Azad Alizada
Postdoctoral Research Scientist
My research focuses on the evolution of cellular and molecular mechanisms involved in heart development
Recent publications
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Transcriptional regulation of the piRNA pathway by Ovo in animal ovarian germ cells.
Journal article
Alizada A. et al, (2025), Genes Dev, 39, 221 - 241
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The transcription factor Traffic jam orchestrates the somatic piRNA pathway in Drosophila ovaries
Journal article
Alizada A. et al, (2025), Cell Reports
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Rapid evolution of promoters from germline-specifically expressed genes including transposon silencing factors.
Journal article
McQuarrie DWJ. et al, (2024), BMC Genomics, 25
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Ovo is a master regulator of the piRNA pathway in animal ovarian germ cells
Preprint
Alizada A. et al, (2024)
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Unistrand piRNA clusters are an evolutionarily conserved mechanism to suppress endogenous retroviruses across the Drosophila genus.
Journal article
van Lopik J. et al, (2023), Nat Commun, 14