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Jan Stundl, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate in Biology and Biological Engineering
Jan Stundl
Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate in Biology and Biological Engineering
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Marie Sklodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow

Reconstruction of the genetic and developmental changes underlying the earliest events in vertebrate evolution

Selected Publications

Lamanna F, Hervas-Sotomayor F, Oel AP, Jandzik D, Sobrido-Cameán D, Santos-Durán GN, Martik ML, Stundl J, Green SA, Brüning T, Mößinger K, Schmidt J, Schneider C, Sepp M, Murat F, Smith JJ, Bronner ME, Rodicio MC, Barreiro-Iglesias A, Medeiros DM, Arendt D, Kaessmann H. A lamprey neural cell type atlas illuminates the origins of the vertebrate brain. Nat Ecol Evol. 2023 Oct;7(10):1714-1728. doi: 10.1038/s41559-023-02170-1. Epub 2023 Sep 14. Erratum in: Nat Ecol Evol. 2023 Sep 25;: PMID: 37710042; PMCID: PMC10555824.

Stundl J, Martik ML, Chen D, Raja DA, Franěk R, Pospisilova A, Pšenička M, Metscher BD, Braasch I, Haitina T, Cerny R, Ahlberg PE, Bronner ME. Ancient vertebrate dermal armor evolved from trunk neural crest. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2023 Jul 25;120(30):e2221120120. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2221120120. Epub 2023 Jul 17. PMID: 37459514; PMCID: PMC10372632.

Tzung KW, Lalonde RL, Prummel KD, Mahabaleshwar H, Moran HR, Stundl J, Cass AN, Le Y, Lea R, Dorey K, Tomecka MJ, Zhang C, Brombacher EC, White WT, Roehl HH, Tulenko FJ, Winkler C, Currie PD, Amaya E, Davis MC, Bronner ME, Mosimann C, Carney TJ. A median fin derived from the lateral plate mesoderm and the origin of paired fins. Nature. 2023 Jun;618(7965):543-549. doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06100-w. Epub 2023 May 24. PMID: 37225983; PMCID: PMC10266977.

Stundl J, Bronner ME. The Neural Crest and the Development of Odontoskeletogenic Potential along the Body Axis. In Odontodes. CRC Press. 2023. 9781003439653

Annona G, Sato I, Pascual-Anaya J, Osca D, Braasch I, Voss R, Stundl J, Soukup V, Ferrara A, Fontenot Q, Kuratani S, Postlethwait JH, D'Aniello S. Evolution of the nitric oxide synthase family in vertebrates and novel insights in gill development. Proc Biol Sci. 2022 Aug 10;289(1980):20220667. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2022.0667. Epub 2022 Aug 10. PMID: 35946155; PMCID: PMC9363997.

Stundl J, Soukup V, Franěk R, Pospisilova A, Psutkova V, Pšenička M, Cerny R, Bronner ME, Medeiros DM, Jandzik D. Efficient CRISPR Mutagenesis in Sturgeon Demonstrates Its Utility in Large, Slow-Maturing Vertebrates. Front Cell Dev Biol. 2022 Feb 10;10:750833. doi: 10.3389/fcell.2022.750833. PMID: 35223827; PMCID: PMC8867083.

Pospisilova A, Stundl J, Brejcha J, Metscher BD, Psenicka M, Cerny R, Soukup V. The remarkable dynamics in the establishment, rearrangement, and loss of dentition during the ontogeny of the sterlet sturgeon. Dev Dyn. 2022 May;251(5):826-845. doi: 10.1002/dvdy.444. Epub 2021 Dec 15. PMID: 34846759.

Stundl J, Bertucci PY, Lauri A, Arendt D, Bronner ME. Evolution of new cell types at the lateral neural border. Curr Top Dev Biol. 2021;141:173-205. doi: 10.1016/bs.ctdb.2020.11.005. Epub 2021 Feb 6. PMID: 33602488.