Alexa Burger, PhD
Associate Research Professor, Pediatrics-Developmental Biology

Publications

• Lalonde RL, Kemmler CL, Riemslagh FW, Aman AJ, Kresoja-Rakic J, Moran HR, Nieuwenhuize S, Parichy DM, Burger A, Mosimann C. Heterogeneity and genomic loci of ubiquitous transgenic Cre reporter lines in zebrafish. Dev Dyn. 2022 Oct;251(10):1754-1773. PubMed PMID: 35582941
• Mattonet K, Riemslagh FW, Guenther S, Prummel KD, Kesavan G, Hans S, Ebersberger I, Brand M, Burger A, Reischauer S, Mosimann C, Stainier DYR. Endothelial versus pronephron fate decision is modulated by the transcription factors Cloche/Npas4l, Tal1, and Lmo2. Sci Adv. 2022 Sep 2;8(35):eabn2082. PubMed PMID: 36044573
• Melica ME, Antonelli G, Semeraro R, Angelotti ML, Lugli G, Landini S, Ravaglia F, Regina G, Conte C, De Chiara L, Peired AJ, Mazzinghi B, Donati M, Molli A, Steiger S, Magi A, Bartalucci N, Raglianti V, Guzzi F, Maggi L, Annunziato F, Burger A, Lazzeri E, Anders HJ, Lasagni L, Romagnani P. Differentiation of crescent-forming kidney progenitor cells into podocytes attenuates severe glomerulonephritis in mice. Sci Transl Med. 2022 Aug 10;14(657):eabg3277. PubMed PMID: 35947676
• Prummel KD, Crowell HL, Nieuwenhuize S, Brombacher EC, Daetwyler S, Soneson C, Kresoja-Rakic J, Kocere A, Ronner M, Ernst A, Labbaf Z, Clouthier DE, Firulli AB, Sánchez-Iranzo H, Naganathan SR, O'Rourke R, Raz E, Mercader N, Burger A, Felley-Bosco E, Huisken J, Robinson MD, Mosimann C. Hand2 delineates mesothelium progenitors and is reactivated in mesothelioma. Nat Commun. 2022 Mar 30;13(1):1677. PubMed PMID: 35354817
• D'Agati G, Cabello EM, Frontzek K, Rushing EJ, Klemm R, Robinson MD, White RM, Mosimann C, Burger A. Active receptor tyrosine kinases, but not Brachyury, are sufficient to trigger chordoma in zebrafish. Dis Model Mech. 2019 Jul 16;12(7). PubMed PMID: 31221659
• Brunner E, Yagi R, Debrunner M, Beck-Schneider D, Burger A, Escher E, Mosimann C, Hausmann G, Basler K. CRISPR-induced double-strand breaks trigger recombination between homologous chromosome arms. Life Sci Alliance. 2019 Jun;2(3). PubMed PMID: 31196871
• Prummel KD, Hess C, Nieuwenhuize S, Parker HJ, Rogers KW, Kozmikova I, Racioppi C, Brombacher EC, Czarkwiani A, Knapp D, Burger S, Chiavacci E, Shah G, Burger A, Huisken J, Yun MH, Christiaen L, Kozmik Z, Müller P, Bronner M, Krumlauf R, Mosimann C. A conserved regulatory program initiates lateral plate mesoderm emergence across chordates. Nat Commun. 2019 Aug 26;10(1):3857. PubMed PMID: 31451684