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Michael Wink

Summary

Professor of Biology and Director at the Institute of Pharmacy and Molecular Biotechnology of Heidelberg University; Head of Biology Department. Editor of Diversity, Biotechnology Journal and Journal of Ornithology. Member of several editorial boards and scientific societies. Author of over 20 books and over 700 original peer-reviewed publications.

Biodiversity Biogeography Biotechnology Conservation Biology Ecotoxicology Evolutionary Studies Genetics Parasitology Pharmacology Plant Science Synthetic Biology Taxonomy Toxicology Zoology

Past or current institution affiliations

Pädagogische Hochschule Heidelberg

Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg

Work details

Head of Department

Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg

Institute of Pharmacy and Molecular Biotechnology

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PeerJ Contributions

July 13, 2018

Evaluation of antioxidant and neuroprotective activities of Cassia fistula (L.) using the Caenorhabditis elegans model

137 downloads

741 views

Sara Thabit, Heba Handoussa, Mariana Roxo, Nesrine S. El Sayed, Bruna Cestari de Azevedo, Michael Wink

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5159 PubMed 30023139

April 30, 2018

Sideritis scardica extracts inhibit aggregation and toxicity of amyloid-β in Caenorhabditis elegans used as a model for Alzheimer’s disease

1 citation

142 downloads

637 views

Felix Heiner, Björn Feistel, Michael Wink

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4683 PubMed 29736334

December 13, 2017

Characterization of a de novo assembled transcriptome of the Common Blackbird (Turdus merula)

1 citation

184 downloads

1,250 views

Sven Koglin, Daronja Trense, Michael Wink, Hedwig Sauer-Gürth, Dieter Thomas Tietze

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4045 PubMed 29255646

May 30, 2017

Cucurbitacins: elucidation of their interactions with the cytoskeleton

2 citations

256 downloads

1,335 views

Xiaojuan Wang, Mine Tanaka, Herbenya Silva Peixoto, Michael Wink

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3357 PubMed 28584704

November 15, 2016

Identification of phenolic secondary metabolites from Schotia brachypetala Sond. (Fabaceae) and demonstration of their antioxidant activities in Caenorhabditis elegans

10 citations

541 downloads

1,736 views

Mansour Sobeh, Esraa ElHawary, Herbenya Peixoto, Rola M. Labib, Heba Handoussa, Noha Swilam, Ahmed H. El-Khatib, Farukh Sharapov, Tamer Mohamed, Sonja Krstin, Michael W. Linscheid, Abdel Nasser Singab, Michael Wink, Nahla Ayoub

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2404 PubMed 27896020

May 10, 2016

Mode of action and membrane specificity of the antimicrobial peptide snakin-2

6 citations

548 downloads

1,394 views

Vera Herbel, Michael Wink

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1987 PubMed 27190708

April 7, 2016

Chlorophyll enhances oxidative stress tolerance in Caenorhabditis elegans and extends its lifespan

10 citations

823 downloads

2,323 views

Erjia Wang, Michael Wink

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1879 PubMed 27077003

January 7, 2016

L-Canavanine potentiates the cytotoxicity of doxorubicin and cisplatin in arginine deprived human cancer cells

7 citations

607 downloads

2,131 views

Agustina DR Nurcahyanti, Michael Wink

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1542 PubMed 26839743

October 1, 2013

The β-carboline alkaloid harmine inhibits telomerase activity of MCF-7 cells by down-regulating hTERT mRNA expression accompanied by an accelerated senescent phenotype

13 citations

648 downloads

3,091 views

Lei Zhao, Michael Wink

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.174 PubMed 24109558

December 22, 2017 - Version: 1

Sideritis scardica extracts inhibit aggregation and toxicity of amyloid-β in Caenorhabditis elegans used as a model for Alzheimer's disease

381 downloads

294 views

Felix Heiner, Björn Feistel, Michael Wink

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.3483v1

February 21, 2016 - Version: 1

Identification of phenolic secondary metabolites from Schotia brachypetala Sond. (Fabaceae) and demonstration of their antioxidant activities in Caenorhabditis elegans

1,335 downloads

655 views

Mansour Sobeh, Esraa A ElHawary, Herbenya Peixoto, Rola M Labib, Heba Handoussa, Noha Swilam, Ahmed H. El-Khatib, Farukh Sharapov, Tamer Mahmoud, Sonja Krstin, Michael W Linscheid, Abdel Nasser B. Singab, Michael Wink, Nahla Ayoub

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.1768v1

January 16, 2015 - Version: 1

Does evolution of plumage patterns and of migratory behaviour in Apodini swifts (Aves: Apodiformes) follow distributional range shifts?

528 downloads

952 views

Dieter Thomas Tietze, Michael Wink, Martin Päckert

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.797v1

March 5, 2014 - Version: 1

Phylogeny of water birds inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences of nine protein coding genes

1,122 downloads

751 views

Tsendsesmee Lkhagvajav Treutlein, Javier Gonzalez, Michael Wink

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.272v1

January 12, 2014 - Version: 1

Use of rbcL sequences for DNA barcoding and authentication of plant drugs used in Traditional Chinese Medicine

1,132 downloads

1,388 views

Florian Herrmann, Michael Wink

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.196v1

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October 5, 2018

Ultraconserved elements (UCEs) illuminate the population genomics of a recent, high-latitude avian speciation event

65 downloads

410 views

Kevin Winker, Travis C. Glenn, Brant C. Faircloth

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5735 PubMed 30310754

October 4, 2018

A new species of the odorous frog genus Odorrana (Amphibia, Anura, Ranidae) from southwestern China

82 downloads

235 views

Shize Li, Ning Xu, Jingcai Lv, Jianping Jiang, Gang Wei, Bin Wang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5695 PubMed 30310744

September 18, 2018

Functional significance of cuckoo Cuculus canorus calls: responses of conspecifics, hosts and non-hosts

41 downloads

178 views

Piotr Tryjanowski, Federico Morelli, Tomasz S. Osiejuk, Anders Pape Møller

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5302 PubMed 30245923

September 12, 2018

Deep divergence of Red-crowned Ant Tanager (Habia rubica: Cardinalidae), a multilocus phylogenetic analysis with emphasis in Mesoamerica

253 downloads

452 views

Sandra M. Ramírez-Barrera, Blanca E. Hernández-Baños, Juan P. Jaramillo-Correa, John Klicka

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5496 PubMed 30225165

August 2, 2018

First appearance deceives many: disentangling the Hemidactylus triedrus species complex using an integrated approach

316 downloads

2,259 views

Zeeshan A. Mirza, Gaurang G. Gowande, Rishikesh Patil, Mayuresh Ambekar, Harshil Patel

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5341 PubMed 30083464

July 30, 2018

BTW—Bioinformatics Through Windows: an easy-to-install package to analyze marker gene data

95 downloads

818 views

Daniel Morais, Luiz F.W. Roesch, Marc Redmile-Gordon, Fausto G. Santos, Petr Baldrian, Fernando D. Andreote, Victor S. Pylro

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5299 PubMed 30083449

July 19, 2018

Size matters but hunger prevails—begging and provisioning rules in blue tit families

1 citation

63 downloads

345 views

Nolwenn Fresneau, Arne Iserbyt, Carsten Lucass, Wendt Müller

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5301 PubMed 30038874

June 13, 2018

Population diversity and relatedness in Sugarbirds (Promeropidae: Promerops spp.)

79 downloads

515 views

Evan S. Haworth, Michael J. Cunningham, Kathleen M. Calf Tjorve

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5000 PubMed 29915704

June 5, 2018

In quest of contact: phylogeography of helmeted terrapins (Pelomedusa galeata, P. subrufa sensu stricto)

149 downloads

541 views

Melita Vamberger, Margaretha D. Hofmeyr, Flora Ihlow, Uwe Fritz

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4901 PubMed 29888129

February 2, 2018

Molecular systematics of the subfamily Limenitidinae (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)

2 citations

323 downloads

1,906 views

Bidur Dhungel, Niklas Wahlberg

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4311 PubMed 29416955

November 7, 2017

A comparison of chloroplast genome sequences in Aconitum (Ranunculaceae): a traditional herbal medicinal genus

2 citations

207 downloads

941 views

Hanghui Kong, Wanzhen Liu, Gang Yao, Wei Gong

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4018 PubMed 29134154

October 10, 2017

Complete mitochondrial genome sequences of the northern spotted owl (Strix occidentalis caurina) and the barred owl (Strix varia; Aves: Strigiformes: Strigidae) confirm the presence of a duplicated control region

197 downloads

977 views

Zachary R. Hanna, James B. Henderson, Anna B. Sellas, Jérôme Fuchs, Rauri C.K. Bowie, John P. Dumbacher

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3901 PubMed 29038757

August 18, 2017

Inadequate thermal refuge constrains landscape habitability for a grassland bird species

1 citation

140 downloads

1,351 views

John M. Tomecek, Brian L. Pierce, Kelly S. Reyna, Markus J. Peterson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3709 PubMed 28828282

July 31, 2017

Evolutionary response to the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau uplift: phylogeny and biogeography of Ammopiptanthus and tribe Thermopsideae (Fabaceae)

1 citation

153 downloads

949 views

Wei Shi, Pei-Liang Liu, Lei Duan, Bo-Rong Pan, Zhi-Hao Su

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3607 PubMed 28785518

June 30, 2017

Movements and use of space by Mangrove Cuckoos (Coccyzus minor) in Florida, USA

158 downloads

800 views

John David Lloyd

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3534 PubMed 28674670

June 27, 2017

A new parrot taxon from the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico—its position within genus Amazona based on morphology and molecular phylogeny

1 citation

1,303 downloads

21,065 views

Tony Silva, Antonio Guzmán, Adam D. Urantówka, Paweł Mackiewicz

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3475 PubMed 28674651

May 31, 2017

Difference on cone size preferences between two coniferous species by Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)

170 downloads

727 views

Łukasz Dylewski, Reuven Yosef, Łukasz Myczko

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3288 PubMed 28584699

May 25, 2017

Interactions of 172 plant extracts with human organic anion transporter 1 (SLC22A6) and 3 (SLC22A8): a study on herb-drug interactions

4 citations

235 downloads

1,141 views

Hang Lu, Zhiqiang Lu, Xue Li, Gentao Li, Yilin Qiao, Robert P. Borris, Youcai Zhang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3333 PubMed 28560096

March 21, 2017

Testing of microsatellite multiplexes for individual identification of Cape Parrots (Poicephalus robustus): paternity testing and monitoring trade

2 citations

332 downloads

1,337 views

Willem G. Coetzer, Colleen T. Downs, Mike R. Perrin, Sandi Willows-Munro

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2900 PubMed 28344897

March 14, 2017

Contrasting determinants for the introduction and establishment success of exotic birds in Taiwan using decision trees models

160 downloads

910 views

Shih-Hsiung Liang, Bruno Andreas Walther, Bao-Sen Shieh

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3092 PubMed 28316893

January 31, 2017

Catchments catch all in South African coastal lowlands: topography and palaeoclimate restricted gene flow in Nymania capensis (Meliaceae)—a multilocus phylogeographic and distribution modelling approach

201 downloads

669 views

Alastair J. Potts

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2965 PubMed 28168122

January 17, 2017

From tameness to wariness: chemical recognition of snake predators by lizards in a Mediterranean island

2 citations

235 downloads

955 views

Abraham Mencía, Zaida Ortega, Valentín Pérez-Mellado

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2828 PubMed 28123905

December 13, 2016

A large and unusually colored new snake species of the genus Tantilla (Squamata; Colubridae) from the Peruvian Andes

2 citations

671 downloads

2,634 views

Claudia Koch, Pablo J. Venegas

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2767 PubMed 27994975

November 2, 2016

Comparison of the effectiveness of ISJ and SSR markers and detection of outlier loci in conservation genetics of Pulsatilla patens populations

1 citation

307 downloads

1,277 views

Katarzyna Bilska, Monika Szczecińska

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2504 PubMed 27833793

October 5, 2016

The ethnobotany of psychoactive plant use: a phylogenetic perspective

3 citations

1,101 downloads

3,895 views

Nashmiah Aid Alrashedy, Jeanmaire Molina

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2546 PubMed 27761334

September 22, 2016

Polymorphic DNA microsatellite markers for forensic individual identification and parentage analyses of seven threatened species of parrots (family Psittacidae)

4 citations

371 downloads

1,339 views

Catherine Jan, Luca Fumagalli

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2416 PubMed 27688959

August 18, 2016

Microendemicity in the northern Hajar Mountains of Oman and the United Arab Emirates with the description of two new species of geckos of the genus Asaccus (Squamata: Phyllodactylidae)

8 citations

756 downloads

2,921 views

Salvador Carranza, Marc Simó-Riudalbas, Sithum Jayasinghe, Thomas Wilms, Johannes Els

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2371 PubMed 27602305

August 16, 2016

The adder (Vipera berus) in Southern Altay Mountains: population characteristics, distribution, morphology and phylogenetic position

2 citations

379 downloads

2,484 views

Shaopeng Cui, Xiao Luo, Daiqiang Chen, Jizhou Sun, Hongjun Chu, Chunwang Li, Zhigang Jiang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2342 PubMed 27602300

July 19, 2016

Preferred temperature and thermal breadth of birds wintering in peninsular Spain: the limited effect of temperature on species distribution

2 citations

247 downloads

1,054 views

Luis M. Carrascal, Sara Villén-Pérez, David Palomino

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2156 PubMed 27547519

July 7, 2016

Differential nest-defense to perceived danger in urban and rural areas by female Eurasian sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)

3 citations

245 downloads

1,157 views

Tomas Kunca, Reuven Yosef

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2070 PubMed 27441105

June 22, 2016

Preserving and vouchering butterflies and moths for large-scale museum-based molecular research

9 citations

594 downloads

1,614 views

Soowon Cho, Samantha W. Epstein, Kim Mitter, Chris A. Hamilton, David Plotkin, Charles Mitter, Akito Y. Kawahara

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2160 PubMed 27366654

June 8, 2016

Temporal changes in the structure of a plant-frugivore network are influenced by bird migration and fruit availability

12 citations

604 downloads

2,549 views

Michelle Ramos-Robles, Ellen Andresen, Cecilia Díaz-Castelazo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2048 PubMed 27330852

May 3, 2016

What is Atraphaxis L. (Polygonaceae, Polygoneae): cryptic taxa and resolved taxonomic complexity instead of the formal lumping and the lack of morphological synapomorphies

5 citations

502 downloads

2,685 views

Olga V. Yurtseva, Oxana I. Kuznetsova, Maria E. Mavrodieva, Evgeny V. Mavrodiev

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1977 PubMed 27168986

February 29, 2016

How do colonial Eurasian Griffon Vultures prevent extra-pair mating?

1 citation

268 downloads

2,126 views

Joan Bertran, Francesc Xavier Macià, Antoni Margalida

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1749 PubMed 26966674

February 22, 2016

Internal seed dispersal by parrots: an overview of a neglected mutualism

12 citations

621 downloads

2,730 views

Guillermo Blanco, Carolina Bravo, Erica C. Pacifico, Daniel Chamorro, Karina L. Speziale, Sergio A. Lambertucci, Fernando Hiraldo, José L. Tella

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1688 PubMed 26925322

February 1, 2016

Phylogenetic and morphologic evidence confirm the presence of a new montane cloud forest associated bird species in Mexico, the Mountain Elaenia (Elaenia frantzii; Aves: Passeriformes: Tyrannidae)

2 citations

352 downloads

1,518 views

Zachary R. Hanna, Marco F. Ortiz-Ramírez, César A. Ríos-Muñoz, Héctor Cayetano-Rosas, Rauri C. K. Bowie, Adolfo G. Navarro-Sigüenza

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1598 PubMed 26855860

August 20, 2015

A glacial survivor of the alpine Mediterranean region: phylogenetic and phylogeographic insights into Silene ciliata Pourr. (Caryophyllaceae)

1 citation

383 downloads

1,748 views

Ifigeneia Kyrkou, José María Iriondo, Alfredo García-Fernández

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1193 PubMed 26312184

August 13, 2015

Lack of genetic structure in greylag goose (Anser anser) populations along the European Atlantic flyway

3 citations

999 downloads

2,248 views

Irene Pellegrino, Marco Cucco, Arne Follestad, Mathieu Boos

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1161 PubMed 26339543

June 17, 2014

Limited geographic genetic structure detected in a widespread Palearctic corvid, Nucifraga caryocatactes

1 citation

456 downloads

1,235 views

Kimberly M. Dohms, Theresa M. Burg

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.371 PubMed 25024901

May 22, 2014

Brain transcriptome sequencing and assembly of three songbird model systems for the study of social behavior

16 citations

748 downloads

3,313 views

Christopher N. Balakrishnan, Motoko Mukai, Rusty A. Gonser, John C. Wingfield, Sarah E. London, Elaina M. Tuttle, David F. Clayton

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.396 PubMed 24883256

March 25, 2014

Fuelling in front of the barrier—are there age based behavioral differences in Garden Warblers Sylvia borin?

2 citations

251 downloads

1,466 views

Christos Barboutis, Ian Henshaw, Cecilia Kullberg, Stamatina Nikolopoulou, Thord Fransson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.319 PubMed 24711970

November 12, 2013

How migratory thrushes conquered northern North America: a comparative phylogeography approach

7 citations

528 downloads

2,160 views

Carrie M. Topp, Christin L. Pruett, Kevin G. McCracken, Kevin Winker

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.206 PubMed 24255819

September 26, 2013

Mind the gaps: investigating the cause of the current range disjunction in the Cape Platanna, Xenopus gilli (Anura: Pipidae)

10 citations

392 downloads

2,081 views

Deborah J. Fogell, Krystal A. Tolley, G. John Measey

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.166 PubMed 24109551

March 19, 2013

Clever strategists: Australian Magpies vary mobbing strategies, not intensity, relative to different species of predator

3 citations

468 downloads

3,267 views

A Koboroff, G Kaplan, LJ Rogers

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.56 PubMed 23638394