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Dieter M. Kolb

Dieter M. Kolb

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Chemistry

D-Index
90
Citations
27540
World Ranking
2082
National Ranking
153

Overview

Dieter M. Kolb was a researcher affiliated with the University of Ulm in Germany. Their work primarily focused on developmental biology and gene regulation, neurobiology, and invertebrate physiology, with a particular emphasis on molecular biology and neuroscience.

Their research contributions included studies on homeodomain transcription factors involved in Drosophila brain and hindgut development. Among recent publications were:

  • The homeodomain transcription factor Orthopedia is involved in development of the Drosophila hindgut, 2020, Hereditas
  • The Drosophila homeodomain transcription factor Homeobrain is involved in the formation of the embryonic protocerebrum and the supraesophageal brain commissure, 2021, Cells and Development
  • Functional analysis of enhancer elements regulating the expression of the Drosophila homeodomain transcription factor DRx by gene targeting, 2021, Hereditas
  • Regulatory modules mediating the complex neural expression patterns of the homeobrain gene during Drosophila brain development, 2022, Hereditas

The scholar frequently collaborated with other researchers, notably Uwe Walldorf, Kirsten Hildebrandt, Christine Klöppel, Petra Kaspar, and Nicole Bach.

Their work was published predominantly in the journal Hereditas, and also in Cells and Development. Research topics covered ranged across developmental biology and gene regulation, neurobiology and insect physiology, invertebrate immune response mechanisms, retinal development and disorders, and animal genetics and reproduction.

  • Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation
  • Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
  • Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms
  • Retinal Development and Disorders
  • Animal Genetics and Reproduction

The fields of study that framed their research included biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology, as well as neuroscience. Subfields of particular focus were molecular biology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, immunology, and genetics.

Best Publications

  • Advances in electrochemical science and engineering

    Richard C. Alkire;Heinz Gerischer;Dieter M. Kolb;Charles W. Tobias

  • Characterization of High‐Surface‐Area Electrocatalysts Using a Rotating Disk Electrode Configuration

    T. J. Schmidt;H. A. Gasteiger;G. D. Stäb;P. M. Urban

  • Underpotential deposition of metals and work function differences

    D.M. Kolb;M. Przasnyski;H. Gerischer

  • Reconstruction phenomena at metal-electrolyte interfaces

    D.M. Kolb

  • Tuning reaction rates by lateral strain in a palladium monolayer.

    Ludwig A. Kibler;Ahmed M. El‐Aziz;Rüdiger Hoyer;Dieter M. Kolb

  • Surface reconstruction in electrochemistry: Au(100-(5 × 20), Au(111)-(1 × 23) and Au(110)-(1 × 2)

    D.M. Kolb;J. Schneider

  • Hydrogen evolution over bimetallic systems: understanding the trends.

    Jeffrey Philip Greeley;Jens Kehlet Nørskov;L.A. Kibler;A.M. El-Aziz

  • Nanofabrication of Small Copper Clusters on Gold(111) Electrodes by a Scanning Tunneling Microscope

    D. M. Kolb;R. Ullmann;T. Will

  • Electrochemical Surface Science

    Dieter M. Kolb

  • A hydrogen adsorption and absorption study with ultrathin Pd overlayers on Au(111) and Au(100)

    M. Baldauf;D.M. Kolb

  • An in-situ scanning tunneling microscopy study of au (111) with atomic scale resolution

    J. Wiechers;T. Twomey;D.M. Kolb;R.J. Behm

  • In-situ identification of RuO4 as the corrosion product during oxygen evolution on ruthenium in acid media

    R. Kötz;S. Stucki;Daniel Alberto Scherson;D. M. Kolb

  • Impedance aspects of anion adsorption on gold single crystal electrodes

    Tamás Pajkossy;Thomas Wandlowski;Dieter M. Kolb

  • Double layer capacitance of Pt(111) single crystal electrodes

    T. Pajkossy;D.M. Kolb

  • The kinetics of structural changes in Cu adlayers on Au(111)

    M.H. Hölzle;U. Retter;D.M. Kolb

  • Initial corrosion observed on the atomic scale

    F. U. Renner;A. Stierle;H. Dosch;H. Dosch;D. M. Kolb

  • In-situ STM characterisation of the surface morphology of platinum single crystal electrodes as a function of their preparation

    Ludwig A. Kibler;Angel Cuesta;Markus Kleinert;Dieter M. Kolb

  • Initial stages of Pd deposition on Au(hkl) Part I: Pd on Au(111)

    L.A. Kibler;M. Kleinert;R. Randler;D.M. Kolb

  • Functionalized Self-Assembled Alkanethiol Monolayers on Au(111) Electrodes: 1. Surface Structure and Electrochemistry

    M. J. Esplandiú;H. Hagenström;D. M. Kolb

  • On the voltammetry of curves of Pt (111) in aqueous solutions

    K. Al Jaaf-Golze;D. M. Kolb;Daniel Alberto Scherson

Frequent Co-Authors

Jacek Lipkowski
Jacek Lipkowski University of Guelph
Richard C. Alkire
Richard C. Alkire University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Hans-Gerd Boyen
Hans-Gerd Boyen Hasselt University
Helmut Dosch
Helmut Dosch Max Planck Society
Heinz Gerischer
Heinz Gerischer Max Planck Society
Paul J. Ziemann
Paul J. Ziemann University of Colorado Boulder
Johannes C. Ziegler
Johannes C. Ziegler Aix-Marseille University
Daniel Mandler
Daniel Mandler Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Michael J. Bedzyk
Michael J. Bedzyk Northwestern University

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