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Elly M. Tanaka is affiliated with the Research Institute of Molecular Pathology in Austria and has a significant body of work primarily within Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, totaling 112 publications. Their research encompasses several subfields including Molecular Biology, Genetics, Plant Science, Developmental Neuroscience, and Cell Biology.

Their main topics of research focus on Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation, Pluripotent Stem Cells Research, Chromosomal and Genetic Variations, Planarian Biology and Electrostimulation, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Neurogenesis and Neuroplasticity Mechanisms, and Silk-based Biomaterials and Applications.

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Methods in molecular biology
  • Developmental Cell
  • Nature Communications
  • Nature

Some of their recent papers are:

  • "Giant lungfish genome elucidates the conquest of land by vertebrates" (2021, Nature)
  • "Fibroblast dedifferentiation as a determinant of successful regeneration" (2021, Developmental Cell)
  • "The giant axolotl genome uncovers the evolution, scaling, and transcriptional control of complex gene loci" (2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • "A versatile depigmentation, clearing, and labeling method for exploring nervous system diversity" (2020, Science Advances)
  • "Single-cell analyses of axolotl telencephalon organization, neurogenesis, and regeneration" (2022, Science)

Elly M. Tanaka has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Prayag Murawala
  • Sergej Nowoshilow
  • Yuka Taniguchi-Sugiura
  • Jingkui Wang
  • Ji-Feng Fei

Best Publications

  • Cells keep a memory of their tissue origin during axolotl limb regeneration

    Martin Kragl;Dunja Knapp;Eugen Nacu;Shahryar Khattak

  • The Cellular Basis for Animal Regeneration

    Elly M. Tanaka;Peter W. Reddien

  • The axolotl genome and the evolution of key tissue formation regulators

    Sergej Nowoshilow;Sergej Nowoshilow;Sergej Nowoshilow;Siegfried Schloissnig;Ji Feng Fei;Andreas Dahl

  • The role of microtubule dynamics in growth cone motility and axonal growth.

    E Tanaka;T Ho;M W Kirschner

  • Making the connection: Cytoskeletal rearrangements during growth cone guidance

    Elly Tanaka;James Sabry

  • Microtubule behavior in the growth cones of living neurons during axon elongation.

    E M Tanaka;M W Kirschner

  • Single-cell analysis uncovers convergence of cell identities during axolotl limb regeneration

    Tobias Gerber;Prayag Murawala;Prayag Murawala;Dunja Knapp;Wouter Masselink

  • Considering the evolution of regeneration in the central nervous system.

    Elly M. Tanaka;Patrizia Ferretti

  • Fundamental Differences in Dedifferentiation and Stem Cell Recruitment during Skeletal Muscle Regeneration in Two Salamander Species

    Tatiana Sandoval-Guzmán;Haiyan Wang;Shahryar Khattak;Shahryar Khattak;Maritta Schuez;Maritta Schuez

  • Ectoderm to mesoderm lineage switching during axolotl tail regeneration.

    Karen Echeverri;Elly M. Tanaka

  • In Vivo Imaging Indicates Muscle Fiber Dedifferentiation Is a Major Contributor to the Regenerating Tail Blastema

    Karen Echeverri;Jonathan D.W. Clarke;Elly M. Tanaka

  • The Molecular and Cellular Choreography of Appendage Regeneration

    Elly M. Tanaka

  • A new approach to transcription factor screening for reprogramming of fibroblasts to cardiomyocyte-like cells

    Stephanie Protze;Shahryar Khattak;Claire Poulet;Dirk Lindemann

  • Newt Myotubes Reenter the Cell Cycle by Phosphorylation of the Retinoblastoma Protein

    Elly M. Tanaka;Alexander A.F. Gann;Phillip B. Gates;Jeremy P. Brockes

  • Hedgehog signaling controls dorsoventral patterning, blastema cell proliferation and cartilage induction during axolotl tail regeneration

    Esther Schnapp;Martin Kragl;Lee Rubin;Elly M. Tanaka

  • A germline GFP transgenic axolotl and its use to track cell fate: dual origin of the fin mesenchyme during development and the fate of blood cells during regeneration.

    Lidia Sobkow;Hans-Henning Epperlein;Stephan Herklotz;Werner L. Straube

  • Non-model model organisms.

    James J Russell;Julie A Theriot;Pranidhi Sood;Wallace F Marshall

  • 3D Reconstitution of the Patterned Neural Tube from Embryonic Stem Cells

    Andrea Meinhardt;Dominic Eberle;Akira Tazaki;Adrian Ranga

  • Neural tube morphogenesis in synthetic 3D microenvironments

    Adrian Ranga;Mehmet Girgin;Andrea Meinhardt;Dominic Eberle

  • Limb Regeneration: A New Development?

    Eugen Nacu;Elly M. Tanaka

Frequent Co-Authors

Bianca Habermann
Bianca Habermann Aix-Marseille University
Jeremy P. Brockes
Jeremy P. Brockes University College London
Hans R. Schöler
Hans R. Schöler Max Planck Society
James A. Thomson
James A. Thomson University of California, Santa Barbara
Matthias P. Lutolf
Matthias P. Lutolf École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Marc W. Kirschner
Marc W. Kirschner Harvard University
Enrico Coen
Enrico Coen John Innes Centre
Manfred Schartl
Manfred Schartl University of Würzburg

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