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Gregor Eichele

Gregor Eichele

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
75
Citations
32940
World Ranking
5202
National Ranking
379

Overview

Gregor Eichele is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany, where the research focus encompasses multiple areas within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and neuroscience. Their body of work includes a significant emphasis on molecular and cellular processes related to neurobiology.

The main fields of study associated with Eichele's research include:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Neuroscience

Within these broad areas, the scientist's research further specializes in the following subfields:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Endocrine and Autonomic Systems
  • Genetics
  • Developmental Neuroscience

The topics most frequently explored in Eichele's work highlight connections between genetics, neurodevelopment, and circadian biology, including:

  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Circadian rhythm and melatonin
  • Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Sleep and Wakefulness Research
  • Photoreceptor and optogenetics research

Gregor Eichele has contributed to various peer-reviewed scientific journals, publishing studies in a range of venues including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The EMBO Journal
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • NAR Genomics and Bioinformatics
  • Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Eichele include:

  • Postnatal expression of the lysine methyltransferase SETD1B is essential for learning and the regulation of neuron-enriched genes, 2021, The EMBO Journal
  • Dissecting and modeling photic and melanopsin effects to predict sleep disturbances induced by irregular light exposure in mice, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Transcriptome Response and Spatial Pattern of Gene Expression in the Primate Subventricular Zone Neurogenic Niche After Cerebral Ischemia, 2020, Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
  • Meiotic sex chromosome cohesion and autosomal synapsis are supported by Esco2, 2020, Life Science Alliance
  • Extracellular vesicles derived from the choroid plexus trigger the differentiation of neural stem cells, 2022, Journal of Extracellular Vesicles

Eichele's frequent collaborators include the following scientists:

  • M. Sadman Sakib
  • Cemil Kerimoglu
  • André Fischer
  • Alexandra Michurina
  • D. Krüger

Best Publications

  • Genome-wide atlas of gene expression in the adult mouse brain

    Ed S. Lein;Michael J. Hawrylycz;Nancy Ao;Mikael Ayres

  • 9-cis retinoic acid is a high affinity ligand for the retinoid X receptor

    Richard A. Heyman;David J. Mangelsdorf;Jacqueline A. Dyck;Jacqueline A. Dyck;Robert B. Stein

  • Embryonic lethality and radiation hypersensitivity mediated by Rad51 in mice lacking Brca2

    Shyam K. Sharan;Masami Morimatsu;Masami Morimatsu;Urs Albrecht;Dae Sik Lim

  • P53-independent expression of p21Cip1 in muscle and other terminally differentiating cells

    S. B. Parker;G. Eichele;Pumin Zhang;A. Rawls

  • A differential response of two putative mammalian circadian regulators, mper1 and mper2, to light.

    Urs Albrecht;Zhong Sheng Sun;Gregor Eichele;Cheng Chi Lee

  • Nonredundant Roles of the mPer1 and mPer2 Genes in the Mammalian Circadian Clock

    Binhai Zheng;Urs Albrecht;Krista Kaasik;Marijke Sage

  • MUTATION OF THE ANGELMAN UBIQUITIN LIGASE IN MICE CAUSES INCREASED CYTOPLASMIC P53 AND DEFICITS OF CONTEXTUAL LEARNING AND LONG-TERM POTENTIATION

    Y. H. Jiang;D. Armstrong;U. Albrecht;C. M. Atkins

  • The mPer2 gene encodes a functional component of the mammalian circadian clock.

    Binhai Zheng;David W. Larkin;Urs Albrecht;Zhong Sheng Sun

  • RIGUI, a putative mammalian ortholog of the Drosophila period gene.

    Zhong Sheng Sun;Urs Albrecht;Olga Zhuchenko;Jennifer Bailey

  • A high-resolution anatomical atlas of the transcriptome in the mouse embryo.

    Graciana Diez-Roux;Sandro Banfi;Marc Sultan;Lars Geffers

  • The circadian rhythm of glucocorticoids is regulated by a gating mechanism residing in the adrenal cortical clock

    Henrik Oster;Sebastian Damerow;Sebastian Damerow;Silke Kiessling;Vladimira Jakubcakova

  • International Union of Pharmacology. LXIII. Retinoid X Receptors

    Pierre Germain;Pierre Chambon;Gregor Eichele;Ronald M. Evans

  • Imprinted expression of the murine Angelman syndrome gene, Ube3a , in hippocampal and Purkinje neurons

    Urs Albrecht;James S. Sutcliffe;Bruce M. Cattanach;Colin V. Beechey

  • International Union of Pharmacology. LX. Retinoic Acid Receptors

    Pierre Germain;Pierre Germain;Pierre Chambon;Gregor Eichele;Ronald M. Evans

  • Sonic hedgehog participates in craniofacial morphogenesis and is down-regulated by teratogenic doses of retinoic acid

    J.A. Helms;C.H. Kim;D. Hu;R. Minkoff

  • Adrenal glucocorticoids have a key role in circadian resynchronization in a mouse model of jet lag

    Silke Kiessling;Gregor Eichele;Henrik Oster

  • Three-dimensional structure of a pyridoxal-phosphate-dependent enzyme, mitochondrial aspartate aminotransferase

    Geoffrey C. Ford;Gregor Eichele;Johan N. Jansonius

  • Retinoids and vertebrate limb pattern formation

    Gregor Eichele

  • The mammalian circadian clock.

    Urs Albrecht;Gregor Eichele

  • Complementary Domains of Retinoic Acid Production and Degradation in the Early Chick Embryo

    Eric C. Swindell;Christina Thaller;Shanthini Sockanathan;Martin Petkovich

Frequent Co-Authors

Henrik Oster
Henrik Oster University of Lübeck
Urs Albrecht
Urs Albrecht University of Fribourg
Wah Chiu
Wah Chiu Stanford University
Tao Ju
Tao Ju Washington University in St. Louis
Ronald M. Evans
Ronald M. Evans Salk Institute for Biological Studies
David J. Mangelsdorf
David J. Mangelsdorf The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Ioannis A. Kakadiaris
Ioannis A. Kakadiaris University of Houston
Andre Fischer
Andre Fischer University of Göttingen
Eberhard Bodenschatz
Eberhard Bodenschatz Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization
Axel Visel
Axel Visel Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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