boris.egger@unifr.ch
 +41 26 300 8881
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8551-9140

• Head of Bioimage Core Facility
• Lecturer in Light Microscopy
• Lecturer in Neurogenetics

Research and publications

• Publications
  31 publications

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  Book. Boris Egger (ed. by), Neurogenetics: Current Topics in Cellular and Developmental Neurobiology (Springer International Publishing, 2023)
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  Journal article. Rohan Chippalkatti and Boris Egger and Beat Suter, Jean-René Huynh, “Mms19 promotes spindle microtubule assembly in Drosophila neural stem cells”, PLOS Genetics 16.11 (19.11.2020), p. e1008913
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  Journal article. Martin Baccino-Calace and Daniel Prieto and Rafael Cantera and Boris Egger, “Compartment and cell-type specific hypoxia responses in the developing <i>Drosophila</i> brain”, Biology Open 9.8 (15.8.2020)
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  Book chapter. Karolina Miszczak and Boris Egger, “Live Cell Imaging of Neural Stem Cells in the Drosophila Larval Brain”, in Methods in Molecular Biology (Springer New York, 2020), p. 153–160
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  Journal article. Adrien Vaquié and Alizée Sauvain and Mert Duman and Gianluigi Nocera and Boris Egger and Felix Meyenhofer and Laurent Falquet and Luca Bartesaghi and Roman Chrast and Christophe Maurice Lamy and Seokyoung Bang and Seung-Ryeol Lee and Noo Li Jeon and Sophie Ruff and Claire Jacob, “Injured Axons Instruct Schwann Cells to Build Constricting Actin Spheres to Accelerate Axonal Disintegration”, Cell Reports 27.11 (6.2019), p. 3152–3166.e7
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  Book chapter. Boris Egger and Simon G. Sprecher, “Super-Resolution STED and STORM/PALM Microscopy for Brain Imaging”, in Advanced Optical Methods for Brain Imaging (Springer Singapore, 2019), p. 245–258
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  Journal article. Esteban G. Contreras and Boris Egger and Katrina S. Gold and Andrea H. Brand, “Dynamic Notch signalling regulates neural stem cell state progression in the Drosophila optic lobe”, Neural Development 13.1 (12.2018)
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  Journal article. Yves F Widmer and Cornelia Fritsch and Magali M Jungo and Silvia Almeida and Boris Egger and Simon G Sprecher, “Multiple neurons encode CrebB dependent appetitive long-term memory in the mushroom body circuit”, eLife 7 (22.10.2018)
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  Journal article. Abhishek Kumar Mishra and F. Javier Bernardo-Garcia and Cornelia Fritsch and Tim-Henning Humberg and Boris Egger and Simon G. Sprecher, Justin Kumar, “Patterning mechanisms diversify neuroepithelial domains in the Drosophila optic placode”, PLOS Genetics 14.4 (20.4.2018), p. e1007353
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  Journal article. Anjana Ramdas Nair and Priyanka Singh and David Salvador Garcia and David Rodriguez-Crespo and Boris Egger and Clemens Cabernard, “The Microcephaly-Associated Protein Wdr62/CG7337 Is Required to Maintain Centrosome Asymmetry in Drosophila Neuroblasts”, Cell Reports 14.5 (2.2016), p. 1100–1113
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  Journal article. Tvisha Misra and Martin Baccino-Calace and Felix Meyenhofer and David Rodriguez-Crespo and Hatice Akarsu and Ricardo Armenta-Calderón and Thomas A. Gorr and Christian Frei and Rafael Cantera and Boris Egger and Stefan Luschnig, “A genetically encoded biosensor for visualizing hypoxia responses<i>in vivo</i>”, Biology Open (1.1.2016)
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  Journal article. Valérie Brügger and Stefanie Engler and Jorge A. Pereira and Sophie Ruff and Michael Horn and Hans Welzl and Emmanuelle Münger and Adrien Vaquié and Páris N. M. Sidiropoulos and Boris Egger and Peter Yotovski and Luis Filgueira and Christian Somandin and Tessa C. Lühmann and Maurizio D’Antonio and Teppei Yamaguchi and Patrick Matthias and Ueli Suter and Claire Jacob, Ben A. Barres, “HDAC1/2-Dependent P0 Expression Maintains Paranodal and Nodal Integrity Independently of Myelin Stability through Interactions with Neurofascins”, PLOS Biology 13.9 (25.9.2015), p. e1002258
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  Journal article. Oriane Guillermin and Benjamin Perruchoud and Simon G. Sprecher and Boris Egger, “Characterization of tailless functions during Drosophila optic lobe formation”, Developmental Biology 405.2 (9.2015), p. 202–213
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  Journal article. Nick Lowe and Johanna S. Rees and John Roote and Ed Ryder and Irina M. Armean and Glynnis Johnson and Emma Drummond and Helen Spriggs and Jenny Drummond and Jose P. Magbanua and Huw Naylor and Bénédicte Sanson and Rebecca Bastock and Sven Huelsmann and Vitor Trovisco and Matthias Landgraf and Seymour Knowles-Barley and J. Douglas Armstrong and Helen White-Cooper and Celia Hansen and Roger G. Phillips and Kathryn S. Lilley and Steven Russell and Daniel St Johnston and, “Analysis of the expression patterns, subcellular localisations and interaction partners of <i>Drosophila</i> proteins using a <i>pigP</i> protein trap library”, Development 141.20 (15.10.2014), p. 3994–4005
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  Book chapter. Benjamin Perruchoud and Boris Egger, “Immunofluorescent Labeling of Neural Stem Cells in the Drosophila Optic Lobe”, in Methods in Molecular Biology (Humana Press, 2014), p. 71–78
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  Journal article. Tony D. Southall and Katrina S. Gold and Boris Egger and Catherine M. Davidson and Elizabeth E. Caygill and Owen J. Marshall and Andrea H. Brand, “Cell-Type-Specific Profiling of Gene Expression and Chromatin Binding without Cell Isolation: Assaying RNA Pol II Occupancy in Neural Stem Cells”, Developmental Cell 26.1 (7.2013), p. 101–112
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  Journal article. Boris Egger and Lena van Giesen and Manuela Moraru and Simon G Sprecher, “In vitro imaging of primary neural cell culture from Drosophila”, Nature Protocols 8.5 (5.2013), p. 958–965
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  Journal article. Manuela M Moraru and Boris Egger and Diarra B Bao and Simon G Sprecher, “Analysis of cell identity, morphology, apoptosis and mitotic activity in a primary neural cell culture system in Drosophila”, Neural Development 7.1 (12.2012)
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  Journal article. null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, “Regulating the balance between symmetric and asymmetric stem cell division in the developing brain.”, Fly (2011)
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  Journal article. null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, “Notch regulates the switch from symmetric to asymmetric neural stem cell division in the Drosophila optic lobe.”, Development (Cambridge, England) (9.2010)
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  Journal article. null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, “Cell proliferation in the Drosophila adult brain revealed by clonal analysis and bromodeoxyuridine labelling.”, Neural development (3.2009)
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  Journal article. null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, “Asymmetric stem cell division: lessons from Drosophila.”, Seminars in cell & developmental biology (6.2008)
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  Journal article. null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, “Regulation of self-renewal and differentiation in the Drosophila nervous system.”, Cold Spring Harbor symposia on quantitative biology (2008)
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  Journal article. null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, “Insights into neural stem cell biology from flies.”, Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences (1.2008)
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  Journal article. null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, “Regulation of spindle orientation and neural stem cell fate in the Drosophila optic lobe.”, Neural development (1.2007)
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  Journal article. null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, “The egghead gene is required for compartmentalization in Drosophila optic lobe development.”, Developmental biology (11.2005)
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  Journal article. null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, “Transcriptional signature of an adult brain tumor in Drosophila.”, BMC genomics (4.2004)
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  Journal article. null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, “Gliogenesis in Drosophila: genome-wide analysis of downstream genes of glial cells missing in the embryonic nervous system.”, Development (Cambridge, England) (7.2002)
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  Journal article. null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, “Functional equivalence of Hox gene products in the specification of the tritocerebrum during embryonic brain development of Drosophila.”, Development (Cambridge, England) (12.2001)
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  Journal article. null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, “Identification of candidate downstream genes for the homeodomain transcription factor Labial in Drosophila through oligonucleotide-array transcript imaging.”, Genome biology (2001)
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  Journal article. null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, “Quantitative transcript imaging in normal and heat-shocked Drosophila embryos by using high-density oligonucleotide arrays.”, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (10.2000)
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