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Alison J. Barker

Max Planck Institute of NeurobiologyORCID 0000-0001-9103-9258Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:experimental assay· 3 Organism:zebrafish· 2 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 1 Research Focus:genome assembly· 1 Assay:imaging· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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Herwig BaieriD· 2 shared Alexander NateriD· 1 shared Alyssa M. FontanillaiD· 1 shared Archana Lal Erdmann· 1 shared Arndt von HaeseleriD· 1 shared Aurélien A. Grob· 1 shared Bruno M. FontinhaiD· 1 shared Cadia ChaniD· 1 shared

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Decoding the naked mole-rat genome, telomere to telomere

Dustin Sokolowski, Alexander Nater, Mihai Miclăuș, Wenjian Meng, Simon Monis, Wing Yui Ngan, Runjia Qu, Jason Erdmann, Alyssa M. Fontanilla, Vladimir A. Trifonov, DongAhn Yoo, Sana Akhtar Alvi, Alison J. Barker, Odei Barreñada, Jonathan Bayerl, , Gabriel Balmus

The paper presents a telomere-to-telomere genome assembly of the naked mole-rat and compares it with a related species to identify gene losses and duplications associated with unique traits.

bioRxiv · Oct 16, 2026 · PreprintGenomics

TMT-Opsins differentially modulate medaka brain function in a context-dependent fashion

Bruno M. Fontinha, Theresa Zekoll, Mariam Al-Rawi, Miguel Gallach, Florian Reithofer, Alison J. Barker, Maximilian Hofbauer, Ruth M. Fischer, Arndt von Haeseler, Herwig Baier, Kristin Tessmar‐Raible

This paper investigates how TMT-opsins modulate medaka brain function differently in various contexts, revealing non-additive interactions and behavioral impacts.

PLoS Biology · Jan 7, 2021Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

Detection of whole-field luminance changes by superficial interneurons in the zebrafish tectum

Alison J. Barker, Thomas O. Helmbrecht, Aurélien A. Grob, Herwig Baier

The paper investigates the functional properties of zebrafish tectal superficial interneurons (SINs) using imaging and electrophysiology, revealing their response to luminance changes and potential roles in visual processing.

The Journal of Comparative Neurology · Dec 5, 2020Peer-reviewedNeuroscience