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  • 1992 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

John F. Fallon was affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States.

Their research spanned multiple fields, primarily focusing on Medicine, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Immunology and Microbiology. Within these domains, their work touched on several specialized subfields, including Molecular Biology, Parasitology, Surgery, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, and Cognitive Neuroscience.

The main topics covered by their research included:

  • Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology
  • Scoliosis diagnosis and treatment
  • Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation
  • Bartonella species infections research
  • Vector-borne infectious diseases
  • Pelvic and Acetabular Injuries
  • Hedgehog Signaling Pathway Studies

John F. Fallon's publications appeared in a variety of academic venues. Among the most frequent were Developmental Dynamics and Microorganisms, each hosting two of their papers. Other journals included the European Spine Journal, Spine, and the Journal of Spine Surgery.

The following is a selection of their recent papers:

  • Intradiscal vacuum phenomenon matches lumbar spine degeneration patterns in an ageing population, 2024, European Spine Journal
  • The dynamic spatial and temporal relationships between the phalanx-forming region and the interdigits determine digit identity in the chick limb autopod, 2021, Developmental Dynamics
  • Downregulation of Grem1 expression in the distal limb mesoderm is a necessary precondition for phalanx development, 2021, Developmental Dynamics
  • Natural History of Intradiscal Vacuum Phenomenon and its Role in Advanced Disc Degeneration, 2024, Spine
  • Combining Double-Dose and High-Dose Pulsed Dapsone Combination Therapy for Chronic Lyme Disease/Post-Treatment Lyme Disease Syndrome and Co-Infections, Including Bartonella: A Report of 3 Cases and a Literature Review, 2024, Microorganisms

Their work involved collaboration with several frequent co-authors:

  • Derek T. Cawley
  • Andrew J. Simpkin
  • Elizabeth Abrahim
  • Tom R Doyle
  • Nada Elsheikh

John F. Fallon was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1992.

Best Publications

  • Hedgehog-Regulated Processing of Gli3 Produces an Anterior/Posterior Repressor Gradient in the Developing Vertebrate Limb

    Baolin Wang;John F Fallon;Philip A Beachy

  • Shh and Gli3 are dispensable for limb skeleton formation but regulate digit number and identity

    Ying Litingtung;Randall D. Dahn;Yina Li;John F. Fallon

  • Fibroblast growth factors as multifunctional signaling factors.

    Györgyi Szebenyi;John F. Fallon

  • FGF-2: apical ectodermal ridge growth signal for chick limb development

    JF Fallon;A Lopez;MA Ros;MP Savage

  • Manifestation of the limb prepattern: limb development in the absence of sonic hedgehog function.

    Chin Chiang;Ying Litingtung;Matthew P. Harris;B.Kay Simandl

  • The origin and evolution of animal appendages

    Grace Panganiban;Steven M. Irvine;Chris Lowe;Henry Roehl

  • Interdigital regulation of digit identity and homeotic transformation by modulated BMP signaling

    Randall D. Dahn;John F. Fallon

  • Expression of Radical fringe in limb-bud ectoderm regulates apical ectodermal ridge formation

    Ed Laufer;Randall Dahn;Olivia E. Orozco;Chang Yeol Yeo

  • Limb-patterning activity and restricted posterior localization of the amino-terminal product of Sonic hedgehog cleavage

    Alric López-Martínez;David T. Chang;Chin Chiang;Jeffery A. Porter

  • Distribution of FGF-2 suggests it has a role in chick limb bud growth

    M P Savage;C E Hart;B B Riley;J Sasse

  • Unique SMAD1/5/8 activity at the phalanx-forming region determines digit identity

    Takayuki Suzuki;Sean M. Hasso;John F. Fallon

  • Shh-Bmp2 signaling module and the evolutionary origin and diversification of feathers.

    Matthew P. Harris;John F. Fallon;Richard O. Prum

  • Molecular evidence for an activator-inhibitor mechanism in development of embryonic feather branching

    Matthew P. Harris;Scott Williamson;John F. Fallon;Hans Meinhardt

  • The Development of Archosaurian First-Generation Teeth in a Chicken Mutant

    Matthew P. Harris;Sean M. Hasso;Mark W.J. Ferguson;John F. Fallon

  • The chick oligozeugodactyly (ozd) mutant lacks sonic hedgehog function in the limb.

    Maria A. Ros;Randall D. Dahn;Marian Fernandez-Teran;Kay Rashka

  • The proximodistal determination of skeletal parts in the developing chick leg.

    Donene A. Rowe;John F. Fallon

  • Retroviral expression of FGF-2 (bFGF) affects patterning in chick limb bud

    B.B. Riley;M.P. Savage;B.K. Simandl;B.B. Olwin

  • The limb field mesoderm determines initial limb bud anteroposterior asymmetry and budding independent of sonic hedgehog or apical ectodermal gene expressions

    M.A. Ros;A. Lopez-Martinez;B.K. Simandl;C. Rodriguez

  • Spatial and temporal patterns of cell death in limb bud mesoderm after apical ectodermal ridge removal.

    Donene A. Rowe;John M. Cairns;John F. Fallon

  • Hind limb malformations in free‐living northern leopard frogs (Rana pipiens) from Maine, Minnesota, and Vermont suggest multiple etiologies

    C U Meteyer;I K Loeffler;J F Fallon;K A Converse

Frequent Co-Authors

Philip A. Beachy
Philip A. Beachy Stanford University
Bradley B. Olwin
Bradley B. Olwin University of Colorado Boulder
Jeremy Nathans
Jeremy Nathans Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Roger R. Markwald
Roger R. Markwald Medical University of South Carolina
Clifford J. Tabin
Clifford J. Tabin Harvard University
Gary E. Lyons
Gary E. Lyons University of Wisconsin–Madison
Patricia J. Keely
Patricia J. Keely University of Wisconsin–Madison
Juan M. Hurle
Juan M. Hurle University of Cantabria
Richard O. Prum
Richard O. Prum Yale University
Takashi Mikawa
Takashi Mikawa University of California, San Francisco

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