ZFIN Person: Weger, Meltem

ZFIN ID: ZDB-PERS-090423-1

Weger, Meltem

Email:	m.weger@uq.edu.au
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Affiliation:
Address:	Institute for Molecular Bioscience The University of Queensland 306 Carmody Road St Lucia Qld 4072 Australia
Country:	Switzerland
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ORCID ID:	0000-0002-9452-2373

BIOGRAPHY AND RESEARCH INTERESTS

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:

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

Eachus, H., Zaucker, A., Oakes, J.A., Griffin, A., Weger, M., Güran, T., Taylor, A., Harris, A., Greenfield, A., Quanson, J.L., Storbeck, K.H., Cunliffe, V.T., Müller, F., Krone, N. (2017) Genetic disruption of 21-hydroxylase in zebrafish causes interrenal hyperplasia. Endocrinology. 158(12):4165-4173

Dorsemans, A.C., Soulé, S., Weger, M., Bourdon, E., Lefebvre d'Hellencourt, C., Meilhac, O., Diotel, N. (2017) Impaired constitutive and regenerative neurogenesis in adult hyperglycemic zebrafish. The Journal of comparative neurology. 525(3):442-458

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

Griffin, A., Parajes, S., Weger, M., Zaucker, A., Taylor, A.E., O'Neil, D.M., Müller, F., Krone, N. (2016) Ferredoxin 1b (Fdx1b) is the essential mitochondrial redox partner for cortisol biosynthesis in zebrafish. Endocrinology. 157(3):1122-34

Tixier, V., Bataillé, L., Etard, C., Jagla, T., Weger, M., Daponte, J.P., Strähle, U., Dickmeis, T., and Jagla, K. (2013) Glycolysis supports embryonic muscle growth by promoting myoblast fusion. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 110(47):18982-7

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

NON-ZEBRAFISH PUBLICATIONS