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Stephen W. Wilson is affiliated with University College London in the United Kingdom and has contributed extensively to the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their research spans several interconnected subfields including Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Genetics, and Education.

The scientist's work addresses various topics such as Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications, Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation, Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity, CRISPR and Genetic Engineering, Single-cell and Spatial Transcriptomics, Epigenetics and DNA Methylation, and Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology.

Recent publications by Stephen W. Wilson include the following papers:

  • A simple and effective F0 knockout method for rapid screening of behaviour and other complex phenotypes (2021, eLife)
  • A Drosophila glial cell atlas reveals a mismatch between transcriptional and morphological diversity (2023, PLoS Biology)
  • The zebrafish issue: 25 years on (2021, Development)
  • Allele-specific gene expression can underlie altered transcript abundance in zebrafish mutants (2022, Apollo University of Cambridge)
  • Loss of slc39a14 causes simultaneous manganese hypersensitivity and deficiency in zebrafish (2022, Disease Models & Mechanisms)

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Stephen W. Wilson reflect a range of scientific partnerships. These co-authors include Gareth T. Powell, Gaia Gestri, Florencia Cavodeassi, Elena Dreosti, and Isaac H. Bianco.

The scientist's research has been published mainly in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Development, Disease Models & Mechanisms, PEDAGOGIC Indonesian Journal of Science Education and Technology, and Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research).

Best Publications

  • Tissue macrophages act as cellular chaperones for vascular anastomosis downstream of VEGF-mediated endothelial tip cell induction

    Alessandro Fantin;Joaquim M. Vieira;Gaia Gestri;Laura Denti

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

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

  • Early steps in the development of the forebrain.

    Stephen W Wilson;Corinne Houart

  • Midline signalling is required for Pax gene regulation and patterning of the eyes.

    R. Macdonald;K.A. Barth;Q. Xu;N. Holder

  • MicroRNAs show a wide diversity of expression profiles in the developing and mature central nervous system

    Marika Kapsimali;Marika Kapsimali;Wigard P Kloosterman;Ewart de Bruijn;Frederic Rosa

  • The development of a simple scaffold of axon tracts in the brain of the embryonic zebrafish, Brachydanio rerio.

    S.W. Wilson;L.S. Ross;T. Parrett;S.S. Easter

  • Expression of zebrafish nk2.2 is influenced by sonic hedgehog/vertebrate hedgehog-1 and demarcates a zone of neuronal differentiation in the embryonic forebrain

    Katrin Anukampa Barth;S. W. Wilson

  • Establishment of the telencephalon during gastrulation by local antagonism of Wnt signaling.

    Corinne Houart;Luca Caneparo;Carl-Philipp Heisenberg;K.Anukampa Barth

  • Distinct roles for Fgf, Wnt and retinoic acid in posteriorizing the neural ectoderm

    Tetsuhiro Kudoh;Tetsuhiro Kudoh;Stephen W. Wilson;Igor B. Dawid

  • Mutations in radial spoke head protein genes RSPH9 and RSPH4A cause primary ciliary dyskinesia with central-microtubular-pair abnormalities

    Victoria H. Castleman;Leila Romio;Rahul Chodhari;Robert A. Hirst

  • 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

  • Asymmetry in the epithalamus of vertebrates

    Miguel L. Concha;Stephen W. Wilson

  • Guidelines for morpholino use in zebrafish

    Didier Y. R. Stainier;Erez Raz;Nathan D. Lawson;Stephen C. Ekker

  • Mutations in SLC39A14 disrupt manganese homeostasis and cause childhood-onset parkinsonism-dystonia.

    Karin Tuschl;Esther Meyer;Leonardo E Valdivia;Ningning Zhao

  • Bmp activity establishes a gradient of positional information throughout the entire neural plate

    K.A. Barth;Y. Kishimoto;K.B. Rohr;C. Seydler

  • Prickle 1 regulates cell movements during gastrulation and neuronal migration in zebrafish.

    Filipa Carreira-Barbosa;Miguel L. Concha;Miguel L. Concha;Masaki Takeuchi;Naoto Ueno

  • N-cadherin mediates retinal lamination, maintenance of forebrain compartments and patterning of retinal neurites.

    Ichiro Masai;Zsolt Lele;Masahiro Yamaguchi;Atsuko Komori

  • 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

  • Development of social behavior in young zebrafish

    Elena Dreosti;Gonçalo Lopes;Adam Raymond Kampff;Stephen W Wilson

  • A nodal signaling pathway regulates the laterality of neuroanatomical asymmetries in the zebrafish forebrain.

    Miguel L Concha;Rebecca D Burdine;Claire Russell;Alexander F Schier

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Brand
Michael Brand TU Dresden
Thomas S. Becker
Thomas S. Becker University of Sydney
Carl-Philipp Heisenberg
Carl-Philipp Heisenberg Institute of Science and Technology Austria
Stefan Schulte-Merker
Stefan Schulte-Merker University of Münster
Derek L. Stemple
Derek L. Stemple Camena Bioscience
Stephen S. Easter
Stephen S. Easter University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Uwe Strähle
Uwe Strähle Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Igor B. Dawid
Igor B. Dawid National Institutes of Health
Stephan C.F. Neuhauss
Stephan C.F. Neuhauss University of Zurich

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