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Ian A. Meinertzhagen

Ian A. Meinertzhagen

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Neuroscience

D-Index
77
Citations
21066
World Ranking
1843
National Ranking
106

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science
  • 2002 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Ian A. Meinertzhagen is affiliated with Dalhousie University in Canada. Their research primarily focuses on biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and neuroscience, with a specific emphasis on cellular and molecular neuroscience, molecular biology, genetics, ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics.

The scientist's research topics include:

  • Neurobiology and insect physiology research
  • Insect and arachnid ecology and behavior
  • Lipid membrane structure and behavior
  • Plant and biological electrophysiology studies
  • Animal behavior and reproduction
  • Neuroscience and neuropharmacology research
  • Developmental biology and gene regulation

Meinertzhagen has published research extensively in the following venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Current Biology
  • Journal of Experimental Biology
  • Journal of Neuroscience
  • Frontiers in Neural Circuits

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Meinertzhagen include:

  • "A Connectome of the Adult Drosophila Central Brain", 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • "Neuronal circuits integrating visual motion information in Drosophila melanogaster", 2022, Current Biology
  • "A connectome is not enough - what is still needed to understand the brain of Drosophila?", 2021, Journal of Experimental Biology
  • "Neuronal Glutamatergic Synaptic Clefts Alkalinize Rather Than Acidify during Neurotransmission", 2020, Journal of Neuroscience
  • "En bloc preparation of Drosophila brains enables high-throughput FIB-SEM connectomics", 2022, Frontiers in Neural Circuits

Frequent co-authors in their work include:

  • Zhiyuan Lu
  • J Borycz
  • Kazunori Shinomiya
  • Stephen M. Plaza
  • Louis K. Scheffer

Ian A. Meinertzhagen has received the following awards:

  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, 2018, Academy of Science
  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 2002

Best Publications

  • A connectome and analysis of the adult Drosophila central brain

    Louis K Scheffer;C Shan Xu;Michal Januszewski;Zhiyuan Lu;Zhiyuan Lu

  • A visual motion detection circuit suggested by Drosophila connectomics

    Shin-ya Takemura;Arjun Bharioke;Zhiyuan Lu;Zhiyuan Lu;Aljoscha Nern

  • Axonal transport of mitochondria to synapses depends on milton, a novel Drosophila protein

    R.Steven Stowers;Laura J. Megeath;Laura J. Megeath;Jolanta Górska-Andrzejak;Ian A. Meinertzhagen

  • Author response: A connectome and analysis of the adult Drosophila central brain

    Louis K Scheffer;C Shan Xu;Michal Januszewski;Zhiyuan Lu;Zhiyuan Lu

  • Synaptic organization of columnar elements in the lamina of the wild type in Drosophila melanogaster

    I. A. Meinertzhagen;S. D. O'Neil

  • Endophilin Mutations Block Clathrin-Mediated Endocytosis but Not Neurotransmitter Release

    Patrik Verstreken;Ole Kjaerulff;Thomas E. Lloyd;Richard Atkinson

  • Synaptic organization of the mushroom body calyx in Drosophila melanogaster.

    Kouji Yasuyama;Ian A. Meinertzhagen;Friedrich-Wilhelm Schürmann;Friedrich-Wilhelm Schürmann

  • The neural substrate of spectral preference in Drosophila.

    Shuying Gao;Shin-ya Takemura;Chun-Yuan Ting;Songling Huang

  • The CNS connectome of a tadpole larva of Ciona intestinalis (L.) highlights sidedness in the brain of a chordate sibling.

    Kerrianne Ryan;Zhiyuan Lu;Ian A Meinertzhagen

  • Synaptic circuits and their variations within different columns in the visual system of Drosophila

    Shin Ya Takemura;C. Shan Xu;Zhiyuan Lu;Zhiyuan Lu;Patricia K. Rivlin

  • The extraretinal eyelet of Drosophila: development, ultrastructure, and putative circadian function.

    Charlotte Helfrich-Förster;Tara Edwards;Kouji Yasuyama;Barbara Wisotzki

  • The functional organisation of glia in the adult brain of Drosophila and other insects

    Tara N. Edwards;Ian A. Meinertzhagen

  • Cell counts and maps in the larval central nervous system of the ascidian Ciona intestinalis (L.).

    Dianne Nicol;Dianne Nicol;I. A. Meinertzhagen

  • Wiring Economy and Volume Exclusion Determine Neuronal Placement in the Drosophila Brain

    Marta Rivera-Alba;Shiv N. Vitaladevuni;Yuriy Mishchenko;Zhiyuan Lu

  • Drosophila VAP-33A directs bouton formation at neuromuscular junctions in a dosage-dependent manner.

    Giuseppa Pennetta;Peter Robin Hiesinger;Ruth Fabian-Fine;Ian A. Meinertzhagen

  • Synaptic circuits of the Drosophila optic lobe: the input terminals to the medulla

    Shin-Ya Takemura;Zhiyuan Lu;Ian A. Meinertzhagen

  • The comprehensive connectome of a neural substrate for ‘ON’ motion detection in Drosophila

    Shin-ya Takemura;Aljoscha Nern;Dmitri B Chklovskii;Louis K Scheffer

  • Drosophila ABC transporter mutants white, brown and scarlet have altered contents and distribution of biogenic amines in the brain.

    J Borycz;J A Borycz;A Kubów;V Lloyd

  • EVOLUTION IN NERVOUS SYSTEMS

    E A Arbas;I A Meinertzhagen;S R Shaw

  • The protocadherin Flamingo is required for axon target selection in the Drosophila visual system

    Roger C Lee;Thomas R Clandinin;Thomas R Clandinin;Chi-Hon Lee;Pei-Ling Chen

  • Experience-Dependent Developmental Plasticity in the Optic Lobe of Drosophila melanogaster

    Martin Barth;Helmut V. B. Hirsch;Ian A. Meinertzhagen;Martin Heisenberg

Frequent Co-Authors

Gerald M. Rubin
Gerald M. Rubin Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Aljoscha Nern
Aljoscha Nern Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Thomas R. Clandinin
Thomas R. Clandinin Stanford University
Vivek Jayaraman
Vivek Jayaraman Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Hugo J. Bellen
Hugo J. Bellen Baylor College of Medicine
Gregory S.X.E. Jefferis
Gregory S.X.E. Jefferis MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Kei Ito
Kei Ito University of Cologne
Nori Satoh
Nori Satoh Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology
Yutaka Satou
Yutaka Satou Kyoto University
Mikko Juusola
Mikko Juusola University of Sheffield

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