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Onur Basak

Assistant Professor

Strategic program(s):

Research groups

Single cell biology of neural cell identity

Research aim

We strive to discover how the immense cellular diversity of the human brain is generated and maintain. The mechanisms specifying cellular identity help us better understand brain function as well as cognitive dysfunction and malignant growth.

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Recent publications

GFAP-isoforms in the nervous system Alexandra J E M de Reus, Onur Basak, Werner Dykstra, Jessy V van Asperen, Emma J van Bodegraven, Elly M Hol
Current Opinion in Cell Biology, 2024, vol. 87
Humanized brain organoids-on-chip integrated with sensors for screening neuronal activity and neurotoxicity Pelin Saglam-Metiner, Ender Yildirim, Can Dincer, Onur Basak, Ozlem Yesil-Celiktas
Mikrochimica acta, 2024, vol. 191
Single-cell profiling of human subventricular zone progenitors identifies SFRP1 as a target to re-activate progenitors Vanessa Donega, Astrid T. van der Geest, Jacqueline A. Sluijs, Roland E. van Dijk, Chi Chiu Wang, Onur Basak, R. Jeroen Pasterkamp, Elly M. Hol
Nature Communications, 2022, vol. 13, p.1-12
Molecular profile and response to energy deficit of leptin-receptor neurons in the lateral hypothalamus N Kakava-Georgiadou, V Drkelic, K M Garner, M C M Luijendijk, O Basak, R A H Adan
Scientific Reports, 2022, vol. 12
Identification of a discrete subpopulation of spinal cord ependymal cells with neural stem cell properties Moa Stenudd, Hanna Sabelström, Enric Llorens-Bobadilla, Margherita Zamboni, Hans Blom, Hjalmar Brismar, Shupei Zhang, Onur Basak, Hans Clevers, Christian Göritz, Fanie Barnabé-Heider, Jonas Frisén
Cell Reports, 2022, vol. 38, p.1-16
Molecular signatures and cellular diversity during mouse habenula development Lieke L. van de Haar, Danai Riga, Juliska E. Boer, Oxana Garritsen, Youri Adolfs, Thomas E. Sieburgh, Roland E. van Dijk, Kyoko Watanabe, Nicky C.H. van Kronenburg, Mark H. Broekhoven, Danielle Posthuma, Frank J. Meye, Onur Basak, R. Jeroen Pasterkamp
Cell Reports, 2022, vol. 40, p.1-32