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Overview

Bernard Thisse is affiliated with the University of Virginia in the United States. Their research contributions span multiple fields including Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Environmental Science. The work also covers subfields such as Molecular Biology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Biomedical Engineering, and Aquatic Science.

The scientist has contributed to topics relating to pluripotent stem cells research, congenital heart defects research, and the application of 3D printing in biomedical research. Their scope of research also extends into fish ecology, biology, and management studies.

Among the recent papers published by Bernard Thisse are:

  • Construction of a mammalian embryo model from stem cells organized by a morphogen signalling centre (2021, Nature Communications)
  • Genetic compensation of γ CaMKII, an evolutionarily conserved gene (2020, Gene)

Frequent collaborators in their research include Christine Thisse, with whom Bernard worked on two publications, as well as coauthors Peng-Fei Xu, Ricardo Moraes Borges, Jonathan Fillâtre, and Maraysa de Oliveira Melo.

Publications have appeared primarily in venues such as Nature Communications and Gene, reflecting the interdisciplinary nature of the work that bridges molecular biology and environmental studies.

Best Publications

  • High-resolution in situ hybridization to whole-mount zebrafish embryos

    Christine Thisse;Bernard Thisse

  • Ontogeny and behaviour of early macrophages in the zebrafish embryo

    Philippe Herbomel;Bernard Thisse;Christine Thisse

  • Structure of the zebrafish snail1 gene and its expression in wild-type, spadetail and no tail mutant embryos

    C. Thisse;B. Thisse;T.F. Schilling;J.H. Postlethwait

  • Zebrafish Early Macrophages Colonize Cephalic Mesenchyme and Developing Brain, Retina, and Epidermis through a M-CSF Receptor-Dependent Invasive Process

    Philippe Herbomel;Bernard Thisse;Christine Thisse

  • Functions and regulations of fibroblast growth factor signaling during embryonic development.

    Bernard Thisse;Christine Thisse

  • Spatial and temporal expression of the zebrafish genome by large-scale in situ hybridization screening.

    Bernard Thisse;Vincent Heyer;Aline Lux;Violaine Alunni

  • Sequence of the twist gene and nuclear localization of its protein in endomesodermal cells of early Drosophila embryos

    B. Thisse;C. Stoetzel;C. Gorostiza-Thisse;F. Perrin-Schmitt

  • A zebrafish nanos-related gene is essential for the development of primordial germ cells

    Marion Köprunner;Christine Thisse;Bernard Thisse;Erez Raz

  • Antivin, a novel and divergent member of the TGFbeta superfamily, negatively regulates mesoderm induction.

    Christine Thisse;Bernard Thisse

  • Sef is a feedback-induced antagonist of Ras/MAPK-mediated FGF signalling

    Maximilian Fürthauer;Wei Lin;Siew-Lan Ang;Bernard Thisse

  • dead end, a Novel Vertebrate Germ Plasm Component, Is Required for Zebrafish Primordial Germ Cell Migration and Survival

    Gilbert Weidinger;Jürg Stebler;Krasimir Slanchev;Karin Dumstrei

  • Genomic regulatory blocks encompass multiple neighboring genes and maintain conserved synteny in vertebrates.

    Hiroshi Kikuta;Mary Laplante;Pavla Navrátilová;Anna Zofia Komisarczuk

  • Roles for Fgf Signaling during Zebrafish Fin Regeneration

    Kenneth D. Poss;Jiaxiang Shen;Alex Nechiporuk;Gerald McMahon

  • Equivalent genetic roles for bmp7/snailhouse and bmp2b/swirl in dorsoventral pattern formation

    Bettina Schmid;Maximilian Fürthauer;Stephanie A. Connors;Jamie Trout

  • Molecular basis of cell migration in the fish lateral line: Role of the chemokine receptor CXCR4 and of its ligand, SDF1

    Nicolas B. David;Dora Sapède;Laure Saint-Etienne;Christine Thisse

  • The M-twist gene of Mus is expressed in subsets of mesodermal cells and is closely related to the Xenopus X-twi and the Drosophila twist genes.

    Catherine Wolf;Christine Thisse;Corinne Stoetzel;Bernard Thisse

  • casanova encodes a novel Sox-related protein necessary and sufficient for early endoderm formation in zebrafish

    Yutaka Kikuchi;Antoine Agathon;Jonathan Alexander;Christine Thisse

  • A role for FGF-8 in the dorsoventral patterning of the zebrafish gastrula.

    Maximilian Fürthauer;Christine Thisse;Bernard Thisse

  • The cdx genes and retinoic acid control the positioning and segmentation of the zebrafish pronephros.

    Rebecca A. Wingert;Rori Selleck;Jing-Jing Yu;Huai-Dong Song

  • sprouty4 acts in vivo as a feedback-induced antagonist of FGF signaling in zebrafish.

    Maximilian Fürthauer;Frank Reifers;Michael Brand;Bernard Thisse

Frequent Co-Authors

Christine Thisse
Christine Thisse University of Virginia
Jonathan M. Wright
Jonathan M. Wright Earlham Institute
Robert Levenson
Robert Levenson Pennsylvania State University
John H. Postlethwait
John H. Postlethwait University of Oregon
Leonard I. Zon
Leonard I. Zon Harvard University
Marnie E. Halpern
Marnie E. Halpern Carnegie Institution for Science
Erez Raz
Erez Raz University of Münster
Gavin J. Wright
Gavin J. Wright Wellcome Sanger Institute
Vincent Laudet
Vincent Laudet Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology
Sarah A. Teichmann
Sarah A. Teichmann University of Cambridge

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