Publications
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Howe, K.; McCluskey, P.; Irion, U.; Britz, R.; McCarthy, S.; Pelan, S.; Wood, J.; Smith, M.; Oliver, K.: The genome sequences of Danio albolineatus (Blyth, 1860), Danio choprai Hora, 1928, Danio jaintianensis (Sen, 2007) and Danio tinwini [Kullander & Fang], 2009. Wellcome Open Research 10, 642 (2025)

Nüsslein-Volhard, C.: My Life as a Scientist: From RNA Polymerase to the Evolution of Beauty. Annual Review of Genetics 59, pp. 1 - 23 (2025)

Dorner, L.; Stratmann, B.; Bader, L.; Podobnik, M.; Irion, U.: Efficient genome editing using modified Cas9 proteins in zebrafish. Biology Open 13 (4), bio060401 (2024)

Podobnik, M.; Singh, A.; Fu, Z.; Dooley, C.; Frohnhöfer, H.; Firlej, M.; Stednitz, S.; Elhabashy, H.; Weyand, S.; Weir, J. et al.; Lu, J.; Nüsslein-Volhard, C.; Irion, U.: kcnj13 regulates pigment cell shapes in zebrafish and has diverged by cis-regulatory evolution between Danio species. Development 150 (16), dev.201627 (2023)

Irion, U.; Nüsslein-Volhard, C.: Developmental genetics with model organisms. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 119 (30), e2122148119 (2022)

Kimble, J.; Nüsslein-Volhard, C.: The great small organisms of developmental genetics: Caenorhabditis elegans and Drosophila melanogaster. Developmental Biology 485, pp. 93 - 122 (2022)

Eskova, A.; Frohnhöfer, H.; Nüsslein-Volhard, C.; Irion, U.: Galanin Signaling in the Brain Regulates Color Pattern Formation in Zebrafish. Current Biology 30 (2), pp. 298 - 303 (2020)

Cal, L.; Suarez-Bregua, P.; Braasch, I.; Irion, U.; Kelsh, R.; Cerdá-Reverter, J.; Rotllant, J.: Loss-of-function mutations in the melanocortin 1 receptor cause disruption of dorso-ventral countershading in teleost fish. Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research 32 (6), pp. 817 - 828 (2019)

Wang, Y.; Cruz, T.; Irion, U.; Moussian, B.: Differentiated muscles are mandatory for gas-filling of the Drosophila airway system. Biology Open 4 (12), pp. 1753 - 1761 (2015)

Panza, P.; Sitko, A.; Maischein, H.-M.; Koch, I.; Flötenmeyer, M.; Wright, G.; Mandai , K.; Mason, C.; Söllner, C.: The LRR receptor Islr2 is required for retinal axon routing at the vertebrate optic chiasm. Neural Development 10, 23 (2015)

Carmean, V.; Yonkers, M.; Tellez, M.; Willer, J.; Willer, G.; Gregg, R.; Geisler, R.; Neuhauss, S.; Ribera, A.: pigk Mutation underlies macho behavior and affects Rohon-Beard cell excitability. Journal of Neurophysiology 114 (2), pp. 1146 - 1157 (2015)

Gao, X.; Metzger, U.; Panza, P.; Mahalwar, P.; Alsheimer, S.; Geiger, H.; Maischein, H.-M.; Levesque, M.; Templin, M.; Söllner, C.: A Floor-Plate Extracellular Protein-Protein Interaction Screen Identifies Draxin as a Secreted Netrin-1 Antagonist. Cell Reports 12 (4), pp. 694 - 708 (2015)

Panza, P.; Maier, J.; Schmees, C.; Rothbauer, U.; Söllner, C.: Live imaging of endogenous protein dynamics in zebrafish using chromobodies. Development 142 (10), pp. 1879 - 1884 (2015)

Rossi, F.; Casano, A.; Henke, K.; Richter, K.; Peri, F.: The SLC7A7 Transporter Identifies Microglial Precursors prior to Entry into the Brain. Cell Reports 11 (7), pp. 1008 - 1017 (2015)

Irion, U.; Frohnhöfer, H.; Krauss, J.; Çolak Champollion, T.; Maischein, H.-M.; Geiger-Rudolph, S.; Weiler, C.; Nüsslein-Volhard, C.: Gap junctions composed of connexins 41.8 and 39.4 are essential for colour pattern formation in zebrafish. eLife 3, e05125 (2014)

Irion, U.; Krauss, J.; Nüsslein-Volhard, C.: Precise and efficient genome editing in zebrafish using the CRISPR/Cas9 system. Development 141 (24), pp. 4827 - 4830 (2014)

Krauss, J.; Geiger-Rudolph, S.; Koch, I.; Nüsslein-Volhard, C.; Irion, U.: A dominant mutation in tyrp1A leads to melanophore death in zebrafish. Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research 27 (5), pp. 827 - 830 (2014)

Mahalwar, P.; Walderich, B.; Singh, A.; Nüsslein-Volhard, C.: Local reorganization of xanthophores fine-tunes and colors the striped pattern of zebrafish. Science 345 (6202), pp. 1362 - 1364 (2014)

Sonal; Sidhaye, J.; Phatak, M.; Banerjee, S.; Mulay, A.; Deshpande , O.; Bhide, S.; Jacob, T.; Gehring, I.; Nüsslein-Volhard, C. et al.; Sonawane, M.: Myosin Vb mediated plasma membrane homeostasis regulates peridermal cell size and maintains tissue homeostasis in the zebrafish epidermis. PLoS Genetics 10 (9), e1004614 (2014)

Singh, A.; Schach, U.; Nüsslein-Volhard, C.: Proliferation, dispersal and patterned aggregation of iridophores in the skin prefigure striped colouration of zebrafish. Nature Cell Biology 16 (6), pp. 607 - 614 (2014)