Publications

2023

Iannone C, Kainov Y, Zhuravskaya A, Hamid F, Nojima T, Makeyev EV (2023) PTBP1-activated co-transcriptional splicing controls epigenetic status of pluripotent stem cells. Mol Cell 83: 203-218.e9.

Massimo M, Barelli C, Moreno C, Collesi C, Holloway RK, Crespo B, Zentilin L, Williams A, Miron VE, Giacca M, Long KR (2023) Haemorrhage of human foetal cortex associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection. Brain 146: 1175-1185.

Poopalasundaram S, Richardson J, Graham A (2023) Key separable events in the remodelling of the pharyngeal arches. J Anat 243: 100-109.

Berzanskyte I, Riccio F, Machado CB, Bradbury EJ, Lieberam I (2023) Enrichment of human embryonic stem cell-derived V3 interneurons using an Nkx2-2 gene-specific reporter. Sci Rep 13: 2008.

Kebschull JM, Casoni F, Consalez GG, Goldowitz D, Hawkes R, Ruigrok TJH, Schilling K, Wingate R, Wu J, Yeung J, Uusisaari MY (2023) Cerebellum Lecture: the Cerebellar Nuclei-Core of the Cerebellum. Cerebellum.

Cameron D, Mi D, Vinh NN, Webber C, Li M, Marín O, O'Donovan MC, Bray NJ (2023) Single-Nuclei RNA Sequencing of 5 Regions of the Human Prenatal Brain Implicates Developing Neuron Populations in Genetic Risk for Schizophrenia. Biol Psychiatry 93: 157-166.

2022

Nabeel-Shah S, Lee H, Ahmed N, Burke GL, Farhangmehr S, Ashraf K, Pu S, Braunschweig U, Zhong G, Wei H, Tang H, Yang J, Marcon E, Blencowe BJ, Zhang Z, Greenblatt JF (2022) SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid protein binds host mRNAs and attenuates stress granules to impair host stress response. iScience 25: 103562
Barutcu AR, Wu M, Braunschweig U, Dyakov BJA, Luo Z, Turner KM, Durbic T, Lin ZY, Weatheritt RJ, Maass PG, Gingras AC, Blencowe BJ (2022) Systematic mapping of nuclear domain-associated transcripts reveals speckles and lamina as hubs of functionally distinct retained introns. Mol Cell 82: 1035-1052.e9
Fagg WS, Liu N, Braunschweig U, Pereira de Castro KL, Chen X, Ditmars FS, Widen SG, Donohue JP, Modis K, Russell WK, Fair JH, Weirauch MT, Blencowe BJ, Garcia-Blanco MA (2022) Definition of germ layer cell lineage alternative splicing programs reveals a critical role for Quaking in specifying cardiac cell fate. Nucleic Acids Res 50: 5313-5334
Song J, Nabeel-Shah S, Pu S, Lee H, Braunschweig U, Ni Z, Ahmed N, Marcon E, Zhong G, Ray D, Ha KCH, Guo X, Zhang Z, Hughes TR, Blencowe BJ, Greenblatt JF (2022) Regulation of alternative polyadenylation by the C2H2-zinc-finger protein Sp1. Mol Cell 82: 3135-3150.e9
Kelava I, Chiaradia I, Pellegrini L, Kalinka AT, Lancaster MA (2022) Androgens increase excitatory neurogenic potential in human brain organoids. Nature 602: 112-116
Kostadinov D, Häusser M (2022) Reward signals in the cerebellum: Origins, targets, and functional implications. Neuron 110: 1290-1303
Hindges R, Lele Z (2022) Editorial: Cell adhesion molecules in neural development and disease. Front Neurosci 16: 1112300
Browne LP, Crespo A, Grubb MS (2022) Rapid presynaptic maturation in naturally regenerating axons of the adult mouse olfactory nerve. Cell Rep 41: 111750
Galante C, Marichal N, Scarante FF, Ghayad LM, Shi Y, Schuurmans C, Berninger B, Péron S (2022) Enhanced proliferation of oligodendrocyte progenitor cells following retrovirus mediated Achaete-scute complex-like 1 overexpression in the postnatal cerebral cortex in vivo. Front Neurosci 16: 919462
Sainsbury TTJ, Diana G, Meyer MP (2022) Topographically localised modulation of tectal cell spatial tuning by complex natural scenes. eNeuro
Moore RE, Pop S, Alleyne C, Clarke JDW (2022) Microtubules are not required to generate a nascent axon in embryonic spinal neurons in vivo. EMBO Rep 23: e52493
Cheung A, Schachermayer G, Biehler A, Wallis A, Missaire M, Hindges R (2022) Teneurin paralogues are able to localise synaptic sites driven by the intracellular domain and have the potential to form cis-heterodimers. Front Neurosci 16: 915149
Nikolaou N, Gordon PM, Hamid F, Taylor R, Lloyd-Jones J, Makeyev EV, Houart C (2022) Cytoplasmic pool of U1 spliceosome protein SNRNP70 shapes the axonal transcriptome and regulates motor connectivity. Curr Biol

Taylor R, Hamid F, Fielding T, Gordon PM, Maloney M, Makeyev EV, Houart C (2022) Prematurely terminated intron-retaining mRNAs invade axons in SFPQ null-driven neurodegeneration and are a hallmark of ALS. Nat Commun 13: 6994

Richard Taylor, Fursham Hamid, Triona Fielding, Patricia M. Gordon, Megan Maloney, Eugene V. Makeyev & Corinne Houart (2022) Prematurely terminated intron-retaining mRNAs invade axons in SFPQ null-driven neurodegeneration and are a hallmark of ALS Nature Communications

Nikolas Nikolaou, Patricia M. Gordon, Fursham Hamid, Richard Taylor, Joshua Lloyd-Jones, Eugene V. Makeyev, Corinne Houart (2022) Cytoplasmic pool of U1 spliceosome protein SNRNP70 shapes the axonal transcriptome and regulates motor connectivity Current Biology

Cheung A., Schachermayer G., Biehler A., Wallis A., Missaire M. & Hindges R. (2022) Teneurin paralogues are able to localise synaptic sites driven by the intracellular domain and have the potential to form cis-heterodimers Frontiers in Neuroscience

Poobalasingam T, Bianco F, Oozeer F, Gordon-Weeks PR (2022) The drebrin/EB3 pathway regulates cytoskeletal dynamics to drive neuritogenesis in embryonic cortical neurons. J Neurochem 160: 185-202
Marín O, Moreno N (2022) Agustín González, an Inspirational Leader in Spanish Comparative Neuroanatomy. Brain Behav Evol 96: 174-180
Sheardown E, Torres-Perez JV, Anagianni S, Fraser SE, Vallortigara G, Butterworth B, Miletto-Petrazzini ME, Brennan CH (2022) Characterizing ontogeny of quantity discrimination in zebrafish. Proc Biol Sci 289: 20212544
Newland B, Long KR (2022) Cryogel scaffolds: soft and easy to use tools for neural tissue culture. Neural Regen Res 17: 1981-1983
Tufo C, Poopalasundaram S, Dorrego-Rivas A, Ford MC, Graham A, Grubb MS (2022) Development of the mammalian main olfactory bulb. Development 149
Jackson RE, Compans B, Burrone J (2022) Correlative Live-Cell and Super-Resolution Imaging to Link Presynaptic Molecular Organisation With Function. Front Synaptic Neurosci 14: 830583
Byrne DJ, Lipovsek M, Crespo A, Grubb MS (2022) Brief sensory deprivation triggers plasticity of dopamine-synthesising enzyme expression in genetically labelled olfactory bulb dopaminergic neurons. Eur J Neurosci 56: 3591-3612
Sreenivasan V, Serafeimidou-Pouliou E, Exposito-Alonso D, Bercsenyi K, Bernard C, Bae SE, Oozeer F, Hanusz-Godoy A, Edwards RH, Marín O (2022) Input-specific control of interneuron numbers in nascent striatal networks. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 119: e2118430119
Dorrego-Rivas A, Grubb MS (2022) The axon initial segment as a source of neuropathic pain. Brain 145: 1574-1575
Cooper A, Berninger B (2022) Gatekeeping astrocyte identity. Elife 11
Kelkar M, Bohec P, Smith MB, Sreenivasan V, Lisica A, Valon L, Ferber E, Baum B, Salbreux G, Charras G (2022) Spindle reorientation in response to mechanical stress is an emergent property of the spindle positioning mechanisms. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 119: e2121868119
Dorrego-Rivas A, Grubb MS (2022) Developing and maintaining a nose-to-brain map of odorant identity. Open Biol 12: 220053
Jackson RE, Compans B, Burrone J (2022) Corrigendum: Correlative Live-Cell and Super-Resolution Imaging to Link Presynaptic Molecular Organisation With Function. Front Synaptic Neurosci 14: 953045
Wong FK, Selten M, Rosés-Novella C, Sreenivasan V, Pallas-Bazarra N, Serafeimidou-Pouliou E, Hanusz-Godoy A, Oozeer F, Edwards R, Marín O (2022) Serotonergic regulation of bipolar cell survival in the developing cerebral cortex. Cell Rep 40: 111037
Leschik J, Gentile A, Cicek C, Péron S, Tevosian M, Beer A, Radyushkin K, Bludau A, Ebner K, Neumann I, Singewald N, Berninger B, Lessmann V, Lutz B (2022) Brain-derived neurotrophic factor expression in serotonergic neurons improves stress resilience and promotes adult hippocampal neurogenesis. Prog Neurobiol 217: 102333
Velásquez ZD, Rojas-Barón L, Larrazabal C, Salierno M, Gärtner U, Pervizaj-Oruqaj L, Herold S, Hermosilla C, Taubert A (2022) Corrigendum: Neospora caninum infection triggers S-phase arrest and alters nuclear characteristics in primary bovine endothelial host cells. Front Cell Dev Biol 10: 1025995
Hamid F, Alasoo K, Vilo J, Makeyev E (2022) Functional Annotation of Custom Transcriptomes. Methods Mol Biol 2537: 149-172
Yap K, Chung TH, Makeyev EV (2022) Analysis of RNA-containing compartments by hybridization and proximity labeling in cultured human cells. STAR Protoc 3: 101139
Yap K, Chung TH, Makeyev EV (2022) Hybridization-proximity labeling reveals spatially ordered interactions of nuclear RNA compartments. Mol Cell 82: 463-478.e11
Leaman S, Marichal N, Berninger B (2022) Reprogramming cellular identity in vivo. Development 149
Poort J, Wilmes KA, Blot A, Chadwick A, Sahani M, Clopath C, Mrsic-Flogel TD, Hofer SB, Khan AG (2022) Learning and attention increase visual response selectivity through distinct mechanisms. Neuron 110: 686-697.e6

2021

Ha KCH, Sterne-Weiler T, Morris Q, Weatheritt RJ, Blencowe BJ (2021) Differential contribution of transcriptomic regulatory layers in the definition of neuronal identity. Nat Commun 12: 335
Ward HN, Aregger M, Gonatopoulos-Pournatzis T, Billmann M, Ohsumi TK, Brown KR, Blencowe BJ, Moffat J, Myers CL (2021) Analysis of combinatorial CRISPR screens with the Orthrus scoring pipeline. Nat Protoc 16: 4766-4798
Dumbović G, Braunschweig U, Langner HK, Smallegan M, Biayna J, Hass EP, Jastrzebska K, Blencowe B, Cech TR, Caruthers MH, Rinn JL (2021) Nuclear compartmentalization of TERT mRNA and TUG1 lncRNA is driven by intron retention. Nat Commun 12: 3308
Pellegrini L, Lancaster MA (2021) Breaking the barrier: In vitro models to study choroid plexus development. Curr Opin Cell Biol 73: 41-49
Llorca A, Marín O (2021) Orchestrated freedom: new insights into cortical neurogenesis. Curr Opin Neurobiol 66: 48-56
Ucar B, Kajtez J, Foidl BM, Eigel D, Werner C, Long KR, Emnéus J, Bizeau J, Lomora M, Pandit A, Newland B, Humpel C (2021) Biomaterial based strategies to reconstruct the nigrostriatal pathway in organotypic slice co-cultures. Acta Biomater 121: 250-262
Lipovsek M, Bardy C, Cadwell CR, Hadley K, Kobak D, Tripathy SJ (2021) Patch-seq: Past, Present, and Future. J Neurosci 41: 937-946
Galliano E, Hahn C, Browne LP, R Villamayor P, Tufo C, Crespo A, Grubb MS (2021) Brief Sensory Deprivation Triggers Cell Type-Specific Structural and Functional Plasticity in Olfactory Bulb Neurons. J Neurosci 41: 2135-2151
Moglie MJ, Marcovich I, Corradi J, Carpaneto Freixas AE, Gallino S, Plazas PV, Bouzat C, Lipovsek M, Elgoyhen AB (2021) Loss of Choline Agonism in the Inner Ear Hair Cell Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Linked to the α10 Subunit. Front Mol Neurosci 14: 639720
Pollak TA, Vincent A, Iyegbe C, Coutinho E, Jacobson L, Rujescu D, Stone J, Jezequel J, Rogemond V, Jamain S, Groc L, David A, Egerton A, Kahn RS, Honnorat J, Dazzan P, Leboyer M, McGuire P (2021) Relationship Between Serum NMDA Receptor Antibodies and Response to Antipsychotic Treatment in First-Episode Psychosis. Biol Psychiatry 90: 9-15

Patkee PA, Baburamani AA, Long KR, Dimitrova R, Ciarrusta J, Allsop J, Hughes E, Kangas J, McAlonan GM, Rutherford MA, De Vita E (2021) Neurometabolite mapping highlights elevated myo-inositol profiles within the developing brain in down syndrome. Neurobiol Dis 153: 105316
Salam S, Tacconelli S, Smith BN, Mitchell JC, Glennon E, Nikolaou N, Houart C, Vance C (2021) Identification of a novel interaction of FUS and syntaphilin may explain synaptic and mitochondrial abnormalities caused by ALS mutations. Sci Rep 11: 13613
Lattke M, Goldstone R, Ellis JK, Boeing S, Jurado-Arjona J, Marichal N, MacRae JI, Berninger B, Guillemot F (2021) Extensive transcriptional and chromatin changes underlie astrocyte maturation in vivo and in culture. Nat Commun 12: 4335
Aviña-Padilla K, Ramírez-Rafael JA, Herrera-Oropeza GE, Muley VY, Valdivia DI, Díaz-Valenzuela E, García-García A, Varela-Echavarría A, Hernández-Rosales M (2021) Evolutionary Perspective and Expression Analysis of Intronless Genes Highlight the Conservation of Their Regulatory Role. Front Genet 12: 654256
Sharif N, Calzolari F, Berninger B (2021) Direct In Vitro Reprogramming of Astrocytes into Induced Neurons. Methods Mol Biol 2352: 13-29
Mastrolia V, Al Massadi O, de Pins B, Girault JA (2021) Pyk2 in dorsal hippocampus plays a selective role in spatial memory and synaptic plasticity. Sci Rep 11: 16357
Stricker SH, Berninger B, Götz M (2021) Editorial overview: Fluidity of cell fates - from reprogramming to repair. Curr Opin Genet Dev 70: iii-v
Calzolari F, Berninger B (2021) cAAVe phaenomena: Beware of appearances! Cell 184: 5303-5305
Long KR, Huttner WB (2021) The Role of the Extracellular Matrix in Neural Progenitor Cell Proliferation and Cortical Folding During Human Neocortex Development. Front Cell Neurosci 15: 804649

Eigel D, Schuster R, Männel MJ, Thiele J, Panasiuk MJ, Andreae LC, Varricchio C, Brancale A, Welzel PB, Huttner WB, Werner C, Newland B, Long KR (2021) Sulfonated cryogel scaffolds for focal delivery in ex-vivo brain tissue cultures. Biomaterials 271: 120712

Tuvikene J, Esvald EE, Rähni A, Uustalu K, Zhuravskaya A, Avarlaid A, Makeyev EV, Timmusk T (2021) Intronic enhancer region governs transcript-specific Bdnf expression in rodent neurons. Elife 10
Shi Y, Wang M, Mi D, Lu T, Wang B, Dong H, Zhong S, Chen Y, Sun L, Zhou X, Ma Q, Liu Z, Wang W, Zhang J, Wu Q, Marín O, Wang X (2021) Mouse and humans share conserved transcriptional programs for interneuron development Science

Lentini C, d'Orange M, Marichal N, Trottmann MM, Vignoles R, Foucault L, Verrier C, Massera C, Raineteau O, Conzelmann KK, Rival-Gervier S, Depaulis A, Berninger B, Heinrich C (2021) Reprogramming reactive glia into interneurons reduces chronic seizure activity in a mouse model of mesial temporal lobe epilepsy. Cell Stem Cell 28: 2104-2121.e10
Ellingford RA, Panasiuk MJ, de Meritens ER, Shaunak R, Naybour L, Browne L, Basson MA, Andreae LC (2021) Cell-type-specific synaptic imbalance and disrupted homeostatic plasticity in cortical circuits of ASD-associated Chd8 haploinsufficient mice. Mol Psychiatry 26: 3614-3624
Gonzalez Sabater V, Rigby M, Burrone J (2021) Voltage-gated potassium channels ensure action potential shape fidelity in distal axons. J Neurosci

Gordon PM, Hamid F, Makeyev EV, Houart C (2021) A conserved role for the ALS-linked splicing factor SFPQ in repression of pathogenic cryptic last exons. Nat Commun 12: 1918

2020

Wong RW, Balachandran A, Cheung PK, Cheng R, Pan Q, Stoilov P, Harrigan PR, Blencowe BJ, Branch DR, Cochrane A (2020) An activator of G protein-coupled receptor and MEK1/2-ERK1/2 signaling inhibits HIV-1 replication by altering viral RNA processing. PLoS Pathog 16: e1008307
Rodrigues DC, Mufteev M, Weatheritt RJ, Djuric U, Ha KCH, Ross PJ, Wei W, Piekna A, Sartori MA, Byres L, Mok RSF, Zaslavsky K, Pasceri P, Diamandis P, Morris Q, Blencowe BJ, Ellis J (2020) Shifts in Ribosome Engagement Impact Key Gene Sets in Neurodevelopment and Ubiquitination in Rett Syndrome. Cell Rep 30: 4179-4196.e11
Gonatopoulos-Pournatzis T, Aregger M, Brown KR, Farhangmehr S, Braunschweig U, Ward HN, Ha KCH, Weiss A, Billmann M, Durbic T, Myers CL, Blencowe BJ, Moffat J (2020) Genetic interaction mapping and exon-resolution functional genomics with a hybrid Cas9-Cas12a platform. Nat Biotechnol 38: 638-648
Gonatopoulos-Pournatzis T, Blencowe BJ (2020) Microexons: at the nexus of nervous system development, behaviour and autism spectrum disorder. Curr Opin Genet Dev 65: 22-33