Yair Wexler

Ph.D student

yairwex@gmail.com

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Research:

• Classification of zebrafish pineal gland projecting neurons

• Origin-related exploration in zebrafish

 

Publications:​

1. W​exler Y, Huang D, Medvetzky A, Armbruster D, Driever W, Yan J, Gothilf Y (2024). Zebrafish Dark-Dependent Behavior Requires Phototransduction by the Pineal Gland. J Pineal Res. 2024 Nov;76(8):e70021. doi: 10.1111/jpi.70021.

2. Confino S, Wexler Y, Medvetzky A, Elazary Y, Ben-Moshe Z, Reiter J, Dor T, Edvardson S, Prag G, Harel T, Gothilf Y (2024). A deleterious variant of INTS1 leads to disrupted sleep-wake cycles. Dis Model Mech. 2024 Aug 1;17(8):dmm050746. doi: 10.1242/dmm.050746.

3. Elazary Y, Cheow K, Cheng RK, Ghosh R, Shainer I, Wexler Y, Crasta K, Gothilf Y, Jesuthasan SJ (2023). Glial cells expressing visual cycle genes are vital for photoreceptor survival in the zebrafish pineal gland. J Pineal Res. Apr;74(3):e12854. doi: 10.1111/jpi.12854.

4. Confino S, Dor T, Tovin A, Wexler Y, Ben-Moshe Livne Z, Kolker M, Pisanty O, Park SK, Geyer N, Reiter J, Edvardson S, Mor-Shaked H, Elpeleg O, Vallone D, Appelbaum L, Foulkes NS, Gothilf Y (2022). A Zebrafish Model for a Rare Genetic Disease Reveals a Conserved Role for FBXL3 in the Circadian Clock System. Int J Mol Sci. Feb 21;23(4):2373. doi: 10.3390/ijms23042373. PMID: 35216494.

5. Ruggiero G, Ben-Moshe Livne Z, Wexler Y, Geyer N, Vallone D, Gothilf Y, Foulkes NS (2021). Period 2: A Regulator of Multiple Tissue-Specific Circadian Functions. Front Mol Neurosci. Sep 3;14:718387.

6. Wexler Y, Benjamini Y, & Golani I (2018). Vertical exploration and dimensional modularity in mice. Royal Society open science, 5(3), 180069.‏​​