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Employment (4)

University of Warwick: Coventry, West Midlands, GB

2018-06-01 to present | Professor (Warwick Medical School)
Employment
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Karuna Sampath

University of Warwick: Coventry, West Midlands, GB

2013-10 to 2018-05-31 | Associate Professor (Warwick Medical School)
Employment
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Karuna Sampath

Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory Ltd: Singapore, SG

2008-01 to 2013-12 | Senior Investigator
Employment
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Karuna Sampath

Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory Ltd: Singapore, SG

2002-08 to 2007-12 | Principal Investigator
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Karuna Sampath

Education and qualifications (3)

Indiana State University: Terre Haute, IN, US

1989-09 to 1995-05 | PhD (Life Sciences - Cell & Molecular Biology)
Education
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Karuna Sampath

Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda: Vadodara, Gujarat, IN

1987-07 to 1989-06 | MSc; 1st class (Biotechnology)
Education
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Karuna Sampath

University of Delhi: New Delhi, Delhi, IN

1984-07 to 1987-06 | BSc (Hons) Zoology; 1st class (Daulat Ram College)
Education
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Karuna Sampath

Professional activities (4)

Genetics Society of America: Bethesda, MD, US

2021-02-08 to present | Associate Editor, Molecular Genetics of Development (Genetics)
Service
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Karuna Sampath

EUFISHBIOMED: Karlsruhe, DE

2018 to present | Board member
Membership
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Karuna Sampath

International Zebrafish Society: Milwaukee, US

2019 to 2022 | Board Member
Membership
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Karuna Sampath

Biochemical Society: London, London, GB

2017 to 2019-07 | Panel Member - Meetings (RAIV)
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Karuna Sampath

Works (47)

Measuring morphogen transport over multiple spatial scales in live zebrafish embryos

2025-02-08 | Preprint
Contributors: Ashwin V. S. Nelanuthala; Bitan Saha; Jagadish Sankaran; Tom J. Carney; Karuna Sampath; Thorsten Wohland
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Translational control of furina by an RNA regulon is important for left-right patterning, heart morphogenesis and cardiac valve function

Development
2023-12-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Agnieszka Nagorska; Andreas Zaucker; Finnlay Lambert; Angus Inman; Sara Toral-Perez; Jan Gorodkin; Yue Wan; Michael Smutny; Karuna Sampath
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Translational control offurinaby an RNA regulon is essential for heart morphogenesis and cardiac valve function

2023-02-01 | Preprint
Contributors: Agnieszka Nagorska; Finnlay Lambert; Angus Inman; Sara Toral-Perez; Andreas Zaucker; Jan Gorodkin; Wan Yue; Michael Smutny; Karuna Sampath
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Crossref

Tools to Image Germplasm Dynamics During Early Zebrafish Development.

Frontiers in cell and developmental biology
2021-08-13 | Journal article
Source: Self-asserted source
Karuna Sampath

The RNA-binding protein Igf2bp3 is critical for embryonic and germline development in zebrafish

PLOS Genetics
2021-07-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Yin Ho Vong; Mary C. Mullins; Lavanya Sivashanmugam; Rebecca Leech; Andreas Zaucker; Alex Jones; Karuna Sampath
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The RNA-binding protein Igf2bp3 is critical for embryonic and germline development in zebrafish

PLOS Genetics
2021-06-28 | Journal article
Source: Self-asserted source
Karuna Sampath

Tools of the trade: studying actin in zebrafish.

Histochem Cell Biol
2020-10 | Journal article
Source: Self-asserted source
Karuna Sampath

A CRISPR cut for messenger RNAs

Lab Animal
2020-10-05 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0093-7355
Part of ISSN: 1548-4475
Source: Self-asserted source
Karuna Sampath

The RNA-binding protein Igf2bp3 is critical for embryonic and germline development in zebrafish

2020-06-23 | Preprint
Contributors: Yin Ho Vong; Lavanya Sivashanmugam; Andreas Zaucker; Alex Jones; Karuna Sampath
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The effector of Hippo signaling, Taz, is required for formation of the micropyle and fertilization in zebrafish

PLoS genetics
2019 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85060177588

Contributors: Yi, X.; Yu, J.; Ma, C.; Dong, G.; Shi, W.; Li, H.; Li, L.; Luo, L.; Sampath, K.; Ruan, H. et al.
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Karuna Sampath via Scopus - Elsevier
grade
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Expanding the Zebrafish Genetic Code through Site-Specific Introduction of Azido-lysine, Bicyclononyne-lysine, and Diazirine-lysine

International Journal of Molecular Sciences
2019-05-26 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1422-0067
Source: Self-asserted source
Karuna Sampath

Zebrafish embryogenesis – A framework to study regulatory RNA elements in development and disease

Developmental Biology
2019-01 | Journal article
Source: Self-asserted source
Karuna Sampath

Fluorescence Correlation and Cross-Correlation Spectroscopy in Zebrafish

Methods in Molecular Biology
2018 | Book
EID:

2-s2.0-85054893880

Contributors: Ng, X.W.; Sampath, K.; Wohland, T.
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Karuna Sampath via Scopus - Elsevier

Rapid production of pure recombinant actin isoforms in Pichia pastoris

Journal of Cell Science
2018 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85045957694

Contributors: Hatano, T.; Alioto, S.; Roscioli, E.; Palani, S.; Clarke, S.T.; Kamnev, A.; Hernandez-Fernaud, J.R.; Sivashanmugam, L.; Chapa-y-Lazo, B.; Jones, A.M.E. et al.
Source: Self-asserted source
Karuna Sampath via Scopus - Elsevier

Translational co-regulation of a ligand and inhibitor by a conserved RNA element

Nucleic Acids Research
2018 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85046282620

Contributors: Zaucker, A.; Nagorska, A.; Kumari, P.; Hecker, N.; Wang, Y.; Huang, S.; Cooper, L.; Sivashanmugam, L.; VijayKumar, S.; Brosens, J. et al.
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Karuna Sampath via Scopus - Elsevier

CncRNAs: RNAs with both coding and non-coding roles in development

Development (Cambridge)
2016 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84964286014

Contributors: Sampath, K.; Ephrussi, A.
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Karuna Sampath via Scopus - Elsevier
grade
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Extracellular interactions and ligand degradation shape the nodal morphogen gradient

eLife
2016 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84971500594

Contributors: Wang, Y.; Wang, X.; Wohland, T.; Sampath, K.
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Karuna Sampath via Scopus - Elsevier
grade
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Genome-wide analysis of transposon and retroviral insertions reveals preferential integrations in regions of DNA flexibility

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics
2016 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84963976253

Contributors: Vrljicak, P.; Tao, S.; Varshney, G.K.; Quach, H.N.B.; Joshi, A.; LaFave, M.C.; Burgess, S.M.; Sampath, K.
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Karuna Sampath via Scopus - Elsevier

Keeping a lid on nodal: Transcriptional and translational repression of nodal signalling

Open Biology
2016 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84962286731

Contributors: Sampath, K.; Robertson, E.J.
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Karuna Sampath via Scopus - Elsevier
grade
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A multifunctional mutagenesis system for analysis of gene function in zebrafish

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics
2015 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84930854166

Contributors: Quach, H.N.B.; Tao, S.; Vrljicak, P.; Joshi, A.; Ruan, H.; Sukumaran, R.; Varshney, G.K.; LaFave, M.C.; Renn, J.; Jun, Y. et al.
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Karuna Sampath via Scopus - Elsevier

CncRNAs: Bi-functional RNAs with protein coding and non-coding functions

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology
2015 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84952636885

Contributors: Kumari, P.; Sampath, K.
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Karuna Sampath via Scopus - Elsevier

Editor's summary

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology
2015 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84951992091

Contributors: Sampath, K.
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Karuna Sampath via Scopus - Elsevier

The PDZ domain protein Mcc is a novel effector of non-canonical Wnt signaling during convergence and extension in zebrafish

Development (Cambridge)
2014 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84906875866

Contributors: Young, T.; Poobalan, Y.; Tan, E.K.; Tao, S.; Ong, S.; Wehner, P.; Schwenty-Lara, J.; Lim, C.Y.; Sadasivam, A.; Lovatt, M. et al.
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Karuna Sampath via Scopus - Elsevier

A simple strategy for heritable chromosomal deletions in zebrafish via the combinatorial action of targeting nucleases

Genome Biology
2013 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84879468295

Contributors: Lim, S.; Wang, Y.; Yu, X.; Huang, Y.; Featherstone, M.S.; Sampath, K.
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Karuna Sampath via Scopus - Elsevier

An essential role for maternal control of Nodal signaling

eLife
2013 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84884688213

Contributors: Kumari, P.; Gilligan, P.C.; Lim, S.; Tran, L.D.; Winkler, S.; Philp, R.; Sampath, K.
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Karuna Sampath via Scopus - Elsevier

Erratum: The zebrafish dorsal axis is apparent at the four-cell stage (Nature (2005) 438 (1030-1035) DOI: 10.1038/nature04184)

Nature
2013 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84877691669

Contributors: Gore, A.V.; Maegawa, S.; Cheong, A.; Gilligan, P.C.; Weinberg, E.S.; Sampath, K.
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Karuna Sampath via Scopus - Elsevier

Dorsal activity of maternal squint is mediated by a noncoding function of the RNA

Development (Cambridge)
2012 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84864307103

Contributors: Lim, S.; Kumari, P.; Gilligan, P.; Quach, H.N.B.; Mathavan, S.; Sampath, K.
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Karuna Sampath via Scopus - Elsevier

Dynamic microtubules at the vegetal cortex predict the embryonic axis in zebrafish

Development (Cambridge)
2012 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84865855454

Contributors: Tran, L.D.; Hino, H.; Quach, H.; Lim, S.; Shindo, A.; Mimori-Kiyosue, Y.; Mione, M.; Ueno, N.; Winkler, C.; Hibi, M. et al.
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Karuna Sampath via Scopus - Elsevier

Conservation defines functional motifs in the squint/nodal-related 1 RNA dorsal localization element

Nucleic Acids Research
2011 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-79955641653

Contributors: Gilligan, P.C.; Kumari, P.; Lim, S.; Cheong, A.; Chang, A.; Sampath, K.
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Karuna Sampath via Scopus - Elsevier

Alternative splicing of SMADs in differentiation and tissue homeostasis

Development Growth and Differentiation
2010 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-77951745344

Contributors: Tao, S.; Sampath, K.
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Karuna Sampath via Scopus - Elsevier

Live imaging in zebrafish: Insights into development and disease

Live Imaging in Zebrafish: Insights into Development and Disease
2010 | Book
EID:

2-s2.0-84973137237

Contributors: Sampath, K.; Roy, S.
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Karuna Sampath via Scopus - Elsevier

Preface

Live Imaging in Zebrafish: Insights into Development and Disease
2010 | Book
EID:

2-s2.0-85052721623

Contributors: Sampath, K.; Roy, S.
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Karuna Sampath via Scopus - Elsevier

The integrator subunits function in hematopoiesis by modulating Smad/BMP signaling

Development
2009 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-69049111018

Contributors: Tao, S.; Cai, Y.; Sampath, K.
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Karuna Sampath via Scopus - Elsevier

Morphing morphogenesis

Zebrafish
2008 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-54349091275

Contributors: Bruce, A.E.E.; Sampath, K.
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Karuna Sampath via Scopus - Elsevier

Reining in RNA. Workshop on Intracellular RNA Localization and Localized Translation

EMBO Reports
2008 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-37849036273

Contributors: Gilligan, P.C.; Sampath, K.
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Karuna Sampath via Scopus - Elsevier

The pro-domain of the zebrafish Nodal-related protein cyclops regulates its signaling activities

Development
2008 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-50649085766

Contributors: Tian, J.; Andrée, B.; Jones, C.M.; Sampath, K.
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Karuna Sampath via Scopus - Elsevier

Gore et al. reply

Nature
2007 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-36049011598

Contributors: Gore, A.V.; Cheong, A.; Gilligan, P.C.; Sampath, K.
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Karuna Sampath via Scopus - Elsevier

Wiring the nervous system: From form to function

Development
2007 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-34250624844

Contributors: Matsuzaki, F.; Sampath, K.
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Karuna Sampath via Scopus - Elsevier

Zebrafish Staufen1 and Staufen2 are required for the survival and migration of primordial germ cells

Developmental Biology
2006 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-33645899286

Contributors: Ramasamy, S.; Wang, H.; Quach, H.N.B.; Sampath, K.
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Karuna Sampath via Scopus - Elsevier

The zebrafish dorsal axis is apparent at the four-cell stage

Nature
2005 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-29044437699

Contributors: Gore, A.V.; Maegawa, S.; Cheong, A.; Gilligan, P.C.; Weinberg, E.S.; Sampath, K.
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Karuna Sampath via Scopus - Elsevier

A temperature-sensitive mutation in the nodal-related gene cyclops reveals that the floor plate is induced during gastrulation in zebrafish

Development
2003 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-0041669495

Contributors: Tian, J.; Yam, C.; Balasundaram, G.; Wang, H.; Gore, A.; Sampath, K.
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Karuna Sampath via Scopus - Elsevier

Localization of transcripts of the Zebrafish morphogen Squint is dependent on egg activation and the microtubule cytoskeleton

Mechanisms of Development
2002 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-0036175958

Contributors: Gore, A.V.; Sampath, K.
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Karuna Sampath via Scopus - Elsevier

Induction of the zebrafish ventral brain and floorplate requires cyclops/nodal signalling

Nature
1998 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-0032505052

Contributors: Sampath, K.; Rubinstein, A.L.; Cheng, A.M.S.; Liang, J.O.; Fekany, K.; Solnica-Krezel, L.; Korzh, V.; Halpern, M.E.; Wright, C.V.E.
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Karuna Sampath via Scopus - Elsevier

Functional differences among Xenopus nodal-related genes in left-right axis determination

Development
1997 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-0030869668

Contributors: Sampath, K.; Cheng, A.M.S.; Frisch, A.; Wright, C.V.E.
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Karuna Sampath via Scopus - Elsevier

Conserved left-right asymmetry of nodal expression and alterations in murine situs inversus

Nature
1996 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-0029913091

Contributors: Lowe, L.A.; Supp, D.M.; Sampath, K.; Yokoyama, T.; Wright, C.V.E.; Potter, S.S.; Overbeek, P.; Kuehn, M.R.
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Karuna Sampath via Scopus - Elsevier

Developmental expression of class III and IV POU domain genes in the zebrafish

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
1996 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-0030010298

Contributors: Sampath, K.; Stuart, G.W.
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POU-domain sequences from the flatworm Dugesia tigrina

Gene
1995 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-0029135112

Contributors: Stuart, G.W.; Zhu, Z.; Sampath, K.; King, M.W.
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Karuna Sampath via Scopus - Elsevier

Peer review (12 reviews for 7 publications/grants)

Review activity for Biophysical journal. (2)
Review activity for Cell death and disease. (1)
Review activity for Cell reports. (2)
Review activity for Molecular genetics and genomics. (1)
Review activity for Nature cell biology (1)
Review activity for Nature communications (3)
Review activity for PLOS genetics. (2)