Andrea Brand Lab

Website for Andrea Brand Lab at the Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge

Publications

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Most recent articles

Featured

Christensen JB, Donovan APA, Moradi M, Vanacore G, Helmy M, Reid AJ, Lee JTH, Bayraktar OA, Brand AH, Bayin NS.

Development

A conserved differentiation programme facilitates inhibitory neuron production in the developing mouse and human cerebellum.

Christensen JB, Donovan APA, Moradi M, Vanacore G, Helmy M, Reid AJ, Lee JTH, Bayraktar OA, Brand AH, Bayin NS.

Development

2025

Christensen JB, Donovan APA, Moradi M, Vanacore G, Helmy M, Reid AJ, Lee JTH, Bayraktar OA, Brand AH, Bayin NS.

Development

Neural stem cell quiescence is actively maintained by the epigenome

Malkowska, A., Ander, J., Brand, A. H.

biorxiv

Neural stem cell quiescence is actively maintained by the epigenome

Malkowska, A., Ander, J., Brand, A. H.

biorxiv

2025

Malkowska, A., Ander, J., Brand, A. H.

biorxiv

Targeted DamID detects cell-type-specific histone modifications in intact tissues or organisms

van den Ameele, J., Trauner, M., Hörmanseder, E., Donovan, A. P. A., Llorà-Batlle, O., Cheetham, S. W., Krautz, R., Yakob, R., Malkowska, A., Gurdon, J. B., Brand, A. H.

PLOS Biology

Targeted DamID detects cell-type-specific histone modifications in intact tissues or organisms

van den Ameele, J., Trauner, M., Hörmanseder, E., Donovan, A. P. A., Llorà-Batlle, O., Cheetham, S. W., Krautz, R., Yakob, R., Malkowska, A., Gurdon, J. B., Brand, A. H.

PLOS Biology

2025

van den Ameele, J., Trauner, M., Hörmanseder, E., Donovan, A. P. A., Llorà-Batlle, O., Cheetham, S. W., Krautz, R., Yakob, R., Malkowska, A., Gurdon, J. B., Brand, A. H.

PLOS Biology

damidseq_pipeline: an automated pipeline for processing DamID sequencing datasets

2015

Research ArticleMarshall OJ and Brand AHJune 25, 2015Bioinformatics

Regulation of Drosophila intestinal stem cell maintenance and differentiation by the transcription factor Escargot

2014

Loza-Coll MA, Southall TD, Sandall SL, Brand AH and Jones DLNovember 27, 2014The EMBO Journal

escargot maintains stemness and suppresses differentiation in Drosophila intestinal stem cells

2014

Korzelius, J, Naumann, SK, Loza-Coll, MA, Chan, JSK, Dutta, D, Oberheim, J, Gläßer, C, Southall, TD, Brand, AH, Jones, DL and Edgar, BAOctober 8, 2014The EMBO Journal

Analysis of the expression patterns, sub-cellular localisations and interaction partners of Drosophila proteins using a pigP protein trap library

2014

Lowe N. et al. and the UK Drosophila protein trap screening consortium including Brand lab members: Brand AH, Chell JM, Cranston M, Davidson CM, Dods JS, Edoff K, Egger B, Gold KS, Southall TD, Spéder P, Thompson ARCOctober 7, 2014Development

Freedom of expression: Cell-type-specific profiling

2014

Otsuki L, Cheetham S and Brand AHSeptember 10, 2014Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews. Developmental Biology

Gap junction proteins in the blood-brain barrier control nutrient-dependent reactivation of Drosophila neural stem cells

2014

Spéder P and Brand AH August 11, 2014Developmental Cell

Optix defines a neuroepithelial compartment in the optic lobe of the Drosophila brain

2014

Gold KS and Brand AHJuly 29, 2014Neural Development

Control of brain development and homeostasis by local and systemic insulin signalling

2014

Liu J, Spéder P and Brand AHJune 10, 2014Diabetes Obesity and Metabolism

Dedifferentiation of neurons precedes tumour formation in lola mutants

2014

Southall TD, Davidson CM, Miller C, Carr A and Brand AHMarch 31, 2014Developmental Cell

The transcription factors Islet and Lim3 combinatorially regulate ion channel gene expression

2014

Wolfram V, Southall TD, Günay C, Prinz A, Brand AH and Baines RA February 12, 2014Journal of Neuroscience

Male-Specific Fruitless Isoforms Target Neurodevelopmental Genes to Specify a Sexually Dimorphic Nervous System

2014

Neville MC, Nojima T, Ashley E, Walker J, Southall TD, van de Sande B, Parker DJ, Marques AC, Fischer B, Ritchie MG, Brand AH, Russell S, Aerts S and Goodwin SF February 3, 2014Current Biology

Cell type-specific profiling of gene expression and chromatin binding without cell isolation: Assaying RNA Pol II occupancy in neural stem cells

2013

Southall TD, Gold KS, Egger B, Davidson CM, Caygill EE, Marshall OJ and Brand AHJuly 15, 2013Developmental Cell

Insulin finds its niche

2013

Cheetham SW and Brand AHMay 17, 2013Science

Molecular Profiling of Neural Stem Cells in Drosophila melanogaster

2012

Caygill EE, Gold KS and Brand AHSeptember 10, 2012The Making and Un-Making of Neuronal Circuits in Drosophila

Snail dependent repression of the RhoGEF Pebble is required for gastrulation consistency in Drosophila melanogaster

2012

Murray MJ, Southall TD, Liu W, Fraval H, Lorensuhewa N, Brand AH and Saint RSeptember 4, 2012Development Genes and Evolution

LIM-homeodomain protein Islet dictates motor neuron electrophysiological properties by regulating K+ channel expression

2012

Wolfram V, Southall TD, Brand AH and Baines RAAugust 23, 2012Neuron

Transcriptome analysis of Drosophila neural stem cells

2012

Gold KS and Brand AHJuly 10, 2012Methods in Molecular Biology

Nutrient control of neural stem cells

2011

Spéder P, Liu J and Brand AHDecember 2, 2011Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Regulating the balance between symmetric and asymmetric stem cell division in the developing brain

2011

Egger B, Gold KS and Brand AHSeptember 1, 2011Fly

Neural stem cell biology in vertebrates and invertebrates: more alike than different?

2011

Brand AH and Livesey FJMay 26, 2011Neuron