Stefan Prost, Dr.

2026

Peer-reviewed Publication: Al Boug, A., Mir, Z.R., Jbour, S., van der Merwe, V., Al Salem, A., Al-Qahtani, A.H., Al A’amri, S., Amr, Z., Angelici, F. M., Galassi, F.M., Varotto, E., Al Shamari, T., Al Shamari, K. Al Mutairi, M., Burger, P. A., Prost, S. & Duarte, C. M. (2026). Mummified cave cheetahs inform rewilding actions in Saudi Arabia. Communications Earth & Environment, 7(1), 24.

2025

Peer-reviewed Publication: Ferreira da Silva, M. J., Colmonero‐Costeira, I., Djaló, S. L., Camará, T., Sá, R. M., Minhós, T., Kiebler, A., Grethlein, M., Pikkarainen, N. & Prost, S. (2025). Using miniaturized laboratory equipment and DNA barcoding to improve conservation genetics training and identify illegally traded species. Conservation Biology, e70165. https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.70165

Peer-reviewed Publication: Wehrenberg, G., Kiebler, A., Greve, C., Beltrán-Sanz, N., Ben Hamadou, A., Meißner, R., Winter, S., & Prost, S. (2025). A Prelude to Conservation Genomics: First Chromosome-Level Genome Assembly of a Flying Squirrel (Pteromyini: Pteromys volans). Ecology and Evolution, e71905. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.71905

Peer-reviewed Publication: Ito, F., Lilley, T.M., Laine, V.N., Prost, S., Kurhinen, J.P., Susi, H., Gashev, S.N., Saveljev, A.P., Bondarchuk, S.N., Babina, S.G., Shishikin, A.S., Tirski, D., Vasina, A.L., Karpin, V.A. and Kekkonen, J.A. (2025). Population structure of the endangered Siberian flying squirrel Pteromys volans revealed by genomic and mitochondrial data. Wildlife Biology, e01464. https://doi.org/10.1002/wlb3.01464

Peer-reviewed Publication: Winter, S., Meißner, R., Grethlein, M., Wehrenberg, G., Kiebler, A., Silva, A. X., Escobar, N. R., Quesada Calderón, S. M., Suescún, A. V., Guzman Belmar, L., & Prost, S. (2025). Chromosome-Level genome assembly and transcriptome analysis of the ural owl, Strix uralensis PALLAS, 1771. Journal of Heredity, esaf038. https://doi.org/10.1093/jhered/esaf038

Peer-reviewed Publication: Prost, S., Elbers, J. P., Slezacek, J., Hykollari, A., Fuselli, S., Smith, S., & Fusani, L. (2025). The unexpected loss of the ‘hunger hormone’ ghrelin in true passerines: a game changer in migration physiology. Royal Society Open Science, 12(3), 242107. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.242107

Peer-reviewed Publication: Schöneberg, Y., Audisio, T. L., Ben Hamadou, A., Forman, M., Král, J., Kořínková, T., Líznarová, E., Mayer, C., Prokopcová, L., Krehenwinkel, H., Prost, S., & Kennedy, S. (2025). Three Novel Spider Genomes Unveil Spidroin Diversification and Hox Cluster Architecture: Ryuthela nishihirai (Liphistiidae), Uloborus plumipes (Uloboridae) and Cheiracanthium punctorium (Cheiracanthiidae). Molecular Ecology Resources, 25(1), e14038. https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.14038

2024

Peer-reviewed Publication: Olli, S., Lam, N. T., Hiljanen, S., Kettunen, T., Haikonen, L., Hyvönen, H. M., Kiebler, A., Köngäs, I., Minkkinen, S., Pöykiö, V., Sannikka, V., Vesa, R., Wehrenberg, G., Prost, S., & Prous, M. (2024). Large mitochondrial genomes in tenthredinid sawflies (Hymenoptera, Tenthredinidae). Mitochondrial DNA Part A, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1080/24701394.2024.2427206

Peer-reviewed Publication: Fuhrmann, N., Brasseur, M. V., Bakowski, C. E., Podsiadlowski, L., Prost, S., Krehenwinkel, H., & Mayer, C. (2024). Chromosome-level genome assembly of the viviparous eelpout Zoarces viviparus. Genome Biology and Evolution, 16(8), evae155. https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evae155

Peer-reviewed Publication: Blom, M. P., Peona, V., Prost, S., Christidis, L., Benz, B. W., Jønsson, K. A., Suh, A., & Irestedt, M. (2024). Hybridization in birds-of-paradise: Widespread ancestral gene flow despite strong sexual selection in a lek-mating system. Iscience, 27(7). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2024.110300

Peer-reviewed Publication: Gajski, D., Wolff, J. O., Melcher, A., Weber, S., Prost, S., Krehenwinkel, H., & Kennedy, S. R. (2024). Facilitating taxonomy and phylogenetics: An informative and cost-effective protocol integrating long amplicon PCRs and third-generation sequencing. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 192, 107988. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2023.107988

Peer-reviewed Publication: Meißner, R., Mokgokong, P., Pretorius, C., Winter, S., Labuschagne, K., Kotze, A., Prost, S., Horin, P., Dalton, D., & Burger, P. A. (2024). Diversity of selected toll-like receptor genes in cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) and African leopards (Panthera pardus pardus). Scientific Reports, 14(1), 3756. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-54076-y

2023

Peer-reviewed Publication: Winter, S., Meißner, R., Greve, C., Ben Hamadou, A., Horin, P., Prost, S., & Burger, P. A. (2023). A chromosome-scale high-contiguity genome assembly of the cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus). Journal of Heredity, 114(3), 271-278. https://doi.org/10.1093/jhered/esad015

Peer-reviewed Publication: Mozer, A., & Prost, S. (2023). An introduction to illegal wildlife trade and its effects on biodiversity and society. Forensic Science International: Animals and Environments, 3, 100064. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsiae.2023.100064