PhD Sonja Aits
Biological and related sciences, cell biology, molecular biology, biomedicine
Biological and related sciences, Health
Development of neuronal diversity
Heisenberg Fellowship from the German Research Foundation (DFG), since 2016
Maria von Linden Programme at the University of Bonn, one-year fellowship for female researchers holding the Habilitation (postdoctoral qualification), 2015
Postdoctoral fellowship from the DFG, 2004 – 2005
Doctorate in cell biology (summa cum laude), Faculty of Science at the University of Basel, 2002
Doctoral fellowship from the Roche Research Foundation, 1997 – 2001
English, German
M Gazea, E Tasouri, M Tolve, V Bosch, A Kabanova, C Gojak, B Kurtulmus, O Novikov, J Spatz, G Pereira, W Hübner, C Brodski, KL Tucker*, S Blaess* (2016) Primary cilia are critical for Sonic Hedgehog-mediated dopaminergic neurogenesis in the embryonic midbrain. Dev Biol. 2016; 409:55-71.
A Kabanova‡, M Pabst‡, M Lorkowski, O Braganza, A Boehlen, N Nikbakht, L Pothmann, AR Vaswani, R Musgrove, DA Di Monte, M Sauvage, H Beck and S Blaess* (2015) Function and developmental origin of a mesocortical inhibitory circuit. Nat Neurosci. 18:872-82.
GO Bodea, JH Spille, P Abe, A Senturk Andersson, A Acker-Palmer, R Stumm, U Kubitscheck, S Blaess* (2014) Reelin and CXCL12 regulate distinct migratory behaviors during the development of the dopaminergic system. Development. 141:661-73.
G Alvarez-Bolado*, FA Paul and S Blaess* (2012) Sonic hedgehog lineage in the mouse hypothalamus: From progenitor domains to hypothalamic regions. Neural Dev. 7:4.
S Blaess*, GO Bodea, A Kabanova, S Chanet, E Mugniery, A Derouiche, D Stephen and AL Joyner (2011) Temporal-spatial changes in Sonic Hedgehog expression and signaling reveal different potentials of ventral mesencephalic progenitors to populate distinct ventral midbrain nuclei. Neural Dev. 6:29.
S Blaess, D Stephen and AL Joyner (2008) Gli3 coordinates three-dimensional patterning and growth of the tectum and cerebellum by integrating Shh and Fgf8 signaling. Development. 135:2093-103.
JD Corrales, S Blaess, EM Mahoney and AL Joyner (2006) The level of Sonic hedgehog signaling regulates the complexity of cerebellar foliation. Development. 133:1811-21.
S Blaess, JD Corrales and AL Joyner (2006). Sonic hedgehog regulates Gli activator and repressor functions with spatial and temporal precision in the mid/hindbrain region. Development. 133:1799-809.
S Blaess‡, D Graus-Porta‡, R Belvindrah, R Radakovits, S Pons, A Littlewood-Evans, M Senften, H Guo, Y Li, JH Miner, LF Reichardt and U Müller (2004). β1-Integrins are Critical for Cerebellar Granule Cell Precursor Proliferation. J Neurosci. 24:3402-12.
D Graus-Porta‡, S Blaess‡, M Senften, A Littlewood-Evans, C Damsky, Z Huang, P Orban, R Klein, JC Schittny and U Müller (2001). β1-class Integrins Regulate the Development of Laminae and Folia in the Cerebral and Cerebellar Cortex. Neuron. 31:367-79.
* corresponding author, ‡ co-first author
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