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67
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World Ranking
8106
National Ranking
625

Overview

Robert N. Kelsh is affiliated with the University of Bath in the United Kingdom and specializes in Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a focus on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Cancer Research, Genetics, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Their research explores various topics including Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation, Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications, MicroRNA in disease regulation, RNA Research and Splicing, Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics, Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms, and melanin and skin pigmentation.

The scientist has contributed to multiple recent papers, including:

  • "Zebrafish pigment cells develop directly from persistent highly multipotent progenitors" (2023, Nature Communications)
  • "A quantitative modelling approach to zebrafish pigment pattern formation" (2020, eLife)
  • "Enteric glia as a source of neural progenitors in adult zebrafish" (2020, eLife)
  • "The MITF paralog tfec is required in neural crest development for fate specification of the iridophore lineage from a multipotent pigment cell progenitor" (2021, PLoS ONE)
  • "A suitable anaesthetic protocol for metamorphic zebrafish" (2021, PLoS ONE)

Frequent collaborators include Karen Camargo Sosa, Jonathan Dawes, Andrea Rocco, Vsevolod J. Makeev, and Jennifer P. Owen, highlighting ongoing cooperative efforts in zebrafish developmental biology and related molecular research.

The primary publication venues for Robert N. Kelsh reflect a focus on both preprint and peer-reviewed journals with a strong presence in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) having 7 publications, Development and Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology with 3 publications each, along with 2 publications in both eLife and PLoS ONE.

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

  • Vertebrate genome evolution and the zebrafish gene map.

    John H. Postlethwait;Yi-Lin Yan;Michael A. Gates;Sally Horne

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • ZEBRAFISH PIGMENTATION MUTATIONS AND THE PROCESSES OF NEURAL CREST DEVELOPMENT

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

  • 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

  • In vivo time-lapse imaging shows dynamic oligodendrocyte progenitor behavior during zebrafish development

    Brandon B Kirby;Norio Takada;Andrew J Latimer;Jimann Shin

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

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

  • Mutations in zebrafish genes affecting the formation of the boundary between midbrain and hindbrain.

    M. Brand;C.-P. Heisenberg;Y.-J. Jiang;D. Beuchle

  • Mutations affecting development of the zebrafish inner ear and lateral line

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

  • Mutations affecting morphogenesis during gastrulation and tail formation in the zebrafish, Danio rerio.

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

  • Genetics and evolution of pigment patterns in fish

    Robert N. Kelsh

  • Mutations affecting neurogenesis and brain morphology in the zebrafish, Danio rerio.

    Y.-J. Jiang;M. Brand;C.-P. Heisenberg;D. Beuchle

  • Mutations affecting development of the midline and general body shape during zebrafish embryogenesis

    M. Brand;C.-P. Heisenberg;R. M. Warga;F. Pelegri

  • A direct role for Sox10 in specification of neural crest-derived sensory neurons

    Thomas J Carney;Kirsten A Dutton;Emma Greenhill;Mariana Delfino-Machín

  • Hedgehog signaling is required for cranial neural crest morphogenesis and chondrogenesis at the midline in the zebrafish skull.

    Naoyuki Wada;Yashar Javidan;Sarah Nelson;Thomas J. Carney

  • Correction: Vertebrate genome evolution and the zebrafish gene map

    John Postlethwait;Yi-Lin Yan;Michael Gates;Sally Horne

Frequent Co-Authors

Makoto Furutani-Seiki
Makoto Furutani-Seiki Yamaguchi University
Michael Granato
Michael Granato University of Pennsylvania
Carl-Philipp Heisenberg
Carl-Philipp Heisenberg Institute of Science and Technology Austria
Michael Brand
Michael Brand TU Dresden
Mary C. Mullins
Mary C. Mullins University of Pennsylvania
Heinz Arnheiter
Heinz Arnheiter National Institutes of Health
Marcus Bosenberg
Marcus Bosenberg Yale University
Andrew E. Aplin
Andrew E. Aplin Thomas Jefferson University
Laurence D. Hurst
Laurence D. Hurst University of Bath

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