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Ernst J. Wolvetang

Ernst J. Wolvetang

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Molecular Biology

D-Index
63
Citations
24821
World Ranking
1772
National Ranking
43

Overview

Ernst J. Wolvetang is affiliated with the University of Queensland in Australia and has produced significant research output primarily in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. Their work spans several subfields, including Molecular Biology, Neurology, Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Infectious Diseases.

The research topics frequently addressed by Wolvetang encompass Pluripotent Stem Cells Research, Mitochondrial Function and Pathology, DNA Repair Mechanisms, CRISPR and Genetic Engineering, Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence, 3D Printing in Biomedical Research, as well as Long-Term Effects of COVID-19.

Wolvetang's publication record includes papers in a range of scientific venues, with repeated contributions to bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Stem Cell Research, Science Advances, SSRN Electronic Journal, and Molecular Psychiatry.

Among several recent papers authored or co-authored by Wolvetang are:

  • SARS-CoV-2 drives NLRP3 inflammasome activation in human microglia through spike protein (2022) published in Molecular Psychiatry
  • Inhibition of the cGAS-STING pathway ameliorates the premature senescence hallmarks of Ataxia-Telangiectasia brain organoids (2021) published in Aging Cell
  • Use of Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells and Kidney Organoids To Develop a Cysteamine/mTOR Inhibition Combination Therapy for Cystinosis (2020) published in Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
  • Rapid and Efficient Generation of Myelinating Human Oligodendrocytes in Organoids (2021) published in Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience
  • Telomere transcription in ageing (2020) published in Ageing Research Reviews

Collaborations have been a strong feature of Wolvetang's scientific career, with frequent co-authors including Julio Aguado, Mohammed R. Shaker, Hannah C. Leeson, Justin J. Cooper-White, and Giovanni Pietrogrande, reflecting a sustained network of interdisciplinary partnerships.

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • A promoter-level mammalian expression atlas

    Alistair R.R. Forrest;Hideya Kawaji;Michael Rehli;J. Kenneth Baillie

  • Kidney organoids from human iPS cells contain multiple lineages and model human nephrogenesis

    Minoru Takasato;Minoru Takasato;Pei X. Er;Han Sheng Chiu;Barbara Maier

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Transcribed enhancers lead waves of coordinated transcription in transitioning mammalian cells

    Erik Arner;Carsten O. Daub;Kristoffer Vitting-Seerup;Robin Andersson

  • Mitochondrial respiratory chain inhibitors induce apoptosis.

    Ernst J. Wolvetang;Karina L. Johnson;Kenia Krauer;Steve J. Ralph

  • The long non-coding RNA Gomafu is acutely regulated in response to neuronal activation and involved in schizophrenia-associated alternative splicing.

    Guy Barry;J. A. Briggs;D. P. Vanichkina;E. M. Poth

  • Mechanisms of Long Non-coding RNAs in Mammalian Nervous System Development, Plasticity, Disease, and Evolution

    James A. Briggs;Ernst J. Wolvetang;John S. Mattick;John L. Rinn

  • FANTOM5 CAGE profiles of human and mouse samples

    Shuhei Noguchi;Takahiro Arakawa;Shiro Fukuda;Masaaki Furuno

  • Neuronal Lipid Metabolism: Multiple Pathways Driving Functional Outcomes in Health and Disease.

    Timothy J. Tracey;Frederik J. Steyn;Ernst J. Wolvetang;Shyuan T. Ngo

  • Autophagy in stem cells

    Jun Lin Guan;Anna Katharina Simon;Mark Prescott;Javier A. Menendez

  • Erratum to: Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition) (Autophagy, 12, 1, 1-222, 10.1080/15548627.2015.1100356

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Mouse Oocytes Results in Preimplantation Embryo Arrest in Vitro

    George Anthony Thouas;Alan Osborne Trounson;Ernst Jurgen Wolvetang;Gayle Maree Jones

  • Response of a primary human fibroblast cell line to H2O2 : Senescence-like growth arrest or apoptosis?

    C Bladier;E J Wolvetang;P Hutchinson;J B de Haan

  • A Simple Bioreactor-Based Method to Generate Kidney Organoids from Pluripotent Stem Cells.

    Aneta Przepiorski;Veronika Sander;Tracy Tran;Jennifer A. Hollywood

  • Essential roles of sphingosine-1-phosphate and platelet-derived growth factor in the maintenance of human embryonic stem cells.

    Alice Pebay;Raymond C B Wong;Stuart M Pitson;Ernst Jurgen Wolvetang

  • Evaluation of variability in human kidney organoids.

    Belinda Phipson;Pei X. Er;Alexander N. Combes;Thomas A. Forbes;Thomas A. Forbes

  • Small Molecule Mesengenic Induction of Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells to Generate Mesenchymal Stem/Stromal Cells

    Yen Shun Chen;Rebecca A. Pelekanos;Rebecca L. Ellis;Rachel Horne

  • Vitamin C promotes widespread yet specific DNA demethylation of the epigenome in human embryonic stem cells.

    Tung Liang Chung;Tung Liang Chung;Tung Liang Chung;Romulo M. Brena;Gabriel Kolle;Sean M. Grimmond

  • CD30 is a survival factor and a biomarker for transformed human pluripotent stem cells.

    Daniella Herszfeld;Ernst Jurgen Wolvetang;Emma Langton-Bunker;Tung-Liang Chung

Frequent Co-Authors

Justin J. Cooper-White
Justin J. Cooper-White University of Queensland
Christine A. Wells
Christine A. Wells University of Melbourne
Martin F. Pera
Martin F. Pera Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Martin F. Lavin
Martin F. Lavin University of Queensland
Geoffrey J. Faulkner
Geoffrey J. Faulkner University of Queensland
Melissa H. Little
Melissa H. Little Murdoch Children's Research Institute
Alan Mackay-Sim
Alan Mackay-Sim Griffith University
Frank Brombacher
Frank Brombacher University of Cape Town
Sean M. Grimmond
Sean M. Grimmond University of Melbourne
Juha Kere
Juha Kere Karolinska Institute

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