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Wolfgang Driever

Wolfgang Driever

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
82
Citations
26900
World Ranking
3659
National Ranking
274

Research.com Recognitions

  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Wolfgang Driever is affiliated with the University of Freiburg in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with substantial contributions also in Neuroscience.

The scientist's subfields of study include Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Developmental Neuroscience, Genetics, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Their work covers a range of topics such as Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications, Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms, Congenital heart defects research, Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation, Pluripotent Stem Cells Research, Circadian rhythm and melatonin, and Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Wolfgang Driever include:

  • "Conserved Genoarchitecture of the Basal Hypothalamus in Zebrafish Embryos," 2020, Frontiers in Neuroanatomy
  • "Wnt/β-catenin signaling promotes neurogenesis in the diencephalospinal dopaminergic system of embryonic zebrafish," 2022, Scientific Reports
  • "Bsx Is Essential for Differentiation of Multiple Neuromodulatory Cell Populations in the Secondary Prosencephalon," 2020, Frontiers in Neuroscience
  • "A network of Notch-dependent and -independent her genes controls neural stem and progenitor cells in the zebrafish thalamic proliferation zone," 2023, Development
  • "Genetic ablation of the Bsx homeodomain transcription factor in zebrafish: Impact on mature pineal gland morphology and circadian behavior," 2022, Journal of Pineal Research

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Wolfgang Driever include:

  • Friedrich Kapp
  • Christian Altbürger
  • Theresa Schredelseker
  • Johanna Wehrle
  • Charlotte M. Niemeyer

The scientist's publications often appear in the following venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Frontiers in Neuroanatomy
  • Journal of Pineal Research
  • Developmental Biology
  • Cells and Development

Wolfgang Driever is a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).

Best Publications

  • Vesicular stomatitis virus G glycoprotein pseudotyped retroviral vectors: concentration to very high titer and efficient gene transfer into mammalian and nonmammalian cells

    Jane C. Burns;Theodore Friedmann;Wolfgang Driever;Michelle Burrascano

  • A genetic screen for mutations affecting embryogenesis in zebrafish

    Wolfgang Driever;Lilianna Solnica-Krezel;Alexander F. Schier;Stephan C.F. Neuhauss

  • A gradient of bicoid protein in Drosophila embryos

    Wolfgang Driever;Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard

  • The bicoid protein determines position in the Drosophila embryo in a concentration-dependent manner

    Wolfgang Driever;Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard

  • Inversin, the gene product mutated in nephronophthisis type II, functions as a molecular switch between Wnt signaling pathways

    Matias Simons;Joachim Gloy;Athina Ganner;Axel Bullerkotte

  • The bicoid protein is a positive regulator of hunchback transcription in the early Drosophila embryo.

    Wolfgang Driever;Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard

  • Mutations affecting the formation and function of the cardiovascular system in the zebrafish embryo.

    Didier Y.R. Stainier;Bernadette Fouquet;Jau Nian Chen;Kerri S. Warren

  • Efficient recovery of ENU-induced mutations from the zebrafish germline.

    Lilianna Solnica-Krezel;Alexander F. Schier;Wolfgang Driever

  • Early development of the zebrafish pronephros and analysis of mutations affecting pronephric function

    Iain A. Drummond;Arindam Majumdar;Hartmut Hentschel;Marlies Elger

  • A behavioral screen for isolating zebrafish mutants with visual system defects

    Susan E. Brockerhoff;James B. Hurley;Ulrike Janssen-Bienhold;Stephan C. F. Neuhauss

  • Determination of spatial domains of zygotic gene expression in the Drosophila embryo by the affinity of binding sites for the bicoid morphogen.

    Wolfgang Driever;Gudrun Thoma;Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard

  • Repressor activity of Headless/Tcf3 is essential for vertebrate head formation.

    Cheol-Hee Kim;Takaya Oda;Motoyuki Itoh;Di Jiang

  • A microsatellite genetic linkage map for zebrafish (Danio rerio).

    Ela W. Knapik;Alec Goodman;Marc Ekker;Mario Chevrette

  • Mutations affecting the development of the embryonic zebrafish brain

    Alexander F. Schier;Stephan C.F. Neuhauss;Michele Harvey;Jarema Malicki

  • The one-eyed pinhead gene functions in mesoderm and endoderm formation in zebrafish and interacts with no tail

    Alexander F. Schier;Stephan C. F. Neuhauss;Kathryn Ann Helde;William S. Talbot

  • Multiple steps in the localization of bicoid RNA to the anterior pole of the Drosophila oocyte.

    Daniel St. Johnston;Wolfgang Driever;Thomas Berleth;Sibyll Richstein

  • Mutations affecting cell fates and cellular rearrangements during gastrulation in zebrafish

    L. Solnica-Krezel;D. L. Stemple;E. Mountcastle-Shah;Z. Rangini

  • Zebrafish: genetic tools for studying vertebrate development.

    Wolfgang Driever;Derek Stemple;Alexander Schier;Lilianna Solnica-Krezel

  • gridlock, a localized heritable vascular patterning defect in the zebrafish

    Brant M. Weinstein;Derek L. Stemple;Wolfgang Driever;Mark C. Fishman

  • Mutations affecting development of the zebrafish retina

    Jarema Malicki;Stephan C.F. Neuhauss;Alexander F. Schier;Lilianna Solnica-Krezel

Frequent Co-Authors

Lilianna Solnica-Krezel
Lilianna Solnica-Krezel Washington University in St. Louis
Derek L. Stemple
Derek L. Stemple Camena Bioscience
Stephan C.F. Neuhauss
Stephan C.F. Neuhauss University of Zurich
Alexander F. Schier
Alexander F. Schier University of Basel
Jarema Malicki
Jarema Malicki University of Sheffield
Olaf Ronneberger
Olaf Ronneberger University of Freiburg
Didier Y. R. Stainier
Didier Y. R. Stainier Max Planck Society
Roland Nitschke
Roland Nitschke University of Freiburg
Mark C. Fishman
Mark C. Fishman Harvard University

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