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Michael Brand

Michael Brand

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
91
Citations
30472
World Ranking
2318
National Ranking
163

Overview

Michael Brand is a researcher affiliated with TU Dresden in Germany. Their work primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, alongside Medicine. Within these domains, Brand's research engages extensively with Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Neurology, and Ophthalmology.

Their main scientific topics include Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications, Retinal Development and Disorders, Single-cell and Spatial Transcriptomics, Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms, Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry, Neurogenesis and Neuroplasticity mechanisms, as well as Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques.

Frequent publication venues for Michael Brand include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Development
  • Scientific Reports
  • Radiotherapy and Oncology
  • eLife

Their recent papers reflect a focus on basic and applied biomedical research involving zebrafish models, cancer drug targeting, neurobiology, and radiation therapy. Selected recent publications are:

  • "Targeting of radioactive platinum-bisphosphonate anticancer drugs to bone of high metabolic activity," 2020, Scientific Reports
  • "Single cell sequencing of radial glia progeny reveals the diversity of newborn neurons in the adult zebrafish brain," 2020, Development
  • "A switch in pdgfrb cell-derived ECM composition prevents inhibitory scarring and promotes axon regeneration in the zebrafish spinal cord," 2021, Developmental Cell
  • "Beam pulse structure and dose rate as determinants for the flash effect observed in zebrafish embryo," 2022, Radiotherapy and Oncology
  • "Cre-Controlled CRISPR mutagenesis provides fast and easy conditional gene inactivation in zebrafish," 2021, Nature Communications

Collaborations feature multiple co-authors with whom Brand has published frequently. These include Stefan Hans, Anja Machate, Gokul Kesavan, Anke Weber, and Juliane Hammer.

Best Publications

  • The identification of genes with unique and essential functions in the development of the zebrafish, Danio rerio

    P. Haffter;M. Granato;M. Brand;M.C. Mullins

  • Fgf8 is mutated in zebrafish acerebellar (ace) mutants and is required for maintenance of midbrain-hindbrain boundary development and somitogenesis

    F. Reifers;H. Bohli;E. C. Walsh;P. H. Crossley

  • Genes controlling and mediating locomotion behavior of the zebrafish embryo and larva

    M. Granato;F. J. M. Van Eeden;U. Schach;T. Trowe

  • Neural stem cells and neurogenesis in the adult zebrafish brain: Origin, proliferation dynamics, migration and cell fate

    Heiner Grandel;Jan V Kaslin;Julia Ganz;Isabell Wenzel

  • Mutations affecting somite formation and patterning in the zebrafish, Danio rerio

    F. J. M. Van Eeden;M. Granato;U. Schach;M. Brand

  • Acute Inflammation Initiates the Regenerative Response in the Adult Zebrafish Brain

    Nikos Kyritsis;Caghan Kizil;Sara Zocher;Volker Kroehne

  • ZEBRAFISH PIGMENTATION MUTATIONS AND THE PROCESSES OF NEURAL CREST DEVELOPMENT

    R. N. Kelsh;M. Brand;Y.-J. Jiang;C.-P. Heisenberg

  • daughterless, a Drosophila gene essential for both neurogenesis and sex determination, has sequence similarities to myc and the achaete-scute complex

    Michael Caudy;Harald Vässin;Michael Brand;Michael Brand;Rabiya Tuma

  • Regeneration of the adult zebrafish brain from neurogenic radial glia-type progenitors

    Volker Kroehne;Dorian Freudenreich;Stefan Hans;Jan Victor Kaslin

  • Mutations affecting the cardiovascular system and other internal organs in zebrafish

    J.-N. Chen;P. Haffter;J. Odenthal;E. Vogelsang

  • Genes establishing dorsoventral pattern formation in the zebrafish embryo: The ventral specifying genes

    M. C. Mullins;M. Hammerschmidt;D. A. Kane;J. Odenthal

  • dino and mercedes, two genes regulating dorsal development in the zebrafish embryo

    M. Hammerschmidt;F. Pelegri;M. C. Mullins;D. A. Kane

  • Keeping and raising zebrafish

    M. Brand;M. Granato;C. Nüsslein-Volhard

  • Fgf8 morphogen gradient forms by a source-sink mechanism with freely diffusing molecules

    Shuizi Rachel Yu;Markus Burkhardt;Matthias Nowak;Jonas Ries

  • Proliferation, neurogenesis and regeneration in the non-mammalian vertebrate brain

    Jan Victor Kaslin;Julia Ganz;Michael Brand

  • Characterization of three novel members of the zebrafish Pax2/5/8 family: dependency of Pax5 and Pax8 expression on the Pax2.1 (noi) function

    P.L. Pfeffer;T. Gerster;K. Lun;M. Brand

  • Adult neurogenesis and brain regeneration in zebrafish

    Caghan Kizil;Jan Victor Kaslin;Volker Kroehne;Michael Brand

  • Bone Regenerates via Dedifferentiation of Osteoblasts in the Zebrafish Fin

    Franziska Knopf;Christina Hammond;Avinash Chekuru;Thomas Kurth

  • The Endosomal Protein Appl1 Mediates Akt Substrate Specificity and Cell Survival in Vertebrate Development

    Annette Schenck;Livia Goto-Silva;Claudio Collinet;Muriel Rhinn

  • Jaw and branchial arch mutants in zebrafish I: branchial arches

    T. F. Schilling;T. Piotrowski;H. Grandel;M. Brand

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Granato
Michael Granato University of Pennsylvania
Makoto Furutani-Seiki
Makoto Furutani-Seiki Yamaguchi University
Robert N. Kelsh
Robert N. Kelsh University of Bath
Carl-Philipp Heisenberg
Carl-Philipp Heisenberg Institute of Science and Technology Austria
Mary C. Mullins
Mary C. Mullins University of Pennsylvania
Jan Kaslin
Jan Kaslin Monash University
Stephen W. Wilson
Stephen W. Wilson University College London
Matthias Hammerschmidt
Matthias Hammerschmidt University of Cologne
Petra Schwille
Petra Schwille Max Planck Society

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