Publications
Biology of Entomopathogenic Nematodes

Zuo, Y.; Schwartz, H.; Walker, H.; Han, L.; Sternberg, P.; Ferguson, K.: Ligand regulation and function of preformed EGFR dimers. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 123 (30), e2602436123 (2026)

Schwartz, E.; Baniya, H.; Heppert, J.; Schwartz, H.; Tan, C.-H.; Antoshechkin, I.; Sternberg, P.; Goodrich-Blair, H.; Dillman, A.: Genomes of the entomopathogenic nematode Steinernema hermaphroditum and its associated bacteria. Genetics 231 (3), iyaf170 (2025)

Schwartz, H.; Sternberg, P.: A sequencing-based screening method identifies regulators of EGFR signaling from nonviable mutants in Caenorhabditis elegans. Science Signaling 18 (875), adp9377 (2025)

Schwartz, H.; Tan, C.-H.; Peraza, J.; Raymundo, K.; Sternberg, P.: Molecular identification of a peroxidase gene controlling body size in the entomopathogenic nematode Steinernema hermaphroditum. Genetics 226 (2), iyad209 (2024)

Cao, M.; Schwartz, H.; Tan, C.-H.; Sternberg, P.: The entomopathogenic nematode Steinernema hermaphroditum is a self-fertilizing hermaphrodite and a genetically tractable system for the study of parasitic and mutualistic symbiosis. Genetics 220 (1), iyab170 (2022)

McLean, F.; Berger, D.; Laetsch, D.; Schwartz, H.; Blaxter, M.: Improving the annotation of the Heterorhabditis bacteriophora genome. GigaScience 7 (4), giy034 (2018)

Chiu, H.; Schwartz, H.; Antoshechkin, T.; Sternberg, P.: Transgene-Free Genome Editing in Caenorhabditis elegans Using CRISPR-Cas. Genetics 195 (3), pp. 1167 - 1171 (2013)

Schwartz, S.; Schwartz, H.; Horvath, S.; Schadt, E.; Lee, S.-I.: A systematic approach to multifactorial cardiovascular disease: causal analysis. Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology: an Official Journal of the American Heart Association 32 (12), pp. 2821 - 2835 (2012)

Schwartz, H.; Antoshechkin, I.; Sternberg, P.: Applications of high-throughput sequencing to symbiotic nematodes of the genus Heterorhabditis. Symbiosis 55 (3), pp. 111 - 118 (2012)

Wang, J.; Schwartz, H.; Barr, M.: Functional specialization of sensory cilia by an RFX transcription factor isoform. Genetics 186 (4), pp. 1295 - 1307 (2010)

Schwartz, H.; Horowitz, H.: The C. elegans protein CEH-30 protects male-specific neurons from apoptosis independently of the Bcl-2 homolog CED-9. Genes & Development 21 (23), pp. 3181 - 3194 (2007)

Schwartz, H.: A protocol describing pharynx counts and a review of other assays of apoptotic cell death in the nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans. Nature Protocols 2 (3), pp. 705 - 714 (2007)

Jäger, S.; Schwartz, H.; Horowitz, H.; Conradt, B.: The Caenorhabditis elegans F-box protein SEL-10 promotes female development and may target FEM-1 and FEM-3 for degradation by the proteasome. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 101 (34), pp. 12549 - 12554 (2004)

Thomas, J.; Ceol, C.; Schwartz, H.; Horowitz, H.: New genes that interact with lin-35 Rb to negatively regulate the let-60 ras pathway in Caenorhabditis elegans. Genetics 164 (1), pp. 135 - 151 (2003)

Schwartz, H.; Alvares, C.; White, M.; Fields, S.: Mutation detection by a two-hybrid assay. Human Molecular Genetics 7 (6), pp. 1029 - 1032 (1998)

Aberle, H.; Schwartz, H.; Kemler, R.: Cadherin-catenin complex: protein interactions and their implications for cadherin function. Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 61 (4), pp. 514 - 523 (1996)

Aberle, H.; Schwartz, H.; Hoschuetzky, H.; Kemler, R.: Single amino acid substitutions in proteins of the armadillo gene family abolish their binding to alpha-catenin. The Journal of Biological Chemistry 271 (3), pp. 1520 - 1526 (1996)

Schwartz, H.; Tan, C.-H.; Rodak, N.; Sternberg, P.: Evolution of parasitism-related traits in nematodes. In European Worm Meeting 2026, T35, p. 49. European Worm Meeting 2026 (EuroWorm 2026), Bordeaux, France, June 29, 2026 - July 01, 2026. (2026)

Schwartz, H.: Evolution of parasitism-related traits in nematodes. BioConnect Seminar: Max Planck Institute for Biology, Tübingen, Germany (2026)

Chang, H.-W.; Lin, H.-C.; Yang, C.-T.; Schwartz, H.; Hsueh, Y.-P.: Cuticular collagens and cuticle glycosylation shape cross-kingdom predator–prey interactions between nematodes and nematode-trapping fungi. 5th International Pristionchus Meeting, Tübingen, Germany (2026)