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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2010 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Anne Ephrussi is affiliated with the European Bioinformatics Institute in the United Kingdom. Their research predominantly spans the field of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a strong focus on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Structural Biology, Surfaces, Coatings and Films, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

The scientist's main topics of research include RNA Research and Splicing, RNA modifications and cancer, Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics, Microtubule and mitosis dynamics, Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways, Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications, and Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques.

Recent publications by Anne Ephrussi cover a variety of topics in molecular and cell biology. Selected papers include:

  • Liquid-to-solid phase transition of oskar ribonucleoprotein granules is essential for their function in Drosophila embryonic development, 2022, Cell
  • High-precision targeting workflow for volume electron microscopy, 2021, The Journal of Cell Biology
  • Molecular basis of mRNA transport by a kinesin-1-atypical tropomyosin complex, 2021, Genes & Development
  • Subcellular spatial transcriptomics identifies three mechanistically different classes of localizing RNAs, 2022, Nature Communications
  • An architectural role of specific RNA-RNA interactions in oskar granules, 2024, Nature Cell Biology

Anne Ephrussi has frequently published in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Trends in Cell Biology, The Journal of Cell Biology, Methods in molecular biology, and Cell.

Their collaborations include multiple joint works with notable co-authors such as Simone Heber, Janosch Hennig, Ilaria Carnevale, J. Bakker, and Patrick Scheffmann.

Throughout their career, Anne Ephrussi has received recognition including membership in the Academia Europaea awarded in 2010 and membership in the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).

Best Publications

  • mRNA Localization: Gene Expression in the Spatial Dimension

    Kelsey C. Martin;Anne Ephrussi

  • oskar organizes the germ plasm and directs localization of the posterior determinant nanos

    Anne Ephrussi;Laura K. Dickinson;Ruth Lehmann

  • Induction of germ cell formation by oskar.

    Anne Ephrussi;Ruth Lehmann

  • B lineage--specific interactions of an immunoglobulin enhancer with cellular factors in vivo

    Anne Ephrussi;George M. Church;Susumu Tonegawa;Walter Gilbert

  • Splicing of oskar RNA in the nucleus is coupled to its cytoplasmic localization

    Olivier Hachet;Anne Ephrussi

  • Translational control of localized mRNAs: restricting protein synthesis in space and time

    Florence Besse;Anne Ephrussi

  • Considerations when investigating lncRNA function in vivo

    Andrew R Bassett;Asifa Akhtar;Denise P Barlow;Adrian P Bird

  • Tribbles Coordinates Mitosis and Morphogenesis in Drosophila by Regulating String/CDC25 Proteolysis

    Juan Mata;Silvia Curado;Anne Ephrussi;Pernille Rørth

  • Axis formation during Drosophila oogenesis.

    Veit Riechmann;Anne Ephrussi

  • Cell-type-specific contacts to immunoglobulin enhancers in nuclei

    George M. Church;Anne Ephrussi;Walter Gilbert;Susumu Tonegawa

  • Translational control of oskar generates short OSK, the isoform that induces pole plasma assembly

    Finn-Hugo Markussen;Anne-Marie Michon;Wolfgang Breitwieser;Anne Ephrussi

  • Oskar protein interaction with Vasa represents an essential step in polar granule assembly.

    W Breitwieser;F H Markussen;H Horstmann;A Ephrussi

  • Drosophila Y14 shuttles to the posterior of the oocyte and is required for oskar mRNA transport

    Olivier Hachet;Anne Ephrussi

  • Relief of gene repression by torso RTK signaling: role of capicua in Drosophila terminal and dorsoventral patterning.

    Gerardo Jiménez;Antoine Guichet;Anne Ephrussi;Jordi Casanova

  • An RNA biosensor for imaging the first round of translation from single cells to living animals

    James M. Halstead;Timothée Lionnet;Johannes H. Wilbertz;Frank Wippich

  • Bruno Acts as a Dual Repressor of oskar Translation, Promoting mRNA Oligomerization and Formation of Silencing Particles

    Marina Chekulaeva;Matthias W. Hentze;Anne Ephrussi

  • Requirement for Drosophila cytoplasmic tropomyosin in oskar mRNA localization

    Miklós Erdélyi;Anne-Marie Michon;Antoine Guichet;Jolanta Bogucka Glotzer

  • RNA Clamping by Vasa Assembles a piRNA Amplifier Complex on Transposon Transcripts

    Jordi Xiol;Pietro Spinelli;Maike A. Laussmann;David Homolka

  • Seeing is believing: the bicoid morphogen gradient matures.

    Anne Ephrussi;Daniel St Johnston

  • Cytoplasmic flows localize injected oskar RNA in Drosophila oocytes

    Jolanta B. Glotzer;Rainer Saffrich;Michael Glotzer;Anne Ephrussi

Frequent Co-Authors

Oliver Seitz
Oliver Seitz Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Jernej Ule
Jernej Ule The Francis Crick Institute
Thomas Surrey
Thomas Surrey The Francis Crick Institute
Neil Brockdorff
Neil Brockdorff University of Oxford
Denis Duboule
Denis Duboule Collège de France
Thomas R. Gingeras
Thomas R. Gingeras Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Adrian Bird
Adrian Bird University of Edinburgh
Anne C. Ferguson-Smith
Anne C. Ferguson-Smith University of Cambridge
Douglas R. Higgs
Douglas R. Higgs University of Oxford

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