The iBeetle large-scale RNAi screen reveals gene functions for insect development and physiology. 

Schmitt-Engel C, Schultheis D, Schwirz J, Ströhlein N, Troelenberg N, Majumdar U, Dao VA, Grossmann D, Richter T, Tech M, Dönitz J, Gerischer L, Theis M, Schild I, Trauner J, Koniszewski ND, Küster E, Kittelmann S, Hu Y, Lehmann S, Siemanowski J, Ulrich J, Panfilio KA, Schröder R, Morgenstern B, Stanke M, Buchhholz F, Frasch M, Roth S, Wimmer EA, Schoppmeier M, Klingler M, Bucher G.
Nat Commun. 2015 Jul 28;6:7822. doi: 10.1038/ncomms8822

The single fgf receptor gene in the beetle Tribolium castaneum codes for two isoforms that integrate FGF8- and Branchless-dependent signals.

Sharma R, Beer K, Iwanov K, Schmöhl F, Beckmann PI, Schröder R. Developmental Biology 2015 Jun 15;402(2):264-75. doi: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2015.04.001.

2014

The first myriapod genome sequence reveals conservative arthropod gene content and genome organisation in the centipede Strigamia maritima.

Chipman AD, Ferrier DE, Brena C, Qu J, Hughes DS, Schröder R, Torres-Oliva M, Znassi N, Jiang H, Almeida FC, Alonso CR, Apostolou Z, Aqrawi P, Arthur W, Barna JC, Blankenburg KP, Brites D, Capella-Gutiérrez S, Coyle M, Dearden PK, Du Pasquier L, Duncan EJ, Ebert D, Eibner C, Erikson G, Evans PD, Extavour CG, Francisco L, Gabaldón T, Gillis WJ, Goodwin-Horn EA, Green JE, Griffiths-Jones S, Grimmelikhuijzen CJ, Gubbala S, Guigó R, Han Y, Hauser F, Havlak P, Hayden L, Helbing S, Holder M, Hui JH, Hunn JP, Hunnekuhl VS, Jackson L, Javaid M, Jhangiani SN, Jiggins FM, Jones TE, Kaiser TS, Kalra D, Kenny NJ, Korchina V, Kovar CL, Kraus FB, Lapraz F, Lee SL, Lv J, Mandapat C, Manning G, Mariotti M, Mata R, Mathew T, Neumann T, Newsham I, Ngo DN, Ninova M, Okwuonu G, Ongeri F, Palmer WJ, Patil S, Patraquim P, Pham C, Pu LL, Putman NH, Rabouille C, Ramos OM, Rhodes AC, Robertson HE, Robertson HM, Ronshaugen M, Rozas J, Saada N, Sánchez-Gracia A, Scherer SE, Schurko AM, Siggens KW, Simmons D, Stief A, Stolle E, Telford MJ, Tessmar-Raible K, Thornton R, van der Zee M, von Haeseler A, Williams JM, Willis JH, Wu Y, Zou X, Lawson D, Muzny DM, Worley KC, Gibbs RA, Akam M, Richards S.

PLoS Biol. 2014 Nov 25;12(11):e1002005. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1002005

2013

FGF signalling controls anterior extraembryonic and embryonic fate in the beetle Tribolium.

Rahul Sharma, Anke Beermann & Reinhard Schröder   Developmental Biology, 381(1):121-133 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2013.05.031  Epub 2013 Jun 12

The dynamic expression of extraembryonic marker genes in the beetle Tribolium castaneum reveals the complexity of serosa and amnion formation in a short germ insect.

Rahul Sharma, Anke Beermann & Reinhard Schröder Gene Expr Patterns 13(8):362-371 doi: 10.1016/j.gep.2013.07.002. 

2011

A context-dependent combination of Wnt receptors controls axis elongation and leg development in a short germ insect. Beermann A, Prühs R, Lutz R & Schröder R  Development 138, 2793-2805

2008

The Tribolium Genome Sequencing Consortium. The genome of the model beetle and pest Tribolium castaneum. Nature 452, 949-55 (= Nature-Article; R Schröder: one of 12 coordinators; focus: developmental biology).

Beermann A & Schröder R  Sites of Fgf signalling and perception during embryogenesis of the beetle Tribolium castaneum. Dev Genes Evol 218, 153-167

Berns N, Kusch T, Schröder R & Reuter R Expression, function and regulation of Brachyenteron in the short germband insect Tribolium castaneumDev Genes Evol 218, 169-179

Bolognesi R, Beermann A, Farzana L, Wittkopp N, Lutz R, Balavoine G Brown S & Schröder R Tribolium Wnts: evidence for a larger repertoire in insects with overlapping expression patterns that suggest multiple redundant functions in embryogenesis. Dev Genes Evol 218, 193-202

2007

Wyder S, Kriventseva E, Schröder R, Kadowaki T & Zdobnov EM Quantification of ortholog losses in insects and vertebrates. Genome Biol. 16, R242 

2006

Schröder R vasa mRNA accumulates at the posterior pole during blastoderm formation in the flour beetle Tribolium castaneum. Dev Genes Evol 216, 277 – 283

2005

Schoppmeier M & Schröder R Maternal Torso-signaling controls body axis elongation in a short germ insect. Curr Biol 15, 2131-2136

Cerny AC, Bucher G, Schröder R & Klingler M Breakdown of abdominal patterning in the TriboliumKrüppel mutant jaws. Development 132, 5353-5363

2004

Copf T, Schröder R & Averof M An ancestral role of caudal genes in axis elongation and segmentation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 17711 – 17715

Beermann A, Aranda M & Schröder R The Sp8 zinc-finger transcription factor is involved in allometric growth of the limbs in the beetle Tribolium castaneum. Development 131, 733-742

Beermann A & Schröder R Functional stability of the aristaless gene in appendage tip formation during evolution. Dev Genes Evol 214, 303-308

2003

Schröder R 2003 The genes orthodenticle and hunchback substitute for bicoid in the beetle Tribolium. Nature 422, 621 – 625

< 2003

Schröder R, Eckert C, Wolff C & Tautz D 2000 Conserved and divergent aspects of terminal patterning in the beetle Tribolium castaneum. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 97, 6591 – 6596

Schröder R, Jay DG & Tautz D 1999 Elimination of EVE protein by CALI in the short germ band insect Tribolium suggests a conserved pair-rule function for even-skipped. Mech. Dev 80, 191-195

Wolff C, Schröder R, Schulz C, Tautz D & Klingler M 1998 Regulation of the Tribolium homologues of caudal and hunchback in Drosophila: evidence for maternal gradient systems in a short germ embryo. Development 125, 3645 – 3654

Schulz C, Schröder R, Hausdorff B, Wolff C & Tautz D 1998 A caudal homologue in the short germ band beetle Tribolium shows similarities to both, the Drosophila and the vertebrate caudal expression patterns. Dev Genes Evol 208, 283 – 289

Schröder R, Tautz D & Jay DG 1996 Chromophore-assisted laser inactivation of even-skipped in Drosophila precisely phenocopies genetic loss of function. Dev. Genes Evol. 206, 86-88

Falciani F, Hausdorf B, Schröder R, Akam M, Tautz D, Denell R & Brown S 1996 Class 3 Hox genes in insects and the origin of zen. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 93, 8479-8484

Wolff C, Sommer R, Schröder R, Glaser G & Tautz D 1995 Conserved and divergent expression aspects of the Drosophila segmentation gene hunchback in the short germ band embryo of the flour beetle Tribolium. Development 121, 4227-4236

Schröder R & Sander K 1993 A comparison of transplantable bicoid activity and partial bicoid homeobox sequences in several Drosophila and blowfly species (Calliphoridae). Roux' s Arch. Dev. Biol., 34-43