Latest Publications

A novel zebrafish model for intermediate type spinal muscular atrophy demonstrates importance of Smn for maintenance of mature motor neurons

July 2021, Human Molecular Genetics, In Press

Shermaine Huiping Tay, Erna Nur Ellieyana, Yao Le, Menachem Viktor Sarusie, Clemens Grimm, Jürgen Ohmer, Ajay Mathuru, Utz Fischer, Christoph Winkler

Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy Reveals Survival Motor Neuron Oligomerization but no Active Transport in Motor Axons of a Zebrafish Model for Spinal Muscular Atrophy

August 2020, Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, In Press

Koh, A., Sarusie, M.V., Ohmer, J., Fischer, U., Winkler, C.#, Wohland, T.

Effects of Extended Pharmacological Disruption of Zebrafish Embryonic Heart Biomechanical Environment on Cardiac Function, Morphology and Gene Expression

May 2021, Developmental Dynamics, In Press

Yoke Yin Foo, Efthymios Motakis, Zenia Tiang, Shuhao Shen, Jason Kuan Han Lai, Wei Xuan Chan, Hadi Wiputra, Nanguang Chen, Ching Kit Chen, Christoph Winkler, Roger Sik Yin Foo, Choon Hwai Yap

The endocannabinoid system and retinoic acid signaling combine to influence bone growth

April 2021, Molecular Cell Endocrinology, Volume 529, 111267

Daniel Fraher, Robert J Mann, Matthew J Dubuisson, Megan K Ellis, Tingsheng Yu, Ken Walder, Alister C Ward, Christoph Winkler, Yann Gibert

Cxcl9l and Cxcr3.2 regulate recruitment of osteoclast progenitors to bone matrix in a medaka osteoporosis model

August 2020, PNAS, Volume 117, Issue 32, Pages 19276–19286

Quang Tien Phan, Wen Hui Tan, Ranran Liu, Sudha Sundaram, Anita Buettner, Susanne Kneitz, Benedict Cheong, Himanshu Vyas, Sinnakaruppan Mathavan, Manfred Schartl, and Christoph Winkler

A Neurexin2aa deficiency results in axon pathfinding defects and increased anxiety in zebrafish

December 2020, Human Molecular Genetics, Volume 29, Issue 23, Pages 3765–3780

Angela Koh, Shijie Tao, Yun Jing Goh, Vindhya Chaganty, Kelvin See, Kathiresan Purushothaman, László Orbán, Ajay S Mathuru, Thorsten Wohland, Christoph Winkler

Image by Georg Schneider/Manfred Schartl, Univeristy of Wuerzburg

The Developmental and Genetic Architecture of the Sexually Selected Male Ornament of Swordtails

December 2020, Current Biology, Volume 31, Issue 5, Pages 911-922.E4

Manfred Schartl, Susanne Kneitz, Jenny Ormanns, Cornelia Schmidt, Jennifer L. Anderson Angel Amores, Julian Catchen, Catherine Wilson, Dietmar Geiger, Kang Du, Mateo Garcia-Olazábal, Sudha Sudaram, Christoph Winkler, Rainer Hedrich, Wesley C. Warren, Ronald Walter, Axel Meyer, John H. Postlethwait

Fish Skeletal Volume A Boost for Fish Skeletal Research

September 2020, Journal of Fish Biology

P. Eckhard Witten, Ann Huysseune, John G. Maisey, Christoph Winkler, Zhiyuan Gong

Preface/Editorial for Journal of Fish Biology

Macrophages switch to an osteo‐modulatory profile upon Rankl induction in a medaka (Oryzias latipes) osteoporosis model

September 2020, JBMR Plus, Volume 4, Issue 11, e10409

Quang Tien Phan, Ranran Liu, Wen Hui Tan, Nurgul Imangali, Benedict Cheong, Manfred Schartl, Christoph Winkler

Multigenerational Impacts of Benzo[a]pyrene on Bone Modeling and Remodeling in Medaka (Oryzias latipes)

August 2020, Environmental Science & Technology, Volume 54, Issue 19, Pages 12271–12284

Jiezhang Mo, Doris Wai-Ting Au, Miles Teng Wan, Jingchun Shi, Ge Zhang, Christoph Winkler, Richard Yuen-Chong Kong, and Frauke Seemann

The dietary anthocyanin delphinidin prevents bone resorption by inhibiting Rankl‐induced differentiation of osteoclasts in a medaka (Oryzias latipes) model of osteoporosis

March 2020, Journal of Fish Biology

Nurgul Imangali, Quang Tien Phan, Gail Mahady, Christoph Winkler