2023
Generation of ventralized human thalamic organoids with thalamic reticular nucleus
Kiral F, Cakir B, Tanaka Y, Kim J, Yang W, Wehbe F, Kang Y, Zhong M, Sancer G, Lee S, Xiang Y, Park I. Generation of ventralized human thalamic organoids with thalamic reticular nucleus. Cell Stem Cell 2023, 30: 677-688.e5. PMID: 37019105, PMCID: PMC10329908, DOI: 10.1016/j.stem.2023.03.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman embryonic stem cellsSingle-cell RNA sequencingReceptor tyrosine protein kinaseTyrosine protein kinaseEmbryonic stem cellsDisease-associated genesLineage developmentRNA sequencingHuman brain developmentOrganoid systemsStem cellsHuman brain organoidsNeuronal functionBrain organoidsOrganoidsBrain organoid systemsDistinct nucleiBrain developmentThalamic developmentPTCHD1NucleusKinaseGenesSequencing
2021
Systematic functional analysis of Rab GTPases reveals limits of neuronal robustness to environmental challenges in flies
Kohrs F, Daumann I, Pavlovic B, Jin E, Kiral F, Lin S, Port F, Wolfenberg H, Mathejczyk T, Linneweber G, Chan C, Boutros M, Hiesinger P. Systematic functional analysis of Rab GTPases reveals limits of neuronal robustness to environmental challenges in flies. ELife 2021, 10: e59594. PMID: 33666175, PMCID: PMC8016483, DOI: 10.7554/elife.59594.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRab GTPasesMembrane traffickingSystematic functional analysisObvious morphological defectsAutophagy-independent roleMutant collectionNull mutantsFertile fliesMaintenance defectsGTPasesNeuronal robustnessFunctional analysisMolecular switchMorphological defectsUnknown functionHalf exhibitMutantsFliesNeuronal functionGenesTraffickingEnvironmental challengesRabRab26Nervous system
2020
Generation and characterization of inner photoreceptor‐specific enhancer‐trap lines using a novel piggyBac‐Gal4 element in Drosophila
Kara E, Kiral F, Çolak A, Çelik A. Generation and characterization of inner photoreceptor‐specific enhancer‐trap lines using a novel piggyBac‐Gal4 element in Drosophila. Archives Of Insect Biochemistry And Physiology 2020, 104: e21675. PMID: 32285519, DOI: 10.1002/arch.21675.Peer-Reviewed Original Research