Alison Cole, BSc MSc PhD
Alison Cole
T: +43-1-4277-57008
Winter term 2025
300106 UE Analyses of single cell transcriptome data - Genome/transcriptome assembly and annotation
Winter term 2024
300106 UE Analyses of single cell transcriptome data - Genome/transcriptome assembly and annotation
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Haillot E, Lebedeva T, Steger J, Genikhovich G, Montenegro JD, Cole AG et al. Segregation of endoderm and mesoderm germ layer identities in the diploblast Nematostella vectensis. Nature Communications. 2025 Aug 27;16(1):7979. doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-63287-4


Bergheim BG, Cole AG, Rettel M, Stein F, Redl S, Hess MW et al. Molecular dynamics of the matrisome across sea anemone life history. 2024. doi: 10.1101/2024.10.29.620203

Denner A, Steger J, Ries A, Morozova-Link E, Ritter J, Haas F et al. Nanos2 marks precursors of somatic lineages and is required for germline formation in the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis. Science Advances. 2024 Aug 16;10(33):eado0424. ado0424. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.ado0424


Cole AG, Steger J, Hagauer J, Denner A, Ferrer Murguia P, Knabl P et al. Updated single cell reference atlas for the starlet anemone Nematostella vectensis. Frontiers in Zoology. 2024 Mar 18;21:8. Epub 2024 Mar 18. doi: 10.1186/s12983-024-00529-z

Cole AG, Hashimshony T, Du Z, Yanai I. Gene regulatory patterning codes in early cell fate specification of the C. elegans embryo. eLife. 2024 Jan 29;12:RP87099. Epub 2023. doi: 10.7554/eLife.87099.3

Stadtmauer D, Basanta S, Maziarz J, Cole A, Dagdas G, Rae Smith G et al. Comparative single cell analysis reveals complex patterns of cell type and cell signaling innovations at the fetal-maternal interface. bioRxiv. 2024. doi: 10.1101/2024.05.01.591945

Basanta S, Stadtmauer D, Maziarz J, McDonough-Goldstein C, Cole A, Dagdas G et al. Hallmarks of uterine receptivity predate placental mammals. bioRxiv. 2024. doi: 10.1101/2024.11.04.621939


Cole AG, Jahnel SM, Kaul S, Steger J, Hagauer J, Denner A et al. Muscle cell-type diversification is driven by bHLH transcription factor expansion and extensive effector gene duplications. Nature Communications. 2023 Dec;14(1):1747. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-37220-6


Steger J, Cole AG, Denner A, Lebedeva T, Genikhovich G, Ries A et al. Single-cell transcriptomics identifies conserved regulators of neuroglandular lineages. Cell Reports. 2022 Sept 20;40(12):111370. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2022.111370

Salamanca D, Schulreich SM, Cole AG, Wanninger A. Single-Cell RNA Sequencing Atlas From a Bivalve Larva Enhances Classical Cell Lineage Studies. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 2022 Jan 26;9:783984. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2021.783984

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Studies of Cnidarian cell-type diversity offer insights into the origins and evolution of cell types

Cole, A. (Speaker)

25 Jun 202428 Jun 2024

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Molecular fingerprinting sea anemones and jellyfish: a transcriptomic approach to characterize Cnidarian cell types

Cole, A. (Speaker)

22 Jul 2023

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


A cell-type atlas from a scyphozoan jellyfish Aurelia sp. provides insights into cell-type diversity and reveals conserved cell specification mechanisms across the Cnidaria

Cole, A. (Speaker)

7 Sept 202210 Sept 2022

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Cnidarian radiation of bHLH regulatory proteins facilitated the diversification of muscle cell types

Cole, A. (Speaker)

31 May 20223 Jun 2022

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Molecular fingerprinting sea anemones and jellyfish: a transcriptomic approach to characterize Cnidarian cell types

Cole, A. (Speaker)

7 May 2021

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Diploblastic sea anemones have distinct cell types with signatures reminiscent of bilaterian muscle

Cole, A. (Speaker)

16 Sept 2019

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Development and Homeostasis in a sea anemone: a multi-faceted approach to characterize Cnidarian stem cells

Cole, A. (Speaker)

17 Feb 201920 Feb 2019

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Department of Neuroscience and Developmental Biology

Djerassiplatz 1 (UBB)
1030 Wien
Room: 4.027

T: +43-1-4277-57008

alison.cole@univie.ac.at