue 1, 2022, ISSN 1999-4915
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/v13112250

Different but Not Unique: Deciphering the Immunity of the Jamaican Fruit Bat by Studying Its Viriome

Author(s): Quinnlan David, Tony Schountz, Martin Schwemmle and Kevin Ciminski
Published in: Viruses, 2022, ISSN 1999-4915
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/v14020238

Advocating a watch-and-prepare approach with avian influenza

Author(s): Kevin Ciminski, Geoffrey Chase, Martin Schwemmle, Martin Beer
Published in: Nature Microbiology, Issue 8, 2023, Page(s) 1603-1605, ISSN 2058-5276
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1038/s41564-023-01457-0