ZFIN Person: Weger, Benjamin

ZFIN ID: ZDB-PERS-080520-3

Weger, Benjamin

Email:	Benjamin.Weger@kit.edu
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Address:	Institute of Toxicology and Genetics Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, D-76344 Germany
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PUBLICATIONS

Weger, M., Weger, B.D., Schink, A., Takamiya, M., Stegmaier, J., Gobet, C., Parisi, A., Kobitski, A.Y., Mertes, J., Krone, N., Strähle, U., Nienhaus, G.U., Mikut, R., Gachon, F., Gut, P., Dickmeis, T. (2020) MondoA regulates gene expression in cholesterol biosynthesis-associated pathways required for zebrafish epiboly. eLIFE. 9:

Takamiya, M., Stegmaier, J., Kobitski, A.Y., Schott, B., Weger, B.D., Margariti, D., Cereceda Delgado, A.R., Gourain, V., Scherr, T., Yang, L., Sorge, S., Otte, J.C., Hartmann, V., van Wezel, J., Stotzka, R., Reinhard, T., Schlunck, G., Dickmeis, T., Rastegar, S., Mikut, R., Nienhaus, G.U., Strähle, U. (2020) Pax6 organizes the anterior eye segment by guiding two distinct neural crest waves. PLoS Genetics. 16:e1008774

Weger, M., Weger, B.D., Görling, B., Poschet, G., Yildiz, M., Hell, R., Luy, B., Akcay, T., Güran, T., Dickmeis, T., Müller, F., Krone, N. (2018) Glucocorticoid deficiency causes transcriptional and post-transcriptional reprogramming of glutamine metabolism. EBioMedicine. 36:376-389

Weger, M., Diotel, N., Weger, B.D., Beil, T., Zaucker, A., Eachus, H.L., Oakes, J.A., do Rego, J.L., Storbeck, K.H., Gut, P., Straehle, U., Rastegar, S., Mueller, F., Krone, N. (2018) Expression and activity profiling of the steroidogenic enzymes of glucocorticoid biosynthesis and the fdx1 co-factors in zebrafish. Journal of neuroendocrinology. 30(4):e12586

Tsachaki, M., Meyer, A., Weger, B., Kratschmar, D.V., Tokarz, J., Adamski, J., Belting, H.G., Affolter, M., Dickmeis, T., Odermatt, A. (2017) Absence of 11-keto reduction of cortisone and 11-ketotestosterone in the model organism zebrafish. The Journal of endocrinology. 232(2):323-335

Weger, B.D., Weger, M., Görling, B., Schink, A., Gobet, C., Keime, C., Poschet, G., Jost, B., Krone, N., Hell, R., Gachon, F., Luy, B., Dickmeis, T. (2016) Extensive Regulation of Diurnal Transcription and Metabolism by Glucocorticoids. PLoS Genetics. 12:e1006512

Takamiya, M., Weger, B.D., Schindler, S., Beil, T., Yang, L., Armant, O., Ferg, M., Schlunck, G., Reinhard, T., Dickmeis, T., Rastegar, S., Strähle, U. (2015) Molecular Description of Eye Defects in the Zebrafish Pax6b Mutant, sunrise, Reveals a Pax6b-Dependent Genetic Network in the Developing Anterior Chamber. PLoS One. 10:e0117645

Weger, B.D., Weger, M., Jung, N., Lederer, C., Bräse, S., and Dickmeis, T. (2013) A chemical screening procedure for glucocorticoid signaling with a zebrafish larva luciferase reporter system. Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE. (79)

Weger, M., Weger, B.D., Diotel, N., Rastegar, S., Hirota, T., Kay, S.A., Strähle, U., and Dickmeis, T. (2013) Real-time in vivo monitoring of circadian E-box enhancer activity: A robust and sensitive zebrafish reporter line for developmental, chemical and neural biology of the circadian clock. Developmental Biology. 380(2):259-73

Weger, B.D., Weger, M., Nusser, M., Brenner-Weiss, G., and Dickmeis, T. (2012) A Chemical Screening System for Glucocorticoid Stress Hormone Signaling in an Intact Vertebrate. ACS Chemical Biology. 7(7):1178-1183

Weger, B.D., Sahinbas, M., Otto, G.W., Mracek, P., Armant, O., Dolle, D., Lahiri, K., Vallone, D., Ettwiller, L., Geisler, R., Foulkes, N.S., and Dickmeis, T. (2011) The light responsive transcriptome of the zebrafish: function and regulation. PLoS One. 6(2):e17080

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