Prof. Yoav Gothilf
Research work
Utilizing the zebrafish model and cutting edge molecular-genetic technologies, such as transgenesis and gene knockout, our laboratory focuses on several aspects of the biological clock system that regulates many daily rhythms in the life of the organism, stress and food consumption, and related genetic diseases.
Areas of interest & scientific knowledge
Cellular & Molecular Neuroscience
Neurodevelopment and Neurogenetic Research
System & Physiological Neuroscience
Selected Publications
- Shainer I, Michel M, Marquart GD, Bhandiwad AA, Zmora N, Ben-Moshe Livne Z, Zohar Y, Hazak A, Mazon Y, Förster D, Hollander-Cohen L, Cone RD, Burgess HA and Gothilf Y (2019). Agouti-Related Protein 2 Is a New Player in the Teleost Stress Response System. Current Biology 29(12):2009-2019.e7.
- Shainer I, Buchshtab A, Hawkins TA, Wilson SW, Cone RD, Gothilf Y (2017). Novel hypophysiotropic AgRP2 neurons and pineal cells revealed by BAC transgenesis in zebrafish. Sci Reports 7:44777.
- Ben-Moshe Livne Z, Alon S, Vallone D, Bayleyen Y, Tovin A, Shainer I, Nisembaum LG, Aviram I, Smadja-Storz S, Fuentes M, Falcón J, Eisenberg E, Klein DC, Burgess HA, Foulkes NS, Gothilf Y (2016). Genetically Blocking the Zebrafish Pineal Clock Affects Circadian Behavior. PLoS Genet. 21;12(11):e1006445.
