Zebrafish
Meet the class of 2021
21 Dec 2020Three A*STAR scholars—Sarah Luo, Caroline Wee, and Kaicheng Liang—have been selected for the highly competitive National Research Foundation Fellowship out of over 134 applicants worldwide.
Sounding the alarm when things are fishy
31 Dec 2019A*STAR researchers uncover how bacteria and the immune system generate alarm behavior in fish.
Fishing for a disease gene
18 Oct 2017Mutant zebrafish help explain the cause of a
rare muscle-degenerating disorder
Zebrafish light the way to safer medication
25 Jul 2017Genetically
modified zebrafish are promising in the detection of harmful compounds for screening drug candidates
Animal development in action
8 May 2017Imaging
live zebrafish embryos reveals in real time how the basic body plan is laid out
‘Scary stuff’ study finds distress chemicals in new fish order
7 Mar 2017A fish alarm system could be more universal than
originally thought
Zebrafish model leads to new drug target
9 Aug 2016Blocking a protein in a critical signaling pathway
could offer a new way to combat tumors
Clean sweep for lung cells
17 May 2016A trigger for the formation of bristled cells clears the air on a genetic mystery
A key player in embryo formation
3 Mar 2015A protein originally identified as a tumor suppressor also helps establish body patterns in developing embryos
The genes behind the guardians of the airways
26 Aug 2014A genetic screen in zebrafish identifies genes implicated in the development of cell structures linked to respiratory disease in humans
Fishing for new therapeutics
20 May 2014A zebrafish-based screening method reveals compounds that could help contain the effects of immunological disorders
A fishy solution
5 Jun 2012The embryonic development of zebrafish under the influence of pharmaceutical drugs can be imaged using microfluidics