Prof. Dr. Alexander Schier

Reimão-Pinto, Madalena M., Castillo-Hair, Sebastian M., Seelig, Georg, & Schier, Alexander F. (2025). The regulatory landscape of 5′ UTRs in translational control during zebrafish embryogenesis. Developmental Cell, 60(10), 1498–1515. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.devcel.2024.12.038

McNamara, Harold M., Guyer, Alison M., Jia, Bill Z., Parot, Vicente J., Dobbs, Caleb D., Schier, Alexander F., Cohen, Adam E., & Lord, Nathan D. (2025). Optogenetic control of Nodal signaling patterns. Development (Cambridge), 152(9). https://doi.org/10.1242/dev.204506

Wang, Yiqun, Liu, Jialin, Du, Lucia Y., Wyss, Jannik L., Farrell, Jeffrey A., & Schier, Alexander F. (2025). Gene module reconstruction identifies cellular differentiation processes and the regulatory logic of specialized secretion in zebrafish. Developmental Cell, 60, 581–598. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.devcel.2024.10.015

Bayer, Emily A, Mango, Susan E, Hobert, Oliver, & Schier, Alexander F. (2025). The mechanosensory DEG/ENaC channel DEGT-1 is a proprioceptor of C. elegans foregut movement [Posted-content]. In bioRxiv. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.01.01.631014

Askary, Amjad, Chen, Wei, Choi, Junhong, Du, Lucia Y., Elowitz, Michael B., Gagnon, James A., Schier, Alexander F., Seidel, Sophie, Shendure, Jay, Stadler, Tanja, & Tran, Martin. (2024). The lives of cells, recorded [Journal-article]. Nature Reviews Genetics. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41576-024-00788-w

Liu, Jialin, Castillo-Hair, Sebastian M., Du, Lucia Y., Wang, Yiqun, Carte, Adam N., Colomer-Rosell, Mariona, Yin, Christopher, Seelig, Georg, & Schier, Alexander F. (2024). Dissecting the regulatory logic of specification and differentiation during vertebrate embryogenesis [Posted-content]. In bioRxiv. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.08.27.609971

Wan, Yinan, El Kholtei, Jakob, Jenie, Ignatius, Colomer-Rosell, Mariona, Liu, Jialin, Acedo, Joaquin Navajas, Du, Lucia Y., Codina-Tobias, Mireia, Wang, Mengfan, Sawh, Ahilya, Lin, Edward, Chuang, Tzy-Harn, Mango, Susan E., Yu, Guoqiang, Bintu, Bogdan, & Schier, Alexander F. (2024). Whole-embryo Spatial Transcriptomics at Subcellular Resolution from Gastrulation to Organogenesis [Posted-content]. In bioRxiv. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.08.27.609868

Liberali, Prisca, & Schier, Alexander F. (2024). The evolution of developmental biology through conceptual and technological revolutions. Cell, 187(14), 3461–3495. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2024.05.053

Abitua, Philip B., Stump, Laura M., Aksel, Deniz C., & Schier, Alexander F. (2024). Axis formation in annual killifish: Nodal and β-catenin regulate morphogenesis without Huluwa prepatterning. Science (New York, N.Y.), 384(6700), 1105–1110. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.ado7604

Nichols, Annika L. A., Shafer, Maxwell E. R., Indermaur, Adrian, Rüegg, Attila, Gonzalez-Dominguez, Rita, Malinsky, Milan, Sommer-Trembo, Carolin, Fritschi, Laura, Salzburger, Walter, & Schier, Alexander F. (2024). Widespread temporal niche partitioning in an adaptive radiation of cichlid fishes. In bioRxiv. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.05.29.596472

McNamara, Harold M., Jia, Bill Z., Guyer, Alison, Parot, Vicente J., Dobbs, Caleb, Schier, Alexander F., Cohen, Adam E., & Lord, Nathan D. (2024). Optogenetic control of Nodal signaling patterns. In bioRxiv. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.04.11.588875

Bitsikas, Vassilis, Cubizolles, Fabien, & Schier, Alexander F. (2024). A vertebrate family without a functional Hypocretin/Orexin arousal system. Current Biology, 34(7), 1532–1540. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2024.02.022

Qiu, Chengxiang, Martin, Beth K., Welsh, Ian C., Daza, Riza M., Le, Truc-Mai, Huang, Xingfan, Nichols, Eva K., Taylor, Megan L., Fulton, Olivia, O’Day, Diana R., Gomes, Anne Roshella, Ilcisin, Saskia, Srivatsan, Sanjay, Deng, Xinxian, Disteche, Christine M., Noble, William Stafford, Hamazaki, Nobuhiko, Moens, Cecilia B., Kimelman, David, et al. (2024). A single-cell time-lapse of mouse prenatal development from gastrula to birth. Nature, 626(8001), 1084–1093. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07069-w

Wang, Yiqun, Liu, Jialin, Du, Lucia Y, Wyss, Jannik L, Farrell, Jeffrey A, & Schier, Alexander F. (2023). Gene module reconstruction elucidates cellular differentiation processes and the regulatory logic of specialized secretion [Posted-content]. In bioRxiv. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.12.29.573643

Reimão-Pinto, M. M., Castillo-Hair, S. M., Seelig, G., & Schier, A. F. (2023). The regulatory landscape of 5′ UTRs in translational control during zebrafish embryogenesis [Posted-content]. bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.11.23.568470

Shafer, M. E. R., Nichols, A. L. A., Schier, A. F., & Salzburger, W. (2023). Frequent transitions from night-to-day activity after mass extinctions [Posted-content]. bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.10.27.564421

Qiu, C., Martin, B. K., Welsh, I. C., Daza, R. M., Le, T.-M., Huang, X., Nichols, E. K., Taylor, M. L., Fulton, O., O’Day, D. R., Gomes, A. R., Ilcisin, S., Srivatsan, S., Deng, X., Disteche, C. M., Noble, W. S., Hamazaki, N., Moens, C. B., Kimelman, D., et al. (2023). A single-cell transcriptional timelapse of mouse embryonic development, from gastrula to pup [Posted-content]. bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.04.05.535726

P. Dingal, P. C. D., Carte, A. N., Montague, T. G., Lim Suan, M. B., & Schier, A. F. (2023). Molecular mechanisms controlling the biogenesis of the TGF-β signal Vg1 [Journal-article]. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 120(43). https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2307203120

Sfeir, Agnel, Fishell, Gord, Schier, Alexander F., Dustin, Michael L., Gan, Wen-Biao, Joyner, Alexandra, Lehmann, Ruth, Ron, David, Roth, David, Talbot, William S., Yelon, Deborah, & Zychlinsky, Arturo. (2022). Basic science under threat: Lessons from the Skirball Institute. Cell, 185(5), 755–758. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2022.02.008

Shafer, Maxwell Eric Robert, Sawh, Ahilya N., & Schier, Alexander F. (2022). Gene family evolution underlies cell type diversification in the hypothalamus of teleosts. Nature ecology & evolution, 6(1), 63–76. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-021-01580-3

Abitua, Philipp B., Aksel, Deniz C., & Schier, Alexander F. (2021). Axis formation in annual killifish: Nodal coordinates morphogenesis in absence of Huluwa prepatterning. bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.04.16.440199

Dingal, P. C. Dave P., Carte, Adam N., Montague, Tessa C., & Schier, Alexander F. (2021). Regulation of Vg1 biogenesis during mesendoderm induction. bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.04.25.441333

Lord, Nathan D., Carte, Adam N., Abitua, Philip B., & Schier, Alexander F. (2021). The pattern of nodal morphogen signaling is shaped by co-receptor expression. eLife, 10, 54894. https://doi.org/10.7554/elife.54894

Shafer, Maxwell E. R., Sawh, Ahilya N., & Schier, Alexander F. (2021). Gene family evolution underlies cell type diversification in the hypothalamus of teleosts. bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.12.13.414557

Lin, Qian, Manley, Jason, Helmreich, Magdalena, Schlumm, Friederike, Li, Jennifer M., Robson, Drew N., Engert, Florian, Schier, Alexander, Nöbauer, Tobias, & Vaziri, Alipasha. (2020). Cerebellar Neurodynamics Predict Decision Timing and Outcome on the Single-Trial Level. Cell, 180(3), 536–551. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2019.12.018

Ma, Manxiu, Ramirez, Alexandro D., Wang, Tong, Roberts, Rachel L., Harmon, Katherine E., Schoppik, David, Sharma, Avirale, Kuang, Christopher, Goei, Stephanie L., Gagnon, James A., Zimmerman, Steve, Tsai, Shengdar Q., Reyon, Deepak, Joung, J. Keith, Aksay, Emre R. F., Schier, Alexander F., & Pan, Y. Albert. (2020). Zebrafish dscaml1 Deficiency Impairs Retinal Patterning and Oculomotor Function. Journal of Neuroscience, 40(1), 143–158. https://doi.org/10.1523/jneurosci.1783-19.2019

Raj, Bushra, Farrell, Jeffrey A., Liu, Jialin, El Kholtei, Jakob, Carte, Adam N., Navajas Acedo, Joaquin, Du, Lucia Y., McKenna, Aaron, Relić, Đorđe, Leslie, Jessica M., & Schier, Alexander F. (2020). Emergence of Neuronal Diversity during Vertebrate Brain Development. Neuron, 108(6), 1058–1074. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2020.09.023

Schier, Alexander F. (2020). Single-cell biology: beyond the sum of its parts. Nature Methods, 17(1), 17–20. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41592-019-0693-3

Raj, Bushra, Farrell, Jeffrey A., McKenna, Aaron, Leslie, Jessica L., & Schier, Alexander F. (2019). Emergence of neuronal diversity during vertebrate brain development [Posted-content]. bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/839860

Lin, Qian, Helmreich, Magdalena, Schlumm, Friederike, Li, Jennifer M., Robson, Drew N., Engert, Florian, Schier, Alexander, Nöbauer, Tobias, & Vaziri, Alipasha. (2019). Cerebellar neurodynamics during motor planning predict decision timing and outcome on single-trial level [Posted-content]. bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/833889

Ma, Manxiu, Ramirez, Alexandro D., Wang, Tong, Roberts, Rachel L., Harmon, Katherine E., Schoppik, David, Sharma, Avirale, Kuang, Christopher, Goei, Stephanie L., Gagnon, James A., Zimmerman, Steve, Tsai, Shengdar Q., Reyon, Deepak, Joung, J. Keith, Aksay, Emre R. F., Schier, Alexander F., & Pan, Y. Albert. (2019). Zebrafish Dscaml1 is Essential for Retinal Patterning and Function of Oculomotor Subcircuits [Posted-content]. bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/658161

Goudarzi, Mehdi, Berg, Kathryn, Pieper, Lindsey M., & Schier, Alexander F. (2019). Individual long non-coding RNAs have no overt functions in zebrafish embryogenesis, viability and fertility. eLife, 8, 8:e40815. https://doi.org/10.7554/elife.40815

Haesemeyer, Martin, Schier, Alexander F., & Engert, Florian. (2019). Convergent Temperature Representations in Artificial and Biological Neural Networks. Neuron, 103(6), 1123–1134. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2019.07.003

Lord, Nathan D., Carte, Adam N., Abitua, Philip B., & Schier, Alexander F. (2019). The pattern of nodal morphogen signaling is shaped by co-receptor expression. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.1101/2019.12.30.891101

Randlett, Owen, Haesemeyer, Martin, Forkin, Greg, Shoenhard, Hannah, Schier, Alexander F., Engert, Florian, & Granato, Michael. (2019). Distributed Plasticity Drives Visual Habituation Learning in Larval Zebrafish. Current Biology : CB, 29(8), 1337–1345. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2019.02.039

Thyme, Summer B., Pieper, Lindsey M., Li, Eric H., Pandey, Shristi, Wang, Yiqun, Morris, Nathan S., Sha, Carrie, Choi, Joo Won, Herrera, Kristian J., Soucy, Edward R., Zimmerman, Steve, Randlett, Owen, Greenwood, Joel, McCarroll, Steven A., & Schier, Alexander F. (2019). Phenotypic Landscape of Schizophrenia-Associated Genes Defines Candidates and Their Shared Functions. Cell, 177(2), 478–491. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2019.01.048

Wee, Caroline L., Nikitchenko, Maxim, Wang, Wei-Chun, Luks-Morgan, Sasha J., Song, Erin, Gagnon, James A., Randlett, Owen, Bianco, Isaac H., Lacoste, Alix M. B., Glushenkova, Elena, Barrios, Joshua P., Schier, Alexander F., Kunes, Samuel, Engert, Florian, & Douglass, Adam D. (2019). Zebrafish oxytocin neurons drive nocifensive behavior via brainstem premotor targets. Nature Neuroscience, 22(9), 1477–1492. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41593-019-0452-x

Randlett, O., Haesemeyer, M., Forkin, G., Shoenhard, H., Schier, A. F., Engert, F., & Granato, M. (2018, September 14). Distributed plasticity drives visual habituation learning in larval zebrafish [Posted-content]. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.1101/418178

Haesemeyer, M., Schier, A. F., & Engert, F. (2018, August 12). Convergent temperature representations in artificial and biological neural networks [Posted-content]. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.1101/390435

Goudarzi, M., Berg, K., Pieper, L. M., & Schier, A. F. (2018, July 23). Long non-coding RNAs are largely dispensable for zebrafish embryogenesis, viability and fertility [Posted-content]. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.1101/374702

Thyme, Summer B., Pieper, Lindsey M., Li, Eric H., Pandey, Shristi, Wang, Yiqun, Morris, Nathan S., Sha, Carrie, Choi, Joo Won, Soucy, Edward R., Zimmerman, Steve, Randlett, Owen, Greenwood, Joel, McCarroll, Steven A., & Schier, Alexander F. (2018). Phenotypic landscape of schizophrenia-associated genes defines candidates and their shared functions [Posted-content]. In bioRxiv. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.1101/360677

Rabani, M., Pieper, L., Chew, G.-L., & Schier, A. F. (2018). Erratum: A Massively Parallel Reporter Assay of 3′ UTR Sequences Identifies In Vivo Rules for mRNA Degradation (Molecular Cell (2017) 68(6) (1083–1094.e5) (S1097276517308730) (10.1016/j.molcel.2017.11.014)). Molecular Cell, 70(3). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molcel.2018.04.013

Almuedo-Castillo, María, Bläßle, Alexander, Mörsdorf, David, Marcon, Luciano, Soh, Gary H., Rogers, Katherine W., Schier, Alexander F., & Müller, Patrick. (2018). Scale-invariant patterning by size-dependent inhibition of Nodal signalling. Nature Cell Biology, 20(9), 1032–1042. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41556-018-0155-7

Farrell, Jeffrey A., Wang, Yiqun, Riesenfeld, Samantha J., Shekhar, Karthik, Regev, Aviv, & Schier, Alexander F. (2018). Single-cell reconstruction of developmental trajectories during zebrafish embryogenesis. Science (New York, N.Y.), 360(6392), 979–+. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aar3131

Gagnon, James A., Obbad, Kamal, & Schier, Alexander F. (2018). The primary role of zebrafish nanog is in extra-embryonic tissue. Development (Cambridge, England), 145(1), 9. https://doi.org/10.1242/dev.147793

Haesemeyer, Martin, Robson, Drew N., Li, Jennifer M., Schier, Alexander F., & Engert, Florian. (2018). A Brain-wide Circuit Model of Heat-Evoked Swimming Behavior in Larval Zebrafish. Neuron, 98(4), 817–+. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2018.04.013

Haesemeyer, M., Robson, D. N., Li, J. M., Schier, A. F., & Engert, F. (2018). A Brain Wide Circuit Model of Heat Evoked Swimming Behavior in Larval Zebrafish [Journal-article]. SSRN Electronic Journal. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3155628

Montague, Tessa G., Gagnon, James A., & Schier, Alexander F. (2018). Conserved regulation of Nodal-mediated left-right patterning in zebrafish and mouse. Development (Cambridge, England), 145(24), 9. https://doi.org/10.1242/dev.171090

Pandey, Shristi, Shekhar, Karthik, Regev, Aviv, & Schier, Alexander F. (2018). Comprehensive Identification and Spatial Mapping of Habenular Neuronal Types Using Single-Cell RNA-Seq. Current Biology : CB, 28(7), 1052–1065. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2018.02.040

Raj, Bushra, Gagnon, James A., & Schier, Alexander F. (2018). Large-scale reconstruction of cell lineages using single-cell readout of transcriptomes and CRISPR-Cas9 barcodes by scGESTALT. Nature Protocols, 13(11), 2685–2713. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41596-018-0058-x

Raj, Bushra, Wagner, Daniel E., McKenna, Aaron, Pandey, Shristi, Klein, Allon M., Shendure, Jay, Gagnon, James A., & Schier, Alexander F. (2018). Simultaneous single-cell profiling of lineages and cell types in the vertebrate brain. Nature Biotechnology, 36(5), 442–450. https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt.4103

Rogers, K. W., Lord, N. D., Gagnon, J. A., Pauli, A., Zimmerman, S., Aksel, D. C., Reyon, D., Tsai, S. Q., Joung, J. K., & Schier, A. F. (2017). Nodal patterning without lefty inhibitory feedback is functional but fragile. eLife, 6. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.28785.001

Raj, Bushra, Wagner, Daniel E., McKenna, Aaron, Pandey, Shristi, Klein, Allon M., Shendure, Jay, Gagnon, James A., & Schier, Alexander F. (2017). Simultaneous single-cell profiling of lineages and cell types in the vertebrate brain by scGESTALT [Posted-content]. In bioRxiv. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.1101/205534

Haesemeyer, Martin, Robson, Drew N, Li, Jennifer M, Schier, Alexander F, & Engert, Florian. (2017). A brain wide circuit model of heat evoked swimming behavior in larval zebrafish [Posted-content]. In bioRxiv. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.1101/190447

Schoppik, David, Bianco, Isaac H., Prober, David A., Douglass, Adam D., Robson, Drew N., Li, Jennifer M.B., Greenwood, Joel S.F., Soucy, Edward, Engert, Florian, & Schier, Alexander F. (2017). Gaze-stabilizing central vestibular neurons project asymmetrically to extraocular motoneuron pools [Posted-content]. In bioRxiv. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.1101/151548

Hildebrand, David Grant Colburn, Cicconet, Marcelo, Torres, Russel Miguel, Choi, Woohyuk, Quan, Tran Minh, Moon, Jungmin, Wetzel, Arthur Willis, Champion, Andrew Scott, Graham, Brett Jesse, Randlett, Owen, Plummer, George Scott, Portugues, Ruben, Bianco, Isaac Henry, Saalfeld, Stephan, Baden, Alex, Lillaney, Kunal, Burns, Randal, Vogelstein, Joshua Tzvi, Schier, Alexander Franz, et al. (2017). Whole-brain serial-section electron microscopy in larval zebrafish [Posted-content]. In bioRxiv. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.1101/134882

Escamilla, Christine Ochoa, Filonova, Irina, Walker, Angela K., Xuan, Zhong X., Holehonnur, Roopashri, Espinosa, Felipe, Liu, Shunan, Thyme, Summer B., López-García, Isabel A., Mendoza, Dorian B., Usui, Noriyoshi, Ellegood, Jacob, Eisch, Amelia J., Konopka, Genevieve, Lerch, Jason P., Schier, Alexander F., Speed, Haley E., & Powell, Craig M. (2017). Kctd13 deletion reduces synaptic transmission via increased RhoA. Nature, 551(7679), 227–231. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature24470

Freyer, Laina, Hsu, Chih-Wei, Nowotschin, Sonja, Pauli, Andrea, Ishida, Junji, Kuba, Keiji, Fukamizu, Akiyoshi, Schier, Alexander F., Hoodless, Pamela A., Dickinson, Mary E., & Hadjantonakis, Anna-Katerina. (2017). Loss of Apela Peptide in Mice Causes Low Penetrance Embryonic Lethality and Defects in Early Mesodermal Derivatives. Cell Reports, 20(9), 2116–2130. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2017.08.014

Hildebrand, David Grant Colburn, Cicconet, Marcelo, Torres, Russel Miguel, Choi, Woohyuk, Quan, Tran Minh, Moon, Jungmin, Wetzel, Arthur Willis, Scott Champion, Andrew, Graham, Brett Jesse, Randlett, Owen, Plummer, George Scott, Portugues, Ruben, Bianco, Isaac Henry, Saalfeld, Stephan, Baden, Alexander David, Lillaney, Kunal, Burns, Randal, Vogelstein, Joshua Tzvi, Schier, Alexander Franz, et al. (2017). Whole-brain serial-section electron microscopy in larval zebrafish. Nature, 545(7654), 345–349. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature22356

Montague, Tessa G., & Schier, Alexander F. (2017). Vg1-Nodal heterodimers are the endogenous inducers of mesendoderm. eLife, 6, 6:e28183. https://doi.org/10.7554/elife.28183

Norris, Megan L., Pauli, Andrea, Gagnon, James A., Lord, Nathan D., Rogers, Katherine W., Mosimann, Christian, Zon, Leonard I., & Schier, Alexander F. (2017). Toddler signaling regulates mesodermal cell migration downstream of Nodal signaling. eLife, 6, 6:e22626. https://doi.org/10.7554/elife.22626

Rabani, Michal, Pieper, Lindsey, Chew, Guo-Liang, & Schier, Alexander F. (2017). A Massively Parallel Reporter Assay of 3′ UTR Sequences Identifies In Vivo Rules for mRNA Degradation. Molecular Cell, 68(6), 1083–+. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molcel.2017.11.014

Rogers, Katherine W., Lord, Nathan D., Gagnon, James A., Pauli, Andrea, Zimmerman, Steven, Aksel, Deniz C., Reyon, Deepak, Tsai, Shengdar Q., Joung, J. Keith, & Schier, Alexander F. (2017). Nodal patterning without Lefty inhibitory feedback is functional but fragile. eLife, 6, 6:e28785. https://doi.org/10.7554/elife.28785

Schoppik, David, Bianco, Isaac H., Prober, David A., Douglass, Adam D., Robson, Drew N., Li, Jennifer M. B., Greenwood, Joel S. F., Soucy, Edward, Engert, Florian, & Schier, Alexander F. (2017). Gaze-Stabilizing Central Vestibular Neurons Project Asymmetrically to Extraocular Motoneuron Pools. The Journal of Neuroscience, 37(47), 11353–11365. https://doi.org/10.1523/jneurosci.1711-17.2017

Gagnon, James A., Obbad, Kamal, & Schier, Alexander F. (2016). Zebrafish Nanog is not required in embryonic cells [Posted-content]. In bioRxiv. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.1101/091504

Thyme, S. B., & Schier, A. F. (2016). Correction to Polq-Mediated End Joining Is Essential for Surviving DNA Double-Strand Breaks during Early Zebrafish Development [Cell Reports, 15, (2016), 707-714] doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2016.04.089. Cell Reports, 15(7), 1611–1613. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2016.04.089

McKenna, Aaron, Findlay, Gregory M., Gagnon, James A., Horwitz, Marshall S., Schier, Alexander F., & Shendure, Jay. (2016). Whole organism lineage tracing by combinatorial and cumulative genome editing [Posted-content]. In bioRxiv. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.1101/052712

Dunn, Timothy W, Mu, Yu, Narayan, Sujatha, Randlett, Owen, Naumann, Eva A, Yang, Chao-Tsung, Schier, Alexander F, Freeman, Jeremy, Engert, Florian, & Ahrens, Misha B. (2016, February 22). Author response: Brain-wide mapping of neural activity controlling zebrafish exploratory locomotion (Peer-review) [Peer-review, eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd]. https://doi.org/10.7554/elife.12741.032

Chew, Guo-Liang, Pauli, Andrea, & Schier, Alexander F. (2016). Conservation of uORF repressiveness and sequence features in mouse, human and zebrafish. Nature Communications, 7, 11663. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11663

Chiu, Cindy N., Rihel, Jason, Lee, Daniel A., Singh, Chanpreet, Mosser, Eric A., Chen, Shijia, Sapin, Viveca, Pham, Uyen, Engle, Jae, Niles, Brett J., Montz, Christin J., Chakravarthy, Sridhara, Zimmerman, Steven, Salehi-Ashtiani, Kourosh, Vidal, Marc, Schier, Alexander F., & Prober, David A. (2016). A Zebrafish Genetic Screen Identifies Neuromedin U as a Regulator of Sleep/Wake States. Neuron, 89(4), 842–856. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2016.01.007

Dunn, Timothy W., Mu, Yu, Narayan, Sujatha, Randlett, Owen, Naumann, Eva A., Yang, Chao-Tsung, Schier, Alexander F., Freeman, Jeremy, Engert, Florian, & Ahrens, Misha B. (2016). Brain-wide mapping of neural activity controlling zebrafish exploratory locomotion. eLife, 5, e12741. https://doi.org/10.7554/elife.12741

Li-Villarreal, Nanbing, Forbes, Meredyth M., Loza, Andrew J., Chen, Jiakun, Ma, Taylur, Helde, Kathryn, Moens, Cecilia B., Shin, Jimann, Sawada, Atsushi, Hindes, Anna E., Dubrulle, Julien, Schier, Alexander F., Longmore, Gregory D., Marlow, Florence L., & Solnica-Krezel, Lilianna. (2016). Dachsous1b cadherin regulates actin and microtubule cytoskeleton during early zebrafish embryogenesis. Development, 143(10), 1832. https://doi.org/10.1242/dev.138859

McKenna, Aaron, Findlay, Gregory M., Gagnon, James A., Horwitz, Marshall S., Schier, Alexander F., & Shendure, Jay. (2016). Whole-organism lineage tracing by combinatorial and cumulative genome editing. Science (New York, N.Y.), 353(6298), aaf7907. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aaf7907

Thyme, Summer B., Akhmetova, Laila, Montague, Tessa G., Valen, Eivind, & Schier, Alexander F. (2016). Internal guide RNA interactions interfere with Cas9-mediated cleavage. Nature Communications, 7, 11750. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11750

Thyme, Summer B., & Schier, Alexander F. (2016). Polq-Mediated End Joining Is Essential for Surviving DNA Double-Strand Breaks during Early Zebrafish Development. Cell Reports, 15(4), 707–714. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2016.03.072

Dubrulle, J., Jordan, B. M., Akhmetova, L., Farrell, J. A., Kim, S.-H., Solnica-Krezel, L., & Schier, A. F. (2015). Response to nodal morphogen gradient is determined by the kinetics of target gene induction. eLife, 2015(4). https://doi.org/10.7554/elife.05042

Dubrulle, Julien, Jordan, Benjamin M., Akhmetova, Laila, Farrell, Jeffrey A., Kim, Seok-Hyung, Solnica-Krezel, Lilianna, & Schier, Alexander F. (2015). Response to Nodal morphogen gradient is determined by the kinetics of target gene induction. eLife, 4, e05042. https://doi.org/10.7554/elife.05042

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