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James W. Truman is affiliated with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on neuroscience, biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology with significant contributions also in agricultural and biological sciences. Their work often intersects multiple subfields such as cellular and molecular neuroscience, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, genetics, ecology, and molecular biology.

The scientist's research covers diverse topics including neurobiology and insect physiology, animal behavior and reproduction, insect and arachnid ecology and behavior, physiological and biochemical adaptations, invertebrate immune response mechanisms, plant molecular biology, and viral infectious diseases and gene expression in insects.

Among recent published papers are:

  • Recurrent architecture for adaptive regulation of learning in the insect brain, 2020, Nature Neuroscience
  • A Systematic Nomenclature for the Drosophila Ventral Nerve Cord, 2020, Neuron
  • Central processing of leg proprioception in Drosophila, 2020, eLife
  • A developmental framework linking neurogenesis and circuit formation in the Drosophila CNS, 2021, eLife
  • Unveiling the sensory and interneuronal pathways of the neuroendocrine connectome in Drosophila, 2021, eLife

Frequent co-authors in their research include Albert Cardona, Gwyneth M Card, Marta Zlatic, Shigehiro Namiki, and Wyatt Korff.

The scientist's work is regularly published in venues such as eLife, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nature Neuroscience, Neuron, and Apollo (University of Cambridge). The highest number of publications are in eLife and bioRxiv.

Best Publications

  • Refinement of Tools for Targeted Gene Expression in Drosophila

    Barret D. Pfeiffer;Teri-T B. Ngo;Karen L. Hibbard;Christine Murphy

  • Spatial and temporal patterns of neurogenesis in the central nervous system of Drosophila melanogaster

    James W. Truman;Michael Bate

  • Ecdysone receptors and their biological actions.

    Lynn M. Riddiford;Peter Cherbas;James W. Truman

  • A multilevel multimodal circuit enhances action selection in Drosophila

    Tomoko Ohyama;Casey M. Schneider-Mizell;Richard D. Fetter;Javier Valdes Aleman

  • The complete connectome of a learning and memory centre in an insect brain

    Katharina Eichler;Feng Li;Ashok Litwin-Kumar;Youngser Park

  • Using translational enhancers to increase transgene expression in Drosophila

    Barret D. Pfeiffer;James W. Truman;Gerald M. Rubin

  • The Role of the Prothoracic Gland in Determining Critical Weight for Metamorphosis in Drosophila melanogaster

    Christen Kerry Mirth;James W Truman;Lynn M Riddiford

  • Metamorphosis of the central nervous system of Drosophila

    James W. Truman

  • Local caspase activity directs engulfment of dendrites during pruning

    Darren W Williams;Shu Kondo;Agnieszka Krzyzanowska;Yasushi Hiromi

  • Physiology of Insect Rhythms: III. The Temporal Organization of the Endocrine Events Underlying Pupation of the Tobacco Hornworm

    James W. Truman;Lynn M. Riddiford

  • Drosophila EcR-B ecdysone receptor isoforms are required for larval molting and for neuron remodeling during metamorphosis

    Margrit Schubiger;Andrew A. Wade;Ginger E. Carney;James W. Truman

  • Hormone receptors and the regulation of insect metamorphosis.

    Lynn M. Riddiford;James W. Truman

  • Ecdysone receptor expression in the CNS correlates with stage-specific responses to ecdysteroids during Drosophila and Manduca development

    J.W. Truman;W.S. Talbot;S.E. Fahrbach;D.S. Hogness

  • Dendritic reorganization of abdominal motoneurons during metamorphosis of the moth, Manduca sexta

    RB Levine;JW Truman

  • Nitric Oxide and Cyclic GMP Regulate Retinal Patterning in the Optic Lobe of Drosophila

    Sarah M Gibbs;James W Truman

  • Programmed cell death in the Drosophila CNS is ecdysone-regulated and coupled with a specific ecdysone receptor isoform

    Steven Robinow;William S. Talbot;David S. Hogness;James W. Truman

  • Cellular mechanisms of dendrite pruning in Drosophila: insights from in vivo time-lapse of remodeling dendritic arborizing sensory neurons.

    Darren W. Williams;James W. Truman

  • Sequential Nuclear Accumulation of the Clock Proteins Period and Timeless in the Pacemaker Neurons of Drosophila melanogaster

    Orie T. Shafer;Michael Rosbash;James W. Truman

  • Postmetamorphic cell death in the nervous and muscular systems of Drosophila melanogaster

    KI Kimura;JW Truman

  • Hormonal control of rates of metamorphic development in the tobacco hornworm Manduca sexta.

    Lawrence M. Schwartz;James W. Truman

Frequent Co-Authors

Lynn M. Riddiford
Lynn M. Riddiford University of Washington
Albert Cardona
Albert Cardona University of Cambridge
Susan E. Fahrbach
Susan E. Fahrbach Wake Forest University
Paul H. Taghert
Paul H. Taghert Washington University in St. Louis
Chris Q. Doe
Chris Q. Doe Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Bertram Gerber
Bertram Gerber Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
Kiyoshi Hiruma
Kiyoshi Hiruma Hirosaki University
Robert H. Singer
Robert H. Singer Albert Einstein College of Medicine
David S. Hogness
David S. Hogness Stanford University
Richard S. Mann
Richard S. Mann Columbia University

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