Hamzeh, H., Alvarez, L., Strünker, T., Kierzek, M., Brenker, C., Deal, P.E., Miller, E.W., Seifert, R., and Kaupp, U.B. (2019). Kinetic and photonic techniques to study chemotactic signaling in sea urchin sperm. Methods Cell Biol. 151, 487–517.
Rennhack, A., Schiffer, C., Brenker, C., Fridman, D., Nitao, E. T., Cheng, Y. M., Tamburrino, L., Balbach, M., Stölting, G., Berger, T., Kierzek, M., Alvarez, L., Wachten, D., Zeng, X. H., Baldi, E., Publicover, S., Kaupp, U. B. & Strünker, T. (2018) "A novel cross-species inhibitor to study the function of CatSper Ca2+ channels in sperm." Br. J. Pharmacol. 175, 3144-3161
Windler, F., Bönigk, W., Körschen, H. G., Grahn, E., Strünker, T., Seifert, R. & Kaupp, U. B. (2018) "The solute carrier SLC9C1 is a Na+/H+-exchanger gated by an S4-type voltage-sensor and cyclic-nucleotide binding" Nature Communications 9, 2809
Brenker, C., Schiffer, C., Wagner, I.V., Tüttelmann, F., Röpke, A., Rennhack, A., Kaupp, U.B. & Strünker, T. (2018) “Action of steroids and plant triterpenoids on CatSper Ca2+ channels in human sperm” Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 115, E344–E346 
Balbach, M., Beckert, V., Hansen, J.N. & Wachten, D. (2018) “Shedding light on the role of cAMP in mammalian sperm physiology” Mol. Cell. Endocrinol. 468, 111-120
Rennhack, A., Grahn, E., Kaupp, U.B. & Berger, T.K. (2017) “Photocontrol of the Hv1 proton channel” ACS Chem.Biol.12, 2952-2957
Saggiorato, G., Alvarez, L., Jikeli, J., Kaupp, U.B., Gompper, G. & Elgeti, J. (2017) “Human sperm steer with second harmonics of the flagellar beat” Nat. Commun. 8, 1405
Zhong, W., Ciatipis, M., Wolfenstetter, T., Jessberger, J., Müller, C., Ponsel, S., Yanovsky, Y., Brankack, J., Tort, A.B.L. & Draguhn, A. (2017) “Selective entrainment of gamma subbands by different slow network oscillations” Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 114, 4519–1524
Alvarez, L. (2017) "The tailored sperm cell" J. Plant. Res. 130, 455-464
Jansen, V., Jikeli, J.F., Wachten, D. (2017) "How to control cyclic nucleotide signaling by light" Curr. Opin. Biotechnol. 48, 15 - 20
Schonauer, S., Körschen, H.G., Penno, A., Rennhack, A., Breiden, B., Sandhoff, K., Gutbrod, K., Dörmann, P., Raju, D.N., Haberkant, P., Gerl, M.J., Brügger, B., Zigdon, H., Vardi, A., Futerman, A.H., Wachten, D. (2017) "Identification of a feedback loop involving beta-glucosidase 2 and its product sphingosine sheds light on the molecular mechanisms in Gaucher disease" J. Biol. Chem., M116.762831
Kaupp, U.B. & Strünker, T. (2016) "Signaling in sperm: more different than similar?" Trends Cell Biol. 27, 101-109
Berger, T.K., Fußhöller, D.M., Goodwin, N., Bönigk, W., Müller, A., Khesroshahi, N.D., Brenker, C., Wachten, D., Krause, E., Kaupp, U.B. & Strünker, T. (2017) "Posttranslational cleavage of Hv1 in human sperm tunes pH- and voltage-dependent gating” J. Physiol. 595, 1533-1546
Kaupp, U.B. & Alvarez, L. (2016) "Sperm as microswimmers - navigation and sensing at the physical limit" Eur. Phys. J. Spec. Top. 225, 2119-2139
Schneider, S., Balbach, M., Jikeli, J., Fietz, D., Nettersheim, D., Jostes, S., Schmidt, R., Kressin, M., Bergmann, M., Wachten, D., Steger, K. & Schorle, H. (2016) "Re-visiting the Protamine-2 locus: deletion, but not haploinsufficiency, renders male mice infertile" Sci. Rep. 6, 36764
Voß, B., Seifert, R., Kaupp, U.B. & Grubmüller, H. (2016) "A quantitative model for cAMP binding to the binding Domain of MloK1" Biophys. J. 111, 1668-1678
Wachten, D., Jikeli, J. & Kaupp, U.B. (2016) "Sperm sensory signaling" CSH Perspect. Biol., a028225
Schumacher, C.H., Körschen, H.G., Nicol, C., Gasser, C., Seifert, R., Schwarzel, M. & Moglich, A. (2016) "A Fluorometric Activity Assay for Light-Regulated Cyclic-Nucleotide-Monophosphate Actuators" Methods Mol. Biol. 1408, 93-105
Björkgren, I., Alvarez, L., Blank, N., Balbach, M., Turunen, H., Laajala, T.D., Toivanen, J., Krutskikh, A., Wahlberg, N., Huhtaniemi, I., Poutanen, M., Wachten, D. & Sipilä, P. (2016) "Targeted inactivation of the mouse epididymal beta-defensin 41 alters sperm flagellar beat pattern and zona pellucida binding" Mol. Cell. Endocrinol. 427, 143-154
Mukherjee, S., Jansen, V., Jikeli, J.F., Hamzeh, H., Alvarez, L., Dombrowski, M., Balbach, M., Strünker, T., Seifert, R., Kaupp, U.B. & Wachtern, D. (2016) "A novel biosensor to study cAMP dynamics in cilia and flagella" eLife 5, e14052
Börger, C., Schünke, S., Lecher, J., Stoldt, M., Winkhaus, F., Kaupp, U.B. & Willbold, D. (2015) "Resonance assignment of the ligand-free cyclic nucleotide-binding domain from the murine ion channel HCN2" J. Biomol. NMR 9, 243 - 246
Fechner, S., Alvarez, L., Bönigk, W., Müller, A., Berger, T., Pascal, R., Trötschel, C., Poetsch, A., Stölting, G., Siegfried, K.R., Seifert, R. & Kaupp, U.B. (2015) "A K+-selective CNG channel orchestrates Ca2+ signalling in zebrafish sperm" eLife, e07624
Royeck, M., Kelly, T., Opitz, T., Otte, D.-M., Rennhack, A., Woitecki, A., Pitsch, J., Becer, A., Schoch, S., Kaupp, U.B., Yaari, Y., Zimmer, A. & Beck, H. (2015) "Downregulation of spermine Augments dendritic persistent sodium currents and synaptic integration after status epilepticus" J. Neurosci. 35, 15240 - 15253
Jikeli, J., Alvarez, L., Friedrich, B.M., Wilson, L.G., Pascal, R., Colin, R., Pichlo, M., Rennhack, A., Brenker, C. & Kaupp, U.B. (2015) "Sperm navigation along helical paths in 3D chemoattractant landscapes" Nat. Commun. 6, 7985
Raju, D., Schonauer, S., Hamzeh, H., Flynn, K.C., Bradke, F., vom Dorp, K., Dörmann, P., Yildiz, Y., Trötschel, C., Poetsch, A., Breiden, B., Sandhoff, K., Körschen, H.G. & Wachten, D. (2015) "Accumulation of glucosylceramide in the absence of the Beta-Glucosidase GBA2 alters cytoskeletal dynamics" PLoS Genet 11, e1005063
Scheib, U., Stehfest, K., Gee, C.E., Körschen, H.G., Fudim, R., Oertner, T.G. & Hegemann, P. (2015) "The rhodopsin-guanylyl cyclase of the aquatic fungus Blastocladiella emersonii enables fast optical control of cGMP signaling" Sci. Sinal. 8, rs8
Strünker, T., Alvarez, L. & Kaupp, U.B. (2015) "At the physical limit — chemosensation in sperm" Curr. Opin. Neurobiol. 34, 110-116
Strünker, T. & Kaupp, U.B. (2015) "Larry Cohen—50 ways to DYE your science" Neurophotonics 2, 021004-021004
Mony, L., Berger, T.K. & Isacoff, E.Y. (2015) "A specialized molecular motion opens the Hv1 voltage-gated proton channel" Nat. Struct. Mol. Biol. 22, 283-290
Berger, T.K. & Isacoff, E.Y. (2015) "Fluorescent Labeling for Patch-Clamp Fluorometry (PCF) Measurements of Real-Time Protein Motion in Ion Channels" Methods Mol. Biol. 1266, 93-106
Gunkel, M., Schöneberg, J., Alkhaldi, W., Irsen, S., Noé, F., Kaupp, U.B. & Al-Amoudi, A. (2015) "Higher-order architecture of rhodopsin in intact photoreceptors and its implication for phototransduction kinetics" Structure 23, 628 - 638
Jansen, V., Alvarez, L., Balbach, M., Strünker, T., Hegemann, P., Kaupp, U.B. & Wachten, D. (2015) "Controlling fertilization and cAMP signaling in sperm by optogenetics" eLife 4, e05161
Seifert, R., Flick, M., Bönigk, W., Alvarez, L., Trötschel, C., Poetsch, A., Müller, A., Goodwin, N., Pelzer, P., Kashikar, N.D., Kremmer, E., Jikeli, J., Timmermann, B., Kuhl, H., Fridman, D., Windler, F., Kaupp, U.B. & Strünker, T. (2015) "The CatSper channel controls chemosensation in sea urchin sperm" EMBO J. 34, 379-392
Börger, C., Schünke, S., Lecher, J., Stoldt, M., Winkhaus, F., Kaupp, U.B. & Willbold, D. (2014) "Resonance assignment of the ligand-free cyclic nucleotide-binding domain from the murine ion channel HCN2" Biomol. NMR Assign. 9, 243-246
Pichlo, M., Bungert-Plümke, S., Weyand, I., Seifert, R., Bönigk, W., Strünker, T., Kashikar, N.D., Goodwin, N., Müller, A., Pelzer, P., Van, Q., Enderlein, J., Klemm, C., Krause, E., Trotschel, C., Poetsch, A., Kremmer, E. & Kaupp, U.B. (2014) "High density and ligand affinity confer ultrasensitive signal detection by a guanylyl cyclase chemoreceptor" J. Cell. Biol. 206, 541-557
Schiffer, C., Müller, A., Egeberg, D.L., Alvarez, L., Brenker, C., Rehfeld, A., Frederiksen, H., Wäschle, B., Kaupp, U.B., Balbach, M., Wachten, D., Skakkebaek, N.E., Almstrup, K. & Strünker, T. (2014) "Direct action of endocrine disrupting chemicals on human sperm" EMBO Rep.15, 731-815
Brenker, C., Zhou, Y., Müller, A., Echeverry, F.A., Trotschel, C., Poetsch, A., Xia, X.M., Bönigk, W., Lingle, C.J., Kaupp, U.B. & Strünker, T. (2014) "The Ca2+-activated K+ current of human sperm is mediated by Slo3" eLife 3, e01438
Mass, E., Wachten, D., Aschenbrenner, A.C., Voelzmann, A. & Hoch, M. (2014) "Murine Creld1 Controls Cardiac Development through Activation of Calcineurin/NFATc1 Signaling" Dev. Cell 28, 711-726
Alvarez, L., Friedrich, B.M., Gompper, G. & Kaupp, U.B. (2014) "The computational sperm cell" Trends Cell Biol. 24, 198-207
Geißler, K.J., Jung, M.J., Riecken, L.B., Sperka, T., Cui, Y., Schacke, S., Merkel, U., Markwart, R., Rubio, I., Than, M.E., Breithaupt, C., Peuker, S., Seifert, R., Kaupp, U.B., Herrlich, P. & Morrison, H. (2013) "Regulation of Son of sevenless by the membrane-actin linker protein ezrin" Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 110, 20587-20592
Krähling, M., Alvarez, L., Debowski, K., Van, Q., Gunkel, M., Irsen, S., Al-Amoudi, A., Strünker, T., Kremmer, E., Krause, E., Voigt, I., Wörtge, S., Waisman, A., Weyand, I., Seifert, R., Kaupp, U.B. & Wachten, D. (2013) "CRIS- a novel cAMP-binding protein controlling spermiogenesis and the development of flagellar bending" PLoS Genet.9, e1003960
Rabionet, M., Bayerle, A., Marsching, C., Jennemann, R., Grone, H.J., Yildiz, Y., Wachten, D., Shaw, W., Shayman, J.A. & Sandhoff, R. (2013) "1-O-Acylceramides are natural components of human and mouse epidermis" J. Lipid. Res. 54, 3312-3321
Hirohashi, N., Alvarez, L., Shiba, K., Fujiwara, E., Iwata, Y., Mohri, T., Inaba, K., Chiba, K., Ochi, H., Supuran, C.T., Kotzur, N., Kakiuchi, Y., Kaupp, U.B. & Baba, S.A. (2013) "Sperm from Sneaker Male Squids Exhibit Chemotactic Swarming to CO2" Curr. Biol. 23, 775-781
Peuker, S., Cukkemane, A., Held, M., Noé, F., Kaupp, U.B. & Seifert, R. (2013) "Kinetics of ligand-receptor interaction reveals an induced-fit mode of binding in a cyclic nucleotide-activated protein" Biophys. J. 104, 63-74
Körschen, H.G., Yildiz, Y., Raju, D.N., Schonauer, S., Bönigk, W., Jansen, V., Kremmer, E., Kaupp, U.B. & Wachten, D. (2013) "The non-lysosomal beta-glucosidase GBA2 is a non-integral membrane-associated protein at the ER and Golgi" J. Biol. Chem. 288, 3388-3393
Alvarez, L., Dai, L., Friedrich, B.M., Kashikar, N., Gregor, I., Pascal, R. & Kaupp, U.B. (2012) "The rate of change in Ca2+ concentration controls sperm chemotaxis" J. Cell Biol. 196, 653-663
Brenker, C., Goodwin, N., Weyand, I., Kashikar, N.D., Naruse, M., Krähling, M., Müller, A., Kaupp, U.B. & Strünker, T. (2012) "The CatSper channel: a polymodal chemosensor in human sperm" EMBO J. 31, 1654-1665
Cukkemane, A., Nand, D., Gradmann, S., Weingarth, M., Kaupp, U.B. & Baldus, M. (2012) "Solid-state NMR