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Biology and Biochemistry
South Africa
2023

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
58
Citations
11464
World Ranking
13233
National Ranking
16

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in South Africa Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in South Africa Leader Award

Overview

Gerd Gäde is affiliated with the University of Cape Town in South Africa and focuses on research within agricultural and biological sciences, biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and neuroscience. The subfields of their work notably include cellular and molecular neuroscience, genetics, insect science, ecology, evolution, behavior, systematics, and molecular biology.

The main topics of Gäde's research cover neurobiology and insect physiology, insect and arachnid ecology and behavior, insect utilization and effects, insect and pesticide research, plant and animal studies, aquaculture nutrition and growth, as well as physiological and biochemical adaptations.

The scientist has contributed to several recent papers, including:

  • "Synthesis of C-Mannosylated Glycopeptides Enabled by Ni-Catalyzed Photoreductive Cross-Coupling Reactions," 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "The Adipokinetic Peptides in Diptera: Structure, Function, and Evolutionary Trends," 2020, Frontiers in Endocrinology
  • "Unique Members of the Adipokinetic Hormone Family in Butterflies and Moths (Insecta, Lepidoptera)," 2020, Frontiers in Physiology
  • "The Adipokinetic Peptides of Hemiptera: Structure, Function, and Evolutionary Trends," 2022, Frontiers in Insect Science
  • "Comparative analysis of adipokinetic hormones and their receptors in Blattodea reveals novel patterns of gene evolution," 2023, Insect Molecular Biology

The scientist has published frequently in the following venues:

  • Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology
  • Frontiers in Physiology
  • Life
  • Scientific Reports
  • Biomolecules

Gäde collaborates with multiple coauthors, with the most frequent including Heather G. Marco, Simone König, Graham E. Jackson, Petr Šimek, and Runyu Mao. The collaborator Heather G. Marco appears most often with 20 joint works, followed by Simone König with six collaborations.

Best Publications

  • Hormonal regulation in insects: facts, gaps, and future directions

    G. Gade;K. H. Hoffmann;J. H. Spring

  • Genome sequence of the tsetse fly (Glossina morsitans ): Vector of African trypanosomiasis

    Junichi Watanabe;Masahira Hattori;Matthew Berriman;Michael J. Lehane

  • Regulation of intermediary metabolism and water balance of insects by neuropeptides.

    Gerd Gäde

  • Mode of action of neuropeptides from the adipokinetic hormone family.

    Gerd Gäde;Lutz Auerswald

  • Insect peptide hormones: a selective review of their physiology and potential application for pest control

    Gerd Gäde;Graham J Goldsworthy

  • Energy metabolism of arthropods and mollusks during environmental and functional anaerobiosis

    Gerd Gäde

  • Pyruvate reductases catalyze the formation of lactate and opines in anaerobic invertebrates

    Gerd Gäde;Manfred K. Grieshaber

  • Single step purification of locust adipokinetic hormones I and II by reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography, and amino-acid composition of the hormone II.

    Gerd Gäde;Graham J. Goldsworthy;Günter Kegel;Rainer Keller

  • The explosion of structural information on insect neuropeptides.

    G. Gade

  • Hormonal regulation of energy metabolism in insects as a driving force for performance

    Matthias W. Lorenz;Gerd Gäde

  • The adipokinetic hormone/red pigment-concentrating hormone peptide family: structures, interrelationships and functions.

    Gerd Gäde

  • Insect peptide nomenclature

    A.K. Raina;G. Gäde

  • Adipokinetic hormone signaling through the gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptor modulates egg-laying in Caenorhabditis elegans

    Marleen Lindemans;Feng Liu;Tom Janssen;Steven J. Husson

  • Effects of oxygen deprivation during anoxia and muscular work on the energy metabolism of the crayfish, Orconectes limosus

    Gerd Gäde

  • Peptides of the adipokinetic hormone/red pigment-concentrating hormone family: a new take on biodiversity.

    Gerd Gäde

  • The biological role of octopine in the squid,Loligo vulgaris (Lamarck)

    Manfred Grieshaber;Gerd Gäde

  • Beetles’ choice—proline for energy output: control by AKHs☆

    Gerd Gäde;Lutz Auerswald

  • Further characteristics of adipokinetic and hyperglycaemic factor(s) of stick insects

    Gerd Gäde

  • Isolation of the hypertrehalosaemic factors I and II from the corpus cardiacum of the Indian stick insect, Carausius morosus, by reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography, and amino-acid composition of factor II.

    Gerd Gäde

  • Anaerobic Energy Metabolism

    Gerd Gäde

Frequent Co-Authors

Reinhard Predel
Reinhard Predel University of Cologne
Kenneth L. Rinehart
Kenneth L. Rinehart University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Ronald J. Nachman
Ronald J. Nachman United States Department of Agriculture
Kostas Bourtzis
Kostas Bourtzis International Atomic Energy Agency
Andreas L. Lopata
Andreas L. Lopata James Cook University
Wilhelm Boland
Wilhelm Boland Max Planck Society
David Raubenheimer
David Raubenheimer University of Sydney
Dietmar Richter
Dietmar Richter Universität Hamburg

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