Happy to share our new paper on the non-neuronal / non-motor functions of the spinal locomotor network from Konstantinos Ampatzis Lab. We are glad to be collaborators and contributors to this study published in Nature Communications. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-25052-1
We received the Helmholtz President’s Initiative Funds – Helmholtz Validation funds for i3D-Markers
Smart Biomarkers to Empower Drug Development for Brain Diseases Press release from DZNE: Dresden Researchers Awarded Prestigious Funding by the Helmholtz Association to Validate a Novel Approach that Combines Neuroelectronics and Artificial Intelligence i3D-Markers project page:
Our studies featured in The Scientist
A nice article in The Scientist on the role and promises of adult neurogenesis in Alzheimer's disease. Thanks to Dr. Abby Olena for featuring our previous work in zebrafish and its relationship to decipher how to use adult neurogenesis to tackle Alzheimer's. Reduced Adult Neurogenesis Linked with Alzheimer’s Disease Neural progenitors in a human brain …
Prabesh Bhattarai graduated his PhD
Prabesh Bhattarai successfully defended his PhD thesis and graduated from our lab! Prabesh published 15 papers in respected journals during his PhD with a remarkable record. We wish him all the best for his successful career. Prabesh generated an Alzheimer’s disease model in zebrafish, and identified molecular mechanisms controlling neural stem cell plasticity in experimental …
Mehmet Ilyas Cosacak graduated his PhD
Today is an important and exciting day for our lab. Mehmet Ilyas Cosacak graduated very successfully after defending his PhD thesis that focused on generating neurodegeneration models in zebrafish. He is now a “Dr”. We wholeheartedly congratulate him! His PhD was extraordinary. Ilyas graduated with an outstanding 12 publications. He first authored 5, co-authored 5 …
Collaborative publication in Science Advances
We are glad to be part of this amazing story published today in Science Advances, where functional ramifications of sequential neurogenesis in zebrafish habenula was published by Emre Yaksi Lab in NTNU, Norway. Congrats to all authors! https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/6/36/eaaz3173
Our new review published in Glia
Our open-access review on the comparative aspects of glia in zebrafish and mammals is out at Glia. Big thanks to our institutes and funding agencies for their support. https://doi.org/10.1002/glia.23849
Our single cell sequencing protocol published in STAR Protocols
We are delighted to share our protocol on how to dissect zebrafish telencephalon for single cell sequencing: https://star-protocols.cell.com/protocols/89 This is based on our original research in Cell Reports in 2019 by Cosacak et al. Cosacak, M.I., Bhattarai, P., Reinhardt, S., Petzold, A., Dahl, A., Zhang, Y., and Kizil, C. (2019). Single-cell transcriptomics analyses of neural stem …
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First spin-off of DZNE from Kizil Lab
A joint spin-off of the DZNE and the Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden (IPF), providing technology for drug development: Neuron D GmbH (www.neurond.de) https://www.dzne.de/en/research/projects/neuron-d/ https://p573452.webspaceconfig.de/videos/neurond_by_dzne.mp4
Kizil Lab tenured in DZNE
Today Kizil Lab is officially tenured at DZNE! We feel humbled upon the trust of DZNE and Helmholtz Association. We'll keep deciphering the mysteries of zebrafish coping with Alzheimer's and thrive to develop novel interventions in the human brain with what zebrafish teaches us. We thank to all former & current lab members as well …
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