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Biology and Biochemistry
Switzerland
2023

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  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Switzerland Leader Award

Overview

Ueli Suter is affiliated with the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland. Their research primarily focuses on areas within Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. The subfields of study that characterize their work include Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Immunology, Cancer Research, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

Their recent scientific contributions cover various topics such as:

  • Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways
  • Immune cell function and interaction
  • Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research
  • Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
  • Hereditary neurological disorders
  • Cellular transport and secretion
  • RNA regulation and disease

Suter's publication record includes several papers in notable scientific journals. Recent papers include:

  • "Transcriptional profiling of mouse peripheral nerves to the single-cell level to build a sciatic nerve ATlas (SNAT)", 2021, published in eLife
  • "Mice carrying an analogous heterozygous dynamin 2 K562E mutation that causes neuropathy in humans develop predominant characteristics of a primary myopathy", 2020, published in Human Molecular Genetics
  • "Ral GTPases are critical regulators of spinal cord myelination and homeostasis", 2022, published in Cell Reports
  • "The E3 ubiquitin ligase Nedd4 fosters developmental myelination in the mouse central and peripheral nervous system", 2024, published in Glia

These publications are often the result of collaborations with a network of frequent co-authors, including:

  • Jorge A. Pereira
  • Joanne Gerber
  • Daniel Gerber
  • Andrea Ommer
  • Sven Bachofner

Ueli Suter's work has appeared in a range of scientific venues, with contributions to journals such as eLife, Human Molecular Genetics, Cell Reports, and Glia. Their research scope also includes detailed investigations at the single-cell transcriptomic level and the study of molecular pathways influencing neurological and myelination processes.

Best Publications

  • Glycolytic oligodendrocytes maintain myelin and long-term axonal integrity

    Ursula Fünfschilling;Lotti Marianna Supplie;Don Mahad;Don Mahad;Susann Boretius

  • CNS-resident glial progenitor/stem cells produce Schwann cells as well as oligodendrocytes during repair of CNS demyelination.

    Malgorzata Zawadzka;Malgorzata Zawadzka;Leanne E. Rivers;Stephen P.J. Fancy;Stephen P.J. Fancy;Chao Zhao

  • Schwann Cell Precursors from Nerve Innervation Are a Cellular Origin of Melanocytes in Skin

    Igor Adameyko;Francois Lallemend;Jorge B. Aquino;Jorge B. Aquino;Jorge A. Pereira

  • The gene for the peripheral myelin protein PMP-22 is a candidate for Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1A.

    Patel Pi;Roa Bb;Welcher Aa;Welcher Aa;Schoener-Scott R

  • Metabolic control of adult neural stem cell activity by Fasn-dependent lipogenesis

    Marlen Knobloch;Simon M. G. Braun;Simon M. G. Braun;Luis Zurkirchen;Carolin Von Schoultz

  • Instructive Role of Wnt/β-Catenin in Sensory Fate Specification in Neural Crest Stem Cells

    Hye Youn Lee;Maurice Kléber;Lisette Hari;Véronique Brault

  • Trembler mouse carries a point mutation in a myelin gene.

    U Suter;A A Welcher;A A Welcher;T Ozcelik;G J Snipes

  • Ganglioside-induced differentiation associated protein 1 is a regulator of the mitochondrial network: new implications for Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease

    Axel Niemann;Marcel Ruegg;Veronica La Padula;Angelo Schenone

  • Characterization of a novel peripheral nervous system myelin protein (PMP-22/SR13)

    GJ Snipes;U Suter;AA Welcher;EM Shooter

  • Disease mechanisms in inherited neuropathies

    Ueli Suter;Steven S. Scherer

  • Hypermyelination and demyelinating peripheral neuropathy in Pmp22 -deficient mice

    Katrin Adlkofer;Rudolf Martini;Adriano Aguzzi;Jürgen Zielasek

  • Glial origin of mesenchymal stem cells in a tooth model system

    Nina Kaukua;Maryam Khatibi Shahidi;Chrysoula Konstantinidou;Vyacheslav Dyachuk

  • Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease Type 1A -- Association with a Spontaneous Point Mutation in the PMP22 Gene

    B. B. Roa;C. A. Garcia;U. Suter;D. A. Kulpa

  • A Transgenic Rat Model of Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease

    Michael Sereda;Ian Griffiths;Anja Pühlhofer;Helen Stewart

  • Lineage-specific requirements of β-catenin in neural crest development

    Lisette Hari;Véronique Brault;Maurice Kléber;Hye-Youn Lee

  • Survival and glial fate acquisition of neural crest cells are regulated by an interplay between the transcription factor Sox10 and extrinsic combinatorial signaling.

    Christian Paratore;Derk E. Goerich;Ueli Suter;Michael Wegner

  • Therapeutic administration of progesterone antagonist in a model of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT-1A).

    Michael W Sereda;Gerd Meyer zu Hörste;Ueli Suter;Naureen Uzma

  • Jagged1-dependent Notch signaling is dispensable for hematopoietic stem cell self-renewal and differentiation

    Stéphane J C Mancini;Ned Mantei;Ned Mantei;Alexis Dumortier;Alexis Dumortier;Ueli Suter;Ueli Suter

  • Neural crest–derived cells with stem cell features can be traced back to multiple lineages in the adult skin

    Christine E. Wong;Christian Paratore;María T. Dours-Zimmermann;Ariane Rochat

  • Elevated phosphatidylinositol 3,4,5-trisphosphate in glia triggers cell-autonomous membrane wrapping and myelination.

    Sandra Goebbels;Jan H Oltrogge;Robert Kemper;Ingo Heilmann

  • Steroid hormones and neurosteroids in normal and pathological aging of the nervous system

    Martin Schumacher;Sebastien Weill-Engerer;Philippe Liere;Francoise Robert

Frequent Co-Authors

Lukas Sommer
Lukas Sommer University of Zurich
Eric M. Shooter
Eric M. Shooter Stanford University
Klaus-Armin Nave
Klaus-Armin Nave Max Planck Society
Verdon Taylor
Verdon Taylor University of Basel
Klaus V. Toyka
Klaus V. Toyka University of Würzburg
Rudolf Martini
Rudolf Martini University of Würzburg
Dies Meijer
Dies Meijer University of Edinburgh
Robin J.M. Franklin
Robin J.M. Franklin University of Cambridge
Jan Senderek
Jan Senderek Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Sebastian Jessberger
Sebastian Jessberger University of Zurich

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