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D-Index
55
Citations
13985
World Ranking
14862
National Ranking
523

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2014 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science

Overview

Ulrich Tepass is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada and has contributed extensively to the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a primary focus on Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Physiology, and Immunology and Allergy. Their research spans varied topics including Cellular Mechanics and Interactions, Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer, Hippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZ, Microtubule and mitosis dynamics, Cellular transport and secretion, Calcium signaling and nucleotide metabolism, and Lysosomal Storage Disorders Research.

Tepass has published work in several venues, with frequent publications appearing in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The Journal of Cell Biology
  • eLife
  • Journal of Advanced Chemical Engineering

Their recent papers include the following:

  • Retromer subunit, VPS29, regulates synaptic transmission and is required for endolysosomal function in the aging brain, 2020, eLife
  • The α-Catenin mechanosensing M region is required for cell adhesion during tissue morphogenesis, 2022, The Journal of Cell Biology
  • Crumbs complex-directed apical membrane dynamics in epithelial cell ingression, 2022, The Journal of Cell Biology
  • Crumbs complex-directed apical membrane dynamics in epithelial cell ingression, 2022, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Mitotic polarity oscillation promotes epithelial tumor progression, 2025, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Tepass include:

  • Gerald Lerchbaumer
  • Rodrigo Fernández-González
  • Milena Pellikka
  • Luka Sheppard
  • Sérgio Simões

Their research has been recognized with the award of Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2014 by the Academy of Science.

Best Publications

  • Adherens junctions: from molecules to morphogenesis

    Tony J. C. Harris;Ulrich Tepass

  • crumbs encodes an EGF-like protein expressed on apical membranes of Drosophila epithelial cells and required for organization of epithelia

    Ulrich Tepass;Carin Theres;Elisabeth Knust

  • Cadherins in embryonic and neural morphogenesis

    Ulrich Tepass;Kevin Truong;Dorothea Godt;Mitsuhiko Ikura

  • Epithelial Cell Polarity and Cell Junctions in Drosophila

    Ulrich Tepass;Guy Tanentzapf;Robert E. Ward;Richard G. Fehon

  • The Development of Cellular Junctions in the Drosophila Embryo

    Ulrich Tepass;Volker Hartenstein

  • Embryonic origin of hemocytes and their relationship to cell death in Drosophila

    Ulrich Tepass;Liselotte I. Fessler;Amina Aziz;Volker Hartenstein

  • Crumbs, the Drosophila homologue of human CRB1/RP12, is essential for photoreceptor morphogenesis

    Milena Pellikka;Milena Pellikka;Guy Tanentzapf;Guy Tanentzapf;Madalena Pinto;Christian Smith

  • Interactions between the crumbs , lethal giant larvae and bazooka pathways in epithelial polarization

    Guy Tanentzapf;Ulrich Tepass

  • shotgun encodes Drosophila E-cadherin and is preferentially required during cell rearrangement in the neurectoderm and other morphogenetically active epithelia.

    U Tepass;E Gruszynski-DeFeo;T A Haag;L Omatyar

  • Drosophila oocyte localization is mediated by differential cadherin-based adhesion

    Dorothea Godt;Ulrich Tepass

  • CRB1 is essential for external limiting membrane integrity and photoreceptor morphogenesis in the mammalian retina

    Adrienne K. Mehalow;Shuhei Kameya;Richard S. Smith;Norman L. Hawes

  • DE-Cadherin Is Required for Intercellular Motility during Drosophila Oogenesis

    Paulina Niewiadomska;Dorothea Godt;Ulrich Tepass

  • The Apical Polarity Protein Network in Drosophila Epithelial Cells: Regulation of Polarity, Junctions, Morphogenesis, Cell Growth, and Survival

    Ulrich Tepass

  • The function of the neurogenic genes during epithelial development in the Drosophila embryo.

    Amelia Y. Hartenstein;Astrid Rugendorff;Ulrich Tepass;Volker Hartenstein

  • Crumbs, a Component of the Apical Membrane, Is Required for Zonula Adherens Formation in Primary Epithelia ofDrosophila

    Ulrich Tepass

  • crumbs and stardust Act in a Genetic Pathway That Controls the Organization of Epithelia in Drosophila melanogaster

    Ulrich Tepass;Elisabeth Knust

  • Sinuous is a Drosophila claudin required for septate junction organization and epithelial tube size control.

    Victoria M. Wu;Joost Schulte;Alexander Hirschi;Ulrich Tepass

  • The FERM Protein Yurt Is a Negative Regulatory Component of the Crumbs Complex that Controls Epithelial Polarity and Apical Membrane Size

    Patrick Laprise;Slobodan Beronja;Nancy F. Silva-Gagliardi;Milena Pellikka

  • Cdc42 and Par proteins stabilize dynamic adherens junctions in the Drosophila neuroectoderm through regulation of apical endocytosis

    Kathryn P. Harris;Ulrich Tepass

  • Apical, Lateral, and Basal Polarization Cues Contribute to the Development of the Follicular Epithelium during Drosophila Oogenesis

    Guy Tanentzapf;Christian Smith;C. Jane McGlade;Ulrich Tepass

Frequent Co-Authors

Volker Hartenstein
Volker Hartenstein University of California, Los Angeles
Elisabeth Knust
Elisabeth Knust Max Planck Society
Norbert Perrimon
Norbert Perrimon Harvard University
Hugo J. Bellen
Hugo J. Bellen Baylor College of Medicine
Mitsuhiko Ikura
Mitsuhiko Ikura Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
Deborah E. Leckband
Deborah E. Leckband University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Cara J. Gottardi
Cara J. Gottardi Northwestern University
Joshua M. Shulman
Joshua M. Shulman Baylor College of Medicine
Mark Peifer
Mark Peifer University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
John R. Heckenlively
John R. Heckenlively University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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