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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Lilianna Solnica-Krezel is affiliated with Washington University in St. Louis in the United States. Their research spans fields in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a focus on molecular biology, cell biology, surgery, genetics, and physiology.

The scientist's work covers several main topics including congenital heart defects research, zebrafish biomedical research applications, pluripotent stem cells research, developmental biology and gene regulation, renal and related cancers, tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, and cellular mechanics and interactions.

Recent papers authored by Lilianna Solnica-Krezel include:

  • Dissecting cell identity via network inference and in silico gene perturbation, 2023, Nature
  • Derivation of trophoblast stem cells from naïve human pluripotent stem cells, 2020, eLife
  • High-resolution transcriptional and morphogenetic profiling of cells from micropatterned human ESC gastruloid cultures, 2020, eLife
  • The Reissner Fiber Is Highly Dynamic In Vivo and Controls Morphogenesis of the Spine, 2020, Current Biology
  • Model organisms contribute to diagnosis and discovery in the undiagnosed diseases network: current state and a future vision, 2021, Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Diane S. Sepich (9 publications)
  • Ryan S. Gray (7 publications)
  • Paul Gontarz (6 publications)
  • Kyaw Thu Minn (6 publications)
  • Jimann Shin (6 publications)

Lilianna Solnica-Krezel has published multiple times in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), eLife, Development, Current Biology, and Current Topics in Developmental Biology.

They have produced a significant number of publications in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) - 6 publications
  • eLife - 3 publications
  • Development - 3 publications
  • Current Biology - 2 publications
  • Current Topics in Developmental Biology - 2 publications

Lilianna Solnica-Krezel received the Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) award in 2018.

Best Publications

  • A genetic screen for mutations affecting embryogenesis in zebrafish

    Wolfgang Driever;Lilianna Solnica-Krezel;Alexander F. Schier;Stephan C.F. Neuhauss

  • The Colonic Crypt Protects Stem Cells from Microbiota-Derived Metabolites

    Gerard E. Kaiko;Stacy H. Ryu;Olivia I. Koues;Patrick L. Collins

  • Efficient recovery of ENU-induced mutations from the zebrafish germline.

    Lilianna Solnica-Krezel;Alexander F. Schier;Wolfgang Driever

  • Six3 repression of Wnt signaling in the anterior neuroectoderm is essential for vertebrate forebrain development

    Oleg V. Lagutin;Changqi C. Zhu;Daisuke Kobayashi;Jacek Topczewski

  • Zebrafish trilobite identifies new roles for Strabismus in gastrulation and neuronal movements.

    Jason R. Jessen;Jacek Topczewski;Stephanie Bingham;Diane S. Sepich

  • Induction of the zebrafish ventral brain and floorplate requires cyclops/nodal signalling

    Karuna Sampath;Karuna Sampath;Amy L. Rubinstein;Abby M. S. Cheng;Jennifer O. Liang

  • The zebrafish glypican knypek controls cell polarity during gastrulation movements of convergent extension.

    Jacek Topczewski;Diane S. Sepich;Dina C. Myers;Charline Walker

  • Migration of zebrafish primordial germ cells: a role for myosin contraction and cytoplasmic flow.

    Heiko Blaser;Michal Reichman-Fried;Irinka Castanon;Karin Dumstrei

  • Mutations affecting the development of the embryonic zebrafish brain

    Alexander F. Schier;Stephan C.F. Neuhauss;Michele Harvey;Jarema Malicki

  • Conserved patterns of cell movements during vertebrate gastrulation.

    Lilianna Solnica-Krezel

  • Zebrafish Rho kinase 2 acts downstream of Wnt11 to mediate cell polarity and effective convergence and extension movements.

    Florence Marlow;Jacek Topczewski;Diane Sepich;Lilianna Solnica-Krezel

  • Mutations affecting cell fates and cellular rearrangements during gastrulation in zebrafish

    L. Solnica-Krezel;D. L. Stemple;E. Mountcastle-Shah;Z. Rangini

  • Zebrafish: genetic tools for studying vertebrate development.

    Wolfgang Driever;Derek Stemple;Alexander Schier;Lilianna Solnica-Krezel

  • Zebrafish miR-214 modulates Hedgehog signaling to specify muscle cell fate

    Alex S Flynt;Nan Li;Elizabeth J Thatcher;Lilianna Solnica-Krezel

  • Gastrulation: Making and Shaping Germ Layers

    Lilianna Solnica-Krezel;Diane Sepich

  • Mutations affecting development of the zebrafish retina

    Jarema Malicki;Stephan C.F. Neuhauss;Alexander F. Schier;Lilianna Solnica-Krezel

  • Planar Cell Polarity: Coordinating Morphogenetic Cell Behaviors with Embryonic Polarity

    Ryan S. Gray;Isabelle Roszko;Lilianna Solnica-Krezel

  • Mutations affecting craniofacial development in zebrafish.

    Stephan C.F. Neuhauss;Lilianna Solnica-Krezel;Alexander F. Schier;Fried Zwartkruis

  • Hematopoietic mutations in the zebrafish

    Brant M. Weinstein;Alexander F. Schier;Salim Abdelilah;Jarema Malicki

  • Microtubule arrays of the zebrafish yolk cell : organization and function during epiboly

    Lilianna Solnica-Krezel;Wolfgang Driever

Frequent Co-Authors

Wolfgang Driever
Wolfgang Driever University of Freiburg
Alexander F. Schier
Alexander F. Schier University of Basel
Derek L. Stemple
Derek L. Stemple Camena Bioscience
Mark A. Anastasio
Mark A. Anastasio University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Stephan C.F. Neuhauss
Stephan C.F. Neuhauss University of Zurich
Jarema Malicki
Jarema Malicki University of Sheffield
Monte Westerfield
Monte Westerfield University of Oregon
Michael F. Wangler
Michael F. Wangler Baylor College of Medicine
Didier Y. R. Stainier
Didier Y. R. Stainier Max Planck Society
John H. Postlethwait
John H. Postlethwait University of Oregon

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