Erez Raz

Germ granules act as repositories for RNA and protein molecules essential for zebrafish germline development

This study shows zebrafish germ granules act as RNA and protein reservoirs, not sites of localized translation, and are important for germline development and fertility.

Corrections in single cell migration path in vivo are controlled by pulses in polar Rac1 activation

The paper investigates how periodic changes in cell polarity during migration are controlled by pulsations in Rac1 activity in live zebrafish embryos.

A critical role for VE-cadherin in regulating actin dynamics during endothelial maturation and non-inflammatory activation via a tension-sensitive intermediate state

The paper identifies a tension-sensitive intermediate state in endothelial cells during non-inflammatory activation, which regulates actin dynamics and barrier function through VE-cadherin and MLC-dephosphorylation.

Optochemical control over mRNA translation by photocaged phosphorodiamidate morpholino oligonucleotides in vivo

This paper introduces a method to control mRNA translation in vivo using photocaged morpholino oligonucleotides, enabling light-induced protein production and function studies.

Hand2 delineates mesothelium progenitors and is reactivated in mesothelioma

This study identifies Hand2 as a key regulator of mesothelium progenitors in zebrafish and shows its reactivation in mesothelioma, linking developmental processes to disease.

Zebrafish dazl regulates cystogenesis upstream of the meiotic transition and germline stem cell specification and independent of meiotic checkpoints.

This study shows that zebrafish dazl is essential for cystogenesis, germline stem cell specification, and fertility by regulating incomplete cytokinesis and meiotic entry.