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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2015 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
  • 2009 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Bernd Fritzsch is affiliated with the University of Nebraska Medical Center in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Neuroscience and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on sensory systems, molecular biology, and cellular and molecular neuroscience.

The scientist's work explores several subfields of study, including:

  • Sensory Systems
  • Molecular Biology
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Ecology
  • Cognitive Neuroscience

Key topics addressed in their research are:

  • Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics
  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation
  • Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation
  • Vestibular and auditory disorders
  • Congenital heart defects research
  • Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research

Bernd Fritzsch has published extensively, with notable papers including:

  • "Chromatin remodelers and lineage-specific factors interact to target enhancers to establish proneurosensory fate within otic ectoderm," 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Development in the Mammalian Auditory System Depends on Transcription Factors," 2021, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • "Dynamic changes in cis-regulatory occupancy by Six1 and its cooperative interactions with distinct cofactors drive lineage-specific gene expression programs during progressive differentiation of the auditory sensory epithelium," 2020, Nucleic Acids Research
  • "Deficiency of the ER-stress-regulator MANF triggers progressive outer hair cell death and hearing loss," 2020, Cell Death and Disease
  • "Age-Related Hearing Loss: Sensory and Neural Etiology and Their Interdependence," 2022, Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

The scientist frequently collaborates with a group of researchers, including Ebenezer N. Yamoah, Karen L. Elliott, Gabriela Pavlínková, Jennifer Kersigo, and Victor V. Chizhikov.

Regular publication venues for their research include:

  • Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature
  • IBRO Neuroscience Reports
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology

Bernd Fritzsch has contributed to book publications, including a title published by Frontiers Media:

  • Hair Cells: From Molecules to Function, Volume II (2022)

Awards granted to Bernd Fritzsch include election to the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina in 2015 for Organismic and Evolutionary Biology and fellowship in the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2009.

Best Publications

  • Neuropilin-1 Conveys Semaphorin and VEGF Signaling during Neural and Cardiovascular Development

    Chenghua Gu;E. Rene Rodriguez;Dorothy V. Reimert;Tianzhi Shu

  • AUDITORY SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT: Primary Auditory Neurons and Their Targets

    Edwin W. Rubel;Bernd Fritzsch

  • Smaller inner ear sensory epithelia in neurog1 null mice are related to earlier hair cell cycle exit

    V. Matei;S. Pauley;S. Kaing;D. Rowitch

  • The Evolution of the amphibian auditory system

    Bernd Fritzsch

  • Sox2 signaling in prosensory domain specification and subsequent hair cell differentiation in the developing cochlea

    Alain Dabdoub;Chandrakala Puligilla;Jennifer M. Jones;Bernd Fritzsch

  • Evidence that FGF8 signalling from the midbrain-hindbrain junction regulates growth and polarity in the developing midbrain

    Scott M. K. Lee;Paul S. Danielian;Bernd Fritzsch;Andrew P. McMahon

  • NeuroD-null mice are deaf due to a severe loss of the inner ear sensory neurons during development.

    Woo-Young Kim;Bernd Fritzsch;Amanda Serls;Leigh Anne Bakel

  • Proprioceptor pathway development is dependent on Math1.

    Nessan A. Bermingham;Bassem A. Hassan;Vincent Y. Wang;Michael Fernandez;Michael Fernandez

  • Spatial shaping of cochlear innervation by temporally regulated neurotrophin expression.

    Isabel Fariñas;Kevin R. Jones;Lino Tessarollo;Allison J. Vigers

  • Neurogenin 1 Null Mutant Ears Develop Fewer, Morphologically Normal Hair Cells in Smaller Sensory Epithelia Devoid of Innervation

    Qiufu Ma;David J. Anderson;Bernd Fritzsch

  • Transcription factor GATA-3 alters pathway selection of olivocochlear neurons and affects morphogenesis of the ear.

    Alar Karis;Illar Pata;J. Hikke van Doorninck;J. Hikke van Doorninck;Frank Grosveld

  • Eya1 and Six1 are essential for early steps of sensory neurogenesis in mammalian cranial placodes.

    Dan Zou;Derek Silvius;Bernd Fritzsch;Pin-Xian Xu

  • The role of neurotrophic factors in regulating the development of inner ear innervation

    B. Fritzsch;I. Silos-Santiago;L.M. Bianchi;I. Fariñas

  • FGF/FGFR-2(IIIb) Signaling Is Essential for Inner Ear Morphogenesis

    Ulla Pirvola;Bradley Spencer-Dene;Liang Xing-Qun;Päivi Kettunen

  • Expression and function of FGF10 in mammalian inner ear development

    Sarah Pauley;Tracy J. Wright;Ulla Pirvola;David Ornitz

  • Foxg1 is required for morphogenesis and histogenesis of the mammalian inner ear

    Sarah Pauley;Eseng Lai;Bernd Fritzsch

  • EphB2 Guides Axons at the Midline and Is Necessary for Normal Vestibular Function

    Chad A. Cowan;Nobuhiko Yokoyama;Lynne M. Bianchi;Mark Henkemeyer

  • Development and evolution of inner ear sensory epithelia and their innervation.

    B. Fritzsch;K. W. Beisel;K. Jones;I. Fariñas

  • Neurotrophins in the ear: their roles in sensory neuron survival and fiber guidance

    Bernd Fritzsch;Lino Tessarollo;Enzo Coppola;Louis F. Reichardt

  • Fast axonal diffusion of 3000 molecular weight dextran amines.

    B. Fritzsch

Frequent Co-Authors

Joel C. Glover
Joel C. Glover University of Oslo
Isabel Fariñas
Isabel Fariñas University of Valencia
Louis F. Reichardt
Louis F. Reichardt University of California, San Francisco
Hans Straka
Hans Straka Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Mengqing Xiang
Mengqing Xiang Sun Yat-sen University
Kevin R. Jones
Kevin R. Jones University of Colorado Boulder
David Z.Z. He
David Z.Z. He Creighton University
Jian Zuo
Jian Zuo Creighton University
Steven W. Anderson
Steven W. Anderson University of Iowa
Huda Y. Zoghbi
Huda Y. Zoghbi Baylor College of Medicine

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