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Dan Hultmark

Dan Hultmark

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Biology and Biochemistry
Sweden
2023

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
68
Citations
30168
World Ranking
7617
National Ranking
101

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2007 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Dan Hultmark is affiliated with Umeå University in Sweden and focuses primarily on research within Immunology and Microbiology, as well as Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work spans several subfields including Immunology, Insect Science, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

Their research topics involve a strong emphasis on Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences, Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms, Aquaculture disease management and microbiota, Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research, Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects, Mosquito-borne diseases and control, and Plant Virus Research Studies.

Among their recent publications are:

  • Hematopoietic plasticity mapped in Drosophila and other insects, 2022, eLife
  • Broad Ultrastructural and Transcriptomic Changes Underlie the Multinucleated Giant Hemocyte Mediated Innate Immune Response against Parasitoids, 2021, Journal of Innate Immunity
  • Distinctive features of Zaprionus indianus hemocyte differentiation and function revealed by transcriptomic analysis, 2023, Frontiers in Immunology
  • Editorial: Recent Advances in Drosophila Cellular and Humoral Innate Immunity, 2020, Frontiers in Immunology
  • Structure of Nora virus at 2.7 Å resolution and implications for receptor binding, capsid stability and taxonomy, 2020, Scientific Reports

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Dan Hultmark include István Andó, Gyöngyi Cinege, Lilla B. Magyar, Laura Vesala, and Susanna Valanne.

They have contributed articles to several publication venues, notably:

  • Journal of Innate Immunity
  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • eLife
  • Cells
  • Scientific Reports

Dan Hultmark was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2007.

Best Publications

  • Evolution of genes and genomes on the Drosophila phylogeny.

    Andrew G. Clark;Michael B. Eisen;Michael B. Eisen;Douglas R. Smith;Casey M. Bergman

  • Sequence and specificity of two antibacterial proteins involved in insect immunity

    H. Steiner;D. Hultmark;Å. Engström;H. Bennich

  • Insights into social insects from the genome of the honeybee Apis mellifera

    George M. Weinstock;Gene E. Robinson;Richard A. Gibbs;Kim C. Worley

  • The genome of the model beetle and pest Tribolium castaneum.

    Stephen Richards;Richard A. Gibbs;George M. Weinstock;Susan J. Brown

  • Insect Immunity. Purification and Properties of Three Inducible Bactericidal Proteins from Hemolymph of Immunized Pupae of Hyalophora cecropia

    Dan Hultmark;Håkan Steiner;Torgny Rasmuson;Hans G. Boman

  • Immune pathways and defence mechanisms in honey bees Apis mellifera

    J D Evans;K Aronstein;Y P Chen;C Hetru

  • Cell-free immunity in insects.

    Boman Hg;Hultmark D

  • Functional and evolutionary insights from the genomes of three parasitoid Nasonia species.

    John H. Werren;Stephen Richards;Christopher A. Desjardins;Oliver Niehuis

  • Drosophila immunity: paths and patterns.

    Dan Hultmark

  • Requirement for a peptidoglycan recognition protein (PGRP) in Relish activation and antibacterial immune responses in Drosophila.

    Kwang Min Choe;Kwang Min Choe;Thomas Werner;Svenja Stöven;Dan Hultmark

  • A family of peptidoglycan recognition proteins in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster.

    Thomas Werner;Gang Liu;Daiwu Kang;Sophia Ekengren

  • Insect Immunity: Isolation and Structure of Cecropin D and Four Minor Antibacterial Components from Cecropia Pupae

    Dan Hultmark;Åke Engström;Hans Bennich;Rashmi Kapur

  • Relish, a central factor in the control of humoral but not cellular immunity in Drosophila

    Marika Hedengren;Bengt Åsling;Bengt Åsling;Mitchell S Dushay;Mitchell S Dushay;Istvan Ando

  • Insect immunity. Attacins, a family of antibacterial proteins from Hyalophora cecropia.

    D. Hultmark;A. Engström;K. Andersson;H. Steiner

  • Immune reactions in Drosophila and other insects: a model for innate immunity

    Dan Hultmark

  • Translational and transcriptional control elements in the untranslated leader of the heat-shock gene hsp22

    Dan Hultmark;Roman Klemenz;Walter J. Gehring

  • Origins of immunity: Relish, a compound Rel-like gene in the antibacterial defense of Drosophila.

    Mitchell S. Dushay;Bengt Asling;Dan Hultmark

  • Dynamic Evolution of the Innate Immune System in Drosophila

    Timothy B Sackton;Brian P Lazzaro;Todd A Schlenke;Jay D Evans

  • Activation of the Drosophila NF-κB factor Relish by rapid endoproteolytic cleavage

    Svenja Stöven;Istvan Ando;Latha Kadalayil;Ylva Engström

  • Caspase-mediated processing of the Drosophila NF-kappaB factor Relish.

    Svenja Stöven;Neal Silverman;Anna Junell;Marika Hedengren-Olcott

Frequent Co-Authors

Mika Rämet
Mika Rämet Oulu University Hospital
Hans G. Boman
Hans G. Boman Karolinska Institute
Jay D. Evans
Jay D. Evans Agricultural Research Service
Charles Hetru
Charles Hetru Institute for Molecular and Cellular Biology
Robert J. Paxton
Robert J. Paxton Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Christina M. Grozinger
Christina M. Grozinger Pennsylvania State University
Haobo Jiang
Haobo Jiang Oklahoma State University
Michael B. Eisen
Michael B. Eisen University of California, Berkeley
Åke Engström
Åke Engström Uppsala University
Ronald P. van Rij
Ronald P. van Rij Radboud University

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