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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2007 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2002 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2002 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2000 - Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)
  • 1988 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

David J. Anderson is affiliated with the California Institute of Technology in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on neuroscience, with specific contributions to several subfields including cellular and molecular neuroscience, social psychology, endocrine and autonomic systems, molecular biology, and ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics.

Their work covers a range of topics often related to neuroendocrine regulation and behavior, circadian rhythm and melatonin, neurobiology and insect physiology research, neural dynamics and brain function, animal behavior and reproduction, insect and arachnid ecology and behavior, and zebrafish biomedical research applications.

Among the recent scientific papers authored or co-authored by David J. Anderson are:

  • "Distinct hypothalamic control of same- and opposite-sex mounting behaviour in mice," 2020, Nature
  • "Stimulus-specific hypothalamic encoding of a persistent defensive state," 2020, Nature
  • "An approximate line attractor in the hypothalamus encodes an aggressive state," 2023, Cell
  • "Whole-animal multiplexed single-cell RNA-seq reveals transcriptional shifts across Clytia medusa cell types," 2021, Science Advances
  • "Make war not love: The neural substrate underlying a state-dependent switch in female social behavior," 2022, Neuron

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Aditya Nair
  • Ann Kennedy
  • Hui Chiu
  • Tomomi Karigo
  • Bin Yang

Publication venues where David J. Anderson's research appears most often include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature
  • eLife
  • Cell
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

In addition to articles, David J. Anderson has published in book form, with a title titled Equivariant Cohomology in Algebraic Geometry published by Cambridge University Press in 2023.

The scientist has been recognized through multiple awards and honors, including membership in the National Academy of Sciences (2007), fellowship of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2002), the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2002), the Indian National Academy of Engineering (2000), and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (1988).

Best Publications

  • Molecular distinction and angiogenic interaction between embryonic arteries and veins revealed by ephrin-B2 and its receptor Eph-B4.

    Hai U Wang;Zhou-Feng Chen;David J Anderson

  • Subregion- and Cell Type–Restricted Gene Knockout in Mouse Brain

    Joe Z Tsien;Dong Feng Chen;David Gerber;Cindy Tom

  • Regulatory Mechanisms in Stem Cell Biology

    Sean J Morrison;Nirao M Shah;David J Anderson

  • Notch signalling controls pancreatic cell differentiation

    Åsa Apelqvist;Hao Li;Lukas Sommer;Paul Beatus

  • Stem and progenitor cells: origins, phenotypes, lineage commitments, and transdifferentiations.

    Irving L. Weissman;David J. Anderson;Fred Gage

  • The neuron-restrictive silencer factor (NRSF): a coordinate repressor of multiple neuron-specific genes.

    Christopher J. Schoenherr;David J. Anderson

  • Mammalian achaete-scute homolog 1 is required for the early development of olfactory and autonomic neurons

    François Guillemot;Li Ching Lo;Jane E. Johnson;Anna Auerbach

  • The bHLH Transcription Factors OLIG2 and OLIG1 Couple Neuronal and Glial Subtype Specification

    Qiao Zhou;David J. Anderson

  • Isolation of a stem cell for neurons and glia from the mammalian neural crest

    Derek L. Stemple;David J. Anderson

  • Substituent effects on the antibacterial activity of nitrogen-carbon-linked (azolylphenyl)oxazolidinones with expanded activity against the fastidious gram-negative organisms Haemophilus influenzae and Moraxella catarrhalis.

    M J Genin;D A Allwine;D J Anderson;M R Barbachyn

  • Alternative Neural Crest Cell Fates Are Instructively Promoted by TGFβ Superfamily Members

    Nirao M Shah;Andrew K Groves;David J Anderson

  • Identification of neurogenin, a Vertebrate Neuronal Determination Gene

    Qiufu Ma;Chris Kintner;David J Anderson

  • Genetic Dissection of an Amygdala Microcircuit That Gates Conditioned Fear

    Wulf Haubensak;Prabhat S. Kunwar;Haijiang Cai;Stephane Ciocchi

  • Prospective identification, isolation by flow cytometry, and in vivo self-renewal of multipotent mammalian neural crest stem cells.

    Sean J Morrison;Patricia M White;Christiane Zock;David J Anderson

  • Symmetrical mutant phenotypes of the receptor EphB4 and its specific transmembrane ligand ephrin-B2 in cardiovascular development.

    Sebastian S Gerety;Hai U Wang;Zhou-Feng Chen;David J Anderson

  • Transient Notch Activation Initiates an Irreversible Switch from Neurogenesis to Gliogenesis by Neural Crest Stem Cells

    Sean J Morrison;Sharon E Perez;Zhou Qiao;Joseph M Verdi

  • Sensory Neuron-Specific GPCR Mrgprs Are Itch Receptors Mediating Chloroquine-Induced Pruritus

    Qin Liu;Zongxiang Tang;Lenka Surdenikova;Seungil Kim

  • neurogenin1 Is Essential for the Determination of Neuronal Precursors for Proximal Cranial Sensory Ganglia

    Qiufu Ma;Zhoufeng Chen;Iván del Barco Barrantes;José Luis de la Pompa

  • CNTF and LIF act on neuronal cells via shared signaling pathways that involve the IL-6 signal transducing receptor component gp130

    Nancy Yuk-Yu Ip;Steven H. Nye;Tert G. Boulton;Samuel Davis

  • neurogenins, a novel family of atonal-related bHLH transcription factors, are putative mammalian neuronal determination genes that reveal progenitor cell heterogeneity in the developing CNS and PNS

    Lukas Sommer;Qiufu Ma;David J. Anderson

Frequent Co-Authors

Fan Zhang
Fan Zhang Chinese Academy of Sciences

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