2026 Catherine Dulac: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	63	3336	3049	1544	1394	111	24557
Biology and Biochemistry	64	9453	8721	4171	3744	116	24599

Research.com Recognitions

2021 - Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences for deconstructing the complex behavior of parenting to the level of cell-types and their wiring, and demonstrating that the neural circuits governing both male and female-specific parenting behaviors are present in both sexes.
2019 - Ralph W. Gerard Prize in Neuroscience, Society for Neuroscience
2018 - Karl Spencer Lashley Award, The American Philosophical Society in recognition of her incisive studies of the molecular and circuit basis of instinctive behaviors mediated through olfactory systems in the mammalian brain
2015 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
2010 - Perl-UNC Prize, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Discovery of Chemosensitive Circuits that Regulate Social Behaviors.
2009 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2006 - Richard Lounsbery Award, National Academy of Sciences and the French Academy of Sciences for her major contributions in the perception and behavioral translation of pheromones in mammals.
2004 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Catherine Dulac is a researcher affiliated with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in the United States, focusing on Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology with a particular emphasis on Molecular Biology. Their broader scientific interests encompass subfields such as Social Psychology, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Neurology, and Immunology.

The research topics that recurrently appear in Dulac's work include:

Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
Circadian rhythm and melatonin
Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
Stress Responses and Cortisol
Immune cells in cancer
Gene expression and cancer classification

Dulac's recent publications demonstrate an integration of molecular techniques and neuroscience, exemplified by the following papers:

"Multi-animal pose estimation, identification and tracking with DeepLabCut," 2022, Nature Methods
"Molecular and spatial signatures of mouse brain aging at single-cell resolution," 2022, Cell
"Characterizing spatial gene expression heterogeneity in spatially resolved single-cell transcriptomic data with nonuniform cellular densities," 2021, Genome Research
"The Mind of a Mouse," 2020, Cell
"A preoptic neuronal population controls fever and appetite during sickness," 2022, Nature

The frequent co-authors who have collaborated extensively with Dulac include:

Mohammed Mostafizur Rahman
Jessy Lauer
Mackenzie Weygandt Mathis
Alexander Mathis
Venkatesh N. Murthy

The researcher's work has been disseminated predominantly through high-impact and specialized scientific venues such as:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Trends in Neurosciences
Cell
Nature

A number of awards and honors have been conferred on Dulac recognizing contributions to neuroscience and molecular biology, including:

Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences (2021) for detailed analysis of the neural circuits underlying parenting behaviors across sexes
Ralph W. Gerard Prize in Neuroscience, Society for Neuroscience (2019)
Karl Spencer Lashley Award, The American Philosophical Society (2018) for studies on molecular and circuit mechanisms of instinctive behaviors
Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2015)
Perl-UNC Prize, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2010) for discovery of chemosensitive circuits regulating social behaviors
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2009)
Richard Lounsbery Award from the National Academy of Sciences and the French Academy of Sciences (2006) for work on pheromone perception and behavioral translation
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2004)

Best Publications

Visualizing an Olfactory Sensory Map

Peter Mombaerts;Fan Wang;Catherine Dulac;Steve K Chao

2395
Citations
Molecular, spatial, and functional single-cell profiling of the hypothalamic preoptic region.

Jeffrey R. Moffitt;Dhananjay Bambah-Mukku;Dhananjay Bambah-Mukku;Stephen W. Eichhorn;Eric Vaughn;Eric Vaughn

1357
Citations
A novel family of genes encoding putative pheromone receptors in mammals

Catherine Dulac;Richard Axel

1172
Citations
Loss of sex discrimination and male-male aggression in mice deficient for TRP2.

Lisa Stowers;Timothy E. Holy;Markus Meister;Catherine Dulac

1051
Citations
A Novel Family of Putative Pheromone Receptors in Mammals with a Topographically Organized and Sexually Dimorphic Distribution

Gilles Herrada;Catherine Dulac

1010
Citations
Mapping of Brain Activity by Automated Volume Analysis of Immediate Early Genes

Nicolas Renier;Eliza L. Adams;Christoph Kirst;Zhuhao Wu

933
Citations
Molecular detection of pheromone signals in mammals: from genes to behaviour.

Catherine Dulac;A. Thomas Torello

901
Citations
Superresolution Imaging of Chemical Synapses in the Brain

Adish Dani;Bo Huang;Bo Huang;Joseph Bergan;Joseph Bergan;Catherine Dulac;Catherine Dulac

833
Citations
High-Resolution Analysis of Parent-of-Origin Allelic Expression in the Mouse Brain

Christopher Gregg;Jiangwen Zhang;Brandon Weissbourd;Brandon Weissbourd;Shujun Luo

621
Citations
Galanin neurons in the medial preoptic area govern parental behaviour

Zheng Wu;Anita E. Autry;Joseph F. Bergan;Mitsuko Watabe-Uchida

591
Citations
A functional circuit underlying male sexual behaviour in the female mouse brain

Tali Kimchi;Jennings Xu;Catherine Dulac

581
Citations
TRP2: A candidate transduction channel for mammalian pheromone sensory signaling

Emily R. Liman;David P. Corey;Catherine Dulac

549
Citations
Genomic Imprinting and Physiological Processes in Mammals.

Valter Tucci;Anthony R. Isles;Gavin Kelsey;Gavin Kelsey;Anne C. Ferguson-Smith

538
Citations
Neural control of maternal and paternal behaviors

Catherine Dulac;Lauren Lauren O'Connell;Zheng Wu

494
Citations
Olfactory Inputs to Hypothalamic Neurons Controlling Reproduction and Fertility

Hayan Yoon;Lynn William Enquist;Catherine Dulac

476
Citations
Functional circuit architecture underlying parental behaviour.

Johannes Kohl;Benedicte M. Babayan;Nimrod D. Rubinstein;Anita E. Autry

459
Citations
Molecular and spatial signatures of mouse brain aging at single-cell resolution

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453
Citations
Sex-Specific Parent-of-Origin Allelic Expression in the Mouse Brain

Christopher Gregg;Jiangwen Zhang;James E. Butler;James E. Butler;David Haig

401
Citations
Identification of a Signaling Network in Lateral Nucleus of Amygdala Important for Inhibiting Memory Specifically Related to Learned Fear

Gleb P. Shumyatsky;Evgeny Tsvetkov;Gaël Malleret;Svetlana Vronskaya

400
Citations
Brain function and chromatin plasticity

Catherine Dulac

391
Citations
Functional Expression of Murine V2R Pheromone Receptors Involves Selective Association with the M10 and M1 Families of MHC Class Ib Molecules

Jennifer Loconto;Fabio Papes;Ernie Chang;Lisa Stowers

363
Citations
A map of pheromone receptor activation in the mammalian brain.

Leonardo Belluscio;Georgy Koentges;Richard Axel;Catherine Dulac

345
Citations