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Robert Geisler

Robert Geisler

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Genetics

D-Index
51
Citations
16855
World Ranking
3831
National Ranking
257

Overview

Robert Geisler is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany, focusing on research within the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their work predominantly spans the subfields of Molecular Biology and Cell Biology.

Their research covers several main topics including:

  • Retinal Development and Disorders
  • Connexins and lens biology
  • Cellular transport and secretion

One recent publication by Robert Geisler is titled "Emc1 is essential for vision and zebrafish photoreceptor outer segment morphogenesis", published in 2024 in The FASEB Journal. This work contributes to understanding cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying vision and retinal structure.

Robert Geisler often collaborates with other researchers. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Tess McCann
  • Husvinee Sundaramurthi
  • Ciara M. Walsh
  • Sanamjeet Virdi
  • Yurisleidi Álvarez Álvarez

Their publications have appeared in venues such as The FASEB Journal, indicating a focus on journals that cover molecular and cellular aspects of biology.

Best Publications

  • The zebrafish reference genome sequence and its relationship to the human genome.

    Kerstin Howe;Matthew D. Clark;Carlos F. Torroja;Carlos F. Torroja;James Torrance

  • Silberblick/Wnt11 mediates convergent extension movements during zebrafish gastrulation.

    Carl-Philipp Heisenberg;Masazumi Tada;Gerd-Jörg Rauch;Leonor Saúde

  • Zebrafish embryos as an alternative to animal experiments--a commentary on the definition of the onset of protected life stages in animal welfare regulations.

    Uwe Strähle;Stefan Scholz;Robert Geisler;Petra Greiner

  • Zebrafish colourless encodes sox10 and specifies non-ectomesenchymal neural crest fates

    Kirsten A. Dutton;Angela Pauliny;Susana S. Lopes;Stone Elworthy

  • A zebrafish homologue of the chemokine receptor Cxcr4 is a germ-cell guidance receptor

    Holger Knaut;Christian Werz;Robert Geisler;Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard

  • The zebrafish neckless mutation reveals a requirement for raldh2 in mesodermal signals that pattern the hindbrain.

    Gerrit Begemann;Thomas F. Schilling;Thomas F. Schilling;Gerd-Jörg Rauch;Robert Geisler

  • Control of her1 expression during zebrafish somitogenesis by a delta-dependent oscillator and an independent wave-front activity.

    Scott A. Holley;Robert Geisler;Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard

  • Mutations in cadherin 23 affect tip links in zebrafish sensory hair cells

    Christian Söllner;Gerd-Jörg Rauch;Jan Siemens;Robert Geisler

  • The coiled-coil domain containing protein CCDC40 is essential for motile cilia function and left-right axis formation

    Anita Becker-Heck;Irene E Zohn;Irene E Zohn;Noriko Okabe;Andrew Pollock

  • Retinoic acid signalling in the zebrafish embryo is necessary during pre-segmentation stages to pattern the anterior-posterior axis of the CNS and to induce a pectoral fin bud

    Heiner Grandel;Klaus Lun;Gerd-Jörg Rauch;Muriel Rhinn

  • A mutation in the Gsk3–binding domain of zebrafish Masterblind/Axin1 leads to a fate transformation of telencephalon and eyes to diencephalon

    Carl-Philipp Heisenberg;Corinne Houart;Masaya Take-uchi;Gerd-Jörg Rauch

  • cactus, a gene involved in dorsoventral pattern formation of Drosophila, is related to the IκB gene family of vertebrates

    Robert Geisler;Andreas Bergmann;Yasushi Hiromi;Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard

  • Mariner is defective in myosin VIIA: a zebrafish model for human hereditary deafness

    Sylvain Ernest;Gerd Jörg Rauch;Pascal Haffter;Robert Geisler

  • A radiation hybrid map of the zebrafish genome

    R Geisler;G J Rauch;H Baier;F van Bebber

  • her1 and the notch pathway function within the oscillator mechanism that regulates zebrafish somitogenesis.

    Scott A. Holley;Scott A. Holley;Dörthe Jülich;Gerd-Jörg Rauch;Robert Geisler

  • Learning from Small Fry: The Zebrafish as a Genetic Model Organism for Aquaculture Fish Species

    Ralf Dahm;Ralf Dahm;Robert Geisler

  • lockjaw encodes a zebrafish tfap2a required for early neural crest development.

    Robert D. Knight;Sreelaja Nair;Sarah S. Nelson;Ali Afshar

  • The zebrafish van gogh mutation disrupts tbx1, which is involved in the DiGeorge deletion syndrome in humans.

    Tatjana Piotrowski;Dae Gwon Ahn;Thomas F. Schilling;Sreelaja Nair

  • Cohesin-dependent regulation of Runx genes

    Julia A. Horsfield;Sasha H. Anagnostou;Jimmy Kuang-Hsien Hu;Kitty Hsiao Yu Cho

  • parachute/n-cadherin is required for morphogenesis and maintained integrity of the zebrafish neural tube.

    Zsolt Lele;Anja Folchert;Miguel Concha;Gerd Jörg Rauch

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephan C.F. Neuhauss
Stephan C.F. Neuhauss University of Zurich
Derek L. Stemple
Derek L. Stemple Camena Bioscience
Robert N. Kelsh
Robert N. Kelsh University of Bath
Uwe Strähle
Uwe Strähle Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Luca Bargelloni
Luca Bargelloni University of Padua
Zilong Wen
Zilong Wen Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Jinrong Peng
Jinrong Peng Zhejiang University
Deborah M. Power
Deborah M. Power University of Algarve
Peter D. Currie
Peter D. Currie Monash University

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