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Dick R. Nässel

Dick R. Nässel

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Biology and Biochemistry

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84
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18274
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3399
National Ranking
53

Overview

Dick R. Nässel is affiliated with Stockholm University in Sweden. Their research primarily spans the fields of Neuroscience, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with notable contributions across these disciplines.

The scientist's work extensively explores subfields such as Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Immunology, Insect Science, Ecology, and Aging. Key research topics addressed by Nässel include Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research, Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms, Insect Utilization and Effects, Physiological and Biochemical Adaptations, Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms, Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior, and Circadian Rhythm and Melatonin.

Recent publications by Nässel highlight a focus on neuroendocrine mechanisms and insect physiology. Notable papers include:

  • "Hormonal axes in Drosophila: regulation of hormone release and multiplicity of actions," 2020, Cell and Tissue Research
  • "Endocrine cybernetics: neuropeptides as molecular switches in behavioural decisions," 2022, Open Biology
  • "Cholecystokinin/sulfakinin peptide signaling: conserved roles at the intersection between feeding, mating and aggression," 2022, Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Other recent works related to coauthors but not primarily authored by Nässel are:

  • "Impact of high-fat diet on lifespan, metabolism, fecundity and behavioral senescence in Drosophila," 2020, Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
  • "A neuroendocrine pathway modulating osmotic stress in Drosophila," 2021, PLoS Genetics

Nässel has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including Shun-Fan Wu, Cong-Fen Gao, Christian Wegener, Meet Zandawala, and Sifang Liao. These collaborations have contributed to a diverse range of studies primarily focusing on insect physiology and neurobiology.

Publication venues where Nässel's research often appears include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), eLife, PLoS Genetics, Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Cell and Tissue Research. These journals reflect the intersections of molecular biology, genetics, and insect physiology in their scientific output.

Best Publications

  • Insulin/IGF signaling in Drosophila and other insects: factors that regulate production, release and post-release action of the insulin-like peptides.

    Dick R. Nässel;Jozef Vanden Broeck

  • Recent advances in neuropeptide signaling in Drosophila, from genes to physiology and behavior.

    Dick R. Nässel;Meet Zandawala;Meet Zandawala

  • Molecular Cloning, Genomic Organization, and Expression of a B-Type (Cricket-Type) Allatostatin Preprohormone from Drosophila melanogaster

    Michael Williamson;Camilla Lenz;Åsa M.E. Winther;Dick R. Nässel

  • Insulin/IGF signaling and its regulation in Drosophila

    Dick R. Nässel;Yiting Liu;Jiangnan Luo

  • Intrinsic neurons of Drosophila mushroom bodies express short neuropeptide F: relations to extrinsic neurons expressing different neurotransmitters.

    Helena A.D. Johard;Lina E. Enell;Elisabeth Gustafsson;Pierre Trifilieff

  • Pigment-dispersing hormone-like peptide in the nervous system of the flies Phormia and Drosophila: immunocytochemistry and partial characterization.

    Dick R. Nässel;Sakiko Shiga;Carl J. Mohrherr;K. Ranga Rao

  • Identified peptidergic neurons in the Drosophila brain regulate insulin-producing cells, stress responses and metabolism by coexpressed short neuropeptide F and corazonin

    Neval Kapan;Oleh V. Lushchak;Jiangnan Luo;Dick R. Nässel

  • The Neuropeptide Allatostatin A Regulates Metabolism and Feeding Decisions in Drosophila

    Julie Lilith Hentze;Mikael A. Carlsson;Shu Kondo;Dick R. Nässel

  • Insulin-Producing Cells in the Drosophila Brain also Express Satiety-Inducing Cholecystokinin-Like Peptide, Drosulfakinin.

    Jeannette A. E. Söderberg;Mikael A. Carlsson;Dick R. Nässel

  • Glutamate, GABA and acetylcholine signaling components in the lamina of the Drosophila visual system.

    Agata Kolodziejczyk;Xuejun Sun;Ian A. Meinertzhagen;Dick R. Nässel

  • gamma-Aminobutyric acid (GABA) signaling components in Drosophila: immunocytochemical localization of GABA(B) receptors in relation to the GABA(A) receptor subunit RDL and a vesicular GABA transporter.

    Lina Enell;Yasutaka Hamasaka;Agata Kolodziejczyk;Dick R. Nässel

  • Multiple neuropeptides in the Drosophila antennal lobe suggest complex modulatory circuits.

    Mikael A. Carlsson;Max Diesner;Joachim Schachtner;Dick R. Nässel

  • Neuropeptide signaling near and far: how localized and timed is the action of neuropeptides in brain circuits?

    Dick R. Nässel

  • The sleeping beauty: how reproductive diapause affects hormone signaling, metabolism, immune response and somatic maintenance in Drosophila melanogaster.

    Olga I. Kubrak;Lucie Kučerová;Ulrich Theopold;Dick R. Nässel

  • Insect myotropic peptides: differential distribution of locustatachykinin- and leucokinin-like immunoreactive neurons in the locust brain.

    Dick R. Nässel

  • Identification of Drosophila neuropeptide receptors by G protein-coupled receptors-β-arrestin2 interactions

    Erik C. Johnson;Laura M. Bohn;Larry S. Barak;Larry S. Barak;Ryan T. Birse

  • Neurotransmitters and neuromodulators in the insect visual system.

    Dick R. Nässel

  • Insulin-producing cells in the brain of adult Drosophila are regulated by the serotonin 5-HT1A receptor

    Jiangnan Luo;Jaime Becnel;Charles D. Nichols;Dick R. Nässel

  • Neuroarchitecture of Peptidergic Systems in the Larval Ventral Ganglion of Drosophila melanogaster

    Jonathan G. Santos;Matthias Vömel;Rafael Struck;Uwe Homberg

  • Substrates for Neuronal Cotransmission With Neuropeptides and Small Molecule Neurotransmitters in Drosophila.

    Dick R. Nässel

Frequent Co-Authors

Jan A. Veenstra
Jan A. Veenstra University of Bordeaux
Marc Tatar
Marc Tatar Brown University
Dan Larhammar
Dan Larhammar Uppsala University
Sören Nylin
Sören Nylin Stockholm University
Ronald J. Nachman
Ronald J. Nachman United States Department of Agriculture
Reinhard Predel
Reinhard Predel University of Cologne
Charlotte Helfrich-Förster
Charlotte Helfrich-Förster University of Würzburg
Paul H. Taghert
Paul H. Taghert Washington University in St. Louis
Larry S. Barak
Larry S. Barak Duke University
Bill S. Hansson
Bill S. Hansson Max Planck Society

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