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Charalambos P. Kyriacou

Charalambos P. Kyriacou

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Genetics

D-Index
69
Citations
15231
World Ranking
2364
National Ranking
296

Overview

Charalambos P. Kyriacou is affiliated with the University of Leicester in the United Kingdom. Their research spans several interconnected fields, with a focus on neuroscience and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their most frequent areas of study include cellular and molecular neuroscience, physiology, endocrine and autonomic systems, molecular biology, and plant science.

The scientist's main research topics cover a range of biological phenomena, including circadian rhythm and melatonin, neurobiology and insect physiology, spaceflight effects on biology, electromagnetic fields and biological effects, genetic neurodegenerative diseases, light effects on plants, and insect and arachnid ecology and behavior.

Frequent coauthors in their research include:

  • Ezio Rosato
  • David Wilcockson
  • Flaviano Giorgini
  • Edward W. Green
  • Michael H. Hastings

Regarding publication venues, Charalambos P. Kyriacou has contributed multiple works in the following outlets:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature
  • Frontiers in Physiology
  • Nature
  • PLoS Genetics

Selected recent papers authored or coauthored by Kyriacou include:

  • "Essential elements of radical pair magnetosensitivity in Drosophila," 2023, Nature
  • "A novel role for kynurenine 3-monooxygenase in mitochondrial dynamics," 2020, PLoS Genetics
  • "Disrupted Glutamate Signaling in Drosophila Generates Locomotor Rhythms in Constant Light," 2020, Frontiers in Physiology
  • "Genetic analysis of cryptochrome in insect magnetosensitivity," 2022, Frontiers in Physiology
  • "Rab8 Promotes Mutant HTT Aggregation, Reduces Neurodegeneration, and Ameliorates Behavioural Alterations in a Drosophila Model of Huntington's Disease," 2020, Journal of Huntington's Disease

Best Publications

  • Peroxiredoxins are conserved markers of circadian rhythms

    Rachel S. Edgar;Edward W. Green;Yuwei Zhao;Gerben van Ooijen

  • Circadian Cycling of the Mouse Liver Transcriptome, as Revealed by cDNA Microarray, Is Driven by the Suprachiasmatic Nucleus

    Ruth A. Akhtar;Akhilesh B. Reddy;Elizabeth S. Maywood;Jonathan D. Clayton

  • Circadian Orchestration of the Hepatic Proteome

    Akhilesh B. Reddy;Natasha A. Karp;Elizabeth S. Maywood;Elizabeth A. Sage

  • Circadian rhythm mutations in Drosophila melanogaster affect short-term fluctuations in the male's courtship song.

    C. P. Kyriacou;Jeffrey C. Hall

  • P-element transformation with period locus DNA restores rhythmicity to mutant, arrhythmic drosophila melanogaster

    William A. Zehring;David A. Wheeler;Pranhitha Reddy;Ronald J. Konopka

  • Natural variation in a Drosophila clock gene and temperature compensation.

    Lesley A. Sawyer;J. Michael Hennessy;J. Michael Hennessy;Alexandre A. Peixoto;Alexandre A. Peixoto;Ezio Rosato;Ezio Rosato

  • Natural selection favors a newly derived timeless allele in Drosophila melanogaster

    Eran Tauber;Mauro Zordan;Mauro Zordan;Federica Sandrelli;Federica Sandrelli;Mirko Pegoraro;Mirko Pegoraro

  • Unexpected features of Drosophila circadian behavioural rhythms under natural conditions

    Stefano Vanin;Supriya Bhutani;Supriya Bhutani;Stefano Montelli;Stefano Montelli;Pamela Menegazzi;Pamela Menegazzi

  • Glucocorticoid signaling synchronizes the liver circadian transcriptome.

    Akhilesh B. Reddy;Elizabeth S. Maywood;Natasha A. Karp;Verdun M. King

  • Inhibition of calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase in drosophila disrupts behavioral plasticity

    Leslie C. Griffith;Lynne M. Verselis;Kay Marie Aitken;Charalambos P. Kyriacou

  • Latitudinal clines: an evolutionary view on biological rhythms†,‡

    Roelof A. Hut;Silvia Paolucci;Roi Dor;Charalambos P. Kyriacou

  • The function of courtship song rhythms in Drosophila

    C.P. Kyriacou;Jeffrey C. Hall

  • The Kynurenine Pathway Modulates Neurodegeneration in a Drosophila Model of Huntington's Disease

    Susanna Campesan;Edward W. Green;Carlo Breda;Korrapati V. Sathyasaikumar

  • Molecular transfer of a species-specific behavior from Drosophila simulans to Drosophila melanogaster.

    David A. Wheeler;Charalambos P. Kyriacou;Mary L. Greenacre;Qiang Yu

  • Germ-line transformation involving DNA from the period locus in Drosophila melanogaster: overlapping genomic fragments that restore circadian and ultradian rhythmicity to per0 and per- mutants.

    Melanie Hamblen;William A. Zehring;Charalambos P. Kyriacou;Pranhitha Reddy

  • A Molecular Basis for Natural Selection at the timeless Locus in Drosophila melanogaster

    Federica Sandrelli;Eran Tauber;Mirko Pegoraro;Gabriella Mazzotta

  • Interspecific genetic control of courtship song production and reception in Drosophila.

    C. P. Kyriacou;Jeffrey C. Hall

  • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences: 356 (1415)

    Deborah Bell-Pedersen;Susan K. Crosthwaite;Patricia L. Lakin-Thomas;Merrow Martha

  • Circadian clocks: genes, sleep, and cognition

    Charalambos P. Kyriacou;Michael H. Hastings

  • A Latitudinal Cline in a Drosophila Clock Gene

    Rodolfo Costa;Alexandre A. Peixoto;Guido Barbujani;Charalambos P. Kyriacou

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeffrey C. Hall
Jeffrey C. Hall Brandeis University
Michael H. Hastings
Michael H. Hastings MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Elizabeth S. Maywood
Elizabeth S. Maywood University of Cambridge
Robert Schwarcz
Robert Schwarcz University of Maryland, Baltimore
Charlotte Helfrich-Förster
Charlotte Helfrich-Förster University of Würzburg
Michael Rosbash
Michael Rosbash Brandeis University
Kathryn S. Lilley
Kathryn S. Lilley University of Cambridge
Michael G. Ritchie
Michael G. Ritchie University of St Andrews
Martha Merrow
Martha Merrow Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Ralph J. Greenspan
Ralph J. Greenspan University of California, San Diego

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