Publications and news

Selected publications 

Vibert, L., Aquino G., Gehring I., Subkhankulova T., Schilling T.F., Rocco A., Kelsh, R.N. (2016) Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research, in press. 

Nagao, Y., Suzuki, T., Shimizu, A., Kimura, T., Seki, R., Adachi, T., Inoue, C., Omae, Y., Kamei, Y., Hara, I., Taniguchi, Y., Naruse, K., Wakamatsu, Y., Kelsh, R.N., Hibi, M. and Hashimoto, H. (2014) PLoS Genetics, 10(4): e1004246. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1004246 

Rodrigues, F.S.L.M., Doughton, G. and Kelsh, R.N. (2012) A novel transgenic line using the Cre-lox system to allow permanent lineage labeling of the zebrafish neural crest. Genesis, 50, 750-757. 

Colanesi, S., Taylor, K., Temperley, N., Pia, Lundegaard, Dong, L., North, T., Ishizaki, H., Kelsh, R.N.*,and Patton, E.E*. (2012) Small molecule screening identifies targetable zebrafish pigmentation pathways. Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research, 25, 131-143. 

Greenhill, E.R., Rocco, A., Vibert, L., Nikaido, M., Kelsh, R.N. (2011). An iterative genetic and dynamical modelling approach identifies novel features of the gene regulatory network underlying melanocyte development. PLoS Genetics, 7(9), Article Number e1002265

News

15 February 2017

Kleio and Robert attend the Gordon Research Conference "Neural Crest & Cranial Placodes", Ventura, CA, USA, 5-10 February 2017

  • Kleio presents the poster: K. Petratou, T. Subkhankulova, H. Schwetlick, J. Lister, G. Aquino, A. Rocco and R.N. Kelsh, Constructing gene regulatory networks underlying fate specification of multipotent progenitors in the zebrafish neural crest.
  • Robert presents the poster: T. Subkhankulova, M. Nikaido, G. Aquino, H. Schwetlick, T. Sauker-Spengler, A. Rocco and R.N. Kelsh, Single cell expression profiling of neural crest-derived cells identifies partially-restricted intermediate pigment progenitor cell.

20 January 2017

Gerardo and Andrea attend the Gordon Research Conference "Stochastic Physics in Biology", Ventura, CA, USA, 8-13 January 2017

  • Gerardo presents the poster: G. Aquino, T. Subkhankulova, K. Petratou, H. Schwetlick, R.N. Kelsh, A. Rocco, A theoretical framework for intrinsic-noise induced transitions in biochemical reaction networks with time scale separation. 
  • Andrea presents the poster: G. Aquino, T. Subkhankulova, K. Petratou, H. Schwetlick, R.N. Kelsh, A. Rocco, On the dynamical role of gene expression noise in cell differentiation. Poster awarded with the Excellent Poster Presentation Prize of the conference!

21 November 2016

  • Robert presents at the 22nd International Congress of Zoology & The 87th Meeting of The Zoological Society of Japan, Okinawa, 14-19 November 2016, K. Petratou, T. Subkhankulova, G. Aquino, J. Lister, H. Schwetlick, A. Rocco, R.N. Kelsh, Constructing gene regulatory networks underlying fate specification of multipotent progenitors in the zebrafish neural crest.

2 September 2016

  • Tatiana presents at BGRS\SB-2016, 10th anniversary International Multiconference “Bioinformatics of Genome Regulation and Structure\ Systems Biology”, Novosibirsk, Russia,  29 August - 2 September, 2016: T. Subkhankulova, G. Aquino, A. Rocco, H. Schwetlick and R.N. Kelsh, Single cell expression profiling of neural crest-derived cells.

21 September 2016

Gerardo, Hartmut, Robert and Andrea attend ICSB2016, International Conference in Systems Biology, Barcelona, Spain, 16-20 September 2016.

  • Hartmut gives a talk on Applying randomised search strategies for the model selectionof developmental gene regulatory networks.
  • Andrea presents the poster: G. Aquino, T. Subkhankulova, K. Petratou, H. Schwetlick, R.N. Kelsh, A. Rocco, On the dynamical role of gene expression noise in cell differentiation.
  • Gerardo presents the poster: G. Aquino, T. Subkhankulova, K. Petratou, H. Schwetlick, R.N. Kelsh, A. Rocco, A theoretical framework for intrinsic-noise induced transitions in biochemical reaction networks with time scale separation.
  • Robert presents the poster: T Subkhankulova, G Aquino, H. Schwetlick, T. Sauker-Spengler, A Rocco and RN Kelsh, Single cell expression profiling of neural crest-derived cells identifies partially-restricted intermediate progenitor cells.

18 July 2016

  • Kleio attends the 12th International Conference on Zebrafish Development and Genetics, Orlando, Florida, USA, 13-17 July 2016, and gives the talk: K. Petratou, T. Subhankulova, G. Aquino, H. Schwetlick, A. Rocco, R.N. Kelsh, Constructing gene regulatory networks underlying fate specification of multipotent progenitors in the neural crest.

22 June 2016

  • Gerardo attends the Festival of Research 2016, FHMS, University of Surrey, 22 June 2016, and presents the poster: L. Vibert, G. Aquino, A. Rocco and R.N. Kelsh, An ongoing role for Wnt signalling in differentiating melanocytes in vivo.

29 January 2016

  • Kleio attends the Stem Cell Symposium, CITER, Cardiff, UK, 27 January 2016, and gives the talk: Constructing gene regulatory networks underlying fate specification of multipotent stem cells in the vertebrate neural crest. Talk awarded with the Best Oral Presentation Prize of the conference!

30 September 2015

  • Robert chairs and presents at the 19th ESPCR Meeting, Edinburgh, UK, 15-18 September 2015: Nagao, Y., Takada, H., Seki, R., Kamei, Y., Hara, I., Taniguchi, Y., Naruse, K., Hibi, M., Kelsh, R.N., Hashimoto, H. Roles of sox10 and its possible interaction with sox5 in pigment cell development.Pigment Cell and Melanoma Research, 29, e19-e50 (2016).

31 July 2015

Robert and Tatiana attend the Gordon Research Conference "Neural Crest & Cranial Placodes" in Waltham, MA, USA, 19-24 July 2015.

  • Robert talks on How 10+5=4….or Sox gene control of partially-restricted progenitors in the neural crest.
  • Tatiana presents the poster: T Subkhankulova, K Petratou, FSLM Rodrigues, F Gubay, H Schwetlick, J Lister, A Rocco and RN Kelsh, A core gene regulatory network for zebrafish pigment cells

15 June 2015

  • Kleio participates to the EMBL-EBI-Wellcome Trust Course: In Silico Systems Biology, Hinxton, UK, 7-12 June 2015, and presents the poster: Petratou K., Subkhankulova T. , Rocco A. , Schwetlick H., Kelsh R.N., A Systems Biology Approach for Constructing Gene Regulatory Networks Underlying Fate Segregation in the Neural Crest.