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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2006 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2004 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Barry Ganetzky is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a significant emphasis on mitochondrial function and pathology.

The scientist's work spans several subfields including molecular biology, immunology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, developmental neuroscience, and pediatrics, perinatology, and child health. Their investigations explore diverse topics such as mitochondrial dysfunction, ATP synthase and ATPases research, S100 proteins and annexins, invertebrate immune response mechanisms, interferon and immune responses, immune response and inflammation, and anesthesia and neurotoxicity research.

Barry Ganetzky's recent publications include the following papers:

  • "Loss of the Antimicrobial Peptide Metchnikowin Protects Against Traumatic Brain Injury Outcomes in Drosophila melanogaster", 2020, G3 Genes Genomes Genetics
  • "Survival Following Traumatic Brain Injury in Drosophila Is Increased by Heterozygosity for a Mutation of the NF-κB Innate Immune Response Transcription Factor Relish", 2020, Genetics
  • "Mitochondrial Complex I Mutations Predispose Drosophila to Isoflurane Neurotoxicity", 2020, Anesthesiology
  • "Developmental arrest of Drosophila larvae elicits presynaptic depression and enables prolonged studies of neurodegeneration", 2020, Development
  • "Beta-blockers reduce intestinal permeability and early mortality following traumatic brain injury in Drosophila", 2021, PubMed

The most frequent co-authors in Barry Ganetzky's publications are:

  • David A. Wassarman
  • Rebeccah J. Katzenberger
  • Stacey A. Rimkus
  • Laura C Swanson
  • Megan Fischer

The scientist's research has been published most often in the following venues:

  • PLoS ONE
  • Genetics
  • PubMed
  • Journal of Neurogenetics
  • G3 Genes Genomes Genetics

Barry Ganetzky has been recognized by membership in the National Academy of Sciences since 2006 and was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2004.

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Fabio C. Abdalla;Hagai Abeliovich;Robert T. Abraham

  • HERG, a Human Inward Rectifier in the Voltage-Gated Potassium Channel Family

    Matthew C. Trudeau;Jeffrey W. Warmke;Barry Ganetzky;Gail A. Robertson

  • A family of potassium channel genes related to eag in Drosophila and mammals.

    Jeffrey W. Warmke;Barry Ganetzky

  • A component of calcium-activated potassium channels encoded by the Drosophila slo locus

    Nigel S. Atkinson;Gail A. Robertson;Barry Ganetzky

  • Molecular analysis of the para locus, a sodium channel gene in Drosophila.

    Kate Loughney;Robert Kreber;Barry Ganetzky

  • Ion channels and synaptic organization: analysis of the Drosophila genome.

    J.Troy Littleton;J.Troy Littleton;Barry Ganetzky

  • International Union of Pharmacology. XLI. Compendium of voltage-gated ion channels : potassium channels

    George A. Gutman;K. George Chandy;John P. Adelman;Jayashree Aiyar

  • Functional role of the β subunit of high conductance calcium-activated potassium channels

    Owen B McManus;Lisa M.H Helms;Leo Pallanck;Barry Ganetzky

  • Reduced sleep in Drosophila Shaker mutants

    Chiara Cirelli;Daniel Bushey;Sean Hill;Reto Huber

  • Synaptic Vesicle Size and Number Are Regulated by a Clathrin Adaptor Protein Required for Endocytosis

    Bing Zhang;Bing Zhang;Young Ho Koh;Robert B Beckstead;Vivian Budnik

  • Drosophila Ecdysone Receptor Mutations Reveal Functional Differences among Receptor Isoforms

    Michael Bender;Farhad B Imam;William S Talbot;Barry Ganetzky

  • The maleless protein associates with the X chromosome to regulate dosage compensation in drosophila

    Mitzi I. Kuroda;Maurice J. Kernan;Robert Kreber;Barry Ganetzky

  • A Drosophila mutation that eliminates a calcium-dependent potassium current.

    Thomas Elkins;Barry Ganetzky;Chun-Fang Wu

  • Autophagy promotes synapse development in Drosophila.

    Wei Shen;Barry Ganetzky

  • Retromer deficiency observed in Alzheimer's disease causes hippocampal dysfunction, neurodegeneration, and Aβ accumulation

    Alim Muhammad;Ingrid Flores;Hong Zhang;Rui Yu

  • Temperature-Sensitive Paralytic Mutations Demonstrate that Synaptic Exocytosis Requires SNARE Complex Assembly and Disassembly

    J.Troy Littleton;Edwin R Chapman;Robert Kreber;Martin B Garment

  • Cloning and characterization of human and mouse homologs of the Drosophila calcium-activated potassium channel gene, slowpoke

    Leo Pallanck;Barry Ganetzky

  • Indirect Suppression Involving Behavioral Mutants with Altered Nerve Excitability in DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER.

    Barry Ganetzky;Chun-Fang Wu

  • Functional Expression of Drosophila para Sodium Channels Modulation by the Membrane Protein TipE and Toxin Pharmacology

    Jeffrey W. Warmke;Robert A.G. Reenan;Peiyi Wang;Su Qian

  • synaptotagmin Mutants Reveal Essential Functions for the C2B Domain in Ca2+-Triggered Fusion and Recycling of Synaptic Vesicles In Vivo

    J. Troy Littleton;Jihong Bai;Bimal Vyas;Radhika Desai

Frequent Co-Authors

Chun-Fang Wu
Chun-Fang Wu University of Iowa
Edwin R. Chapman
Edwin R. Chapman University of Wisconsin–Madison
R. Scott Hawley
R. Scott Hawley Stowers Institute for Medical Research
Karen Duff
Karen Duff University College London
Lily Yeh Jan
Lily Yeh Jan University of California, San Francisco
Hugo J. Bellen
Hugo J. Bellen Baylor College of Medicine
Bruce S. Baker
Bruce S. Baker Stanford University
Andrea Ballabio
Andrea Ballabio Baylor College of Medicine
Enza Maria Valente
Enza Maria Valente University of Pavia

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