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Christian Paul Petersen

  • 2944 Citations
19992023
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Education/Academic qualification

Biology, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

2000 → 2006

Chemistry and History, BA, Grinnell College

1996 → 2000

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Planarians Medicine & Life Sciences
Regeneration Medicine & Life Sciences
RNA Interference Medicine & Life Sciences
Head Medicine & Life Sciences
MicroRNAs Medicine & Life Sciences
Wounds and Injuries Medicine & Life Sciences
Tail Medicine & Life Sciences
Catenins Medicine & Life Sciences

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Grants 2011 2023

Enhancement of neural regeneration

Petersen, C. P.

National Institute of General Medical Sciences

9/1/19 → 7/30/23

Project: Research project

Regeneration
Stem Cells
Planarians
Organized Financing
Neurogenesis

Cell signaling in regeneration and tissue scaling

Petersen, C. P.

National Institute of General Medical Sciences

4/1/19 → 2/28/23

Project: Research project

Regeneration
Stem Cells
Wounds and Injuries
Growth
Planarians

Regulatory Circuits Controlling Regenerative Growth

Petersen, C. P.

National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research

9/18/13 → 6/30/18

Project: Research project

Stem Cells
Planarians
Growth
Regeneration
Pluripotent Stem Cells

Control of Wnt Signaling in Regeneration

Petersen, C. P.

Ellison Medical Foundation

8/1/11 → 7/31/15

Project: Research project

Identification of Genes Involved in Pattern Control During Regeneration

Petersen, C. P.

American Cancer Society

1/1/11 → 12/31/11

Project: Research project

Research Output 1999 2020

  • 2944 Citations
  • 20 Article
  • 2 Short survey
  • 1 Chapter
  • 1 Review article

STRIPAK Limits Stem Cell Differentiation of a WNT Signaling Center to Control Planarian Axis Scaling

Schad, E. G. & Petersen, C. P., Jan 20 2020, In : Current Biology. 30, 2, p. 254-263.e2

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Planarians
Stem cells
Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases
cell differentiation
stem cells

A small set of conserved genes, including sp5 and Hox, are activated by Wnt signaling in the posterior of planarians and acoels

Tewari, A. G., Owen, J. H., Petersen, C. P., Wagner, D. E. & Reddien, P. W., Jan 1 2019, In : PLoS genetics. 15, 10, e1008401.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Open Access
Planarians
Tail
Homeobox Genes
tail
gene
6 Citations (Scopus)

Positional information specifies the site of organ regeneration and not tissue maintenance in planarians

Hill, E. M. & Petersen, C. P., Mar 16 2018, In : eLife. 7, e33680.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Planarians
Regeneration
Maintenance
Tissue
Homeostasis
27 Citations (Scopus)

Activation of planarian TRPA1 by reactive oxygen species reveals a conserved mechanism for animal nociception

Arenas, O. M., Zaharieva, E. E., Para, A., Vásquez-Doorman, C., Petersen, C. P. & Gallio, M., Dec 1 2017, In : Nature Neuroscience. 20, 12, p. 1686-1693 8 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Planarians
Nociception
Reactive Oxygen Species
Hot Temperature
Drosophila
7 Citations (Scopus)

Integrin suppresses neurogenesis and regulates brain tissue assembly in planarian regeneration

Bonar, N. A. & Petersen, C. P., Mar 1 2017, In : Development (Cambridge). 144, 5, p. 784-794 11 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Planarians
Neurogenesis
Integrins
Regeneration
Brain