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Christine Thisse-Patterning of the zebrafish embryo

Christine  I.  Thisse
Degree(s): PhD
Graduate School: University of Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France
Primary Appointment: Professor, Cell Biology
Research Interests:
Patterning of the zebrafish embryo
Email Address: christhisse@virginia.edu

Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program(s)

  • Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology
    • Research Description

    Dr Christine Thisse is currently studying early development of the vertebrate embryo, using the zebrafish as a model system. Her focus is on the search of factors that instruct the cells to particular fates. She also studies how cells communicate with each other, how they migrate and divide to result at the end into well-shaped organs and organism. Her research is key to emerging field of regenerative medicine and stem cell biology, and has a high impact on our understanding of processes that lead to cancer.

    Selected Publications
  • Seiliez, I., Thisse, B. and Thisse, C. (2006). FoxA3 and goosecoid promote anterior neural fate through inhibition of Wnt8a activity before the onset of gastrulation. Dev. Biol., 290(1), 152-163.
  • Agathon, A., Thisse, C. and Thisse, B. (2003). The molecular nature of the zebrafish tail organizer, Nature, 424, 448-452.
  • Fürthauer, M., Lin, W., Ang, S-L, Thisse, B. and Thisse, C. (2002). Sef is a feedback-induced antagonist of Ras/MAPK-mediated FGF signalling. Nature Cell Biology, 4, 170-174.
  • Thisse, B., Wright, C. V. E. and Thisse, C. (2000). Activin and Nodal-related factors control antero-posterior patterning of the zebrafish embryo. Nature 403, 425-427.
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