Publications 2026

The institute members are marked with bold letters. Under the given links you will find the abstracts of the papers and if necessary also the papers, if they may be published on the internet.

Publications (peer-reviewed, published)

  1. Basner, M., Smith, M.G., Cordoza, M., Kayser, M.S., Carlin, M., Ecker, A.J., Gilad, Y., Park-Chavar, S., Rennie, K., Schneller, V., Walsh, S., Shou, H., Cao, Q., Younes, M., Aeschbach, D., Jones, C.W. (2026) Efficacy of pink noise and earplugs for mitigating the effects of intermittent environmental noise exposure on sleep. Sleep. 2026:zsag001. The American Academy of Sleep Medicine. doi: 10.1093/sleep/zsag001. ISSN 0161-8105.
  2. Böcker, J., Sachs, L., Drey, M., Kaiser-Stolz, C., Bloch, W., Dekant, A., Rittweger, J. (2026) Reducing muscle weakness in nursing home residents: a study quantifying acceptance and feasibility of a formal training algorithm, and reliability of endpoint measures. Aging Clinical and Experimental Research. 2026;38:68. Springer Nature. doi: 10.1007/s40520-025-03319-7. ISSN 1594-0667.
  3. Grübbel, H.A., Ly-Sauerbrey, Y.-T., Arndt, F.S., Pavletić, B., Leuko, S., Rinderknecht, F. (2026) Short-time thermal inactivation of surrogates of the public transport microbiome with a low-cost thermoresistometer. Scientific Reports. 2026;16:1316. Nature Publishing Group. doi: 10.1038/s41598-026-35087-3. ISSN 2045-2322.
  4. Hedman, N., Coustenis, A., Doran, P., Worms, J.-C., Al Shehhi, O., Ammannito, E., Fujimoto, M., Grasset, O., Haltigen, T., Hayes, A., Ilyin, V., Mustin, C., Olsson-Francis, K., Peng, J., Praveen, K., Prieto-Ballesteros, O., Raulin, F., Rettberg, P., Seasly, E., Sephton, M., Sinibaldi, S., Suzuki, Y., Teo, J., Whyte, L., Xu, K., Zaitsev, M. (2026) The COSPAR Panel on Planetary Protection and the COSPAR Policy on Planetary Protection: an overview of governance and activities. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A. 2026;384(2314):20240429. Royal Society Publishing. doi: 10.1098/rsta.2024.0429. ISSN 1364-503X.
  5. Lange, D., Hennecke, E., Thiel, K., Neumaier, B., Beer, S., Bauer, A., Aeschbach, D., Elmenhorst, D., Elmenhorst, E.-M. (2026) Chronic sleep loss and A1 adenosine receptors in the human brain. Sleep. 2026:zsag012. The American Academy of Sleep Medicine. doi: 10.1093/sleep/zsag012. ISSN 0161-8105.
  6. Olsson-Francis, K., Coustenis, A., Hedman, N., Doran, P.T., Rettberg, P., Worms, J.-C. (2026) Planetary Protection for Safe and Sustainable Space Exploration. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A. 2026;384(2314):20240441. Royal Society Publishing. doi: 10.1098/rsta.2024.0441. ISSN 1364-503X.
  7. Trinks, N., Gancheva, S., Pützer, J., Schoen, M., Huttasch, M., Pafili, K., Mastrototaro, L., Dewidar, B., Kupryanova, Y., Herder, C., Strassburger, K., Zaharia, O.-P., Ruppert, P., Kersten, S., Hoeks, J., Trenkamp, S., Schrauwen-Hinderling, V., Schrauwen, P., Roden, M., Pesta, D. (2026) Blood-flow restriction resistance training improves skeletal muscle mitochondrial capacity and cardiovascular risk factors in type 2 diabetes. Cell Metabolism. 2026;38:Online ahead of print. Cell Press. doi: 10.1016/j.cmet.2025.12.016. ISSN 1550-4131.
  8. Zaccaria, T., Beblo-Vranesevic, K., de Jonge, M.I., Netea, M.G., Rettberg, P. (2026) Survival limits of psychrotolerant microorganisms with relevance for planetary protection of the icy moons. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A. 2026;384(2314):20240435. Royal Society Publishing. doi: 10.1098/rsta.2024.0435. ISSN 1364-503X.
  9. Zaccaria, T., He, X., Beblo-Vranesevic, K., Netea, M.G., de Jonge, M.I., Rettberg, P. (2026) Exploring the Habitability of the Outer Solar System Icy Moons for the Extremotolerant Yeast Rhodotorula frigidalcoholis. Environmental Microbiology. 2026;28(2):e70260. Wiley. doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.70260. ISSN 1462-2912.

Publications (without peer-review, published)

  1. Ehrenfreund, P., Worms, J.-C., Coustenis, A., Doran, P., Hedman, N., Al Shehhi, O.H., Ammannito, E., Fujimoto, M., Grasset, O., Haltigin, T., Hayes, A., Ilyin, V., Kuttanpillai, P.K., Mustin, C., Olsson-Francis, K., Peng, J., Prieto Ballesteros, O., Raulin, F., Rettberg, P., Seasly, E., Sephton, M., Sinibaldi, S., Suzuki, Y., Teo, J., Whyte, L., Xu, K., Zaitsev, M. (2026) Editorial to the 2026 version of the COSPAR Policy on Planetary Protection. Space Research Today (SRT). 2026;(224):15-16. COSPAR. ISSN 2467-9933.

Publications in a specialist book or Contribution to a Collection

  1. Steven, D., Elmenhorst, E.-M. (2026) Zirkadiane Rhythmen. In: Handbuch der betriebsärztlichen Praxis, 109. Ergänzungslieferung, 11.5.1.3.1: 1-32 ecoMed. ISBN 978-3-609-10230-6.