ZFIN Person: Yaksi, Emre

ZFIN ID: ZDB-PERS-020725-3

Yaksi, Emre

Email:	emreyaksi.nerf@gmail.com
URL:	http://yaksilab.com/
Affiliation:	Yaksi Lab
Address:	NERF Founded by IMEC, K.U.Leuven and VIB Kapeldreef 75 B-3001 Leuven Belgium
Country:	Germany
Phone:	+32 ( 0 )16 28 87 39
Fax:	+32 16 28 16 70
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BIOGRAPHY AND RESEARCH INTERESTS

PUBLICATIONS

Rayamajhi, D., Ege, M., Ukhanov, K., Ringers, C., Zhang, Y., Jung, I., D'Gama, P.P., Li, S.S., Cosacak, M.I., Kizil, C., Park, H.C., Yaksi, E., Martens, J.R., Brody, S.L., Jurisch-Yaksi, N., Roy, S. (2024) The forkhead transcription factor Foxj1 controls vertebrate olfactory cilia biogenesis and sensory neuron differentiation. PLoS Biology. 22:e3002468e3002468

Myren-Svelstad, S., Jamali, A., Ophus, S.S., D'gama, P.P., Ostenrath, A.M., Mutlu, A.K., Hoffshagen, H.H., Hotz, A.L., Neuhauss, S.C.F., Jurisch-Yaksi, N., Yaksi, E. (2022) Elevated photic response is followed by a rapid decay and depressed state in ictogenic networks. Epilepsia. 63:2543-2560

Bartoszek, E.M., Ostenrath, A.M., Jetti, S.K., Serneels, B., Mutlu, A.K., Chau, K.T.P., Yaksi, E. (2021) Ongoing habenular activity is driven by forebrain networks and modulated by olfactory stimuli. Current biology : CB. 31(17):3861-3874.e3

Palumbo, F., Serneels, B., Pelgrims, R., Yaksi, E. (2020) The Zebrafish Dorsolateral Habenula Is Required for Updating Learned Behaviors. Cell Reports. 32:108054

Kermen, F., Darnet, L., Wiest, C., Palumbo, F., Bechert, J., Uslu, O., Yaksi, E. (2020) Stimulus-specific behavioral responses of zebrafish to a large range of odors exhibit individual variability. BMC Biology. 18:66

Jurisch-Yaksi, N., Yaksi, E., Kizil, C. (2020) Radial glia in the zebrafish brain: Functional, structural, and physiological comparison with the mammalian glia. Glia. 68(12):2451-2470

Kermen, F., Lal, P., Faturos, N.G., Yaksi, E. (2020) Interhemispheric connections between olfactory bulbs improve odor detection. PLoS Biology. 18:e3000701

Diaz Verdugo, C., Myren-Svelstad, S., Aydin, E., Van Hoeymissen, E., Deneubourg, C., Vanderhaeghe, S., Vancraeynest, J., Pelgrims, R., Cosacak, M.I., Muto, A., Kizil, C., Kawakami, K., Jurisch-Yaksi, N., Yaksi, E. (2019) Glia-neuron interactions underlie state transitions to generalized seizures. Nature communications. 10:3830

Fore, S., Yaksi, E. (2019) Habenula: A Role in Brain State Transitions during Coping Behavior. Current biology : CB. 29:R692-R694

Olstad, E.W., Ringers, C., Hansen, J.N., Wens, A., Brandt, C., Wachten, D., Yaksi, E., Jurisch-Yaksi, N. (2018) Ciliary Beating Compartmentalizes Cerebrospinal Fluid Flow in the Brain and Regulates Ventricular Development. Current biology : CB. 29(2):229-241.e6

Fore, S., Palumbo, F., Pelgrims, R., Yaksi, E. (2018) Information processing in the vertebrate habenula. Seminars in cell & developmental biology. 78:130-139

Lal, P., Tanabe, H., Suster, M.L., Ailani, D., Kotani, Y., Muto, A., Itoh, M., Iwasaki, M., Wada, H., Yaksi, E., Kawakami, K. (2018) Identification of a neuronal population in the telencephalon essential for fear conditioning in zebrafish. BMC Biology. 16:45

Bergboer, J.G.M., Wyatt, C., Austin-Tse, C., Yaksi, E., Drummond, I.A. (2018) Assaying sensory ciliopathies using calcium biosensor expression in zebrafish ciliated olfactory neurons. Cilia. 7:2

Reiten, I., Uslu, F.E., Fore, S., Pelgrims, R., Ringers, C., Diaz Verdugo, C., Hoffman, M., Lal, P., Kawakami, K., Pekkan, K., Yaksi, E., Jurisch-Yaksi, N. (2017) Motile-Cilia-Mediated Flow Improves Sensitivity and Temporal Resolution of Olfactory Computations. Current biology : CB. 27(2):166-174

Vendrell-Llopis, N., Yaksi, E. (2015) Evolutionary conserved brainstem circuits encode category, concentration and mixtures of taste. Scientific Reports. 5:17825

Wyatt, C., Bartoszek, E.M., Yaksi, E. (2015) Methods for studying the zebrafish brain: past, present and future. The European journal of neuroscience. 42(2):1746-63

Hüsken, U., Stickney, H.L., Gestri, G., Bianco, I.H., Faro, A., Young, R.M., Roussigne, M., Hawkins, T.A., Beretta, C.A., Brinkmann, I., Paolini, A., Jacinto, R., Albadri, S., Dreosti, E., Tsalavouta, M., Schwarz, Q., Cavodeassi, F., Barth, A.K., Wen, L., Zhang, B., Blader, P., Yaksi, E., Poggi, L., Zigman, M., Lin, S., Wilson, S.W., Carl, M. (2014) Tcf7l2 Is Required for Left-Right Asymmetric Differentiation of Habenular Neurons. Current biology : CB. 24(19):2217-27

Dreosti, E., Vendrell Llopis, N., Carl, M., Yaksi, E., and Wilson, S.W. (2014) Left-right asymmetry is required for the habenulae to respond to both visual and olfactory stimuli. Current biology : CB. 24(4):440-445

Jetti, S.K., Vendrell-Llopis, N., and Yaksi, E. (2014) Spontaneous activity governs olfactory representations in spatially organized habenular microcircuits. Current biology : CB. 24(4):434-439

Kermen, F., Franco, L.M., Wyatt, C., and Yaksi, E. (2013) Neural circuits mediating olfactory-driven behavior in fish. Frontiers in neural circuits. 7:62

Jurisch-Yaksi, N., Rose, A.J., Lu, H., Raemaekers, T., Munck, S., Baatsen, P., Baert, V., Vermeire, W., Scales, S.J., Verleyen, D., Vandepoel, R., Tylzanowski, P., Yaksi, E., de Ravel, T., Yost, H.J., Froyen, G., Arrington, C.B., and Annaert, W. (2013) Rer1p maintains ciliary length and signaling by regulating γ-secretase activity and Foxj1a levels. The Journal of cell biology. 200(6):709-720

Blumhagen, F., Zhu, P., Shum, J., Schärer, Y.P., Yaksi, E., Deisseroth, K., and Friedrich, R.W. (2011) Neuronal filtering of multiplexed odour representations. Nature. 479(7374):493-8

Friedrich, R.W., Yaksi, E., Judkewitz, B., and Wiechert, M.T. (2009) Processing of odor representations by neuronal circuits in the olfactory bulb. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1170:293-297

Yaksi, E., von Saint Paul, F., Niessing, J., Bundschuh, S.T., and Friedrich, R.W. (2009) Transformation of odor representations in target areas of the olfactory bulb. Nature Neuroscience. 12(4):474-482

Tabor, R., Yaksi, E., and Friedrich, R.W. (2008) Multiple functions of GABA(A) and GABA(A) receptors during pattern processing in the zebrafish olfactory bulb. The European journal of neuroscience. 28(1):117-127

Yaksi, E., Judkewitz, B., and Friedrich, R.W. (2007) Topological Reorganization of Odor Representations in the Olfactory Bulb. PLoS Biology. 5(7):e178

Yaksi, E. (2007) Analysis of odor evoked activity patterns in zebrafish olfactory system by calcium imaging. Ph.D. Thesis. :22p

Yaksi, E., and Friedrich, R.W. (2006) Reconstruction of firing rate changes across neuronal populations by temporally deconvolved Ca²⁺ imaging. Nature Methods. 3(5):377-383

Feng, B., Bulchand, S., Yaksi, E., Friedrich, R.W., and Jesuthasan, S.J. (2005) The recombination activation gene 1 (Rag1) is expressed in a subset of zebrafish olfactory neurons but is not essential for axon targeting or amino acid detection. BMC Neuroscience. 6:46

Li, J., Mack, J.A., Souren, M., Yaksi, E., Higashijima, S., Mione, M., Fetcho, J.R., and Friedrich, R.W. (2005) Early development of functional spatial maps in the zebrafish olfactory bulb. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience. 25(24):5784-95

Tabor, R., Yaksi, E., Weislogel, J.M., and Friedrich, R.W. (2004) Processing of odor mixtures in the zebrafish olfactory bulb. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience. 24(29):6611-6620

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