Boris August Egger

boris.egger@unifr.ch
+41 26 300 8881
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8551-9140

Senior Researcher, Department of Biology

PER 05 bu. 0.340G
Ch. du Musée 10
1700 Fribourg

Hours of presence:
Monday: morning and afternoon
Tuesday: morning and afternoon
Wednesday: morning
Thursday: morning and afternoon
Friday: morning and afternoon

PER 05, 0.340G

+41 26 300 8881

Head of Bioimage Core Facility

Lecturer in Light Microscopy

Lecturer in Neurogenetics

Head of Technical Service

Research and publications

Publications

31 publications

Neurogenetics: Current Topics in Cellular and Developmental Neurobiology
, ed. by Boris Egger (Springer International Publishing, 2023), ISBN: 9783031077920 | Book

Mms19 promotes spindle microtubule assembly in Drosophila neural stem cells
PLOS Genetics (2020) | Journal article

Compartment and cell-type specific hypoxia responses in the developing Drosophila brain
Biology Open (2020) | Journal article

Live Cell Imaging of Neural Stem Cells in the Drosophila Larval Brain , in Methods in Molecular Biology
Karolina Miszczak and Boris Egger (Springer New York, 2020), ISBN: 9781493997312 | Book chapter

Injured Axons Instruct Schwann Cells to Build Constricting Actin Spheres to Accelerate Axonal Disintegration
Cell Reports (2019) | Journal article

Super-Resolution STED and STORM/PALM Microscopy for Brain Imaging , in Advanced Optical Methods for Brain Imaging
Boris Egger and Simon G. Sprecher (Springer Singapore, 2019), ISBN: 9789811090196 | Book chapter

Dynamic Notch signalling regulates neural stem cell state progression in the Drosophila optic lobe
Neural Development (2018) | Journal article

Multiple neurons encode CrebB dependent appetitive long-term memory in the mushroom body circuit
eLife (2018) | Journal article

Patterning mechanisms diversify neuroepithelial domains in the Drosophila optic placode
PLOS Genetics (2018) | Journal article

The Microcephaly-Associated Protein Wdr62/CG7337 Is Required to Maintain Centrosome Asymmetry in Drosophila Neuroblasts
Cell Reports (2016) | Journal article

A genetically encoded biosensor for visualizing hypoxia responsesin vivo
Biology Open (2016) | Journal article

HDAC1/2-Dependent P0 Expression Maintains Paranodal and Nodal Integrity Independently of Myelin Stability through Interactions with Neurofascins
PLOS Biology (2015) | Journal article

Characterization of tailless functions during Drosophila optic lobe formation
Developmental Biology (2015) | Journal article

Analysis of the expression patterns, subcellular localisations and interaction partners of Drosophila proteins using a pigP protein trap library
Development (2014) | Journal article

Immunofluorescent Labeling of Neural Stem Cells in the Drosophila Optic Lobe , in Methods in Molecular Biology
Benjamin Perruchoud and Boris Egger (Humana Press, 2014), ISBN: 9781627036542 | Book chapter

Cell-Type-Specific Profiling of Gene Expression and Chromatin Binding without Cell Isolation: Assaying RNA Pol II Occupancy in Neural Stem Cells
Developmental Cell (2013) | Journal article

In vitro imaging of primary neural cell culture from Drosophila
Nature Protocols (2013) | Journal article

Analysis of cell identity, morphology, apoptosis and mitotic activity in a primary neural cell culture system in Drosophila
Neural Development (2012) | Journal article

Regulating the balance between symmetric and asymmetric stem cell division in the developing brain.
Fly (2011) | Journal article

Notch regulates the switch from symmetric to asymmetric neural stem cell division in the Drosophila optic lobe.
elopment (Cambridge, England) (2010) | Journal article

Cell proliferation in the Drosophila adult brain revealed by clonal analysis and bromodeoxyuridine labelling.
ral development (2009) | Journal article

Asymmetric stem cell division: lessons from Drosophila.
inars in cell & developmental biology (2008) | Journal article

Regulation of self-renewal and differentiation in the Drosophila nervous system.
d Spring Harbor symposia on quantitative biology (2008) | Journal article

Insights into neural stem cell biology from flies.
losophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences (2008) | Journal article

Regulation of spindle orientation and neural stem cell fate in the Drosophila optic lobe.
ral development (2007) | Journal article

The egghead gene is required for compartmentalization in Drosophila optic lobe development.
elopmental biology (2005) | Journal article

Transcriptional signature of an adult brain tumor in Drosophila.
genomics (2004) | Journal article

Gliogenesis in Drosophila: genome-wide analysis of downstream genes of glial cells missing in the embryonic nervous system.
velopment (Cambridge, England) (2002) | Journal article

Functional equivalence of Hox gene products in the specification of the tritocerebrum during embryonic brain development of Drosophila.
velopment (Cambridge, England) (2001) | Journal article

Identification of candidate downstream genes for the homeodomain transcription factor Labial in Drosophila through oligonucleotide-array transcript imaging.
ome biology (2001) | Journal article

Quantitative transcript imaging in normal and heat-shocked Drosophila embryos by using high-density oligonucleotide arrays.
ceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (2000) | Journal article

Teaching and courses

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