Publications


Here we list the manuscripts, publications and conference participations that were supported by our currently running Young Independent Teams grant financed by the Romanian Ministry of Research and Innovation. The grant was launched in May 2022 and will end in May 2024 (24 months).

Grant code: PN-III-P1-1.1-TE-2021-0502
Grant title: The physioLogical basIs oF agEing and Life hIstories iN vertEbrates
Acronym: LIFELINE
Principal investigator:
Dr. Csongor I. Vágási, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj

List of publications:
TE grant members are marked in bold. IF is the impact factor of the journal.

Published articles

5. Minias P, Pap PL, Vincze O and Vágási CI 2024. Correlated evolution of oxidative physiology and MHC-based immunosurveillance in birds. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B (accepted). IF2022 = 4.70

4. Vágási CI, Vincze O, Adámková M, Kauzálová T, Lendvai ÁZ, Pătraș L, Pénzes J, Pap PL¶, Albrecht T¶ and Tomášek O¶ 2024. Songbirds avoid the oxidative stress costs of high blood glucose levels: a comparative study. Journal of Experimental Biology 227: jeb246848. link ¶ Shared senior authorship IF2022 = 2.80

‘Inside JEB’ highlight here.

3. Becker DJ, Merrifield JM, Vágási CI, Czirják GÁ and Pap PL 2023. Spatial variation in the inflammatory response of house sparrows in their native range. EcoHealth 20: 231–235. link IF2022 = 2.50

2. Dujon AM, Jeanjean J, Vincze O, Giraudeau M, Lemaître J-F, Pujol P, Újvári B and Thomas F 2023. Cancer hygiene hypothesisi: A test from wild captive mammals. Ecology and Evolution 13: e10547. link. IF2022 = 2.60

1. Marton A§, Vágási CI§, Vincze O, Bókony V, Pap PL, Pătraș L, Pénzes J, Bărbos L, Fülöp A, Osváth G, Ducatez S¶ and Giraudeau M¶ 2022. Oxidative physiology is weakly associated with pigmentation in birds. Ecology and Evolution 12: e9177. link § Shared first authorship ¶ Shared senior authorship. IF2022 = 2.60

Manuscripts and submitted manuscripts

6. Vincze O, Minias P, Corthay A, Colchero F, Lemaître J-F, Conde DA, Pavard S, Dujon AM, Ujvari B, Thomas F, Boddy AM, Maley CC, Chevallier D, Sepp T, Pradeu T and Giraudeau M 2024. Immunological surveillance against cancer across mammals. Submitted to Science, under review.

5. Pap PL, Vágási CI, Bókony V, Pénzes J, Szabó K, Magonyi MN, Czirják GÁ and Vincze O 2024. Phylogenetic relationships of immune function and oxidative physiology with sexual selection and parental effort are sex-specific in birds. Submitted to Journal of Animal Ecology, under review.

4. Lendvai ÁZ, Tóth Z, Mahr K, Pénzes J, Vogel-Kindgen S, Gander BA and Vágási CI 2024. IGF-1 induces sex-specific oxidative damage and mortality. Resubmitted to Oecologia after minor revisions.

3. Marton A§, Fülöp A§, Pap PL, Osváth G, Pătraș L, Haussmann MF, Lendvai ÁZ and Vágási CI 2024. Lack of trade-off between morphological and physiological self-maintenance: three experiments on house sparrows. Manuscript in preparation.

2. Pap PL, Vincze O and Vágási CI 2024. Oxidative physiology of flight and migration in European birds. Submitted to Journal of Avian Biology, under review.

1. Vincze O, Colchero F, Lemaître J-F, Conde D, Pavard S, Vágási CI, Pap PL, Erős N, Ujvari B, Thomas F and Giraudeau M 2024. Circulating immune cell concentrations predict cancer resistance, but not cancer risk across mammals. Manuscript in preparation.

Additional publications:
The topic is different from the TE grant’s main objectives, but the TE grant supported the realization of these studies as well.

7. Merondun J, Marques CI, Andrade P, … [11 co-authors] …, Fülöp A, … [6 co-authors] …, Marton A, … [11 co-authors] …, Wolf JBW 2024. Evolution and genetic architecture of sex-limited polymorphism in cuckoos. Science Advances 10: eadl5255. link IF2022 = 13.6.

6. del Mar Labrador M, … [30 co-authors] …, Pap PL, … [9 co-authors] …, Vágási CI, Vögeli M and Jovani R 2024. Host space, not energy or symbiont size, constrains feather mite abundance across passerine bird species. Journal of Animal Ecology 93: 393–405. link IF2022 = 4.80

Journal highlight here.

5. Spurgin LG, … [38 co-authors] …, Vágási CI, … [5 co-authors] and Slate J 2024. The great tit HapMap project: a continental-scale analysis of genomic variation in a songbird. Molecular Ecology Resources (accepted). IF2023 = 7.70

4. del Mar Labrador M, … [30 co-authors] …, Pap PL, … [9 co-authors] …, Vágási CI, Vögeli M and Jovani R 2024. Idiosyncrasy of feather mite intensity and prevalence across passerine bird species: a comparative study. Submitted to Oikos, under review.

3. Ozogány K, Kerekes V, Fülöp A, Barta Z and Nagy M 2023. Fine-scale collective movements reveal present, past and future dynamics of a multilevel society in Przewalski’s horses. Nature Communications 14: 5096. link IF2022 = 16.60

2. Fülöp A, Vágási CI, Pap PL, Osváth G, Benkő Z, Borbély M, Hajdó B, Kocsis B and Barta Z 2024. Groups with a more diverse personality composition have a more egalitarian social structure. Manuscript in preparation.

1. Fülöp A, Lukács D and Barta Z 2022. Space use of wintering Eurasian Tree Sparrows (Passer montanus) in a semi-urban area: a radiotelemetry-based case study. Ornis Hungarica 30: 124–133. link IF2022 = 0.48

Conference participations and invited lectures at scientific seminars:

13. Vincze O, Vágási CI, Pap PL, Szőcs Á and Erős N 2024. Immune cell concentrations and cancer mortality risk in mammals. BIOTA. Cluj-Napoca, 17 May 2024.

12. Vágási CI, Pap PL and Vincze O 2024. Oxidative physiology of flight and migration in European birds. BIOTA. Cluj-Napoca, 17 May 2024.

11. Vincze O, Vágási CI, Pap PL, Szőcs Á and Erős N 2024. Immune cell concentrations and cancer mortality risk in mammals. 24th Biology Days. Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 20 April 2024.

10. Lendvai ÁZ, Tóth Z, Mahr K, Pénzes J, Vogel-Kindgen S, Gander BA and Vágási CI 2023. IGF-1 induces sex-specific oxidative damage and mortality. 25th Conference of the Hungarian Ethological Society. Debrecen, Hungary, 26–28 October 2023.

9. Vágási CI, Pap PL, Vincze O and Pénzes J 2023. Oxidative state is associated with migration distance, but not flight parameters in birds. 14th European Ornithologists’ Union Congress, Lund, Sweden, 20–25 August 2023.

8. Fülöp A, Vágási CI, Pap PL, Osváth G, Benkő Z, Borbély M, Hajdó B, Kocsis B and Barta Z 2023. Groups with a more diverse personality composition have a more egalitarian social structure. 14th European Ornithologists’ Union Congress, Lund, Sweden, 20–25 August 2023.

7. Marton A, Fülöp A, Pap PL, Osváth G, Pătraș L, Haussmann MF, Lendvai ÁZ and Vágási CI 2023. The oxidative physiology of moult: three experiments on house sparrows. 14th European Ornithologists’ Union Congress, Lund, Sweden, 20–25 August 2023.

6. Pap PL, Vágási CI, Bókony V, Pénzes J, Szabó K, Magonyi MN, Czirják GÁ and Vincze O 2023. Phylogenetic relationships of immune function and oxidative physiology with sexual selection and parental effort are sex-specific in birds. 14th European Ornithologists’ Union Congress, Lund, Sweden, 20–25 August 2023.

5. Marton A 2023. Mind your laces! Telomeres in ecology and evolution. Scientific Seminars of the Department of Evolutionary Zoology and Human Biology, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary, 2 June 2023.

4. Marton A, Fülöp A, Osváth G, Pătraș L, Pap PL and Vágási CI 2023. Moult and oxidative physiology: three experiments on house sparrows. 23th Biology Days. Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 1 April 2023.

3. Fülöp A 2023. The evolution of sexual dimorphism and colouration: the diverging of opinions of Darwin and Wallace. Wallace 200 Symposium. Debrecen, Hungary, 23 February 2023.

2. Fülöp A, Vágási CI, Pap PL, Osváth G, Benkő Z, Borbély M, Hajdó B and Barta Z 2022. Groups with diverse personality composition have more egalitarian dominance social structure. 24th Conference of the Hungarian Ethological Society. Budapest, Hungary, 25–27 November 2022.

1. Pap PL, Vágási CI, Bókony V, Pénzes J, Szabó K, Magonyi MN, Czirják GÁ and Vincze O 2022. Sex-specific immunity and oxidative state in birds: the role of sexual selection and parental care. 24th Conference of the Hungarian Ethological Society. Budapest, Hungary, 25–27 November 2022.