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Markus Westphal

Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden

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Organism:zebrafish· 4 Approach:experimental assay· 3 Assay:scRNA-seq· 3 Approach:statistical model· 3 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 2 Research Focus:cell-cell communication· 2 Research Focus:differential expression· 2 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 2

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Baseline regulatory programs in larval and adult neural progenitors converge towards an injury-induced state after spinal cord injury

Mehmet İlyas Coşacak, Dmitrii Severinov, Markus Westphal, Kim Heilemann, Denise Baerhold, Anja Bretschneider, Susanne Reinhardt, Juliana G. Roscito, Thomas Becker, Catherina Gwynne Becker, Anna R. Poetsch

The paper compares regulatory changes in larval and adult zebrafish spinal progenitors after injury, showing they converge to a lesion-reactive state with distinct gene expression patterns.

bioRxiv · Aug 10, 2026 · PreprintBioinformatics

Spinal injury induces a stem cell-like progenitor state that promotes regenerative neurogenesis via clcf1 in zebrafish.

Markus Westphal, Rachel Branch, Alberto Docampo-Seara, Mehmet İlyas Coşacak, Ekaterina Logvinova, Maia Bellia, Shaoyun Cheng, Themistoklis M. Tsarouchas, Anja Bretschneider, Daniela Zoeller, Ruoqi Shen, Luisa Scucces, Denise Baerhold, Thomas Becker, Catherina G. Becker

The paper identifies an injury-induced stem cell-like state in zebrafish ERGs that promotes regenerative neurogenesis through lin28a and clcf1.

bioRxiv · Jun 30, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience

Wound closure after brain injury relies on force generation by microglia in zebrafish

François El-Daher, Louisa K. Drake, Stephen J. Enos, Daniel Wehner, Markus Westphal, Nicola J. Porter, Catherina Gwynne Becker, Thomas Matthias Becker

This study shows that microglia generate force to close brain wounds in zebrafish by contracting tissue through physical traction.

Life Science Alliance · Oct 17, 2024Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

Microglia attenuate regenerative neurogenesis via sema4ab after spinal cord injury in zebrafish

Alberto Docampo-Seara, Mehmet İlyas Coşacak, Kim Heilemann, Friederike Kessel, Ana‐Maria Oprişoreanu, Markus Westphal, Özge Çark, Daniela Zöller, Josi Arnold, Anja Bretschneider, Alisa Hnatiuk, Nikolay Ninov, Catherina Gwynne Becker, Thomas Becker

This study shows that sema4ab in microglia suppresses regenerative neurogenesis after spinal cord injury in zebrafish by altering microglia activation and fibroblast cytokine expression.

bioRxiv · Oct 16, 2024 · PreprintNeuroscience