Education
Ph.D. in Biology, University of Hohenheim, 2011
Current position
Postdoctoral researcher, Centre for Organismal Studies (COS), Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
Publications
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Hagenlocher, C., Walentek, P., C, M. L., Thumberger, T. and Feistel, K. (2013). Ciliogenesis and cerebrospinal fluid flow in the developing Xenopus brain are regulated by foxj1. Cilia 2(1): 12.
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Hockendorf, B., Thumberger, T. and Wittbrodt, J. (2012). Quantitative analysis of embryogenesis: a perspective for light sheet microscopy. Dev Cell 23(6): 1111-1120.
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Thumberger, T., Hagenlocher, C., Tisler, M., Beyer, T., Tietze, N., Schweickert, A., Feistel, K. and Blum, M. (2012). Ciliary and non-ciliary expression and function of PACRG during vertebrate development. Cilia 1(1): 13.
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Walentek, P., Beyer, T., Thumberger, T., Schweickert, A. and Blum, M. (2012). ATP4a is required for Wnt-dependent Foxj1 expression and leftward flow in Xenopus left-right development. Cell Rep 1(5): 516-527
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Beyer, T., Thumberger, T., Schweickert, A. and Blum, M. (2012). Connexin26-mediated transfer of laterality cues in Xenopus. Biol Open 1(5): 473-481.
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Beyer, T., Danilchik, M., Thumberger, T., Vick, P., Tisler, M., Schneider, I., Bogusch, S., Andre, P., Ulmer, B., Walentek, P.*, Niesler, B.*, Blum, M.* and Schweickert, A.* (2012). Serotonin signaling is required for Wnt-dependent GRP specification and leftward flow in Xenopus. Curr Biol 22(1): 33-39.
= authors contributed equally (alphabetical order)
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Schweickert, A., Walentek, P., Thumberger, T. and Danilchik, M. (2012). Linking early determinants and cilia-driven leftward flow in left-right axis specification of Xenopus laevis: a theoretical approach. Differentiation 83(2): S67-77.
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Schweickert, A., Vick, P., Getwan, M., Weber, T., Schneider, I., Eberhardt, M., Beyer, T., Pachur, A. and Blum, M. (2010). The nodal inhibitor Coco is a critical target of leftward flow in Xenopus. Curr Biol 20(8): 738-743.
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Maisonneuve, C., Guilleret, I., Vick, P., Weber, T., Andre, P., Beyer, T., Blum, M. and Constam, D. B. (2009). Bicaudal C, a novel regulator of Dvl signaling abutting RNA-processing bodies, controls cilia orientation and leftward flow. Development 136(17): 3019-3030.
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Vick, P., Schweickert, A., Weber, T., Eberhardt, M., Mencl, S., Shcherbakov, D., Beyer, T. and Blum, M. (2009). Flow on the right side of the gastrocoel roof plate is dispensable for symmetry breakage in the frog Xenopus laevis. Dev Biol 331(2): 281-291.
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Blum, M., Weber, T., Beyer, T. and Vick, P. (2009). Evolution of leftward flow. Semin Cell Dev Biol 20(4): 464-471.
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Blum, M., Beyer, T., Weber, T., Vick, P., Andre, P., Bitzer, E. and Schweickert, A. (2009). Xenopus, an ideal model system to study vertebrate left-right asymmetry. Dev Dyn 238(6): 1215-1225.
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Schweickert, A., Weber, T., Beyer, T., Vick, P., Bogusch, S., Feistel, K. and Blum, M. (2007). Cilia-driven leftward flow determines laterality in Xenopus. Curr Biol 17(1): 60-66.