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David Hicks is affiliated with the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) in France. Their research spans multiple intersecting fields, primarily focusing on neuroscience, biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Hicks has contributed extensively to both core disciplines and subfields such as molecular biology, endocrine and autonomic systems, cellular and molecular neuroscience, ophthalmology, and global and planetary change.

Their research topics largely cover retinal development and disorders, circadian rhythm and melatonin, photoreceptor and optogenetics research, retinal diseases and treatments, impact of light on environment and health, light effects on plants, and glaucoma and retinal disorders.

David Hicks's most recent publications include:

  • "Exposure to Artificial Light at Night and the Consequences for Flora, Fauna, and Ecosystems" (2020) published in Frontiers in Neuroscience
  • "Dopamine 2 Receptor Signaling Controls the Daily Burst in Phagocytic Activity in the Mouse Retinal Pigment Epithelium" (2020) published in Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science
  • "Core circadian clock genes Per1 and Per2 regulate the rhythm in photoreceptor outer segment phagocytosis" (2021) published in The FASEB Journal
  • "Melatonin in the mammalian retina: Synthesis, mechanisms of action and neuroprotection" (2024) published in Journal of Pineal Research
  • "Core-clock genes Period 1 and 2 regulate visual cascade and cell cycle components during mouse eye development" (2020) published in Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Gene Regulatory Mechanisms

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Hicks include:

  • Cristina Sandu
  • Marie-Paule Felder-Schmittbuhl
  • Janet R. Sparrow
  • Fabiana Sassone
  • Michel Roux

Hicks has published often in the following venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Pineal Research
  • Graefe s Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology
  • Frontiers in Neuroscience
  • Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science

The scientist's work consistently addresses mechanisms controlling retinal physiology and development, circadian clock regulation in visual systems, and the broader biological impacts of light exposure on organisms and ecosystems.

Best Publications

  • Identification and characterization of rod-derived cone viability factor.

    Léveillard T;Mohand-Saïd S;Lorentz O;Hicks D

  • Peripherin. A rim-specific membrane protein of rod outer segment discs.

    R S Molday;D Hicks;L Molday

  • Photoreceptor-specific nuclear receptor NR2E3 functions as a transcriptional activator in rod photoreceptors

    Hong Cheng;Hemant Khanna;Edwin C.T. Oh;David Hicks

  • The growth and behaviour of rat retinal Müller cells in vitro. 1. An improved method for isolation and culture.

    David Hicks;Yves Courtois

  • Expression of X-linked retinoschisis protein RS1 in photoreceptor and bipolar cells.

    Laurie L. Molday;David Hicks;Christian G. Sauer;Bernhard H. F. Weber

  • Differential immunogold-dextran labeling of bovine and frog rod and cone cells using monoclonal antibodies against bovine rhodopsin

    David Hicks;Robert S. Molday

  • Normal retina releases a diffusible factor stimulating cone survival in the retinal degeneration mouse

    Saddek Mohand-Said;Alain Deudon-Combe;David Hicks;Manuel Simonutti

  • An evaluation of detergents for NMR structural studies of membrane proteins.

    Ray D. Krueger-Koplin;Paul L. Sorgen;Suzanne T. Krueger-Koplin;Iván O. Rivera-Torres

  • Fibroblast growth factor stimulates photoreceptor differentiation in vitro.

    David Hicks;Yves Courtois

  • Distribution and density of medium- and short-wavelength selective cones in the domestic pig retina.

    Anita Hendrickson;David Hicks

  • Selective transplantation of rods delays cone loss in a retinitis pigmentosa model.

    Saddek Mohand-Said;David Hicks;Henri Dreyfus;José Alain Sahel

  • Renewal of photoreceptor outer segments and their phagocytosis by the retinal pigment epithelium.

    Jeanine Nguyen-Legros;David Hicks

  • Survival of Purified Rat Photoreceptors In Vitro Is Stimulated Directly by Fibroblast Growth Factor-2

    Valérie Fontaine;Norbert Kinkl;José Sahel;Henri Dreyfus

  • Cell commitment and differentiation in explants of embryonic rat neural retina. Comparison with the developmental potential of dissociated retina

    Janet R. Sparrow;David Hicks;Colin J. Barnstable

  • Inherited retinal degenerations: therapeutic prospects.

    Marie-Noëlle Delyfer;Thierry Léveillard;Saddek Mohand-Saïd;David Hicks

  • Selective excitotoxic degeneration of adult pig retinal ganglion cells in vitro.

    Xianmin Luo;Valérie Heidinger;Serge Picaud;George Lambrou

  • Induction and Regulation of Nitric Oxide Synthase in Retinal Müller Glial Cells

    Olivier Goureau;David Hicks;Yves Courtois;Yvonne De Kozak

  • Multiple Phosphorylated Isoforms of NRL Are Expressed in Rod Photoreceptors

    Prabodha K. Swain;David Hicks;Alan J. Mears;Ingrid J. Apel

  • Alkaliphilic bacteria with impact on industrial applications, concepts of early life forms, and bioenergetics of ATP synthesis

    Laura Preiss;David B. Hicks;Shino Suzuki;Thomas Meier

  • Rod–Cone Interactions:: Developmental and Clinical Significance

    Saddek Mohand-Said;David Hicks;Thierry Léveillard;Serge Picaud

Frequent Co-Authors

Terry A. Krulwich
Terry A. Krulwich Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
José-Alain Sahel
José-Alain Sahel University of Pittsburgh
Arthur A. Guffanti
Arthur A. Guffanti Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Anand Swaroop
Anand Swaroop National Institutes of Health
Gianluca Tosini
Gianluca Tosini Morehouse School of Medicine
Serge Picaud
Serge Picaud Institut de la Vision
Yves Courtois
Yves Courtois Sorbonne University
Thierry Léveillard
Thierry Léveillard Institut de la Vision
Robert S. Molday
Robert S. Molday University of British Columbia
Yanhe Ma
Yanhe Ma Chinese Academy of Sciences

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