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Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications

Last updated July 15, 2026

Rising Stars

Fresh ink, massive impact

Researchers

1
Anran Wang
Zhejiang University
2
Abhinav Sur
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
3
Alexander Hsu
Carnegie Mellon University
4
Joshua Hahn
University of California, Berkeley
5
Huijeong Jeong
University of California, San Francisco
6
Pierre Karashchuk
University of Washington
7
Matthew N. Tran
University of California, San Francisco
8
Courtney Hillman
University of Surrey
9
Andréa Johnson
Women and Children’s Health Research Institute
10
Jacob A. Blum
Stanford University

Papers

1
Dietary monosodium glutamate affects the growth and feed utilization of Eriocheir sinensis by regulating the appetite related genes expression
Aquaculture Reports|2024
5 cit.
2
Sensorimotor delays constrain robust locomotion in a 3D kinematic model of fly walking
eLife|2024
5 cit.
3
Arachidonic acid promotes ovarian development by modulating lipid metabolism and steroid hormone secretion in Chinese mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis)
Aquaculture|2024
5 cit.
4
Sensorimotor delays constrain robust locomotion in a 3D kinematic model of fly walking
eLife|2025
2 cit.
5
Memory erasure by dopamine-gated retrospective learning
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)|2026
1 cit.
6
Publication in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2025) [W7116311179]
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)|2025
0 cit.
7
Publication in Journal of Visualized Experiments (2026) [W7154703380]
Journal of Visualized Experiments|2026
0 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Drafting the new consensus

Researchers

1
Mackenzie Weygandt Mathis
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
2
Huiqiang Lu
Jinggangshan University
3
Yiqun Wang
University of Basel
4
Jason Rihel
MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology
5
James A. Gagnon
University of Utah
6
Samantha A. Morris
Brigham and Women's Hospital
7
Jayaram Chandrashekar
Allen Institute
8
Tracy Yamawaki
Washington University in St. Louis
9
Jennifer Li
Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics
10
Çağhan Kızıl
Institute on Aging

Papers

1
Dissecting cell identity via network inference and in silico gene perturbation
Nature|2023
647 cit.
2
Learnable latent embeddings for joint behavioural and neural analysis
Nature|2023
338 cit.
3
SuperAnimal pretrained pose estimation models for behavioral analysis
Nature Communications|2024
81 cit.
4
Single-cell lineage capture across genomic modalities with CellTag-multi reveals fate-specific gene regulatory changes
Nature Biotechnology|2023
68 cit.
5
Capybara: A computational tool to measure cell identity and fate transitions
Cell stem cell|2022
64 cit.
6
Multi-target drugs for Alzheimer's disease
Trends in Pharmacological Sciences|2024
57 cit.
7
Sleep pressure modulates single-neuron synapse number in zebrafish
Nature|2024
48 cit.
8
Single Cell/Nucleus Transcriptomics Comparison in Zebrafish and Humans Reveals Common and Distinct Molecular Responses to Alzheimer’s Disease
Cells|2022
41 cit.
9
Gene regulatory network reconfiguration in direct lineage reprogramming
Stem Cell Reports|2022
40 cit.
10
A population code for spatial representation in the zebrafish telencephalon
Nature|2024
35 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Wrote the book, still writing it

Researchers

1
Leonard I. Zon
Harvard University Press
2
Thomas F. Schilling
University of California, Irvine
3
Christiane Nüsslein‐Volhard
Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology
4
Didier Y. R. Stainier
Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research
5
Herwig Baier
Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence
6
Brant M. Weinstein
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
7
Robert Gerlai
Amorfix (Canada)
8
Gordon Keller
University Health Network
9
Elaine Dzierzak
Centre for Inflammation Research
10
Ole Kiehn
University of Copenhagen

Papers

1
Stages of embryonic development of the zebrafish
Developmental Dynamics|1995
12.3k cit.
2
Mutations affecting segment number and polarity in Drosophila
Nature|1980
4.4k cit.
3
Hematopoiesis: An Evolving Paradigm for Stem Cell Biology
Cell|2008
2.5k cit.
4
In Vivo Imaging of Embryonic Vascular Development Using Transgenic Zebrafish
Developmental Biology|2002
2.2k cit.
5
Positional cloning of zebrafish ferroportin1 identifies a conserved vertebrate iron exporter
Nature|2000
1.7k cit.
6
The identification of genes with unique and essential functions in the development of the zebrafish, <i>Danio rerio</i>
Development|1996
1.6k cit.
7
Definitive Hematopoiesis Is Autonomously Initiated by the AGM Region
Cell|1996
1.5k cit.
8
Transparent Adult Zebrafish as a Tool for In Vivo Transplantation Analysis
Cell stem cell|2008
1.4k cit.
9
A common precursor for hematopoietic and endothelial cells
Development|1998
1.4k cit.
10
Human cardiovascular progenitor cells develop from a KDR+ embryonic-stem-cell-derived population
Nature|2008
1.4k cit.

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