ZFIN Person: Gerster, Thomas

ZFIN ID: ZDB-PERS-960805-201

ZFIN ID: ZDB-PERS-960805-201

Gerster, Thomas

Email:	Thomas.Gerster@roche.com
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Affiliation:	Gerster Lab
Address:	PDRD F. Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. Basel, CH-4070 Switzerland
Country:	Switzerland
Phone:	41-61-688-3086
Fax:	41-61-688-8018
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BIOGRAPHY AND RESEARCH INTERESTS

*** Lab was affiliated with the Dept. of Cell Biology at the Biozentrum of the University of Basel, Switzerland from 1991 to 1999. No longer involved in zebrafish research. ***

If you require any of the plasmid probes generated in the lab please contact the provided current address.

PUBLICATIONS

Hauptmann, G., Söll, I., and Gerster, T. (2002) The early embryonic zebrafish forebrain is subdivided into molecularly distinct transverse and longitudinal domains. Brain research bulletin. 57(3-4):371-375

Hauptmann, G. and Gerster, T. (2000) Combinatorial expression of zebrafish brn-1- and brn-2-related POU genes in the embryonic brain, pronephric primordium, and pharyngeal arches. Developmental Dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists. 218(2):345-358

Hauptmann, G. and Gerster, T. (2000) Regulatory gene expression patterns reveal transverse and longitudinal subdivisions of the embryonic zebrafish forebrain. Mechanisms of Development. 91(1-2):105-118

Hauptmann, G. and Gerster, T. (2000) Multicolor whole-mount in situ hybridization. In Developmental Biology Protocols, Vol III, R.S. Tuan and C.W. Lo, eds., Totowa, NJ: Humana Press, Meth. Mol. Biol.. 137(14):139-148

Vogel, A.M. and Gerster, T. (1999) Promoter activity of the zebrafish bhikhari retroelement requires an intact activin signaling pathway. Mechanisms of Development. 85(1-2):133-146

Vogel, A.M. and Gerster, T. (1999) A zebrafish homolog of the serum response factor gene is highly expressed in differentiating embryonic myocytes. Mechanisms of Development. 81(1-2):217-221

Pfeffer, P.L., Gerster, T., Lun, K., Brand, M., and Busslinger, M. (1998) Characterization of three novel members of the zebrafish Pax2/5/8 family: dependency of Pax5 and Pax8 expression on the Pax2.1 (noi) function. Development (Cambridge, England). 125:3063-3074

Hagmann, M., Bruggmann, R., Xue, L., Georgiev, O., Schaffner, W., Rungger, D., Spaniol, P., and Gerster, T. (1998) Homologous recombination and DNA-end joining reactions in zygotes and early embryos of zebrafish (Danio rerio) and Drosophila melanogaster. Biological chemistry Hoppe-Seyler. 379:673-681

Vogel, A.M. and Gerster, T. (1997) Expression of a zebrafish cathepsin L gene in anterior mesendoderm and hatching gland. Development genes and evolution. 206(7):477-479

Spaniol, P., Bornmann, C., Hauptmann, G., and Gerster, T. (1996) Class III POU genes of zebrafish are predominantly expressed in the central nervous system. Nucleic acids research. 24(24):4874-4881

Hauptmann, G. and Gerster, T. (1996) Complex expression of the zp-50 pou gene in the embryonic zebrafish brain is altered by overexpression of sonic hedgehog. Development (Cambridge, England). 122(6):1769-1780

Hauptmann, G. and Gerster, T. (1995) Pou-2 — a zebrafish gene active during cleavage stages and in the early hindbrain. Mechanisms of Development. 51(1):127-138

Hauptmann, G. and Gerster, T. (1994) Two-color whole-mount in situ hybridization to vertebrate and Drosophila embryos. Trends in genetics : TIG. 10(8):266

NON-ZEBRAFISH PUBLICATIONS
Hauptmann, G. & Gerster, T.
'Multicolor whole-mount in situ hybridization to Drosophila embryos'
Dev. Genes Evol. 1996 Dec (206): 292-295
ABSTRACT
We report an extended whole-mount in situ hybridization procedure for Drosophila embryos. By using probes labelled with digoxigenin, fluorescein and biotin, respectively, this protocol allows the detection in three colors of RNAs derived from three different genes. Hybridized probes are detected by consecutive staining with appropriate alkaline phosphatase conjugates using different chromogenic substrate combinations, and serial removal of the antibody conjugates by low pH washes.

HAUPTMANN, G. & GERSTER, T. (2000) 'Multicolor Whole-Mount In Situ Hybridization' in: 'Developmental Biology Protocols vol. III' (eds. R.S. Tuan and C.W. Lo) Meth. Mol. Biol. 137, 139-148. (There is no abstract to this method paper.)