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Cahir J. O'Kane

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
57
Citations
21131
World Ranking
13534
National Ranking
1056

Cahir J. O'Kane publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 116 publications — 10th percentile

10% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Cahir J. O'Kane D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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This scientist: 57 D-Index — 31st percentile

31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Cahir J. O'Kane is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, alongside Neuroscience. The subfields of study include Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cell Biology, Neurology, Genetics, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

The scientist's work covers several key topics, notably:

  • Hereditary Neurological Disorders
  • Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
  • Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease
  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
  • Neurological diseases and metabolism
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms

Their recent papers include:

  • "Axonal Endoplasmic Reticulum Dynamics and Its Roles in Neurodegeneration," 2020, Frontiers in Neuroscience
  • "Virtual Fly Brain-An interactive atlas of the Drosophila nervous system," 2023, Frontiers in Physiology
  • "Endoplasmic Reticulum Lumenal Indicators in Drosophila Reveal Effects of HSP-Related Mutations on Endoplasmic Reticulum Calcium Dynamics," 2020, Frontiers in Neuroscience
  • "How neurons maintain their axons long-term: an integrated view of axon biology and pathology," 2023, Frontiers in Neuroscience
  • "Octopaminergic neurons have multiple targets in Drosophila larval mushroom body calyx and can modulate behavioral odor discrimination," 2021, Learning & Memory

Frequent co-authors of Cahir J. O'Kane include:

  • Juan José Pérez-Moreno
  • Megan Oliva
  • Liria M. Masuda-Nakagawa
  • Alex McLachlan
  • Jillian O'Shaughnessy

Publication venues where the scientist has frequently contributed are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Frontiers in Neuroscience
  • Apollo (University of Cambridge)
  • Frontiers in Physiology
  • Learning & Memory

Best Publications

  • Inhibition of mTOR induces autophagy and reduces toxicity of polyglutamine expansions in fly and mouse models of Huntington disease.

    Brinda Ravikumar;Coralie Vacher;Zdenek Berger;Janet E Davies

  • Targeted expression of tetanus toxin light chain in Drosophila specifically eliminates synaptic transmission and causes behavioral defects

    Sean T Sweeney;Kendal Broadie;John Keane;Heiner Niemann

  • Detection in situ of genomic regulatory elements in Drosophila.

    Cahir J. O'Kane;Walter J. Gehring

  • Lysosomal positioning coordinates cellular nutrient responses

    Viktor I. Korolchuk;Shinji Saiki;Maike Lichtenberg;Farah H. Siddiqi

  • α-Synuclein impairs macroautophagy: implications for Parkinson’s disease

    Ashley R. Winslow;Chien-Wen Chen;Silvia Corrochano;Abraham Acevedo-Arozena

  • Novel targets for Huntington's disease in an mTOR-independent autophagy pathway

    Andrea Williams;Sovan Sarkar;Paul Cuddon;Evangelia K Ttofi

  • P-element-mediated enhancer detection: a versatile method to study development in Drosophila.

    Hugo J. Bellen;Cahir J. O'Kane;Clive Wilson;Ueli Grossniklaus

  • Rapamycin alleviates toxicity of different aggregate-prone proteins.

    Zdenek Berger;Brinda Ravikumar;Fiona M. Menzies;Lourdes Garcia Oroz

  • Small molecules enhance autophagy and reduce toxicity in Huntington's disease models

    Sovan Sarkar;Ethan O Perlstein;Ethan O Perlstein;Sara Imarisio;Sandra Pineau

  • Associative learning disrupted by impaired Gs signaling in Drosophila mushroom bodies

    John B. Connolly;Ian J. H. Roberts;J. Douglas Armstrong;Kim Kaiser

  • Dynein mutations impair autophagic clearance of aggregate-prone proteins.

    Brinda Ravikumar;Abraham Acevedo-Arozena;Sara Imarisio;Zdenek Berger

  • Rapamycin pre-treatment protects against apoptosis

    Brinda Ravikumar;Zdenek Berger;Coralie Vacher;Cahir J. O'Kane

  • P-element-mediated enhancer detection: an efficient method for isolating and characterizing developmentally regulated genes in Drosophila.

    Clive Wilson;Rebecca Kurth Pearson;Hugo J. Bellen;Cahir J. O'Kane

  • Syntaxin and synaptobrevin function downstream of vesicle docking in Drosophila.

    Kendal Broadie;Andreas Prokop;Hugo J. Bellen;Cahir J. O'Kane

  • The DrosDel Collection: A Set of P-Element Insertions for Generating Custom Chromosomal Aberrations in Drosophila melanogaster

    Edward Ryder;Fiona Blows;Michael Ashburner;Rosa Bautista-Llacer

  • Complex Inhibitory Effects of Nitric Oxide on Autophagy

    Sovan Sarkar;Viktor I. Korolchuk;Maurizio Renna;Sara Imarisio

  • A rational mechanism for combination treatment of Huntington's disease using lithium and rapamycin

    Sovan Sarkar;Gauri Krishna;Sara Imarisio;Shinji Saiki

  • Hereditary spastic paraplegias: membrane traffic and the motor pathway

    Craig Blackstone;Cahir J. O'Kane;Evan Reid

  • Rab5 modulates aggregation and toxicity of mutant huntingtin through macroautophagy in cell and fly models of Huntington disease

    Brinda Ravikumar;Sara Imarisio;Sovan Sarkar;Cahir J. O'Kane

  • Erratum: Hereditary spastic paraplegias: membrane traffic and the motor pathway

    Craig Blackstone;Cahir J. O'Kane;Evan Reid

Frequent Co-Authors

David C. Rubinsztein
David C. Rubinsztein University of Cambridge
Fiona M. Menzies
Fiona M. Menzies University of Cambridge
Sovan Sarkar
Sovan Sarkar University of Birmingham
Mikko Juusola
Mikko Juusola University of Sheffield
Hugo J. Bellen
Hugo J. Bellen Baylor College of Medicine
Kei Ito
Kei Ito University of Cologne
Mark Terasaki
Mark Terasaki University of Connecticut Health Center
Viktor I. Korolchuk
Viktor I. Korolchuk Newcastle University
Walter J. Gehring
Walter J. Gehring University of Basel
Ueli Grossniklaus
Ueli Grossniklaus University of Zurich

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