The Rothman Lab
NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH INSTITUTE
and DEPARTMENT OF MOLECULAR, CELLULAR and DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY
UC SANTA BARBARA, SANTA BARBARA, CA 93106
Bilge Birsoy
Postdoc

birsoy AT lifesci.ucsb.edu

Publications

  • Tunca Z, Resmi H, Ozkara HA, Ciliv G, Celtikci B, Alptekin K, Ozerdem A, Akdede BK, Baykara B, Birsoy B, Ergor G (2008) Increased hexosaminidase activity in antipsychotic-induced extrapyramidal side effects:  possible association with higher occurence in biopolor disorder patients. Progress in Neuro-Psychoparmacology and Biological Psychiatry; 32(5): 1214-20.  Abstract
  • Mir A, Kofron M, Heasman J, Mogle M, Lang S, Birsoy B, and Wylie C (2008) Long- and short-range signals control the dynamic expression of an animal hemisphere-specific gene in Xenopus. Developmental Biology; 315(1): 161-72.  Abstract
  • Cha JY, Birsoy B, Korfron M, Wylie C, and Heasman J (2007) The role of FoxC1 in early Xenopus development. Developmental Dynamics; 236(10) : 2731-41.  Abstract
  • Kofron M, Birsoy B, Houston D, Tao Q, Wylie C, and Heasman J (2007) Wnt11/b-catenin signaling in both oocytes and early embryos acts through LRP6-mediated regulation of axin. Development; 134(3): 503-13.  Abstract
  • Birsoy B, Kofron M, Schaible K, Wylie C, and Heasman J (2006) Vg1 is an essential signaling molecule in Xenopus development. Development; 133(1): 15-20.  Abstract
  • Tao Q, Yokota C, Puck H, Kofron M, Birsoy B, Yan D, Asashima M, Wylie CC, Lin X and Heasman J (2005) Maternal Wnt11 activates the canonical Wnt signaling pathway required for axis formation in Xenopus embryos. Cell; 120(6): 857-71.  Abstract
  • Birsoy B, Berg L, Williams PH, Smith JC, Wylie CC, Christian JL and Heasman J (2005) XPACE4 is a localized proprotein convertase required for mesoderm induction and the cleavage of specific TGF-b proteins in Xenopus development. Development; 132(3): 591-602.  Abstract