Dr Joachim Berger - Researcher Profile

Biography

Joachim works in the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing & Health Sciences at Monash University as a Senior Research Fellow.

Qualifications

DOKTOR DER NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN (DR.RER.NAT.)

Institution: University of Cologne, Germany

Year awarded: 2003

MASTER OF SCIENCE IN BIOLOGY

Institution: University of Cologne, Germany

Year awarded: 1998

MASTER OF SCIENCE IN CHEMISTRY

Institution: University of Cologne, Germany

Year awarded: 1997

Publications

Journal Articles

Berger, J., Sztal, T.E., Currie, P.D., 2012, Quantification of birefringence readily measures the level of muscle damage in zebrafish, Biochemical And Biophysical Research Communications [P], vol 423, issue 4, Academic Press, USA, pp. 785-788.

Berger, J., Currie, P.D., 2012, Zebrafish models flex their muscles to shed light on muscular dystrophies, Disease Models and Mechanisms [P], vol 5, issue 6, he Company of Biologists Ltd, UK, pp. 726-732.

Berger, J., Berger, S., Jacoby, A., Wilton, S., Currie, P., 2011, Evaluation of exon-skipping strategies for Duchenne muscular dystrophy utilizing dystrophin-deficient zebrafish, Journal Of Cellular And Molecular Medicine [P], vol 15, issue 12, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd, UK, pp. 2643-2651.

Berger, J., Berger, S., Hall, T.E., Lieschke, G.J., Currie, P.D., 2010, Dystrophin-deficient zebrafish feature aspects of the Duchenne muscular dystrophy pathology, Neuromuscular Disorders [P], vol 20, issue 12, Elsevier Ltd, UK, pp. 826-832.

Davis, N., Yoffe, C., Raviv, S., Antes, R., Berger, J., Holzmann, S., Stoykova, A., Overbeek, P.A., Tamm, E.R., Ashery-Padan, R., 2009, Pax6 dosage requirements in iris and ciliary body differentiation, Developmental Biology [P], vol 333, issue 1, Academic Press, USA, pp. 132-142.

Jacoby, A.S., Busch-Nentwich, E., Bryson-Richardson, R.J., Hall, T.E., Berger, J., Berger, S., Sonntag, C., Sachs, C., Geisler, R., Stemple, D., Currie, P.D., 2009, The zebrafish dystrophic mutant softy maintains muscle fibre viability despite basement membrane rupture and muscledetachment, Development [P], vol 136, issue 19, The Company of Biologists Ltd, UK, pp. 3367-3376.

Berger, J., Berger, S., Tuoc, T.C., D'Amelio, M., Cecconi, F., Gorski, J.A., Jones, K.R., Gruss, P., Stoykova, A., 2007, Conditional activation of Pax6 in the developing cortex of transgenic mice causes progenitor apoptosis, Development [P], vol 134, issue 7, The Company of Biologists Ltd., UK, pp. 1311-1322.

Collombat, P., Hecksher-Sorensen, J., Krull, J., Berger, J., Riedel, D., Herrera, P.L., Serup, P., Mansouri, A., 2007, Embryonic endocrine pancreas and mature beta cells acquire alpha and PP cell phenotypes upon Arx misexpression, Journal of Clinical Investigation [P], vol 117, issue 4, American Society for Clinical Investigation, USA, pp. 961-970.

Berger, J., Currie, P., 2007, The role of zebrafish in chemical genetics, Current Medicinal Chemistry [P], vol 14, issue 22, Bentham Science Publishers Ltd., Netherlands, pp. 2413-2420.

Hall, T.E., Bryson-Richardson, R.J., Berger, S., Jacoby, A.S., Cole, N.J., Hollway, G.E., Berger, J., Currie, P.D., 2007, The zebrafish candyfloss mutant implicates extracellular matrix adhesion failure in laminin alpha2-deficient congenital muscular dystrophy, Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America [P], vol 104, issue 17, National Academy of Sciences, USA, pp. 7092-7097.

Muller, M., Berger, J., Gersdorff, N., Cecconi, F., Herken, R., Quondamatteo, F., 2005, Localization of Apaf1 gene expression in the early development of the mouse by means of in situ reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction, Developmental Dynamics [P], vol 234, issue 1, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., USA, pp. 215-221.

Nitsche, M., Hermann, R.M., Christiansen, H., Berger, J., Pradier, O., 2005, Rationale for Individualized Therapy in Sinonasal Teratocarcinosarcoma (SNTC): Case Report, Onkologie [P], vol 28, issue 12, S. Karger AG, Switzerland, pp. 653-656.

Berger, J., Berger, S., Scardigli, R., Guillemot, F., Gruss, P., Stoykova, A., 2004, E1-Ngn2/Cre is a new line for regional activation of Cre recombinase in the developing CNS, Genesis [P], vol 40, issue 4, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., USA, pp. 195-199.

Haubst, N., Berger, J., Radjendirane, V., Graw, J., Favor, J., Saunders, G.F., Stoykova, A., Gotz, M., 2004, Molecular dissection of Pax6 function: The specific roles of the paired domain and homeodomain in brain development, Development [P], vol 131, issue 24, The Company of Biologists Ltd., UK, pp. 6131-6140.

Geisler, M., Kolukisaoglu, H.U., Bouchard, R., Billion, K., Berger, J., Saal, B., Frangne, N., Koncz-Kalman, Z., Koncz, C., Dudler, R., Blakeslee, J.J., Murphy, A.S., Martinoia, E., Schulz, B., 2003, TWISTED DWARF1, a unique plasma membrane-anchored immunophilin-like protein, interacts with Arabidopsis multidrug resistance-like transporters AtPGP1 and AtPGP19, Molecular Biology of the Cell [P], vol 14, issue 10, American Society for Cell Biology, USA, pp. 4238-4249.