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D-Index
95
Citations
29758
World Ranking
1925
National Ranking
1055

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2017 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2014 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1999 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Chris Q. Doe is affiliated with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on the intersection of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and neuroscience. The main fields of study for this scientist include Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Neuroscience, with specific subfields such as Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, Plant Science, Cell Biology, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics with a notable emphasis on neurobiology and insect physiology, along with developmental biology and gene regulation. Other significant areas include plant molecular biology research, animal behavior and reproduction, retinal development and disorders, physiological and biochemical adaptations, and zebrafish biomedical research applications.

Chris Q. Doe has contributed substantially to the literature, with frequent publications in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), eLife, Neural Development, Development, and Current Biology. Their research output includes papers that often explore neural circuit development, synaptic connectivity, and motor circuit function in model organisms such as Drosophila.

  • The role of astrocyte-mediated plasticity in neural circuit development and function, 2021, Neural Development
  • Astrocytes close a motor circuit critical period, 2021, Nature
  • A developmental framework linking neurogenesis and circuit formation in the Drosophila CNS, 2021, eLife
  • Comparative Connectomics Reveals How Partner Identity, Location, and Activity Specify Synaptic Connectivity in Drosophila, 2020, Neuron
  • A locomotor neural circuit persists and functions similarly in larvae and adult Drosophila, 2021, eLife

The scientist collaborates regularly with several coauthors, including Sen-Lin Lai, Noah Dillon, Kristen M. Lee, Chundi Xu, and Austin Seroka. These collaborations have contributed to a strong presence in their primary research areas.

Awards recognizing their contributions include membership in the National Academy of Sciences (2017), fellowship of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2014), and fellowship of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) awarded in 1999.

Best Publications

  • Tools for neuroanatomy and neurogenetics in Drosophila

    Barret D. Pfeiffer;Arnim Jenett;Ann S. Hammonds;Teri T.B. Ngo

  • Drosophila Neuroblasts Sequentially Express Transcription Factors which Specify the Temporal Identity of Their Neuronal Progeny

    Takako Isshiki;Bret Pearson;Scott Holbrook;Chris Q. Doe

  • The prospero gene specifies cell fates in the Drosophila central nervous system

    C.Q. Doe;Q. Chu-Lagraff;D.M. Wright;M.P. Scott

  • Spindle orientation during asymmetric cell division.

    Karsten H. Siller;Chris Q. Doe

  • Early events in insect neurogenesis. II. The role of cell interactions and cell lineage in the determination of neuronal precursor cells.

    Chris Q. Doe;Corey S. Goodman

  • THE EMBRYONIC CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM LINEAGES OF DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER. II. NEUROBLAST LINEAGES DERIVED FROM THE DORSAL PART OF THE NEUROECTODERM

    Torsten Bossing;Gerald Udolph;Chris Q. Doe;Gerhard M. Technau

  • Numb Antagonizes Notch Signaling to Specify Sibling Neuron Cell Fates

    Eric P Spana;Chris Q Doe

  • The prospero gene encodes a divergent homeodomain protein that controls neuronal identity in Drosophila.

    Quynh Chu-Lagraff;Dorothy M. Wright;Leslie Klis McNeil;Chris Q. Doe

  • Clonal analysis of Drosophila embryonic neuroblasts: neural cell types, axon projections and muscle targets.

    Aloisia Schmid;Akira Chiba;Chris Q. Doe

  • Molecular markers for identified neuroblasts and ganglion mother cells in the Drosophila central nervous system.

    Chris Q. Doe

  • Early events in insect neurogenesis. I. Development and segmental differences in the pattern of neuronal precursor cells.

    Chris Q. Doe;Corey S. Goodman

  • Temporal fate specification and neural progenitor competence during development

    Minoree Kohwi;Chris Q. Doe

  • Neural stem cells: balancing self-renewal with differentiation.

    Chris Q. Doe

  • Prox 1, a prospero-related homeobox gene expressed during mouse development

    Guillermo Oliver;Beatriz Sosa-Pineda;Sabine Geisendorf;Eric P. Spana

  • Cell recognition during neuronal development.

    Corey S. Goodman;Michael J. Bastiani;Chris Q. Doe;Sascha Du Lac

  • The prospero transcription factor is asymmetrically localized to the cell cortex during neuroblast mitosis in Drosophila

    Eric P. Spana;Chris Q. Doe

  • Unwrapping Glial Biology: Gcm Target Genes Regulating Glial Development, Diversification, and Function

    Marc R. Freeman;Jeffrey Delrow;Junhyong Kim;Eric Johnson

  • The tumour-suppressor genes lgl and dlg regulate basal protein targeting in Drosophila neuroblasts.

    Chian Yu Peng;Laurina Manning;Roger Albertson;Chris Q. Doe

  • Expression and function of the segmentation gene fushi tarazu during Drosophila neurogenesis

    Chris Q. Doe;Yasushi Hiromi;Yasushi Hiromi;Walter J. Gehring;Corey S. Goodman

  • Identification of Drosophila type II neuroblast lineages containing transit amplifying ganglion mother cells

    Jason Q. Boone;Chris Q. Doe

Frequent Co-Authors

Albert Cardona
Albert Cardona University of Cambridge
Corey S. Goodman
Corey S. Goodman University of California, Berkeley
James W. Truman
James W. Truman Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Marc R. Freeman
Marc R. Freeman Oregon Health & Science University
Gerhard M. Technau
Gerhard M. Technau Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Shawn R. Lockery
Shawn R. Lockery University of Oregon
Matthew P. Scott
Matthew P. Scott Stanford University
Thomas R. Clandinin
Thomas R. Clandinin Stanford University
Eric A. Johnson
Eric A. Johnson University of Wisconsin–Madison
Gerald M. Rubin
Gerald M. Rubin Howard Hughes Medical Institute

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