Publications
2026
Senoglu E, Mittné V, Dietz S, Eugster A, Thieme S, Baenke F, Albert M, Peitzsch C. (2026) Protocol for single-cell epigenetic profiling in human organoids and tumoroids with Epi-CyTOF. STAR Protoc. 7(3):104695. doi: 10.1016/j.xpro.2026.104695. Link
Xu S, Sangwoo K, Guanlin L, Wilsch-Bräuninger M, Kolodziejczyk A, Schütze TM, Albert M, Trivedi V, Campàs O, Ebisuya M. (2026) Species-specific basal fluidization shapes early forebrain development. bioRxiv. doi: 10.1101/2025.10.07.680907. Link
Lee JE*, Abe P*, Albert M. (2026) Epigenetic regulation of cell fate determination in cortical development. Curr Opin Genet Dev. 99:102486. doi: 10.1016/j.gde.2026.102486. Link
2025
Ditzer N*, Senoglu E*, Kolodziejczyk A, Schütze TM, Nikolaidi A, Küster K, Sameith K, Dietz S, Derihaci RP, Birdir C, Eugster A, Karl MO, Dahl A, Wimberger P, Baenke F, Peitzsch C, Albert M. (2025) Epigenome profiling identifies H3K27me3 regulation of extra-cellular matrix composition in human corticogenesis. Neuron. S0896-6273(25)00474-X. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2025.06.016 Link
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Aquilino M*, Ditzer N*, Namba T, Albert M. (2025) Epigenetic and metabolic regulation of developmental timing in neocortex evolution. Trends in Neurosciences. 48(6):430-444. doi: 10.1016/j.tins.2025.03.001. Link
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Schütze TM, Ditzer N, Vangelisti S, Kolodziejczyk A, Capra E, Chiaradia I, Peters J, Krause M, Eugster C, Derihaci RP, Birdir C, Martin U, Wimberger P, Long KR, Lancaster M, Kalebic N, Bonev B, Albert M. (2025) Human-specific morphoregulatory signatures in basal radial glia characterize neocortex evolution. bioRxiv. Link
Hoffmann J, Schütze TM, Kolodziejczyk A, Kränkel A, Reinhardt S, Derihaci RP, Birdir C, Wimberger P, Koseki H, Albert M. (2024) Canonical and non-canonical PRC1 differentially contribute to the regulation of neural stem cell fate. Life Science Alliance. 8(4):e202403006. doi: 10.26508/lsa.202403006. Link
2024
Kolodziejczyk A, Hoffmann J, Cubillos P, Albert M. (2024) Electroporation of Sliced Human Cortical Organoids for Studies of Gene Function. J Vis Exp. 29:(213). doi: 10.3791/67598. Link
Cubillos P, Ditzer N, Kolodziejczyk A, Schwenk G, Epperlein J, Schütze TM, Derihaci RP, Birdir C, Köllner JEM, Petzold A, Sarov M, Martin U, Long K, Wimberger P, Albert M. (2024) The growth factor EPIREGULIN promotes basal progenitor cell proliferation in the developing neocortex. EMBO J. 43(8):1388-1419. doi: 10.1038/s44318-024-00068-7. Link
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2023
Noack F, Vangelisti S, Ditzer N, Chong F, Albert M and Bonev B (2023). Joint epigenome profiling reveals cell-type-specific gene regulatory programmes in human cortical organoids. Nat Cell Biol. 25(12):1873-1883. doi: 10.1038/s41556-023-01296-5. Link
2022
Schütze TM, Bölicke N, Sameith K and Albert M (2022). Profiling cell type-specific gene regulatory regions in human cortical organoids. In: Gopalakrishnan, J. (eds) Brain Organoid Research. Neuromethods, vol 189: 17-42. Humana, New York, NY. Link
Bölicke N, and Albert M (2022). Polycomb–mediated gene regulation in human brain development and neurodevelopmental disorders. Dev Neurobiol. 82(4):345-363. doi: 10.1002/dneu.22876. Link
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2021
Hoffmann J, and Albert M (2021). Epigenetic regulation of cortical neurogenesis. In Factors Affecting Neurodevelopment, C. Martin, V.R. Preedy, and R. Rajendram, eds. UK: Academic Press. 49-61. Link
Kerimoglu C, Pham L, Tonchev AB, Sakib MS, Xie Y, Sokpor G, Ulmke PA, Kaurani L, Abbas E, Nguyen H, Rosenbusch J, Michurina A, Capece V, Angelova M, Maricic N, Brand-Saberi B, Esgleas M, Albert M, Minkov R, Kovachev E, Teichmann U, Seong RH, Huttner WB, Nguyen HP, Stoykova A, Staiger JF, Fischer A, and Tuoc T (2021). H3 acetylation selectively promotes basal progenitor proliferation and neocortex expansion. Sci Adv 7, eabc6792.
2018
Albert M, and Huttner WB (2018). Epigenetic and transcriptional pre-patterning – an emerging theme in cortical neurogenesis. Front Neurosci. 12: 359.
Kalebic N, Gilardi C, Albert M, Namba T, Long KR, Kostic M, Langen B, and WB Huttner (2018). Human-specific ARHGAP11B induces hallmarks of neocortical expansion in developing ferret neocortex. eLife. 7: e41241.
Florio M, Heide M, Pinson A, Brandl H, Albert M, Winkler S, Wimberger P, Huttner WB, and Hiller M (2018). Evolution and cell-type specificity of human-specific genes preferentially expressed in progenitors of fetal neocortex. eLife. 7: e32332.
2017
Albert M, Kalebic N, Florio M, Lakshmanaperumal N, Haffner C, Brandl H, Henry I, and Huttner WB (2017). Epigenome profiling and editing of neocortical progenitor cells during development. EMBO J. 36: 2642-2658.
2015
Albert M, and Huttner WB (2015). Clever space saving—how the cerebral cortex folds. EMBO J. 34(14): 1845-7.
Tardat M, Albert M, Kunzmann R, Liu Z, Kaustov L, Thierry R, Duan S, Brykczynska U, Arrowsmith CH, and Peters AH (2015). Cbx2 targets PRC1 to constitutive heterochromatin in mouse zygotes in a parent-of-origin dependent manner. Mol Cell. 58(1): 157-71.
Florio M, Albert M, Taverna E, Namba T, Brandl H, Lewitus E, Haffner C, Sykes A, Wong FK, Peters J, Guhr E, Klemroth S, Prüfer K, Kelso J, Naumann R, Nüsslein I, Dahl A, Lachmann R, Pääbo S, and Huttner WB (2015). Human-specific gene ARHGAP11B promotes basal progenitor amplification and neocortex expansion. Science. 347(6229): 1465-70.
Stewart MH, Albert M, Sroczynska P, Cruickshank VA, Guo Y, Rossi DJ, Helin K, and Enver T (2015). The histone demethylase Jarid1b is required for hematopoietic stem cell self-renewal. Blood. 125(13): 2075-8.
Fork C, Gu L, Hitzel J, Josipovic I, Hu J, SzeKa Wong M, Ponomareva Y, Albert M, Schmitz SU, Uchida S, Fleming I, Helin K, Steinhilber D, Leisegang MS, and Brandes RP (2015). Epigenetic regulation of angiogenesis by JARID1B-induced repression of HOXA5. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 35(7): 1645-52.
Ptaschinski C, Mukherjee S, Moore ML, Albert M, Helin K, Kunkel SL, and Lukacs NW (2015). RSV-Induced H3K4 demethylase KDM5B leads to regulation of dendritic cell-derived innate cytokines and exacerbates pathogenesis in vivo. PLoS Pathog. 11(6): e1004978.
2014
van de Werken C, van der Heijden G, Eleveld C, Teeuwssen M, Albert M, Baarends W, Laven J, Peters A, and Baart E (2014). Paternal heterochromatin formation in human embryos is H3K9/HP1 directed and primed by sperm-derived histone modifications. Nat Commun. 5: 5868.
Piunti A, Rossi A, Cerutti A, Albert M, Jammula S, Scelfo A, Cedrone L, Fragola G, Olsson L, Koseki H, Testa G, Casola S, Helin K, d’Adda di Fagagna F, and Pasini D (2014). Polycomb proteins control proliferation and transformation independently of cell cycle checkpoints by regulating DNA replication. Nat Commun. 5: 3649.
2013
Albert M, Schmitz SU, Kooistra SM, Malatesta M, Morales Torres C, Rekling JC, Johansen JV, Abarrategui I, and Helin K (2013). The histone demethylase Jarid1b ensures faithful mouse development by protecting developmental genes from aberrant H3K4me3. PLoS Genet. 9(4): e1003461.
2011
Schmitz SU, Albert M, Malatesta M, Morey L, Johansen JV, Bak M, Tommerup N, Abarrategui I, and Helin K (2011). Jarid1b targets genes regulating development and is involved in neural differentiation. EMBO J. 30(22): 4586-600.
2010
Albert M, and Helin K (2010). Histone methyltransferases in cancer. Semin Cell Dev Biol. 21(2): 209-20.
2009
Hublitz P, Albert M, and Peters AH (2009). Mechanisms of transcriptional repression by histone lysine methylation. Int J Dev Biol. 53(2-3): 335-54.
Albert M, and Peters AH (2009). Genetic and epigenetic control of early mouse development. Curr Opin Genet Dev. 19(2): 113-21.
2008
Puschendorf M, Terranova R, Boutsma E, Mao X, Isono K, Brykczynska U, Kolb C, Otte AP, Koseki H, Orkin SH, van Lohuizen M, and Peters AHFM (2008). PRC1 and Suv39h specify parental asymmetry at constitutive heterochromatin in early mouse embryos. Nat Genet. 40(4): 411-20.
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