Matthias Pilecky, PhD MSc

Gmeiner, I.; Vitecek, S.; Wassenaar, L.I.; Kainz, M.J.; Pilecky, M. (2025). Selective Retention of Long-Chain Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids in Heptageniidae (Ephemeroptera) of Subalpine Streams. Freshwater Biology, Vol. 70 Issue 6: 10.1111/fwb.70052

Pilecky, M.; Meador, T. B.; Wassenaar, L. I. (2025). Advancements in compound-specific hydrogen stable-isotope analysis of fatty and amino acids. TrAC – Trends in Analytical Chemistry, Vol. 186: 10.1016/j.trac.2025.118194

Anparasan, L.; Pilecky, M.; Ramirez, M. I.; Hobson, K. A.; Kainz, M. J.; Wassenaar, L. I. (2024). Essential and nonessential fatty acid composition and use in overwintering monarch butterflies. Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology: 10.1007/s00359-024-01727-0

Cont, D.; Harm, S.; Schildboeck, C.; Kolm, C.; Kirschner, A.K.T.; Farnleitner, A.H.; Pilecky, M.; Zottl, J.; Hartmann, J.; Weber, V. (2024). The neutralizing effect of heparin on blood-derived antimicrobial compounds: impact on antibacterial activity and inflammatory response. Front Immunol, 15: 1373255

Pilecky, M. Turunen, A.; Sohrabi, M. S.; Ghimire, S.; Ilo, T.; Kesti, P.; Vitecek, S.; Fehlinger, L.; Akkanen, J.; Taipale, S. J.; Vainikka, A.; Kahilainen, K. K.; Kainz, M. J.; Strandberg, U. (2024). Chironomids regulate long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid levels independent of lake nutrient or dissolved organic carbon concentrations. OIKOS, 2024:e10816: 10.1007/s00442-024-05574-3

Pilecky, M., Kämmer, S.-K., Winter, K., Ptacnikova, R., Meador, T. B., Wassenaar, L. I., Fink, P., Kainz, M. J. (2024). Compound-specific stable isotope analyses of fatty acids indicate feeding zones of zooplankton across the water column of a subalpine lake. Oecologia, 205:325-337: 10.1007/s00442-024-05574-3

Pilecky, M; Kainz, M. J.; Wassenaar, L. I. (2024). Exploring hydrogen isotope fractionation in lipid biomolecules of freshwater algae: implications for ecological and paleoenvironmental studies. Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies: https://doi.org/10.1080/10256016.2024.2419880

Pilecky, M; Kainz, M.J.; Wassenaar, L. (2024). Evaluation of lipid extraction methods for fatty acid quantification and compound-specific d13C and d2Hn analyses. Analytical Biochemistry, Vol. 687, April 2024: 10.1016/j.ab.2023.115455

Valtonen, A.; Holm, S.; Korkiatupa, E.; Malinga, G. M.; Nakadai, R.; Nyeko, P.; Roininen, H.; Strandberg, U.; Wassenaar, L. I.; Pilecky, M. (2024). Inferring long-distance movements of insects using combined hydrogen isotope and genetic analyses: A case study of the African edible bush-cricket. Ecological Entomology, Vol. 49, Issue 6: 10.1111/een.13410

Kainz, M. J., Pilecky, M., Guo, F. (2024). Diet tracers in food webs: fatty acids and their carbon and hydrogen stable isotopes. In: Calver, M. and Loneragan, N., Quantifying diets of wildlife and fish: practical and applied methods: 105-118, CSIRO Publishing, Australien

Abonyi, A.; Kainz, M. J.; Ptacnik, R.; Rasconi, S. (2023). Chytrids enhance Daphnia fitness by selectively retained chytrid-synthesised stearidonic acid and conversion of short chain to long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids. Freshwater Biology: doi.org/10.1111/fwb.14010

Abonyi, A.; Pilecky, M.; Rasconi, S.; Ptacnik, R.; Kainz, M. J. (2023). Chytrids alleviate the harmful effect of heat and cyanobacteria diet on Daphnia via PUFA-upgrading. Journal of Plankton Research: 10.1093/plankt/fbad012

Fehlinger, L.; Mathieu-Resuge, M.; Pilecky, M.; Parmar, T.P.; Twining, C.W.; Martin-Creuzburg, D.; Kainz, M. J. (2023). Export of dietary lipids via emergent insects from eutrophic fishponds. Hydrobiologia, Vol. 850, pages 3241-3256: 10.1007/s10750-022-05040-2

Pilecky, M.; Meador, T.B.; Kämmer, S.K.; Winter, K.; Ptacnikova, R.; Wassenaar, L. I.; Kainz, M. J. (2023). Response of stable isotopes (d2H, d13C, d15N, d18O) of lake water, dissolved organic matter, seston, and zooplankton to an extreme precipitation event. Science of the Total Environment, Vol. 891, 15.9.2023, 164622: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.164622

Pilecky, M.; Wassenaar, L. I.; Taipale, S.; Kainz, M. J. (2023). Protocols for sample preparation and compound-specific stable-isotope analyses (??2 H, ??13 C) of fatty acids in biological and environmental samples. MethodsX, Vol. 11: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mex.2023.102283

Rigaud, C.; Kahilainen, K. K.; Calderini, M. L.; Pilecky, M.; Kainz, M. J.; Tiirola, M.; Taipale, S. J. (2023). Preparing for the future offspring: European perch (Perca fluviatilis) biosynthesis of physiologically required fatty acids for the gonads happens already in the autumn. Oecologia, Vol. 203: 10.1007/s00442-023-05480-0

Taipale, S. J., Rigaud, C., Calderini, M., Kainz, M. J., Pilecky, M., Uusi-Heikkilä, S., Vesamäki, J., Vuorio, K., Tiirola, M. (2023). The second life of terrestrial and plastic carbon as nutritionally valuable food for aquatic consumers. Ecology Letters: 10.1111/ele.14244

Wassenaar, L. I; Sisti, L; Pilecky, M.; Kainz, M. J. (2023). Reproducible measurements of the ??2H composition of non-exchangeable hydrogen in complex organic materials using the UniPrep2 online static vapour equilibration and sample drying system. MethodsX: 10.1016/j.mex.2022.101984

Závorka, L., Blanco, A., Chaguaceda, F., Cucherousset, J., Killen, S.S., Liénart, C., Mathieu-Resuge, M., Nemec, P., Pilecky, M., Scharnweber, K., Twining, C.W., Kainz, M.J. (2023). The role of vital dietary biomolecules in eco-evo-devo dynamics. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, Volume 38, Issue 1: 10.1016/j.tree.2022.08.010

Abonyi, A.; Rasconi, S.; Ptacnik, R.; Pilecky, M.; Kainz, M.J. (2022). Chytrids enhance Daphnia fitness by selectively retained chytrid-synthesised stearidonic acid and conversion of short-chain to long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids. Freshw Biol, 00: 1–14