Dr. Gábor-Árpád Czirják

Scientist
Department of Wildlife Diseases
Short curriculum vitae
Physiology, ecology and conservation of migratory bats
Good reproduction and health status in a genetically monomorphic species, the cheetah
Epigenetic stability and plasticity of social environmental effects
Eco-immunology of carnivores with low immunogenetic diversity
Emerging viruses in the Amazon basin
Functional biodiversity of cells belonging to the reproductive system
- ecological immunology
- conservation physiology
- wildlife population health
- host-parasite interactions
Fritze M, Puechmaille SJ, Costantini D, Fickel J, Voigt CC*, Czirják GÁ* (in press): Determinants of defence strategies of a hibernating European bat species towards the fungal pathogen Pseudogymnoascus destructans. DEV COMP IMMUNOL 119, 104017. doi:10.1016/j.dci.2021.104017
Becker DJ, Albery GF, Kessler MK, Lunn T, Falvo CA, Czirják GÁ, Martin LB, Plowright RK (2020): Macroimmunology: The drivers and consequences of spatial patterns in wildlife immune defense. J ANIM ECOL 89, 972–995. doi:10.1111/1365-2656.13166
Carneiro D, Czirják GÁ*, Rowe M* (2020): Innate and adaptive immune proteins in the preen gland secretions of male house sparrows. J AVIAN BIOL 51, 02556. doi:10.1111/jav.02556
Hecht-Höger AM, Braun BC, Krause E, Meschede A, Krahe R, Voigt CC, Greenwood AD, Czirják GÁ (2020): Plasma proteomic profiles differ between European and North American myotid bats colonized by Pseudogymnoascus destructans. MOL ECOL 29, 1745–1755. doi:10.1111/mec.15437
Hornok S, Mühldorfer K, Takács N, Hofmann-Lehmann R, Meli ML, Gyuranecz M, Unnsteinsdóttir ER, Greenwood AD, Czirják GÁ (2020): Broad range screening of vector-borne pathogens in arctic foxes (Vulpes lagopus) in Iceland. ANIMALS 10, 2031. doi:10.3390/ani10112031
Prüter H, Franz M, Twietmeyer S, Böhm N, Middendorff G, Portas R, Melzheimer J, Kolberg H, von Samson-Himmelstjerna G, Greenwood AD, Lüschow D, Mühldorfer K, Czirják GÁ (2020): Increased immune marker variance in a population of invasive birds. SCI REP 10, 21764. doi:10.1038/s41598-020-78427-7
Schulze M, Jakop U, Schröter F, Herrmann C, Leiding C, Müller K, Jung M, Czirják GÁ (2020): Antibacterial defense in bull and boar semen: a putative link to the microbiome and reproductive strategy? THERIOGENOLOGY 157, 335–340. doi:10.1016/j.theriogenology.2020.07.033
Seeber PA, Morrison T, Ortega A, East ML, Greenwood AD, Czirják GÁ (2020): Immune differences in captive and free-ranging zebras (Equus zebra and E. quagga). MAMM BIOL 100, 155–164. doi:10.1007/s42991-020-00006-0
Seltmann A, Schares G, Aschenborn OHK, Heinrich SK, Thalwitzer S, Wachter B*, Czirják GÁ* (2020): Species-specific differences in Toxoplasma gondii, Neospora caninum and Besnoitia besnoiti seroprevalence in Namibian wildlife. PARASITE VECTORS 13, 7. doi:10.1186/s13071-019-3871-3
Soilemetzidou S, de Bruin E, Franz M, Aschenborn OHK, Rimmelzwaan GF, van Beek R, Koopmans M, Greenwood AD*, Czirják GÁ* (2020): Diet may drive influenza A virus exposure in African mammals. J INFECT DIS 221, 175–182. doi:10.1093/infdis/jiz032
Soilemetzidou SE, de Bruin E, Eschke K, Azab W, Osterrieder N, Czirják GÁ, Buuveibaatar B, Kaczensky P, Koopmans M, Walzer C, Greenwood AD (2020): Bearing the brunt: Mongolian khulan (Equus hemionus hemionus) are exposed to multiple influenza A strains. VET MICROBIOL 242, 108605. doi:10.1016/j.vetmic.2020.108605
Trillmich F, Günther A, Jäckel M, Czirják GÁ (2020): Reproduction affects immune defenses in the guinea pig even under ad libitum food. PLOS ONE 15, e0230081. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0230081
Voigt CC, Fritze M, Lindecke O, Costantini D, Pētersons G, Czirják GÁ (2020): The immune response of bats differs between pre-migration and migration seasons. SCI REP 10, 17384. doi:10.1038/s41598-020-74473-3
Fritze M, Costantini D, Fickel J, Wehner D, Czirják GÁ*, Voigt CC* (2019): Immune response of hibernating European bats to a fungal challenge. BIOL OPEN 8, bio046078. doi:10.1242/bio.046078. (*These authors contributed equally).
Costantini D, Czirják GÁ, Bustamante P, Bumrungsri S, Voigt CC (2019): Impacts of land use on an insectivorous tropical bat: the importance of mercury, physio-immunology and trophic position. SCI TOTAL ENVIRON 671, 1077-1085. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.03.398.
Treu G, Krone O, Unnsteinsdóttir ER, Greenwood AD, Czirják GÁ (2018): Correlations between hair and tissue mercury concentrations in Icelandic arctic foxes (Vulpes lagopus). SCI TOTAL ENVIRON 619-620, 1589-1598. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.10.143.
Becker DJ, Czirják GÁ, Volokhov DV, Bentz AB, Carrera JE, Camus MS, Navara KJ, Chizhikov VE, Fenton MB, Simmons NB, Recuenco SE, Gilbert AT, Altizer S, Streicker DG (2018): Livestock abundance predicts vampire bat demography, immune profiles and bacterial infection risk. PHILOS TRANS R SOC LOND B BIOL SCI 373, 20170089. doi:10.1098/rstb.2017.0089.
Heinrich SK, Hofer H, Courtiol A, Melzheimer J, Dehnhard M, Czirják GÁ*, Wachter B* (2017): Cheetahs have a stronger constitutive innate immunity than leopards. SCI REP 7, 44837. doi:10.1038/srep44837. (*These authors contributed equally).
Costantini D, Wachter B, Melzheimer J, Czirják GÁ (2017): Socioecological and environmental predictors of physiological stress markers in a threatened feline species. CONS PHYSIOL 5, cox069. doi:10.1093/conphys/cox069.
Becker DJ, Chumchal MM, Bentz AB, Platt SG, Czirják GÁ, Rainwater TR, Altizer S, Streicker DG (2017): Predictors and immunological correlates of sublethal mercury exposure in vampire bats. R SOC OPEN SCI 4, 170073. doi:10.1098/rsos.170073.
Heinrich SK, Wachter B, Aschenborn OH, Thalwitzer S, Melzheimer J, Hofer H, Czirják GÁ (2016): Feliform carnivores have a distinguished constitutive innate immune response. BIOL OPEN 15, 550-555. doi:10.1242/bio.014902.
Tian JD, Hofer H, Greenwood AD, Czirják GÁ (2015): Colonization history shaped the immunity of the western house mouse. OECOLOGIA 179, 679-686. doi:10.1007/s00442-015-3397-0.
Tian JD, Courtiol A, Schneeberger K, Greenwood AD, Czirják GÁ (2015): Circulating white blood cell counts in captive and wild rodents are influenced by body mass rather than testes mass, a correlate of mating promiscuity. FUNCT ECOL 29, 823-829. doi:10.1111/1365-2435.12394.
Pap PL, Vágási CI, Vincze O, Osváth G, Veres-Szászka J, Czirják GÁ (2015): Physiological pace-of-life: The link between constitutive immunity, developmental period, and metabolic rate in European birds. OECOLOGIA 177, 147-158. doi:10.1007/s00442-014-3108-2.
Hecht A, Braun BC, Krause E, Voigt CC, Greenwood AD, Czirják GÁ (2015): Plasma proteomic analysis of active and torpid greater mouse-eared bats (Myotis myotis).SCI REP 5, 16604. doi:10.1038/srep16604.