List of works by Ulrich Technau

A cadherin switch marks germ layer formation in the diploblastic sea anemone Nematostella vectensis

scientific article published on 11 October 2019

A genomic view of 500 million years of cnidarian evolution

scientific article

A muscle-specific transgenic reporter line of the sea anemone, Nematostella vectensis.

scientific article

Analysis of forkhead and snail expression reveals epithelial-mesenchymal transitions during embryonic and larval development of Nematostella vectensis.

scientific article

Analysis of soluble protein contents from the nematocysts of a model sea anemone sheds light on venom evolution

scientific article published on 15 November 2012

Ancient animal genome architecture reflects cell type identities

scientific article published on 05 August 2019

Anti-acetylated tubulin antibody staining and phalloidin staining in the starlet sea anemone Nematostella vectensis.

scientific article published in September 2009

Arrested apoptosis of nurse cells during Hydra oogenesis and embryogenesis

scientific article published in August 2003

Asymmetric expression of the BMP antagonists chordin and gremlin in the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis: implications for the evolution of axial patterning

scientific article published on 7 June 2006

BMPs and chordin regulate patterning of the directive axis in a sea anemone.

scholarly article

Brachyury, the blastopore and the evolution of the mesoderm.

scientific article

Bromodeoxyuridine labeling of S-phase nuclei in the starlet sea anemone Nematostella vectensis.

scientific article published in September 2009

Characterization of myostatin/gdf8/11 in the starlet sea anemone Nematostella vectensis

scientific article

Characterization of the piRNA pathway during development of the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis.

scientific article published on 7 August 2017

Cnidarian microRNAs frequently regulate targets by cleavage

scientific article (publication date: April 2014)

Cnidarians: an evolutionarily conserved model system for regeneration?

scientific article

Complex functions of Mef2 splice variants in the differentiation of endoderm and of a neuronal cell type in a sea anemone.

scientific article published on 17 October 2011

Convergent evolution of a vertebrate-like methylome in a marine sponge

scientific article published on 26 September 2019

Development and epithelial organisation of muscle cells in the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis

scientific article published on 18 June 2014

Divergent functions of two ancient Hydra Brachyury paralogues suggest specific roles for their C-terminal domains in tissue fate induction.

scientific article published in December 2007

Early development and axis specification in the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis.

scientific article published on 31 July 2007

Evolution of Brachyury proteins: identification of a novel regulatory domain conserved within Bilateria

scientific article (publication date: 15 August 2003)

Evolution of the bilaterian larval foregut

scientific article (publication date: 4 January 2001)

Evolutionary conservation of the eumetazoan gene regulatory landscape

scientific article published on 18 March 2014

Evolutionary crossroads in developmental biology: Cnidaria

scientific article (publication date: April 2011)

FGF signalling controls formation of the apical sensory organ in the cnidarian Nematostella vectensis.

scientific article published in May 2008

Gastrulation in the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis occurs by invagination and immigration: an ultrastructural study.

scientific article

Gut-like ectodermal tissue in a sea anemone challenges germ layer homology.

scientific article published on 11 September 2017

How do environmental factors influence life cycles and development? An experimental framework for early-diverging metazoans

scientific article

Hyzic, the Hydra homolog of the zic/odd-paired gene, is involved in the early specification of the sensory nematocytes

scientific article published in January 2004

In situ hybridization of starlet sea anemone (Nematostella vectensis) embryos, larvae, and polyps.

scientific article published in September 2009

Independent evolution of striated muscles in cnidarians and bilaterians.

scientific article

Induction of gametogenesis in the basal cnidarian Nematostella vectensis(Anthozoa).

scientific article

Induction of spawning in the starlet sea anemone Nematostella vectensis, in vitro fertilization of gametes, and dejellying of zygotes

scientific article published on 01 September 2009

Maintenance of ancestral complexity and non-metazoan genes in two basal cnidarians

scientific article

Molecular analysis of heparan sulfate biosynthetic enzyme machinery and characterization of heparan sulfate structure in Nematostella vectensis.

scientific article published in May 2009

Molecular insights into the origin of the Hox-TALE patterning system

scientific article published on 18 March 2014

Nervous systems of the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis are generated by ectoderm and endoderm and shaped by distinct mechanisms.

scientific article published on 7 December 2011

Neurotoxin localization to ectodermal gland cells uncovers an alternative mechanism of venom delivery in sea anemones.

scientific article published on 2 November 2011

On the evolution of bilaterality

scientific article published in October 2017

Oocyte development in Hydra involves selection from competent precursor cells.

scientific article published on August 2000

Phenotypic maturation of neurons and continuous precursor migration in the formation of the peduncle nerve net in Hydra

scientific article

Pre-bilaterian origin of the blastoporal axial organizer.

scientific article published on 27 May 2016

Recurrent horizontal transfer of bacterial toxin genes to eukaryotes

scientific article (publication date: September 2012)

Sea Anemone Genome Reveals Ancestral Eumetazoan Gene Repertoire and Genomic Organization

scientific article

Small regulatory RNAs pitch in

scientific article published in Nature

Stepwise assembly of the Nova-regulated alternative splicing network in the vertebrate brain.

scientific article

The Talpid3 gene (KIAA0586) encodes a centrosomal protein that is essential for primary cilia formation

scientific article

The bilaterian head patterning gene six3/6 controls aboral domain development in a cnidarian

scientific article

The blastoporal organiser of a sea anemone

scientific article published on 01 October 2007

The dynamic genome of Hydra

scientific article

The evolution of microRNA pathway protein components in Cnidaria

scientific article published on 11 September 2013

The evolutionary origin of plant and animal microRNAs.

scientific article published in February 2017

The genome of the jellyfish Clytia hemisphaerica and the evolution of the cnidarian life-cycle

scientific article published on 11 March 2019

The starlet sea anemone Nematostella vectensis: an anthozoan model organism for studies in comparative genomics and functional evolutionary developmental biology.

scientific article published in September 2009

To be or not to be a flatworm: the acoel controversy

scientific article

Understanding the evolution of multicellularity: insights from basal metazoans

scientific article