Publications

PubMed link to all our publications here.

2024

• Yun Zhang., Hsin-Ho Sung., Anna B Ziegler., Ying-Chieh Wu., Ricardo Viais., Carlos Sánchez-Huertas., Lukas Kilo., Fikret-Gürkan Agrican., Ying-Ju Cheng., Kousuke Mouri., Tadashi Uemura., Jens Lüders., Cheng-Ting Chien., and Gaia Tavosanis. 2024. Augmin complex activity fine-tunes dendrite morphology through non-centrosomal microtubule nucleation in vivo. J. Cell Sci.
  https://journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/doi/10.1242/jcs.261512/346505/Augmin-complex-activity-fine-tunes-dendrite

2023

• Nitta, Y., Kawai, H., Maki, R., Osaka, J., Hakeda-Suzuki, S., Nagai, Y., Doubková, K., Uehara, T., Watanabe, K., Kosaki, K., Suzuki, T., Tavosanis, G., Sugie, A., 2023. Direct evaluation of neuroaxonal degeneration with the causative genes of neurodegenerative diseases in Drosophila using the automated axon quantification system, MeDUsA. Hum. Mol. Genet. 32,
  1524–1538. https://doi.org/10.1093/hmg/ddac307.

2022

• Richard, M., Doubková, K., Nitta, Y., Kawai, H., Sugie, A., Tavosanis, G., 2022. A quantitative model of sporadic axonal degeneration in the drosophila visual system. J. Neurosci. 42,
  4937–4952. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2115-21.2022.
  
  
• Stürner, T., Ferreira Castro, A., Philipps, M., Cuntz, H., Tavosanis, G., 2022. The branching code: A model of actin-driven dendrite arborization. Cell Rep.
  39, 110746. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2022.110746.
  
  
• Wilson Horch, H., Rössler, W., Tavosanis, G., 2022. Editorial: structural plasticity of invertebrate neural systems. Front. Physiol.
  13, 874999. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2022.874999.

2021

• Baltruschat, L., Prisco, L., Ranft, P., Lauritzen, J.S., Fiala, A., Bock, D.D., Tavosanis, G., 2021. Circuit reorganization in the Drosophila mushroom body calyx accompanies memory consolidation. Cell Rep.
  34, 108871. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2021.108871.
  
  
• Kilo, L., Stürner, T., Tavosanis, G., Ziegler, A.B., 2021. Drosophila dendritic arborisation neurons: fantastic actin dynamics and where to find them. Cells
  10. https://doi.org/10.3390/cells10102777.
  
  
• Prisco, L., Deimel, S.H., Yeliseyeva, H., Fiala, A., Tavosanis, G., 2021. The anterior paired lateral neuron normalizes odour-evoked activity in the Drosophila mushroom body calyx. eLife
  10. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.74172.
  
  
• Tavosanis, G., 2021. Dendrite enlightenment. Curr. Opin. Neurobiol.
  69, 222–230. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conb.2021.05.001.

2020

• Ferreira Castro, A., Baltruschat, L., Stürner, T., Bahrami, A., Jedlicka, P., Tavosanis, G., Cuntz, H., 2020. Achieving functional neuronal dendrite structure through sequential stochastic growth and retraction. eLife
  9. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.60920.

2019

• Marchetti, G., Tavosanis, G., 2019. Modulators of hormonal response regulate temporal fate specification in the Drosophila brain. PLoS Genet.
  15, e1008491. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1008491.
  
  
• Stürner, T., Tatarnikova, A., Mueller, J., Schaffran, B., Cuntz, H., Zhang, Y., Nemethova, M., Bogdan, S., Small, V., Tavosanis, G., 2019. Transient localization of the Arp2/3 complex initiates neuronal dendrite branching in vivo. Development
  146. https://doi.org/10.1242/dev.171397.
  
  
• Ziegler, A.B., Tavosanis, G., 2019. Glycerophospholipids – Emerging players in neuronal dendrite branching and outgrowth. Dev. Biol.
  451, 25–34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ydbio.2018.12.009.

2018

• Sugie, A., Marchetti, G., Tavosanis, G., 2018. Structural aspects of plasticity in the nervous system of Drosophila. Neural Dev.
  13, 14. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13064-018-0111-z.

2017

• Marchetti, G., Tavosanis, G., 2017. Steroid hormone ecdysone signaling specifies mushroom body neuron sequential fate via chinmo. Curr. Biol.
  27, 3017-3024.e4. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2017.08.037.
  
  
• Richard, M., Bauer, R., Tavosanis, G., Hoch, M., 2017. The gap junction protein Innexin3 is required for eye disc growth in Drosophila. Dev. Biol.
  425, 191–207. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ydbio.2017.04.001.
  
  
• Sugie, A., Möhl, C., Hakeda-Suzuki, S., Matsui, H., Suzuki, T., Tavosanis, G., 2017. Analyzing Synaptic Modulation of Drosophila melanogaster Photoreceptors after Exposure to Prolonged Light.
  J. Vis. Exp. https://doi.org/10.3791/55176.
  
  
• Ziegler, A.B., Thiele, C., Tenedini, F., Richard, M., Leyendecker, P., Hoermann, A., Soba, P., Tavosanis, G., 2017. Cell-Autonomous Control of Neuronal Dendrite Expansion via the Fatty Acid Synthesis Regulator SREBP. Cell Rep.
  21, 3346–3353. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2017.11.069.

2016

• Stürner, T., Tavosanis, G., 2016. Rotating for elongation: Fat2 whips for the race. J. Cell Biol.
  212, 487–489. https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.201601091.

2015

• Sugie, A., Hakeda-Suzuki, S., Suzuki, E., Silies, M., Shimozono, M., Möhl, C., Suzuki, T., Tavosanis, G., 2015. Molecular Remodeling of the Presynaptic Active Zone of Drosophila Photoreceptors via Activity-Dependent Feedback. Neuron
  86, 711–725. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2015.03.046.

2013

• Berger-Müller, S., Sugie, A., Takahashi, F., Tavosanis, G., Hakeda-Suzuki, S., Suzuki, T., 2013. Assessing the role of cell-surface molecules in central synaptogenesis in the Drosophila visual system. PLoS ONE
  8, e83732. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0083732.

2012

• Nagel, J., Delandre, C., Zhang, Y., Förstner, F., Moore, A.W., Tavosanis, G., 2012. Fascin controls neuronal class-specific dendrite arbor morphology. Development
  139, 2999–3009. https://doi.org/10.1242/dev.077800.
  
  
• Tavosanis, G., 2012. Dendritic structural plasticity. Dev. Neurobiol.
  72, 73–86. https://doi.org/10.1002/dneu.20951.

2011

• Christiansen, F., Zube, C., Andlauer, T.F.M., Wichmann, C., Fouquet, W., Owald, D., Mertel, S., Leiss, F., Tavosanis, G., Luna, A.J.F., Fiala, A., Sigrist, S.J., 2011. Presynapses in Kenyon cell dendrites in the mushroom body calyx of Drosophila. J. Neurosci.
  31, 9696–9707. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.6542-10.2011.

2010

• Kremer, M.C., Christiansen, F., Leiss, F., Paehler, M., Knapek, S., Andlauer, T.F.M., Förstner, F., Kloppenburg, P., Sigrist, S.J., Tavosanis, G., 2010. Structural long-term changes at mushroom body input synapses. Curr. Biol.
  20, 1938–1944. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2010.09.060.

2009

• Leiss, F., Groh, C., Butcher, N.J., Meinertzhagen, I.A., Tavosanis, G., 2009a. Synaptic organization in the adult Drosophila mushroom body calyx. J. Comp. Neurol.
  517, 808–824. https://doi.org/10.1002/cne.22184.
  
  
• Leiss, F., Koper, E., Hein, I., Fouquet, W., Lindner, J., Sigrist, S., Tavosanis, G., 2009b. Characterization of dendritic spines in the Drosophila central nervous system. Dev. Neurobiol.
  69, 221–234. https://doi.org/10.1002/dneu.20699.

2008

• Dimitrova, S., Reissaus, A., Tavosanis, G., 2008. Slit and Robo regulate dendrite branching and elongation of space-filling neurons in Drosophila. Dev. Biol.
  324, 18–30. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ydbio.2008.08.028.

2003

• Petritsch, C., Tavosanis, G., Turck, C.W., Jan, L.Y., Jan, Y.N., 2003. The Drosophila myosin VI Jaguar is required for basal protein targeting and correct spindle orientation in mitotic neuroblasts. Dev. Cell
  4, 273–281. https://doi.org/10.1016/s1534-5807(03)00020-0.
  
  
• Tavosanis, G., Gonzalez, C., 2003. gamma-Tubulin function during female germ-cell development and oogenesis in Drosophila. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA
  100, 10263–10268. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1731925100.

1999

• Llamazares, S., Tavosanis, G., Gonzalez, C., 1999. Cytological characterisation of the mutant phenotypes produced during early embryogenesis by null and loss-of-function alleles of the gammaTub37C gene in Drosophila. J. Cell Sci.
  112 ( Pt 5), 659–667. https://doi.org/10.1242/jcs.112.5.659.

1998

• González, C., Tavosanis, G., Mollinari, C., 1998. Centrosomes and microtubule organisation during Drosophila development. J. Cell Sci. 111 ( Pt 18),
  2697–2706. https://doi.org/10.1242/jcs.111.18.2697.

1997

• Simili, M., Pellerano, P., Pigullo, S., Tavosanis, G., Ottaggio, L., de Saint-Georges, L., Bonatti, S., 1997. 6DMAP inhibition of early cell cycle events and induction of mitotic abnormalities. Mutagenesis
  12, 313–319. https://doi.org/10.1093/mutage/12.5.313.
  
  
• Tavosanis, G., Llamazares, S., Goulielmos, G., Gonzalez, C., 1997. Essential role for gamma-tubulin in the acentriolar female meiotic spindle of Drosophila. EMBO J.
  16, 1809–1819. https://doi.org/10.1093/emboj/16.8.1809.

1995

• Simili, M., Pellerano, P., Tavosanis, G., Arena, G., Bonatti, S., Abbondandolo, A., 1995. The induction of aneuploidy by alkylated purines: effects on early and late cell cycle events. Mutagenesis
  10, 105–111. https://doi.org/10.1093/mutage/10.2.105.