Dr. Stefan Fischer

Patzner, M.S., Kainz, N., Lundin, E., Barczok, M., Smith, C., Herndon, E., Kinsman-Costello, L., Fischer, S., Straub, D., Kleindienst, S., Kappler, A., Bryce, C. (2022) Seasonal fluctuations in iron cycling in thawing permafrost peatlands. Environmental Science and Technology https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.1c06937

ThomasArrigo, L.K., Notini, L., Shuster, J., Nydegger, T., Vontobel, S., Fischer, S., Kappler, A., Kretzschmar, R. (2021) Mineral characterization and composition of Fe-rich flocs from wetlands of Iceland: Implications for Fe, C and trace element export. Science of the Total Environment  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.151567

Danalache, M., Beutler K.R., Rolauffs, B., Wolfgart, J.M., Bonnaire, F.C., Fischer, S., Greving, I., Hofmann, U.K. (2021): Exploration of changes in spatial chondrocyte organisation in human osteoarthritic cartilage by means of 3D imaging. Scientific reports (https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-89582-w)

Csader, M., Mayer, K., Betz, O., Fischer, S., Eggs, B. (2021): The ovipositor of the braconid wasp Habrobracon hebetor: structural and functional aspects.  Journal of Hymenoptera Research 10.3897/jhr.83.64018).

Fischer, S., Laue, M., Müller, C.H.G., Meinertzhagen, I.A., Pohl, H.(2021): Ultrastructural 3D reconstruction of the smallest known insect photoreceptors: the stemmata of a first instar larva of Strepsiptera (Hexapoda). Arthropod Structure and Development (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asd.2021.101055).

Mohr T., Fischer S. (2020) Ultrastructural evidence for the origin of the sub-retinal pigment shield in the compound eye of Drosophila melanogaster. J. Morph.281: 802-807. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmor.21143

Mohr T., Meinertzhagen I.A., Fischer S. (2019) Novel type of sub‐retinal pigment shield in the miniaturized compound eye of Trichogramma evanescens. J Comp Neurol https://doi.org/10.1002/cne.24745 

Fischer S., Lu Z., Meinertzhagen I.A. (2019) Three-dimensional ultrastructural organization of the ommatidium of the minute parasitoid wasp Trichogramma evanescens. Arthropod Structure and Development 48:35-48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asd.2018.12.003

Qarony W., Hossain M.I., Dewan R., Fischer S., Meyer- Rochow V.B., Salleo A., Knipp D., Tsang Y.H. (2018) Approaching perfect light incoupling in perovskite and silicon thin film solar cells by moth eye surface textures. Advanced Thory and Simulations 1 (8) 1800030. https://doi.org/10.1002/adts.201800030

Fischer S., Lu Z., Meinertzhagen I.A. (2017) From two to three dimensions: The importance of the third dimension for evaluating the limits to neuronal miniaturization in insects. J Comp Neurol. (526 (4):653-662). https://doi.org/10.1002/cne.24358

Makarova A., Polilov A., Fischer S. (2015) Comparative morphological analysis of compound eye miniaturization in minute Hymenoptera. Arthropod Structure & Development 44(1):21-32. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asd.2014.11.001

Kristensen N.P., Rota J., Fischer S. (2014) Notable plesiomorphies and notable specializations: Head structure of the primitive "tongue moth" Acanthopteroctetes unifascia (Lepidoptera: Acanthopteroctetidae). Journal of Morphology 275(2):153-72. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmor.20205

Fischer S., Meyer-Rochow V.B., Müller C.H.G. (2013) Compound Eye Miniaturization in Lepidoptera: a comparative morphological analysis. Acta Zoologica https://doi.org/10.1111/azo.12041

Fischer S., Meyer-Rochow V.B., Müller C.H.G. (2012) Challenging limits: Ultrastructure and size-related functional constraints of the compound eye of Stigmella microtheriella (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae). Journal of Morphology 273 (9): 1064-1078. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmor.20045

Fischer S., Müller C.H.G., Meyer-Rochow V.B. (2012) Neither apposition nor superposition: the compound eyes of the chestnut leafminer Cameraria ohridella. Zoomorphology 131: 37-55. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00435-011-0141-0

Fischer S., Müller C.H.G., Meyer-Rochow V.B. (2011) How small can small be: The compound eye of the parasitoid wasp Trichogramma evanescens (Westwood, 1833) (Hymenoptera, Hexapoda), an insect of 0.3 to 0.4 mm total body size. Visual Neuroscience 28: 295–308. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0952523810000192

Dewan R., Fischer S., Meyer-Rochow V.B., Özdemir Y., Hamraz S., Knipp D. (2011) Studying nano-structured nipple arrays of moth eye facets helps to design better thin film solar cells. Bioinspiration & Biomimetics 7 016003, http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-3182/7/1/016003

Fischer S., Patzner R.A., Müller C.H.G., Winkler H. (2007) Studies on the ichthyofauna in the coastal waters of Ibiza (Balearic Islands, Spain). Rostocker Meeresbiologische Beiträge 18: 30-62. PDF

2021/09 Meeting of the german zoological association (digital)
Small eyes, large data: visual systems of tiniest insects in 3D ultrastructural resolution

2019/11 Symposium of the Network for Electron Microscopy Tuebingen (NET)
The challenge of upscaling 3D microscopy while preserving ultrastructural detail and time efficiency

2019/09  Visionarium (XVIII) meeting in Tvärminne (Finnland)
Spatial and functional constraints of compound eye miniaturization

2019/03 Department of Integrative Zoology, University Vienna (Austria)
Three-dimensional investigation of miniaturized insect visual systems

2019/01 Institute of Evolution and Ecology seminar, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen (Germany)
Small eyes and tiny brains: Miniaturization of visual systems in insects

2017/11 Symposium of the Network for Electron Microscopy Tuebingen (NET)
Serial section TEM image stack analysis pipelines using license free open source software

2017/09 Meeting of the german zoological association in Bielefeld (Germany)
From 2D to 3D: evaluating the limits to neuronal miniaturization in insects on ultrastructural level using 3D image information

2015/07 Zoological Colloquium at  Zoologisches Institut und Museum, Ernst-Moritz- Arndt-Universität Greifswald (Germany)
Miniaturisierungseffekte bei Arthropodenaugen (Miniaturization effects within compound eyes of arthropods)

2015/05 Symposium of the electron microscopy network Tübingen (NET)
3D reconstruction on ultrastructural level using ssTEM and TrakEM2

2015/04 Zoological Colloquium at Institut für Spezielle Zoologie und Evolutionsbiologie mit Phyletischem Museum, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena (Germany)
Miniaturization of the visual system in Hymenoptera

2014/12 Institute of Evolution and Ecology, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen (Germany)
EvE Seminar talk: Why size matters: Consequences of insect body size miniaturization

2014/08 International Congress on Invertebrate Morphology (ICIM3) in Berlin (Germany)

First 3D reconstruction on EM level of a complete ommatidium of a miniaturized parasitic wasp

2013/08 International Conference on Invertebrate Vision in Bäckaskog (Sweden)

The challenge of being small: Miniaturization of the lepidopteran compound eye

2011/10 Visionarium X in Tvärminne (Finland)

Neither apposition nor superposition: Ultrastructural design of compound eyes in moths of small body size

2011/09 Meeting of the german zoological association in Saarbrücken (Germany)

Compound eyes with features of both apposition and superposition optics in moths of small body size

2010/10 Visionarium IX in Tvärminne (Finland)

Structural and functional changes of insect eyes in cases of miniaturization

2009/10 Microlepidoptera-Meeting in Mainz (Germany)

 Miniaturisierung von Superpositionsaugen bei Nachtfaltern

2019/09 Visionarium XVIII meeting in Tvärminne (Finland)
3D reconstruction of the smallest known insect photoreceptors: the stemmata of the first instar larvae of Stylops ovinae (Insecta, Strepsiptera)

2019/09 Meeting of the german zoological association in Jena
Rapid evaluation of ultrastructural features in epoxy resin embedded samples, using serial- and re-sectioning techniques

2019/08 International conference on invertebrate vision (ICIV) in Bäckaskog
3D reconstruction of the smallest known insect photoreceptors: the stemmata of the first instar larvae of Stylops ovinae (Insecta, Strepsiptera)

2018/09 Meeting of the german zoological association in Greifswald
3D reconstruction of the smallest known insect photoreceptors: the stemmata of the first instar larvae of Stylops ovinae (Insecta, Strepsiptera)

2017/10 Graduiertenforum der Fachgruppe Morphologie, Stuttgart
T. Mohr, S. Fischer: Larger numbers, less effort: time efficient analysis pipeline for measuring the volumes of pigment granules in insect eyes

2010/10 Visionarium IX in Tvärminne (Finland) 
Compound eyes in insects of small size: Ultrastructure of the eyes of the parasitoid wasp Trichogramma evanescens (Westwood, 1833)

2010/09 Meeting of the german zoological association in Hamburg (Germany)
Compound eyes in insects of small size: Ultrastructure of eyes of the parasitoid wasp Trichogramma evanescens (Westwood, 1833)

German Zoological Association (DZG)
German BioImaging - Gesellschaft für Mikroskopie und Bildanalyse e.V. (GerBI-GMB, Society for Microscopy and Image Analysis)
International Society for Invertebrate Morphology (ISIM)
DGE Deutsche Gesellschaft für Elektronenmikroskopie (German society for electron microscopy)
Core technologies for life sciences (CTLS)
Network for Electron Microscopy Tübingen (NET)