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Finn Hallböök

Finn Hallböök

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
47
Citations
11119
World Ranking
18601
National Ranking
291

Overview

Finn Hallböök is affiliated with Uppsala University in Sweden and has a research portfolio focused primarily on the intersection of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, as well as Medicine.

The scientist's main fields of study include Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology and Medicine. Their subfields of interest feature Molecular Biology, Genetics, Biophysics, Ophthalmology, and Oncology.

Hallböök's scholarly output covers significant topics such as Ocular Oncology and Treatments, Retinal Development and Disorders, Cancer-related Molecular Pathways, Genetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases, Genetic Syndromes and Imprinting, Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism, and Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques.

Frequent publication venues reflect the diversity of their research focus and include:

  • Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences
  • Genome Biology and Evolution
  • Oncogenesis
  • Journal of Sleep Research
  • Genes

Among recent published papers by Hallböök are:

  • High-Resolution Imaging of Tumor Spheroids and Organoids Enabled by Expansion Microscopy (2020, Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences)
  • Brain Transcriptomics of Wild and Domestic Rabbits Suggests That Changes in Dopamine Signaling and Ciliary Function Contributed to Evolution of Tameness (2020, Genome Biology and Evolution)
  • MYCN induces cell-specific tumorigenic growth in RB1-proficient human retinal organoid and chicken retina models of retinoblastoma (2022, Oncogenesis)
  • Aniridia with PAX6 mutations and narcolepsy (2020, Journal of Sleep Research)
  • Deletion in the Bardet-Biedl Syndrome Gene TTC8 Results in a Syndromic Retinal Degeneration in Dogs (2020, Genes)

Hallböök has collaborated frequently with several researchers, indicating a collaborative research approach. Notable co-authors include:

  • Henrik Ring
  • Tatsiana Tararuk
  • Nima Rafati
  • Minas Hellsand
  • Dardan Konjusha

Best Publications

  • The genome of the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus.

    Erica Sodergren;George M. Weinstock;Eric H. Davidson;R. Andrew Cameron

  • Whole-genome resequencing reveals loci under selection during chicken domestication

    Carl-Johan Rubin;Michael C. Zody;Michael C. Zody;Jonas Eriksson;Jennifer R. S. Meadows

  • Evolutionary studies of the nerve growth factor family reveal a novel member abundantly expressed in Xenopus ovary.

    Finn Hallböök;Carlos F. Ibáñez;Håkan Persson

  • The amphioxus genome illuminates vertebrate origins and cephalochordate biology

    Linda Z. Holland;Ricard Albalat;Kaoru Azumi;Èlia Benito-Gutiérrez

  • Developmental and regional expression of β-nerve growth factor receptor mRNA in the chick and rat

    Patrik Ernfors;Finn Hallbook;Ted Ebendal;Eric M. Shooter

  • A Genomic View of the Sea Urchin Nervous System

    R. D. Burke;L. M. Angerer;M. R. Elphick;G. W. Humphrey

  • Differential Actions of Neurotrophins in the Locus Coeruleus and Basal Forebrain

    W.J. Friedman;C.F. Ibáñez;F. Hallböök;H. Persson

  • Copy number variation in intron 1 of SOX5 causes the Pea-comb phenotype in chickens.

    Dominic Wright;Henrik Boije;Jennifer R. S. Meadows;Bertrand Bed'hom

  • Nerve growth factor mRNA and protein in the testis and epididymis of mouse and rat.

    Christiane Ayer-Lelievre;Lars Olson;Ted Ebendal;Finn Hallbook

  • Human mast cells express functional TrkA and are a source of nerve growth factor.

    Gunnar Nilsson;Gunnar Nilsson;Karin Forsberg-Nilsson;Karin Forsberg-Nilsson;Zou Xiang;Finn Hallböök

  • Evolution of the vertebrate neurotrophin and Trk receptor gene families.

    Finn Hallböök

  • Distinct functions for thyroid hormone receptors alpha and beta in brain development indicated by differential expression of receptor genes

    D Forrest;F Hallböök;H Persson;B Vennström

  • A Complex Genomic Rearrangement Involving the Endothelin 3 Locus Causes Dermal Hyperpigmentation in the Chicken

    Ben Dorshorst;Anna-Maja Molin;Carl-Johan Rubin;Anna M. Johansson

  • Expression of neurotrophins and trk receptors in the avian retina.

    Finn Hallböök;Anders Bäckström;Klas Kullander;Ted Ebendal

  • Inactivation of Pmel Alters Melanosome Shape But Has Only a Subtle Effect on Visible Pigmentation

    Anders R. Hellström;Brenda Watt;Shahrzad Shirazi Fard;Danièle Tenza

  • The Rose-comb mutation in chickens constitutes a structural rearrangement causing both altered comb morphology and defective sperm motility.

    Freyja Imsland;Chungang Feng;Henrik Boije;Bertrand Bed'hom

  • Newborn horizontal cells migrate bi-directionally across the neuroepithelium during retinal development.

    Per-Henrik D. Edqvist;Finn Hallböök

  • The human Hox-bearing chromosome regions did arise by block or chromosome (or even genome) duplications.

    Dan Larhammar;Lars-Gustav Lundin;Finn Hallböök

  • Time course profiling of the retinal transcriptome after optic nerve transection and optic nerve crush.

    Marta Agudo;Maria Cruz Pérez-Marín;Ulrika Lönngren;Paloma Sobrado

  • Numerous groups of chromosomal regional paralogies strongly indicate two genome doublings at the root of the vertebrates

    Lars-Gustav Lundin;Dan Larhammar;Finn Hallböök

Frequent Co-Authors

Leif Andersson
Leif Andersson Texas A&M University
Manuel Vidal-Sanz
Manuel Vidal-Sanz University of Murcia
Håkan Persson
Håkan Persson Läkemedelsverket
Carlos F. Ibáñez
Carlos F. Ibáñez Karolinska Institute
Paul B. Siegel
Paul B. Siegel Virginia Tech
Klas Kullander
Klas Kullander Uppsala University
Michèle Tixier-Boichard
Michèle Tixier-Boichard INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Patrik Ernfors
Patrik Ernfors Karolinska Institute
Dan Larhammar
Dan Larhammar Uppsala University
Kerstin Lindblad-Toh
Kerstin Lindblad-Toh Uppsala University

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