Publications

Magneto-oncology: a radical pair primer

P. J. Hore
Front. Oncol. 15 (2025) 1539718

Magnetosensitivity of model flavin-tryptophan radical pairs in a dynamic protein environment

P. Benjamin, L. Gerhards, I. A. Solov'yov, and P. J. Hore
J. Phys. Chem. B 129 (2025) 5937-5947

Spectroscopic characterisation of radical pair photochemistry in non-migratory avian cryptochromes: magnetic field effects in GgCry4a

J. Gravell, P. D. F. Murton, T. L. Pitcher, K. B. Henbest, J. Schmidt, M. M. Buffett, G. Moise, A. S. Gehrckens, D. R. Cubbin, A. Stuhec, L. M. Antill, O. Paré-Labrosse, M. Bassetto, G. Saberamoli, J. Xu, C. Langebrake, M. Liedvogel, E. Schleicher, S. Weber, R. Bartölke, H. Mouritsen, P. J. Hore, S. R. Mackenzie, and C. R. Timmel
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 147 (2025) 24286-24298

European robin cryptochrome-4a associates with lipid bilayers in an ordered manner, fulfilling a molecular-level condition for magnetoreception

Majewska M, Hanić M, Bartölke R, Schmidt J, Bożek J, Gerhards L, Mouritsen H, Koch KW, Solov'yov IA, Brand I.

ACS Chemical Biology. 2025 Mar 21; 20(3):592-606

Spin dynamics of radical pairs using the stochastic Schrödinger equation in MolSpin

G. J. Pazera, T. P. Fay, I. A. Solov'yov, P. J. Hore and L. Gerhards
J. Chem. Theory Comput. 20 (2024) 8412-8421

Orientation of birds in radiofrequency fields in the absence of the earth's magnetic field - a possible test for the radical pair mechanism of magnetoreception

J. Luo, P. Benjamin, L. Gerhards, H. J. Hogben and P. J. Hore
J. R. Soc. Interface 21 (2024) 20240133

Proteins as nanomagnets and magnetoreceptors

P. J. Hore
Zool. Res. 45 (2024) 833-834

Spin chemistry in living systems

P. J. Hore
Nat. Sci. Rev. 11 (2024) nwae126

Migratory birds can extract positional information from magnetic inclination and magnetic declination alone

Packmor, F., Kishkinev, D., Zechmeister, T., Mouritsen, H., and Holland, R. A. 

Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological sciences, 291(2034), (2024)  rspb20241363

Comparison of retinol binding protein 1 with cone specific G-protein as putative effector molecules in cryptochrome signalling

Yee, C., Bartölke, R., Görtemaker, K., Schmidt, J., Leberecht, B., Mouritsen, H., and Koch, K. W. 

Scientific Reports, 14(1),  (2024) 28326

Bassetto et al. reply to comments on no evidence for magnetic field effects on the behaviour of Drosophila

M. Bassetto, T. Reichl, D. Kobylkov, D. R. Kattnig, M. Winklhofer, P. J. Hore and H. Mouritsen
Nature 629 (2024) E6-E7

Adaptive evolution and loss of a putative magnetoreceptor in passerines

Langebrake, C., Manthey, G., Frederiksen, A., Lugo Ramos, J. S., Dutheil, J. Y., Chetverikova, R., Solov'yov, I. A., Mouritsen, H., and Liedvogel, M. 

Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological sciences, 291, (2024) 20232308

Mutational study of the tryptophan tetrad important for electron transfer in European robin cryptochrome 4a

Frederiksen, A., Langebrake, C., Hanić, M., and Manthey, G., Mouritsen, H., Liedvogel, M., and Solov’yov, I. A. 

ACS omega 8,9, (2023) 26425-26436

Singlet–triplet dephasing in radical pairs in avian cryptochromes leads to time-dependent magnetic field effects
M.J. Golesworthy, T. Zollitsch, J. Luo, D. Selby, L.E. Jarocha, K.B. Henbest, O. Pare-Labrosse, R. Bartölke, J. Schmidt, J. Xu, H. Mouritsen, P.J. Hore, C.R. Timmel and S.R. Mackenzie
J. Chem. Phys 159  (2023) 105102 

No evidence for magnetic field effects on the behaviour of Drosophila
M. Bassetto, T. Reichl, D. Kobylkov, D.R. Kattnig, M. Winklhofer, P.J. Hore, and H. Mouritsen
Nature 620  (2023) 595-599   

Naive songbirds show seasonally appropriate spring orientation in the laboratory despite having never completed first migration

J. Wynn, B. Leberecht, M. Liedvogel, L. Burnus, R. Chetverikova, S.Döge, T. Karwinkel, D. Kobylkov, J.Xu, and H. Mouritsen

Biology Letters 19,  (2023) 20220478

Upper bound for broadband radiofrequency field disruption of magnetic compass orientation in night-migratory songbirds
B. Leberecht, S.Y. Wong, B. Satish, S. Döge, J. Hindman, L. Venkatraman, S. Apte, K. Haase,  I. Musielak, G. Dautaj, I.A. Solov’yov,  M. Winklhofer,  H. Mouritsen and P. J. Hore.
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci.  USA  120  (2023) e2301153120

Modeling spin relaxation in complex radical systems using MolSpin
L. Gerhards, C. Nielsen, D. R. Kattnig, P. J. Hore and I. A. Solov'yov
J. Comput. Chem. 44  (2023) 1704-1714

Isotope substitution effects on the magnetic compass properties of cryptochrome-based radical pairs: a computational study
G.J. Pazera, P. Benjamin, H. Mouritsen and P.J. Hore
J. Phys. Chem. B  127 (2023) 838-845

Conditions for EPR detection of chirality-induced spin selectivity in spin-polarized radical pairs in isotropic solution
Y. Ren and P. J. Hore
J. Chem. Phys. 159  (2023) 145104

Immunohistochemical characterization of bipolar cells in four distantly related avian species

Balaji, V., Haverkamp, S., Seth, P.K., Gunther, A., Mendoza, E., Schmidt, J., Herrmann, M., Pfeiffer, L.L., Nemec, P., Scharff, C., Mouritsen, H., and Dedek, K.

Journal of Comparative Neurology 531,  (2023) 561-581.

Tracking the electron transfer cascade in European robin cryptochrome 4 mutants

Timmer, D., Frederiksen, A., Lünemann, D. C., Thomas, A. R., Xu, J., Bartölke, R., Schmidt, J., Kubař, T., De Sio, A., Solov’yov, I.A., Mouritsen, H. and Lienau, C. 

Journal of the American Chemical Society 145, (2023) 11566–11578.

Dimerisation of European robin cryptochrome 4a
M. Hanic,  L.M. Antill,  A.S. Gehrckens, J. Schmidt,  K. Görtemaker,  R. Bartölke,  T. El-Baba, J. Xu, K-W. Koch, H. Mouritsen, P.J. Hore and I.A. Solov'yov

J. Phys. Chem. B 127 (2023) 6251–6264

Magnetic field effects on radical pair reactions: estimation of B1/2 for flavin-tryptophan radical pairs in cryptochromes
S.Y. Wong, P. Benjamin and P.J. Hore
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys 25 (2023) 975-982

Effects of dynamical degrees of freedom on magnetic compass sensitivity: a comparison of plant and avian cryptochromes
G. Grüning, S. Y. Wong, L. Gerhards, F. Schuhmann, D.R. Kattnig, P.J. Hore and I.A. Solov’yov
J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 144 (2022) 22902–22914 

Morphology, biochemistry and connectivity of cluster N and the hippocampal formation in a migratory bird
D. Heyers, I. Musielak, K. Haase, C. Herold, P. Bolte, O. Güntürkün and H. Mouritsen
Brain Struct. Funct. 227 (2022) 2731-2749

Morphology of the “prefrontal” nidopallium caudolaterale in the long-distance night-migratory Eurasian blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)
D. Kobylkov, I. Musielak, K. Haase, N. Rook, K. von Eugen, K. Dedek, O. Güntürkün H. Mouritsen and D Heyers
Neurosci. Lett. 789 (2022)136869

Access to the sky near the horizon and stars does not play a crucial role in compass calibration of European songbird migrants
A. Pakhomov,  A. Prokshina,  F. Cellarius,  H. Mouritsen and N. Chernetsov
J . Exp. Biol. 225 (2022) jeb243631

In search for the avian trigeminal magnetic sensor: distribution of peripheral and central terminals of ophthalmic sensory neurons in the night-migratory Eurasian blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)

Haase, K., Musielak, I., Warmuth-Moles, L., Leberecht, B., Zolotareva, A., Mouritsen, H., and Heyers, D.

Frontiers in Neuroanatomy 16,  (2022) 853401
   
Direct interaction of avian cryptochrome 4 with a cone specific G-protein
K. Görtemaker,  C. Yee,  R. Bartölke,  H. Behrmann,  J-O. Voß,  J. Schmidt,  J. Xu, V.Solovyeva, B. Leberecht, E. Behrmann,  H. Mouritsen, and K-W. Koch
Cells 11 (2022) 2043
 
Computational reconstruction and analysis of structural models of avian cryptochrome 4
M. Hanić,  F. Schuhmann,  A. Frederiksen,  C. Langebrake,  G. Manthey,  M.Liedvogel,  J. Xu,  H. Mouritsen and I.A. Solov'yov

J. Phys. Chem. B 126 (2022) 4623-4635
 
Double cones in the avian retina form an oriented mosaic which might facilitate magnetoreception and/or polarized light sensing
R. Chetverikova, G. Dautaj, L. Schwigon, K. Dedek and H. Mouritsen
J. R. Soc. Interface 19 (2022) 20210877

How migrating birds use quantum effects to navigate
P. J. Hore and H. Mouritsen
Sci. Am. (April 2022) 27-31

Magnetic stop signs signal a European songbird’s arrival at the breeding site after migration

J. Wynn,  O. Padget,  H. Mouritsen,  J. Morford,  P. Jaggers and T. Guilford

Science  375 (2022) 446-449

Broadband 75–85 MHz radiofrequency fields disrupt magnetic compass orientation in night-migratory songbirds consistent with a flavin-based radical pair magnetoreceptor

B. Leberecht,  D. Kobylkov,  T. Karwinkel,  S. Döge,  L. Burnus,  S.Y. Wong,  S. Apte,  K. Haase,  I. Musielak, R. Chetverikova, G. Dautaj,  M. Bassetto,  M. Winklhofer,  P.J. Hore and H. Mouritsen.

J. Comp. Physiol. A, 208  (2022)  97-106

Cryptochrome magnetoreception: four tryptophans could be better than three

S.Y. Wong,  Y. Wei,  H. Mouritsen,  I.A. Solov'yov and P.J. Hore

J. R. Soc. Interface 18  (2021) 20210601

Navigation of migratory songbirds: a quantum magnetic compass sensor

S. Y. Wong,  A. Frederiksen,  M. Hanić,  F. Schuhmann,  G. Grüning,  P.J. Hore and I.A. Solov’yov

Neuroforum  27  (2021) 141-150

Localisation of cryptochrome 2 in the avian retina

A. Einwich,  P.K. Seth, R.  Bartölke, P.  Bolte, R. Feederle, K.  Dedek and H. Mouritsen

J. Comp. Physiol. A 208  (2022) 69-81

A guide for using flight simulators to study the sensory basis of long-distance migration in insects

Dreyer, D., Frost, B. J., Mouritsen, H., Lefèvre, A., Menz, M., and Warrant, E. 

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience (2021)15, 678936

Endless skies and open seas–how birds and fish navigate

L. Spiecker, B. Leberecht, C. Langebrake, M. Laurien, S.R. Apte, H. Mouritsen, G. Gerlach and M. Liedvogel

Neuroforum  27  (2021) 127-139

Magnetic sensitivity of cryptochrome 4 from a migratory songbird

J. Xu, L. Jarocha, T. Zollitsch, M. Konowalczyk, K. B. Henbest, S. Richert, M. Golesworthy, J. Schmidt, V. Déjean, D. J. C. Sowood., M. Bassetto, J. Luo, J. R. Walton, J. Fleming, Y. Wei, T. L. Pitcher, G. Moise, M. Herrmann, H. Yin, H. Wu, R. Bartölke, S. J. Käsehagen, S. Horst, G. Dautaj, P. D. F. Murton, A. S. Gehrckens, Y. Chelliah, J. S. Takahashi, K W. Koch, S. Weber, I. A. Solov’yov, C. Xie, S. R. Mackenzie, C. R. Timmel, H. Mouritsen and P. J. Hore

Nature  594  (2021) 535-540.

Amplification of weak magnetic field effects on oscillating reactions

T.C. Player, E.D.A Baxter, S. Allatt and P.J. Hore

Sci. Rep.11 (2021) 9615

Double cones and the diverse connectivity of photoreceptors and bipolar cells in an avian retina

A. Günther, K. Dedek, S. Haverkamp, S. Irsen, K.L. Briggman, and H. Mouritsen

J. Neurosci. 41 (2021) 5015-5028

Chiral-induced spin selectivity in the formation and recombination of radical pairs: cryptochrome magnetoreception and EPR detection

J. Luo and P. J. Hore

New. J. Phys.  23  (2021) 043032.   

Distinguishing between coherent and incoherent signals in excitation-emission spectroscopy

D.C. Lünemann, A.R. Thomas, J. Xu, R. Bartölke, H. Mouritsen, A. De Sio, and C. Lienau

Opt. Express 29  (2021) 24326-24337 

Cryptochrome 1a localisation in light- and dark-adapted retinae of several migratory and non-migratory bird species: no signs of light-dependent activation

P. Bolte, A. Einwich, P. K. Seth, R. Chetverikova, D. Heyers, I. Wojahn, U. Janssen‐Bienhold, R. Feederle, P. J. Hore, K. Dedek and H. Mouritsen

Ethol. Ecol. Evol. 33  (2021) 248-272

Angular precision of radical pair compass magnetoreceptors

Y. Ren,  H. Hiscock and P.J. Hore

Biophys. J.  120  (2021) 547-555

Nuclear polarization effects in cryptochrome-based magnetoreception

S.Y. Wong,  I.A. Solov’yov,  P.J. Hore, and  D.R. Kattnig

J. Chem. Phys.  154 (2021) 035102

Navigation by extrapolation of geomagnetic cues in a migratory songbird

D. Kishkinev, F. Packmor, T. Zechmeister, H-C. Winkler, N. Chernetsov, H. Mouritsen and R.A. Holland, 

Curr. Biol.  30  (2021) 1563-1569.e4

Spin chemistry
P. J. Hore, K. L. Ivanov and M. R. Wasielewski
J. Chem. Phys. 152 (2020) 120401

Dense sampling of bird diversity increases power of comparative genomics

S. Feng, J. Stiller, Y. Deng, J. Armstrong, H. Mouritsen, G. Zhang, et al.

Nature 587  (2020) 252-257

No evidence for the use of magnetic declination for migratory navigation in two songbird species

N. Chernetsov, A. Pakhomov, A. Davydov, F. Cellarius and H. Mouritsen 

PLoS ONE 15  (2020) e0232136

A newly identified trigeminal brain pathway in a night-migratory bird could be dedicated to transmitting magnetic map information

D. Kobylkov, S. Schwarze, B. Michalik, M. Winklhofer, H. Mouritsen and D. Heyers,   

Proc. R. Soc. B 287  (2020) 20192788.

Natal imprinting to the Earth’s magnetic field in a pelagic seabird

J. Wynn, O. Padget, H. Mouritsen, C. Perrins, and T. Guilford,

Curr. Biol. 30  (2020) 2869–2873

A novel isoform of cryptochrome 4 (Cry4b) is expressed in the retina of a night-migratory songbird

A. Einwich, K. Dedek, P. K. Seth, S. Laubinger and H. Mouritsen 

Sci. Rep. 10  (2020) 15794 

Protein-protein interaction of the putative magnetoreceptor cryptochrome 4 expressed in the avian retina

H. Wu, A. Scholten, A. Einwich, H. Mouritsen and K. Koch

Sci. Rep. 10  (2020) 7364

Detection of magnetic field effects by confocal microscopy

V. Dejean, M. Konowalczyk, J. Gravell, M.J. Golesworthy, C. Gunn, N. Pompe, O. Foster Vander Elst, K-J Tan, M. Oxborrow, D.G.A.L. Aarts, S.R. Mackenzie and C.R. Timmel

Chem. Sci. 11 (2020) 7772

Quantum coherence in complex environments: general discussion

A. M. Alvertis, W. Barford, S. Bourne Worster, I. Burghardt, A. Datta, A. Dijkstra, T. Fay, S. Ghosh, T. Grünbaum, S. Habershon, P. J. Hore, D. Hutchinson, S. Iyengar, A. R. Jones, G. Jones, K. Komarova, J. Lawrence, J. Léonard, Y. Litman, J. Mannouch, D. Manolopoulos, C. Martens, M. Mondelo-Martell, D. Picconi, D. Plant, K. Sakaushi, M. A. C. Saller, A. Schile, G. D. Scholes, J. Segarra-Martí, F. Segatta, A. Troisi and G. Worth

Faraday Discuss. 221  (2020) 168-201

How quantum is radical pair magnetoreception?  

T.P. Fay, L.P. Lindoy, D.E. Manolopoulos and P.J. Hore

Faraday Discuss. 221 (2020) 77-91

Electromagnetic 0.1-100 kHz noise does not disrupt orientation in a night-migrating songbird implying a spin-coherence lifetime of less than 10 μs   
D. Kobylkov, J. Wynn, M. Winklhofer, R. Chetverikova, J. Xu, H. Hiscock, P.J. Hore and H. Mouritsen

J. R. Soc. Interface , 16 (2019) 20190716
     
Viability of superoxide-containing radical pairs as magnetoreceptors 
T.P. Player and P.J. Hore

J. Chem. Phys. 151 (2019) 225101

Navigating at night: fundamental limits on the sensitivity of radical pair magnetoreception under dim light
H. G. Hiscock, T. W. Hiscock, D. R. Kattnig, T. Scrivener, A. M. Lewis, D. E. Manolopoulos and P. J. Hore

Q. Rev. Biophys. 52 (2019) e9

Chemical and structural analysis of a photoactive vertebrate cryptochrome from pigeon
B. D. Zoltowski, Y. Chelliah, A. Wickramaratne, L. Jarocha, N. Karki, W. Xu, H. Mouritsen, P.J. Hore, R.E. Hibbs, C.B. Green and J.S. Takahashi

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 116 (2019) 19449-19457