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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2007 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2001 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1986 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1973 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

John G. Hildebrand is affiliated with the University of Arizona in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines, primarily focusing on biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, medicine, and environmental science. Within these broad fields, their work delves into several specialized subfields including ecology, pharmacology, genetics, molecular biology, and ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics.

The scientist's main research topics include leech biology and applications, venomous animal envenomation and studies, physiological and biochemical adaptations, bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing, bacterial identification and susceptibility testing, antimicrobial resistance in Staphylococcus, as well as algal biology and biofuel production.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with John G. Hildebrand include:

  • Christian Müller
  • Sabine Ziesemer
  • Jan Knobloch
  • Laura Iris Regina Fuchs
  • Phil Lukas

Their publications appear regularly in several venues, with notable frequency in Parasitology Research, Toxins, Physiologia, Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis, and Frontiers in Microbiology.

Selected recent papers by John G. Hildebrand include:

  • Impact of Salinity on the Gastrointestinal Bacterial Community of Theodoxus fluviatilis, 2020, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Life without blood: Molecular and functional analysis of hirudins and hirudin-like factors of the Asian non-hematophagous leech Whitmania pigra, 2022, Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis
  • The hirudin-like factors HLF3 and HLF4-hidden hirudins of European medicinal leeches, 2020, Parasitology Research
  • Cell-free synthesis of the hirudin variant 1 of the blood-sucking leech Hirudo medicinalis, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • S. aureus alpha-toxin monomer binding and heptamer formation in host cell membranes - Do they determine sensitivity of airway epithelial cells toward the toxin?, 2020, PLoS ONE

John G. Hildebrand is a recipient of several honors, including:

  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2007)
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2001)
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (1986)
  • Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (1973)

Best Publications

  • Mechanisms of olfactory discrimination : Converging evidence for common principles across phyla

    John G. Hildebrand;Gordon M. Shepherd

  • Structure and Function of the Deutocerebrum in Insects

    U Homberg;T A Christensen;J G Hildebrand

  • Male-specific, sex pheromone-selective projection neurons in the antennal lobes of the moth Manduca sexta.

    Thomas A. Christensen;John G. Hildebrand

  • Anatomy of antenno-cerebral pathways in the brain of the sphinx moth Manduca sexta

    U. Homberg;R. A. Montague;J. G. Hildebrand

  • Odour-plume dynamics influence the brain's olfactory code.

    Neil J. Vickers;Neil J. Vickers;Thomas A. Christensen;Thomas C. Baker;John G. Hildebrand

  • Olfactory systems: common design, uncommon origins?

    Nicholas J Strausfeld;John G Hildebrand

  • Analysis of chemical signals by nervous systems

    John G. Hildebrand

  • Structure and development of antennae in a moth, Manduca sexta☆

    Joshua R. Sanes;John G. Hildebrand

  • Roles and effects of environmental carbon dioxide in insect life

    Pablo G. Guerenstein;John G. Hildebrand

  • Characterization and coding of behaviorally significant odor mixtures

    Jeffrey A. Riffell;Hong Lei;Thomas A. Christensen;John G. Hildebrand

  • Local interneurons and information processing in the olfactory glomeruli of the moth Manduca sexta.

    T. A. Christensen;B. R. Waldrop;I. D. Harrow;J. G. Hildebrand

  • The neurobiology of insect olfaction: sensory processing in a comparative context.

    Joshua P. Martin;Aaron Beyerlein;Andrew M. Dacks;Andrew M. Dacks;Carolina E. Reisenman

  • Origin and morphogenesis of sensory neurons in an insect antenna

    Joshua R. Sanes;John G. Hildebrand

  • Physiology and morphology of projection neurons in the antennal lobe of the male moth Manduca sexta

    Ryohei Kanzaki;Edmund A. Arbas;Nicholas J. Strausfeld;John G. Hildebrand

  • Functionally distinct subdivisions of the macroglomerular complex in the antennal lobe of the male sphinx moth Manduca sexta.

    Bill S. Hansson;Thomas A. Christensen;John G. Hildebrand

  • Development of synapses in the antennal lobes of the moth Manduca sexta during metamorphosis.

    Leslie P Tolbert;S. G. Matsumoto;J. G. Hildebrand

  • Immunocytochemistry of GABA in the antennal lobes of the sphinx moth Manduca sexta.

    Sally G. Hoskins;Uwe Homberg;Timothy G. Kingan;Thomas A. Christensen

  • Electroantennographic and behavioral responses of the sphinx moth Manduca sexta to host plant headspace volatiles.

    Ann M. Fraser;Wendy L. Mechaber;John G. Hildebrand

  • Organization and Synaptic Ultrastructure of Glomeruli in the Antennal Lobes of the Moth Manduca sexta: A Study Using Thin Sections and Freeze-Fracture

    L. P. Tolbert;J. G. Hildebrand

  • Screening for neurotransmitters: A rapid radiochemical procedure

    John G. Hildebrand;David L. Barker;Edward Herbert;Edward A. Kravitz

  • Olfactory control of behavior in moths: central processing of odor information and the functional significance of olfactory glomeruli

    J. G. Hildebrand

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas A. Christensen
Thomas A. Christensen University of Arizona
Uwe Homberg
Uwe Homberg Philipp University of Marburg
Leslie P. Tolbert
Leslie P. Tolbert University of Arizona
Alison R. Mercer
Alison R. Mercer University of Otago
Joshua R. Sanes
Joshua R. Sanes Harvard University
Wolfgang Rössler
Wolfgang Rössler University of Würzburg
Edward A. Kravitz
Edward A. Kravitz Harvard University
Nicholas J. Strausfeld
Nicholas J. Strausfeld University of Arizona
Richard B. Levine
Richard B. Levine University of Arizona
Nancy A. Moran
Nancy A. Moran The University of Texas at Austin

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