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Overview

Verdon Taylor is affiliated with the University of Basel in Switzerland. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Neuroscience, with a focus on several subfields including Molecular Biology, Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Developmental Neuroscience, and Immunology.

The main topics addressed in their work include:

  • Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Immune cells in cancer
  • Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Neuroscience and Neural Engineering

Among their frequent publication venues are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Nature Communications
  • Nature Neuroscience
  • Cells

Some of their recent papers include:

  • Spinal astrocytes in superficial laminae gate brainstem descending control of mechanosensory hypersensitivity (2020, Nature Neuroscience)
  • Fibrinogen induces neural stem cell differentiation into astrocytes in the subventricular zone via BMP signaling (2020, Nature Communications)
  • Oncogenic and Tumor-Suppressive Functions of NOTCH Signaling in Glioma (2020, Cells)
  • Notch signaling as a master regulator of adult neurogenesis (2023, Frontiers in Neuroscience)
  • Tead transcription factors differentially regulate cortical development (2020, Scientific Reports)

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Claudio Giachino
  • Tanzila Mukhtar
  • Chiara Rolando
  • Elena Parmigiani
  • Jérémie Breda

Best Publications

  • Quiescent and active hippocampal neural stem cells with distinct morphologies respond selectively to physiological and pathological stimuli and aging.

    Sebastian Lugert;Onur Basak;Philip Knuckles;Ute Haussler

  • Hippocampal development and neural stem cell maintenance require Sox2-dependent regulation of Shh

    Rebecca Favaro;Menella Valotta;Anna L M Ferri;Elisa Latorre

  • RBPJκ-Dependent Signaling Is Essential for Long-Term Maintenance of Neural Stem Cells in the Adult Hippocampus

    Oliver Ehm;Christian Göritz;Marcela Covic;Iris Schäffner

  • α-Tanycytes of the adult hypothalamic third ventricle include distinct populations of FGF-responsive neural progenitors

    S C Robins;I Stewart;D E McNay;D E McNay;V Taylor

  • Notch1 and its ligands Delta-Like and Jagged are expressed and active in distinct cell populations in the postnatal mouse brain

    Gila Stump;André Durrer;Anne-Laurence Klein;Simone Lütolf

  • Notch1 is required for neuronal and glial differentiation in the cerebellum.

    Simone Lütolf;Freddy Radtke;Michel Aguet;Ueli Suter

  • Jagged1 signals in the postnatal subventricular zone are required for neural stem cell self‐renewal

    Yves Nyfeler;Robert D Kirch;Ned Mantei;Dino P Leone

  • Identification of self-replicating multipotent progenitors in the embryonic nervous system by high Notch activity and Hes5 expression.

    Onur Basak;Verdon Taylor

  • Epithelial Membrane Protein-1, Peripheral Myelin Protein 22, and Lens Membrane Protein 20 Define a Novel Gene Family

    Verdon Taylor;Andrew A. Welcher;Est Program Amgen;Ueli Suter

  • Notch, Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor, and β1-Integrin Pathways Are Coordinated in Neural Stem Cells

    Lia Scotti Campos;Laurence Decker;Verdon Taylor;William Skarnes

  • Angiotensin II AT2 receptors do not interact with guanine nucleotide binding proteins.

    Serge P. Bottari;Verdon Taylor;Isabelle N. King;Yvonne Bogdal

  • Neurogenic Subventricular Zone Stem/Progenitor Cells Are Notch1-Dependent in Their Active But Not Quiescent State

    Onur Basak;Claudio Giachino;Emma Fiorini;H. Robson MacDonald

  • Molecular diversity subdivides the adult forebrain neural stem cell population.

    Claudio Giachino;Onur Basak;Sebastian Lugert;Philip Knuckles

  • Transport of Trembler-J mutant peripheral myelin protein 22 is blocked in the intermediate compartment and affects the transport of the wild-type protein by direct interaction.

    Andreas R. Tobler;Lucia Notterpek;Roland Naef;Verdon Taylor

  • Epithelial membrane protein-2 and epithelial membrane protein-3: two novel members of the peripheral myelin protein 22 gene family

    Verdon Taylor;Ueli Suter

  • Drosha regulates neurogenesis by controlling Neurogenin 2 expression independent of microRNAs

    Philip Knuckles;Miriam A Vogt;Miriam A Vogt;Sebastian Lugert;Sebastian Lugert;Marta Milo;Marta Milo

  • GABA suppresses neurogenesis in the adult hippocampus through GABAB receptors

    Claudio Giachino;Michael Barz;Jan S. Tchorz;Mercedes Tome

  • β-catenin–mediated cell-adhesion is vital for embryonic forebrain development

    Dirk Junghans;Iris Hack;Michael Frotscher;Verdon Taylor

  • miR379–410 cluster miRNAs regulate neurogenesis and neuronal migration by fine-tuning N-cadherin

    Luciano Rago;Luciano Rago;Robert Beattie;Verdon Taylor;Jennifer Winter;Jennifer Winter

  • Radioiodinated CGP 42111A: A novel high affinity and highly selective ligand for the characterization of angiotensin AT2 receptors

    Steven E. Whitebread;Verdon Taylor;Serge P. Bottari;Bruno Kamber

Frequent Co-Authors

Ueli Suter
Ueli Suter École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Bernhard Bettler
Bernhard Bettler University of Basel
Angeliki Louvi
Angeliki Louvi Yale University
Bin Zhou
Bin Zhou Chinese Academy of Sciences
Josef Bischofberger
Josef Bischofberger University of Basel
Olivier Raineteau
Olivier Raineteau Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Freddy Radtke
Freddy Radtke École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Rolf Kemler
Rolf Kemler Max Planck Society
Katalin Susztak
Katalin Susztak University of Pennsylvania
Martin Gassmann
Martin Gassmann University of Basel

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