Selected Publications
Journal publications
(2026) Kraushar ML. The on-site, on-demand, neuronal gene machine. Nature Reviews Neuroscience. 26: 6.
(2025) Biswas A, Muñoz O, Kim K, Hoege C, Lorton BM, Nikolay R, Kraushar ML, Shechter D, Guck J*, Zaburdaev V*, Reber S*. Conserved nucleocytoplasmic density homeostasis drives cellular organization across eukaryotes. Nature Communications. 16: 7591. *Co-corresponding.
(2025) Zhang Y, Stöppelkamp I, Fernandez-Pernas P, Allram M, Charman M, Magalhaes AP, Piedavent-Salomon M, Sommer G, Sung YC, Meyer K, Grams N, Halko E, Dongre S, Meierhofer D, Malszycki M, Ilik IA, Aktas T, Kraushar ML, Vastenhouw N, Weitzman MD, Grebien F, Niskanen H*, Hnisz D*. Probing condensate microenvironments with a micropeptide killswitch. Nature. 643: 1107-1116. *Co-corresponding.
(2024) Borisova E, Newman AG, Couce Iglesias M, Dannenberg R, Schaub T, Qin B, Rusanova A, Brockmann M, Koch J, Daniels M, Turko P, Jahn O, Kaplan DR, Rosário M, Iwawaki T, Spahn CMT, Rosenmund C, Meierhofer D, Kraushar ML, Tarabykin V, Ambrozkiewicz MC. Protein translation rate determines neocortical neuron fate. Nature Communications. 15:4879.
(2023) Häfner SJ*, Jansson MD, Altinel K, Andersen KL, Abay-Nørgaard Z, Ménard P, Fontenas M, Sørensen DM, Gay DM, Arendrup FS, Tehler D, Krogh N, Nielsen H, Kraushar ML, Kirkeby A, Lund AH*. Ribosomal RNA 2'-O-methylation dynamics impact cell fate decisions. Developmental Cell. 58: 1593-1609.e9. *Co-corresponding.
(2023) Duss O*, Nikolay R*, Kraushar ML*. Decoding a ribosome uncertainty. Trends in Genetics. 9: 639-641. *Co-corresponding.
(2023) Mensah MA*, Niskanen H*, Magalhaes AP, Basu S, Kircher M, Sczakiel HL, Reiter AMV, Elsner J, Meinecke P, Biskup S, Chung B, Dombrowsky G, Eckmann-Scholz C, Hitz MP, Holterhus P-M, Hülsemann W, Kahrizi K, Kalscheuer VM, Kan A, Krumbiegel M, Kurth I, Leubner J, Longardt AC, Moritz JD, Najmabadi H, Skipalova K, Tzschach A, Wiedersberg E, Zenker M, Garcia-Cabau C, Buschow R, Salvatella X, Kraushar ML, Mundlos S, Caliebe A, Spielmann M, Horn D, Hnisz D. Disruption of nucleolar phase separation in human genetic disease. Nature. 614:564-571. *Equal contribution.
(2022) Harnett D*, Ambrozkiewicz MC*, Zinnall U, Rusanova A, Borisova E, Drescher AN, Couce-Iglesias M, Villamil G, Dannenberg R, Imami K, Münster-Wandowski A, Fauler B, Mielke T, Selbach M, Landthaler M, Spahn CMT, Tarabykin V, Ohler U, Kraushar ML. A critical period of translational control during brain development at codon resolution. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 12:1277-1290. *Equal contribution.
(2022) Hochmair J, Exner C, Franck M, Dominguez-Baquero A, Diez L, Brognaro H, Kraushar ML, Mielke T, Radbruch H, Kaniyappan S, Falke S, Mandelkow E, Betzel C, Wegmann S. Molecular crowding and RNA synergize to promote phase separation, microtubule interaction, and seeding of Tau condensates. EMBO Journal. 41:e108882.
(2021) Kraushar ML*, Krupp F, Harnett D, Turko P, Ambrozkiewicz MC, Sprink T, Imami K, Günnigmann M, Zinnall U, Vieira-Vieira CH, Schaub T, Münster-Wandowski A, Bürger J, Borisova E, Yamamoto H, Rasin M-R, Ohler U, Beule D, Mielke T, Tarabykin V, Landthaler M, Kramer G, Vida I, Selbach M, Spahn CMT*. Protein synthesis in the developing neocortex at near-atomic resolution reveals Ebp1-mediated neuronal proteostasis at the 60S tunnel exit. Molecular Cell. 81:304-322.e16. *Co-corresponding.
(2020) Popovitchenko T, Park Y, Page N, Luo X, Krsnik Ž, Liu Y, Salamon I, Stephenson J, Kraushar ML, Volk N, Patel S, Wijeratne HRS, Li D, Suthar K, Wach A, Sun M, Arnold S, Wado A, Okano H, Paillard L, Zhang H, Buyske S, Kostović I, de Rubeis S, Hart R, Rasin M-R. Translational derepression of Elavl4 isoforms at their alternative 5’ UTRs determines neuronal development. Nature Communications. 11:1674.
(2016) Kraushar ML, Popovitchenko T, Volk NL, Rasin M-R. The frontier of RNA metamorphosis and ribosome signature in neocortical development. International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience. 55:131-139.
(2015) Kraushar ML, Viljetic B, Wijeratne HRS, Thompson K, Xiao J, Pike JW, Medvedeva V, Groszer M, Kiledjian M, Hart RP, Rasin M-R. Thalamic WNT3 secretion spatiotemporally regulates the neocortical ribosome signature and mRNA translation to specify neocortical cell subtypes. Journal of Neuroscience. 35:10911-26.
(2014) Kraushar ML, Thompson K, Wijeratne HRS, Viljetic B, Sakers K, Marson J, Kontoyiannis DL, Hart RP, Rasin M-R. Temporally defined neocortical translation and polysome assembly are determined by the RNA-binding protein Hu antigen R. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA. 111:E3815-3824.
(2013) DeBoer EM*, Kraushar ML*, Hart RP, Rasin M-R. Post-transcriptional regulatory elements and spatiotemporal specification of neocortical stem cells and projection neurons. Neuroscience. 248:499-528. *Equal contribution.
Patents
(2025) Single Cell Analysis of Structural RNA [EP25184315.7] - pending