Bernhard Egger

Privatdozent Mag. rer. nat. Dr. rer. nat., FLS

Adresse:
Institut für Zoologie
Universität Innsbruck
Technikerstr. 25
6020 Innsbruck
Österreich

Raum: 7/15
+43 512 507-51843
bernhard.egger@uibk.ac.at

Aktuelle Forschung

Ich beschäftige mich mit Evolution und Entwicklung, Morphologie, Taxonomie und Phylogenie von Plattwürmern. Dabei bediene ich mich licht- und elektronenmikroskopischer, molekularer und bioinformatorischer Methoden.

Ich leite die Arbeitsgruppe Regeneration, bin Beauftragter für Hochleistungsrechnen (HPC) am Institut für Zoologie und gemeinsam mit Martina Höckner Studienkoordinator für das Masterstudium Zoologie.

Meine OCRD ist 0000-0001-6353-9458.

Publikationen

Papers

• Dittmann IL, Bertemes P, Gotsis C, Grosbusch AL, Redl S, Hess MW, Salvenmoser W, Egger B (2024) The ultrastructure of the apical organ of Curini-Galletti's larva, a new polyclad larval type.
  Cell Biology International, 48:682–694 DOI open access
   

• Heussler CD, Dittmann IL, Egger B, Robra S, Klammsteiner T (2024) A comparative study of effects of biodegradable and non-biodegradable microplastics on growth and development of black soldier fly larvae (Hermetia illucens).
  Waste and Biomass Valorization, 15:2313-2322 DOI open access
   

• Gąsiorowski L, Dittmann IL, Brand JN, Ruhwedel T, Möbius W, Egger B, Rink JC (2023) Convergent evolution of sensory pits in and within flatworms.
  BMC Biology, 21:266 DOI open access
   

• Vila-Farré M, Rozanski A, Ivanković M, Cleland J, Brand JN, Thalen F, Grohme MA, von Kannen S, Grosbusch AL, Vu HT-K, Prieto CE, Carbayo F, Egger B, Bleidorn C, Rasko JEJ, Rink JC (2023) Evolutionary dynamics of whole-body regeneration across planarian flatworms.
  Nature Ecology & Evolution, 7:2108-2124 DOI open access

  

• Dittmann IL, Grosbusch AL, Bertemes P, Egger B (2023) A new species of Cycloporus from the Adriatic Sea, with an updated phylogeny of the families Euryleptidae and Stylostomidae (Polycladida, Platyhelminthes).
  Zootaxa, 5319:235-248 DOI open access
   
• Dittmann IL, Grosbusch AL, Nagler M, Salvenmoser W, Zankel A, Telford MJ, Egger B (2023) The ultrastructure of the apical organ of the Müller's larva of the tiger flatworm Prostheceraeus crozieri.
  Cell Biology International, 47:1354-1367 DOI open access
   
• Goodheart JA, Collins AG, Cummings MP, Egger B, Rawlinson KA (2023) A phylogenomic approach to resolving interrelationships of polyclad flatworms, with implications for life-history evolution.
  Royal Society Open Science, 10:220939 DOI open access
   
• Grosbusch AL, Bertemes P, Kauffmann B, Gotsis C, Egger B (2022) Do not lose your head over the unequal regeneration capacity in prolecithophoran flatworms.
  Biology, 11:1588 DOI open access
   
• Bertemes P, Grosbusch AL, Geschwindt A, Kauffmann B, Salvenmoser W, Mertens B, Pjeta R, Egger B, Ladurner P (2022) Sticking together an updated model for temporary adhesion.
  Marine Drugs, 20:359 DOI open access
   
• Aigner GP, Pittl V, Fiechtner B, Egger B, Šrut M, Höckner M (2022) Common mechanisms cannot explain time- and dose-dependent DNA methylation changes in earthworms exposed to cadmium.
  Science of the Total Environment, 383:1025-1041 DOI open access
   
• Bertemes P, Pjeta R, Wunderer J, Grosbusch AL, Lengerer B, Grüner K, Knapp M, Mertens B, Andresen N, Hess MW, Tomaiuolo S, Zankel A, Holzer P, Salvenmoser W, Egger B, Ladurner P (2021) (Un)expected similarity of the temporary adhesive systems of marine, brackish, and freshwater flatworms.
  International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 22:12228 DOI open access
   
• Ribeiro RP, Egger B, Ponz-Segrelles G, Aguado MT (2021) Cellular proliferation dynamics during regeneration in Syllis malaquini (Syllidae, Annelida).
  Frontiers in Zoology, 383:1025-1041 DOI open access
   
• Grosbusch AL, Bertemes P, Egger B (2021) The serotonergic nervous system of prolecithophorans shows a closer similarity to fecampiids than to triclads (Platyhelminthes).
  Journal of Morphology, 282:574-587 DOI open access

  

• Schadt T, Prantl V, Grosbusch AL, Bertemes B, Egger B (2021) Regeneration of the flatworm Prosthiostomum siphunculus (Polycladida, Platyhelminthes).
  Cell and Tissue Research, 383:1025-1041 DOI open access
   
• Dallinger R, Zerbe O, Baumann C, Egger B, Capdevila M, Palacios Ò, Albalat R, Calatayud S, Ladurner P, Schlick-Steiner BC, Steiner FM, Pedrini-Martha V, Lackner R, Lindner H, Dvorak M, Niederwanger M, Schnegg R, Atrian S (2020) Metallomics reveals a persisting impact of cadmium on the evolution of metal-selective snail metallothioneins.
  Metallomics, 12:702-720 DOI open access
   
• Ribeiro RP, Ponz-Segrelles G, Helm C, Egger B, Aguado MT (2020) A new species of Syllis Grube, 1850 including transcriptomic data and an updated phylogeny of Syllinae (Annelida: Syllidae).
  Marine Biodiversity, 50:31 DOI
   
• Callaghan E, Egger B, Doyle H, Reynaud EG (2020) Taxonomic revision of Leopold and Rudolf Blaschkas’ Glass Models of Invertebrates 1888 Catalogue, with correction of authorities.
  Journal of Natural Science Collections, 7:34-43 Web link
   
• Callaghan E, Egger B, Doyle H, Reynaud EG (2020) Appendix to Taxonomic revision of Leopold and Rudolf Blaschkas’ Glass Models of Invertebrates 1888 Catalogue, with correction of authorities.
  Journal of Natural Science Collections, 7:43-43 Web link
   
• Wudarski J, Egger B, Ramm SA, Schärer L, Ladurner P, Zadesenets KS, Rubtsov NB, Mouton S, Berezikov E (2020) The free-living flatworm Macrostomum lignano.
  EvoDevo, 11:5 DOI open access
   
• Bertemes P, Grosbusch AL, Egger B (2020) No head regeneration here: regeneration capacity and stem cell dynamics of Theama mediterranea (Polycladida, Platyhelminthes).
  Cell and Tissue Research, 379:301-321 DOI open access

  

• Dittmann IL, Cuadrado D, Aguado MT, Noreña C, Egger B (2019) Polyclad phylogeny persists to be problematic.
  Organisms Diversity & Evolution, 19:585-608 DOI open access
   
• Grosbusch AL, Bertemes P, Egger B (2019) The adult musculature of two pseudostomid species reveals unique patterns for flatworms (Platyhelminthes, Prolecithophora).
  Journal of Morphology, 280:1393-1404 DOI open access

  

• Dittmann IL, Dibiasi W, Noreña C, Egger B (2019) Description of the snail-eating flatworm in marine aquaria, Pericelis tectivorum sp. nov. (Polycladida, Platyhelminthes).
  Zootaxa, 4565:383-397 DOI open access
   
• Dittmann IL, Zauchner T, Nevard LM, Telford MJ, Egger B (2018) SALMFamide2 and serotonin immunoreactivity in the nervous system of some acoels (Xenacoelomorpha).
  Journal of Morphology, 279:589-597 DOI open access


• Egger B, Bachmann L, Fromm B (2017) Atp8 is in the ground pattern of flatworm mitochondrial genomes.
  BMC Genomics, 18:414 DOI open access
   
• Robertson HE, Lapraz F, Egger B, Telford MJ, Schiffer PH (2017) The mitochondrial genomes of the acoelomorph worms Paratomella rubra, Isodiametra pulchra and Archaphanostoma ylvae.
  Scientific Reports, 7:1847 DOI open access
   
• Gammoudi M, Garbouj M, Egger B, Tekaya S (2017) Updated inventory and distribution of free-living flatworms from Tunisian waters.
  Zootaxa, 4263:120-138 DOI
   
• Gammoudi M, Salvenmoser W, Tekaya S, Egger B (2016) Ultrastructure of the ovary and oogenesis in the flatworm Prosthiostomum siphunculus (Polycladida, Cotylea).
  Cell Biology International, 40:1174-1186 DOI
   
• Egger B (2016) Making heads or tails of tapeworms.
  Trends in Parasitology, 32:511-512 DOI
   
• Gammoudi M, Salvenmoser W, Harrath AH, Tekaya S, Egger B (2016) Ultrastructure of spermatogenesis and mature spermatozoa in the flatworm Prosthiostomum siphunculus (Polycladida, Cotylea).
  Cell Biology International, 40:277-288 DOI open access
   
• Egger B, Lapraz F, Tomiczek B, Müller S, Dessimoz C, Girstmair J, Skunca N, Rawlinson KA, Cameron CB, Beli E, Todaro MA, Gammoudi M, Noreña C, Telford MJ (2015) A transcriptomic-phylogenomic analysis of the evolutionary relationships of flatworms.
  Current Biology, 25:1347-1353 DOI open access

  

• Zauchner T, Salvenmoser W, Egger B (2015) A cultivable acoel species from the Mediterranean, Aphanostoma pisae sp. nov. (Acoela, Acoelomorpha).
  Zootaxa, 3941:401-413 DOI open access
   
• Girstmair J, Schnegg R, Telford MJ, Egger B (2014) Cellular dynamics during regeneration of the flatworm Monocelis sp. (Proseriata, Platyhelminthes).
  EvoDevo, 5:37 DOI open access

  

• Lengerer B, Pjeta R, Wunderer J, Rodrigues M, Arbore R, Schärer L, Berezikov E, Hess M, Pfaller K, Egger B, Obwegeser S, Salvenmoser W, Ladurner P (2014) Biological adhesion of the flatworm Macrostomum lignano relies on a duo-gland system and is mediated by a cell type-specific intermediate filament protein.
  Frontiers in Zoology, 11:12 DOI open access
   
• Perea-Atienza E, Botta M, Salvenmoser W, Gschwentner R, Egger B, Kristof A, Martinez P, Achatz JG (2013) Posterior regeneration in Isodiametra pulchra (Acoela, Acoelomorpha).
  Frontiers in Zoology, 10:64 DOI open access
   
• Lapraz F, Rawlinson KA, Girstmair J, Tomiczek B, Berger J, Jékely G, Telford MJ, Egger B (2013) Put a tiger in your tank: the polyclad flatworm Maritigrella crozieri as a proposed model for evo-devo.
  EvoDevo, 4:29 DOI open access

  

• Dirks U, Gruber-Vodicka HR, Egger B, Ott JA (2012) Proliferation pattern during rostrum regeneration of the symbiotic flatworm Paracatenula galateia: a pulse-chase-pulse analysis.
  Cell and Tissue Research 349, 517-525 DOI open access
   
• Dirks U, Gruber-Vodicka HR, Leisch N, Bulgheresi S, Egger B, Ladurner P, Ott JA (2012) Bacterial symbiosis maintenance in the asexually reproducing and regenerating flatworm Paracatenula galateia.
  PLoS One, 7:e34709 DOI open access
   
• Martin-Duran JM, Egger B (2012) Developmental diversity in free-living flatworms.
  EvoDevo, 3:7 DOI open access

  

• Gammoudi M, Egger B, Tekaya S, Noreña C (2012) The genus Leptoplana (Leptoplanidae, Polycladida) in the Mediterranean basin. Redescription of the species Leptoplana mediterranea (Bock, 1913) comb. nov.
  Zootaxa 3178, 45-56 open access
   
• Gammoudi M, Noreña C, Tekaya S, Prantl V, Egger B (2012) Insemination and embryonic development of some Mediterranean polyclad flatworms.
  Invertebrate Reproduction and Development 56, 272-286 DOI
   
• Salvenmoser W, Egger B, Achatz JG, Ladurner P, Hess MW (2010) Electron microscopy of flatworms: standard and cryo-preparation methods.
  Methods in Cell Biology 96, 307-330 DOI
   
• Kopp R, Schwerte T, Egg M, Sandbichler A, Egger B, Pelster B (2010) Chronic reduction in cardiac output induces hypoxic signaling in larval zebrafish even at a time when convective oxygen transport is not required.
  Physiological Genomics 42A, 8-23 DOI open access
   
• De Mulder K, Kuales G, Pfister D, Egger B, Seppi T, Eichberger P, Borgonie G, Ladurner P (2010) Potential of Macrostomum lignano to recover from γ-ray irradiation.
  Cell and Tissue Research 339, 527-542 DOI open access
   
• De Mulder K, Kuales G, Pfister D, Willems M, Egger B, Salvenmoser W, Thaler M, Gorny A-K, Hrouda M, Borgonie G, Ladurner P (2009) Characterization of the stem cell system of the acoel Isodiametra pulchra.
  BMC Developmental Biology 9, 69 DOI open access
   
• Willems M, Egger B, Wolff C, Mouton S, Houthoofd W, Fonderie P, Couvreur M, Artois T, Borgonie G (2009) Embryonic origins of hull cells in the flatworm Macrostomum lignano through cell lineage analysis: developmental and phylogenetic implications.
  Development Genes and Evolution 219, 409-417 DOI
   
• De Mulder K, Pfister D, Kuales G, Egger B, Salvenmoser W, Willems M, Steger J, Fauster K, Micura R, Borgonie G, Ladurner P (2009) Stem cells are differentially regulated during development, regeneration and homeostasis in flatworms.
  Developmental Biology 334, 198-212 DOI open access
   
• Egger B, Gschwentner R, Hess MW, Nimeth KT, Adamski Z, Willems M, Rieger R, Salvenmoser W (2009) The caudal regeneration blastema is an accumulation of rapidly proliferating stem cells in the flatworm Macrostomum lignano.
  BMC Developmental Biology 9, 41 DOI open access
   
• Egger B, Steinke D, Tarui H, De Mulder K, Arendt D, Borgonie G, Funayama N, Gschwentner R, Hartenstein V, Hobmayer B, Hooge M, Hrouda M, Ishida S, Kobayashi C, Kuales G, Nishimura O, Pfister D, Rieger R, Salvenmoser W, Smith III J, Technau U, Tyler S, Agata K, Salzburger W, Ladurner P (2009) To be or not to be a flatworm: The acoel controversy.
  PLoS ONE 4(5), e5502 DOI open access
   
• Fischer AHL, Arboleda E, Egger B, Hilbrant M, McGregor AP, Cole AG, Daley AC (2009) ZOONET: Perspectives on the evolution of animal form.
  Journal of Experimental Zoology (Mol Dev Evol) 312B, 679-685 DOI
   
• Mouton S, Willems M, Braeckman BP, Egger B, Ladurner P, Schärer L, Borgonie G (2009) The free-living flatworm Macrostomum lignano: a new model organism for ageing research.
  Experimental Gerontology 44, 243-249 DOI
   
• Egger B (2008) Regeneration: Rewarding, but potentially risky.
  Birth Defects Research (Part C) 84, 257-264 DOI
   
• Egger B, Gschwentner R, Rieger R (2007) Free-living flatworms under the knife: past and present.
  Development Genes and Evolution 217, 89-104 DOI open access
   
• Nimeth KT, Egger B, Rieger R, Salvenmoser W, Peter R, Gschwentner R (2007) Regeneration in Macrostomum lignano (Platyhelminthes) I: Cellular dynamics in the neoblast stem cell system.
  Cell and Tissue Research 327, 637-646 DOI
   
• Egger B, Ladurner P, Nimeth K, Gschwentner R, Rieger R (2006) The regeneration capacity of the flatworm Macrostomum lignano - on repeated regeneration, rejuvenation and the minimal size needed for regeneration.
  Development Genes and Evolution 216, 565-577 DOI open access
   
• Egger B, Ladurner P, Nimeth K, Gschwentner R, Rieger R (2006) The regeneration capacity of the flatworm Macrostomum lignano - on repeated regeneration, rejuvenation and the minimal size needed for regeneration.
  Development Genes and Evolution 216, 579-580 DOI open access
   
• Egger B, Ishida S (2005) Chromosome fission or duplication in Macrostomum lignano (Macrostomida, Plathelminthes) - remarks on chromosome numbers in "archoophoran turbellarians".
  Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 43, 127-132 DOI
   
• Morris J, Nallur R, Ladurner P, Egger B, Rieger R, Hartenstein V (2004) The embryonic development of the flatworm Macrostomum sp.
  Development Genes and Evolution 214, 220-239 DOI

  

Buchkapitel

• Egger B (2022) Studying Xenacoelomorpha WBR Using Isodiametra pulchra. In Blanchoud S, Galliot B: Methods in Molecular Biology 2450: Whole-body regeneration. Methods and Protocols. Humana Press Totowa DOI open access
   
• Egger B, Rieger R (2013) Plathelminthes, Plattwürmer. In Westheide W, Rieger G: Spezielle Zoologie. Teil 1: Einzeller und Wirbellose Tiere. 3. Auflage. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
   
• Egger B (2013) Xenacoelomorpha. In Westheide W, Rieger G: Spezielle Zoologie. Teil 1: Einzeller und Wirbellose Tiere. 3. Auflage. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
   
• Ladurner P, Egger B, De Mulder K, Pfister D, Kuales G, Salvenmoser W, Schärer L (2008) The stem cell system of the basal flatworm Macrostomum lignano. In Bosch TCG: Stem cells: from Hydra to Man. Springer Netherlands DOI