Ms Carmen Sonntag - Researcher Profile

Biography

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

Qualifications

ZOOLOGY AND MICROBIOLOGY

Institution: University of Karlsruhe

Year awarded: 2000

Publications

Journal Articles

Asharani, P.V., Keupp, K., Semler, O., Wang, W., Li, Y., Thiele, H., Yigit, G., Pohl, E., Becker, J., Frommolt, P., Sonntag, C., Altmuller, J., Zimmermann, K., Greenspan, D.S., Akarsu, N.A., Netzer, C., Shonau, E., Wirth, R., Hammerschmidt, M., Nurnberg, P., Wollnik, B., Carney, T.J., 2012, Attenuated BMP1 function compromises osteogenesis, leading to bone fragility in humans and zebrafish, American Journal Of Human Genetics [P], vol 90, issue 4, Cell Press, USA, pp. 661-674.

Sztal, T.E., Sonntag, C., Hall, T.E., Currie, P.D., 2012, Epistatic dissection of laminin - receptor interactions in dystrophic zebrafish muscle, Human Molecular Genetics [P], vol 21, issue 21, Oxford University Press, UK, pp. 4718-4731.

Nguyen Chi, M.E., Bryson-Richardson, R.J., Sonntag, C., Hall, T.E., Gibson, A.J., Sztal, T.E., Chua, W.C., Schilling, T.F., Currie, P.D., 2012, Morphogenesis and cell fate determination within the adaxial cell equivalence group of the zebrafish myotome, Plos Genetics [P], vol 8, issue 10 (Art. No: e1003014), Public Library of Science, United States, pp. 1-16.

Johnson, J.F., Hall, T.E., Dyson, J.M., Sonntag, C., Ayers, K.L., Berger, S., Gautier, P., Mitchell, C.A., Hollway, G.E., Currie, P.D., 2012, Scube activity is necessary for Hedgehog signal transduction in vivo, Developmental Biology [P], vol 368, issue 2, Academic Press, USA, pp. 193-202.

Carney, T.J., Feitosa, N.M., Sonntag, C., Slanchev, K., Kluger, J., Kiyozumi, D., Gebauer, J.M., Talbot, J.C., Kimmel, C.B., Sekiguchi, K., Wagener, R., Schwarz, H., Ingham, P.W., Hammerschmidt, M., 2010, Genetic analysis of fin development in zebrafish identifies Furin and Hemicentin1 as potential novel Fraser Syndrome disease genes, Plos Genetics [P], vol 6, issue 4 (Art. No: e1000907), Public Library of Science, USA, pp. 1-22.

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.

Laue, K., Janicke, M., Plaster, N., Sonntag, C., Hammerschmidt, M., 2008, Restriction of retinoic acid activity by Cyp26b1 is required for proper timing and patterning of osteogenesis during zebrafish development, Development [P], vol 135, issue 22, The Company of Biologists Ltd., UK, pp. 3775-3787.

Carney, T.J., von der Hardt, S., Sonntag, C., Amsterdam, A., Topczewski, J., Hopkins, N., Hammerschmidt, M., 2007, Inactivation of serine protease Matriptase1a by its inhibitor Hai1 is required for epithelial integrity of the zebrafish epidermis, Development [P], vol 134, issue 19, The Company of Biologists Ltd., UK, pp. 3461-3471.

Plaster, N., Sonntag, C., Schilling, T.F., Hammerschmidt, M., 2007, REREa/Atrophin-2 interacts with histone deacetylase and Fgf8 signaling to regulate multiple processes of zebrafish development, Developmental Dynamics [P], vol 236, issue 7, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., USA, pp. 1891-1904.

Nica, G., Herzog, W., Sonntag, C., Nowak, M., Schwarz, H., Zapata, A.G., Hammerschmidt, M., 2006, Eya1 is required for lineage-specific differentiation, but not for cell survival in the zebrafish adenohypophysis, Developmental Biology [P], vol 292, issue 1, Academic Press, USA, pp. 189-204.

Plaster, N., Sonntag, C., Busse, C.E., Hammerschmidt, M., 2006, p53 deficiency rescues apoptosis and differentiation of multiple cell types in zebrafish flathead mutants deficient for zygotic DNA polymerase delta1, Cell Death and Differentiation [P], vol 13, issue 2, Nature Publishing Group, UK, pp. 223-235.

Herzog, W., Sonntag, C., von der Hardt, S., Roehl, H.H., Varga, Z.M., Hammerschmidt, M., 2004, Fgf3 signaling from the ventral diencephalon is required for early specification and subsequent survival of the zebrafish adenohypophysis, Development [P], vol 131, issue 15, The Company of Biologists Ltd., UK, pp. 3681-3692.

Herzog, W., Sonntag, C., Walderich, B., Odenthal, J., Maischein, H., Hammerschmidt, M., 2004, Genetic analysis of adenohypophysis formation in zebrafish, Molecular Endocrinology [P], vol 18, issue 5, The Endocrine Society, USA, pp. 1185-1195.

Nica, G., Herzog, W., Sonntag, C., Hammerschmidt, M., 2004, Zebrafish pit1 mutants lack three pituitary cell types and develop severe dwarfism, Molecular Endocrinology [P], vol 18, issue 5, The Endocrine Society, USA, pp. 1196-1209.

Herzog, W., Zeng, X., Lele, Z., Sonntag, C., Ting, J., Chang, C., Hammerschmidt, M., 2003, Adenohypophysis formation in the zebrafish and its dependence on sonic hedgehog, Developmental Biology [P], vol 254, issue 1, Academic Press, USA, pp. 36-49.

Sures, B., Zimmermann, S., Sonntag, C., Stuben, D., Taraschewski, H., 2003, The acanthocephalan Paratenuisentis ambiguus as a sensitive indicator of the precious metals Pt and Rh from automobile catalytic converters, Environmental Pollution [P], vol 122, issue 3, Pergamon, UK, pp. 401-405.