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Arnold De Loof

Arnold De Loof

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
70
Citations
15200
World Ranking
7116
National Ranking
127

Overview

Arnold De Loof is affiliated with KU Leuven in Belgium. Their research spans several areas within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and neuroscience. The main subfields of study include cellular and molecular neuroscience, astronomy and astrophysics, cell biology, ecology, and genetics.

The scientist's work focuses on topics such as neurobiology and insect physiology research, physiological and biochemical adaptations, insect and arachnid ecology and behavior, origins and evolution of life, space science and extraterrestrial life, as well as evolutionary game theory and cooperation. In addition, their studies address insect resistance and genetics.

Arnold De Loof has published multiple papers in well-known scientific venues. These include:

  • "Key role of juvenile hormone in controlling reproductive diapause in females of the Asian lady beetle Harmonia axyridis" (2021) in Pest Management Science
  • "The mega-evolution of life with its three memory systems depends on sender-receiver communication and problem-solving. A narrative review" (2023) in The Journal of Physiology
  • "Two Undervalued Functions of the Golgi Apparatus: Removal of Excess Ca2+ and Biosynthesis of Farnesol-Like Sesquiterpenoids, Possibly as Ca2+-Pump Agonists and Membrane "Fluidizers-Plasticizers"" (2020) in Frontiers in Physiology
  • "The mega-evolution of life depends on sender-receiver communication and problem-solving." (2022) in PubMed

While some recent papers associated with the scientist include additional coauthors, Arnold De Loof has frequently collaborated with researchers such as Qiao Gao, Bei Li, Zhong Tian, Jialu Wang, and Xiaoping Wang.

Publication venues where their work appears frequently include Frontiers in Physiology, Pest Management Science, The Journal of Physiology, and PubMed.

Best Publications

  • PDF Receptor Signaling in Drosophila Contributes to Both Circadian and Geotactic Behaviors

    Inge Mertens;Anick Vandingenen;Erik C. Johnson;Orie T. Shafer

  • Peptidomics of the larval Drosophila melanogaster central nervous system.

    Geert Baggerman;Anja Cerstiaens;Arnold De Loof;Liliane Schoofs

  • Identification of the gregarization-associated dark-pigmentotropin in locusts through an albino mutant

    Amer I. Tawfik;Seiji Tanaka;Arnold De Loof;Liliane Schoofs

  • Insulin-related peptides and their conserved signal transduction pathway.

    Ilse Claeys;Gert Simonet;Jeroen Poels;Tom Van Loy

  • Locustatachykinin I and II, two novel insect neuropeptides with homology to peptides of the vertebrate tachykinin family

    Liliane Schoofs;G.Mark Holman;Timothy K. Hayes;Ronald J. Nachman

  • The myotropic peptides of Locusta migratoria: Structures, distribution, functions and receptors

    Liliane Schoofs;Jozef Vanden Broeck;Arnold De Loof

  • Neuropeptides as Regulators of Behavior in Insects

    Liliane Schoofs;Arnold De Loof;Matthias Boris Van Hiel

  • Peptidomic analysis of the larval Drosophila melanogaster central nervous system by two-dimensional capillary liquid chromatography quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry

    Geert Baggerman;Kurt Boonen;Peter Verleyen;Arnold De Loof

  • Gel-based versus gel-free proteomics: A review

    Geert Baggerman;Evy Vierstraete;Arnold De Loof;Liliane Schoofs

  • Characterization of the short neuropeptide F receptor from Drosophila melanogaster.

    Inge Mertens;Tom Meeusen;Roger Huybrechts;Arnold De Loof

  • Locustatachykinin III and IV: two additional insect neuropeptides with homology to peptides of the vertebrate tachykinin family.

    Liliane Schoofs;G.Mark Holman;Timothy K. Hayes;Jan P. Kochansky

  • A proteomic approach for the analysis of instantly released wound and immune proteins in Drosophila melanogaster hemolymph

    Evy Vierstraete;Peter Verleyen;Geert Baggerman;Wannes D'Hertog

  • Peptides in the Locusts, Locusta migratoria and Schistocerca gregaria

    Liliane Schoofs;Dirk Veelaert;Jozef Vanden Broeck;Arnold De Loof

  • Isolation, identification and synthesis of locustamyoinhibiting peptide (LOM-MIP), a novel biologically active neuropeptide from Locusta migratoria.

    Liliane Schoofs;G.Mark Holman;Timothy K. Hayes;Ronald J. Nachman

  • Peptidomics of the pars intercerebralis-corpus cardiacum complex of the migratory locust, Locusta migratoria.

    Elke Clynen;Geert Baggerman;Dirk Veelaert;Anja Cerstiaens

  • Isolation, identification, and synthesis of PDVDHFLRFamide (SchistoFLRFamide) in Locusta migratoria and its association with the male accessory glands, the salivary glands, the heart, and the oviduct.

    Liliane Schoofs;G.Mark Holman;Liesbeth Paemen;Dirk Veelaert

  • Isolation, primary structure and synthesis of locustapyrokinin. A myotropic peptide of Locusta migratoria

    Liliane Schoofs;G.Mark Holman;Timothy K. Hayes;Ronald J. Nachman

  • Neuropeptidomic analysis of the brain and thoracic ganglion from the Jonah crab, Cancer borealis.

    Jurgen Huybrechts;Michael P Nusbaum;Luc Vanden Bosch;Geert Baggerman

  • Locustakinin, a novel myotropic peptide from Locusta migratoria, isolation, primary structure and synthesis

    Liliane Schoofs;G.Mark Holman;Paul Proost;Jo Van Damme

  • Lom-AG-myotropin: a novel myotropic peptide from the male accessory glands of Locusta migratoria

    L. Paemen;A. Tips;L. Schoofs;P. Proost

Frequent Co-Authors

Geert Baggerman
Geert Baggerman University of Antwerp
Ronald J. Nachman
Ronald J. Nachman United States Department of Agriculture
Paul Proost
Paul Proost KU Leuven
Bart Devreese
Bart Devreese Ghent University
Karl E. O. Åkerman
Karl E. O. Åkerman University of Helsinki
Jozef Van Beeumen
Jozef Van Beeumen Ghent University
Marc Parmentier
Marc Parmentier Université Libre de Bruxelles

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