ZFIN Person: Ellertsdottir, Elin

ZFIN ID: ZDB-PERS-020212-1

Ellertsdottir, Elin

Email:	E.Ellertsdottir@unibas.ch
URL:	http://www.unibas.ch/index.cfm?uuid=76750A78BB4795EE98EA551391FE94BF&id_organisation=139
Affiliation:
Address:	Department of Cell Biology Biozentrum University of Basel Klingelbergstrasse 70 Basel, 4056 Switzerland
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Phone:	41-61-267 20 70
Fax:	41-61-267 20 78
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BIOGRAPHY AND RESEARCH INTERESTS

Organogenesis
In the lab of Markus Affolter we are interessted in the cell cell interactions during angiogenesis in zebrafish.

PUBLICATIONS

Lenard, A., Daetwyler, S., Betz, C., Ellertsdottir, E., Belting, H.G., Huisken, J., Affolter, M. (2015) Endothelial Cell Self-fusion during Vascular Pruning. PLoS Biology. 13(4):e1002126

Kochhan, E., Lenard, A., Ellertsdottir, E., Herwig, L., Affolter, M., Belting, H.G., and Siekmann, A.F. (2013) Blood Flow Changes Coincide with Cellular Rearrangements during Blood Vessel Pruning in Zebrafish Embryos. PLoS One. 8(10):e75060

Lenard, A., Ellertsdottir, E., Herwig, L., Krudewig, A., Sauteur, L., Belting, H.G., and Affolter, M. (2013) In Vivo analysis reveals a highly stereotypic morphogenetic pathway of vascular anastomosis. Developmental Cell. 25(5):492-506

Ellertsdottir, E., Berthold, P.R, Bouzaffour, M., Dufourcq, P., Trayer, V., Gauron, C., Vriz, S., Affolter, M., and Rampon, C. (2012) Developmental Role of Zebrafish Protease-Activated Receptor 1 (PAR1) in the Cardio-Vascular System. PLoS One. 7(7):e42131

Herwig, L., Blum, Y., Krudewig, A., Ellertsdottir, E., Lenard, A., and Belting, H.G., and Affolter, M. (2011) Distinct Cellular Mechanisms of Blood Vessel Fusion in the Zebrafish Embryo. Current biology : CB. 21(22):1942-1948

Kimmel, R.A., Onder, L., Wilfinger, A., Ellertsdottir, E., and Meyer, D. (2011) Requirement for Pdx1 in specification of latent endocrine progenitors in zebrafish. BMC Biology. 9(1):75

Blum, Y., Belting, H.G., Ellertsdottir, E., Herwig, L., Lüders, F., and Affolter, M. (2008) Complex cell rearrangements during intersegmental vessel sprouting and vessel fusion in the zebrafish embryo. Developmental Biology. 316(2):312-322

Zecchin, E., Filippi, A., Biemar, F., Tiso, N., Pauls, S., Ellertsdottir, E., Gnugge, L., Bortolussi, M., Driever, W., and Argenton, F. (2007) Distinct delta and jagged genes control sequential segregation of pancreatic cell types from precursor pools in zebrafish. Developmental Biology. 301(1):192-204

Ellertsdottir, E., Ganz, J., Durr, K., Loges, N., Biemar, F., Seifert, F., Ettl, A.K., Kramer-Zucker, A.K., Nitschke, R., and Driever, W. (2006) A mutation in the zebrafish Na,K-ATPase subunit atp1a1a.1 provides genetic evidence that the sodium potassium pump contributes to left-right asymmetry downstream or in parallel to nodal flow. Developmental Dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists. 235(7):1794-1808

NON-ZEBRAFISH PUBLICATIONS