Uppsala Zebrafish Forum
Tuesday, March 8th 2022
Randall T. Peterson, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
https://pharmacy.utah.edu/pharmtox/randall/randall-peterson-lab
Scaling up: zebrafish accelerate drug and gene discovery
Friday, January 28th 2022
Monika Andersson Lendahl, Karolinska Institute, Department of Neurobiology
Autophagy modulators on zebrafish embryo morphology and locomotion
Jiarui Mi, Karolinska Institutet, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology
Efficient CRISPR/Cas9-guided 3' knock-in method with 5' modified dsDNA donor – for cellular labeling and lineage-tracing
Friday, December 17th 2021
Ajay Pradhan, Örebro University
https://www.oru.se/english/employee/ajay_pradhan
Thyroid Hormone Signaling in Brain Differentiation and Neurological Disease
Eugenia Mazzaferro, Uppsala University, IGP
Investigating obesity-susceptibility genes through in vivo imaging, deep learning and CRISPR/Cas9 technology
Friday, November 26th 2021
Jonas von Hofsten, Umeå University, Department of Integrative Medical Biology
https://www.umu.se/en/research/groups/von-hofsten-laboratory/
Genetic regulation of migrating myogenic progenitors during appendicular muscle formation
Alexis Buatois, Goteborg University, Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry
An automated home tank to study absolute and differential learning in adult zebrafish
Friday, October 29th 2021
Alexandra Abramsson, University of Gothenburg, Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry
https://www.gu.se/en/research/neurochemical-pathophysiology-and-diagnostics
Cellular functions of Amyloid precursor protein - what can we learn from zebrafish
Maryam Rahmati, University of Gothenburg, Department of Psychiatry and NeurochemistryTranscriptional adaptation between zebrafish amyloid precursor protein gene family members
June 4th 2021
Jan Philipp Junker, PhD, Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany https://junkerlab.com/
Cellular drivers of injury response and regeneration in the adult zebrafish heart
April 22nd 2021, 14:00-18:00 (CET)
Cancer Modeling in Zebrafish - online workshop
Registration open between March 1st and April 14th: http://doit.medfarm.uu.se/kurt19458
Program
14:00-16:00
Rita Fior, Group Leader - Champalimaud Foundation, Portugal; Zebrafish avatars towards personalized medicine; a comparative review between avatar models
Peter ten Dijke, Professor at Leiden University Medical Center, Netherlands; Embryonic zebrafish xenograft cancer models; investigating extravasation and intravasation of human cancer cells and tumor angiogenesis
Hui Feng, Associate Professor at Boston University School of Medicine, USA; Challenges of leukemia modeling in zebrafish system
Lasse Jensen, Associate Professor at Linköping University, Sweden
Chief Technology Officer at BioReperia; Chemical screens design; addressing zebrafish cancer modeling from the company perspective
16:00-16:30: Panel discussion between the invited experts
16:45-17:30: Small-group discussions leaded by the experts
March 12th 2021
Darius Balciunas, PhD, Temple University, USA & Life Sciences Center, Vilnius University - Precision genome editing in zebrafish
February 12th 2021
Gurav Varshney, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation; High-throughput mutagenesis approaches for human disease modeling
December 4th 2020
Jake Leyhr, Uppsala University; Evolution of a Mohawk enhancer involved in patterning craniofacial tendons in gnathostomes
Erika Kague, University of Bristol; Zebrafish bridging the gap between association and causality in skeletal conditions
Oktober 2nd 2020
Di Peng, Uppsala University; Mural cells provide guidance for lymphatic migration
Irene Pallucchi, Karolinska Institute; Distribution of excitation to motoneurons underlying fast movements in adult zebrafish
September 7th 2020
Harmen Koning, Uppsala University; Central Pattern Generators of Locomotion: Measurement of Subtle Network Changes in Fictively Behaving Fish
May 29th 2020
Alek Erickson, Karolinska Institute; Modeling cell and tissue mechanics during craniofacial development.
Hannah Arnold, Uppsala University; Regulation of lymphatic development by mafba and mafbb depends on regional differences across lymphatic beds
April 24th 2020
Dimitrii Kamenev, Karolinska Institute; Confocal imaging of migrating neural crest derived cells during zebrafish development
Ehsan Pashay Ahi, Uppsala University; Leptin dependent gene networks involved in appetite regulation in zebrafish brain
March 27th 2020
Dan Larhammar, Uppsala University; Zebrafish memory genes in relation to genome doublings
Fengjiao Chen, Uppsala University; Zebrafish brain distribution of memory genes
Adrian Garcia Concejo, Uppsala University; Evolution of memory genes
February 28th 2020
Rodrigo Morales, Karolinska Institute; Devising zebrafish models to study genetic-environment interactions that lead to Inflammatory bowel disease
Oscar Diaz Perez, Karolinska Institute; Effect of environmental factors in modulating intestinal immune homeostasis in zebrafish
January 17th 2020
Host: Marcel den Hoed
Shannon Fisher, Boston University School of Medicine; Genetic control of skull formation
January 14th 2020
Ana Belen Iglesias Gonzalez, Uppsala University; The role of dmrt3-interneurons in the locomotor network
December 12th 2019
Host: Svante Winberg
Robert Gerlai, University of Toronto; Embryonic alcohol exposure in zebrafish: The first steps towards establishing a fish model of human fetal alcohol spectrum disorders
November 22nd 2019
Emily Noel, University of Sheffield, UK; Cellular mechanisms of heart development
May 24th 2019
Maria Jönson, Uppsala University; Effects of a chemical mixture on metabolic endpoints in developing zebrafish
Judit Habither, Uppsala University; CRISPR/Cas9 induced mutants in zebrafish CS/DS glycosyltransfterase genes
April 29th 2019
Host: Marcel den Hoed
Shawn Burgess, NIH, USA; Functional genomic and bioenergetic analysis of tissue regeneration in zebrafish
March 29th 2019
Ana Del Pozo Cano, Uppsala University; Zebrafish locomotor behavior: the role of the dmrt3
Remy Manuel, Uppsala University; Generating zebrafish driver and reporter lines using CRISPR/Cas9
February 22nd 2019
Hannah Stanforth, Uppsala University; Transcriptional targets of Eph receptor and ephrin signalling in the zebrafish hindbrain
Elin Almstedt, Uppsala University; Drug screening in patient-derived xenografts identifies new targets for high-risk neuroblastoma
January 25th 2019
Emmanouil Tsakoumis, Uppsala University; Does the hormone leptin play a role in zebrafish reproduction?
Ehsan Pashay Ahi, Uppsala University; Gene co-expression networks underlying adaptive phenotypic divergence in cichlid fishes, the most diverse group of vertebrates
December 7th 2018
Ghazal Alavion, Uppsala University; Can we alter reproductive aging in the offspring by doing a selection on sperm.
Lasse Jensen, Linköping University; New zebrafish models for understanding vascular pathology in cancer and eye disease.
October 5th 2018
Konstantinos Ampatzis, Karolinska Institute; Adult zebrafish spinal motoneurons change their neurotransmitter phenotype to control locomotion
Benedikt von der Heyde, Uppsala University; Identifying novel genes influencing cardiometabolic risk factors from GWAS-identified loci for triglyceride levels using a high-throughput zebrafish screen
Natalie van Zuydam, Uppsala University; Zebrafish as a model system for genetic screens in diabetes
September 7th 2018
Rodrigo Hernández Vera, U-PRINT; Introducing U-PRINT MedFarm’s 3D-Printing Facility
Lars Bräutigam, Karolinska Institute; An orthotopic glioblastoma animal model suitable for high-throughput screenings.
June 8th 2018
Host: Svante Winberg
Will Norton, Department of Neuroscience, Psychology and Behavior, University of Leicester, UK; Endothelins and the control of social behaviour.
Fredrik Jutfelt, Trondheim, Norway; Thermal biology and zebrafish in the wild
May 4th 2018
Kaska Koltowska, Uppsala University; Transcriptional regulation of lymphatic development
Koji Ando, Uppsala University; Vascular mural cell in zebrafish
April 13th 2018
Dirk Pacholsky, BioVis Platform; A brief intro to the BioVis Platform and lightsheet imaging at BioVis.
Steven Edwards, Advanced Light Microscopy (ALM) Facility; Multi-view imaging and the subsequent image processing using the Zeiss lightsheet microscope.
March 9th 2018
Svante Winberg, Uppsala University; Nature vs nurture - zebrafish as a model to study gen environment interactions.
Amin Alalou, BioImage Informatics; Quantitative gene expression screening of in-situ stained zebrafish
February 9th 2018
Ana Iglesias, Uppsala Univeristy; The role of Dmrt3-neurons within the zebrafish locomotor network
Harmen Koning, Uppsala University; Neural Networks of Locomotion; from Circuit to Behaviour
January 19th 2018
Tatjana Haitina, Uppsala University; Zebrafish tol2 transgenesis as a tool for investigating enhancer evolution
Laura Waldmann, Uppsala University; Characterisation of synovial joint progenitor cells in zebrafish
December 15th 2017
Anastasia Emmanouilidou, Uppsala University; High through-put imaging of zebrafish larvae for cardio-metabolic traits.
Manoj Bandaru, Uppsala University; Zebrafish larvae as a model system for image-based genetic screens in coronary artery disease, atherosclerosis and dyslipidemia.