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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1992 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • 1990 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom

Overview

Jonathan Hodgkin is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily falls within the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions in areas such as Aging, Molecular Biology, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Plant Science, and Infectious Diseases.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics including Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms, Circadian rhythm and melatonin, Gut microbiota and health, Nematode management and characterization studies, Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment, CRISPR and Genetic Engineering, and Transgenic Plants and Applications.

Jonathan Hodgkin has published research in several venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Genetics
  • G3 Genes Genomes Genetics
  • Biology Open
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • UNC Libraries

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Hodgkin include:

  • "Isolation and molecular identification of nematode surface mutants with resistance to bacterial pathogens" (2023), published in G3 Genes Genomes Genetics
  • "Rectifying nematode names" (2022), published in Genetics
  • "Allele-specific suppression in Caenorhabditis elegans reveals details of EMS mutagenesis and a possible moonlighting interaction between the vesicular acetylcholine transporter and ERD2 receptors" (2021), published in Genetics
  • "From pathogen to a commensal: modification of the Microbacterium nematophilum-C. elegans interaction during chronic infection by the absence of host insulin signalling" (2020), published in Biology Open
  • "From pathogen to commensal to probiotic: modification ofMicrobacterium nematophilum-C. elegansinteraction during chronic infection by the absence of host insulin signalling" (2020), published in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Collaborations have been a notable part of Hodgkin's research. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Maria J. Gravato-Nobre
  • Dave Stroud
  • Delia O'Rourke
  • Petros Ligoxygakis
  • Emily Pritchett

Jonathan Hodgkin has been recognized with distinctions including becoming a Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom in 1990 and a Member of Academia Europaea in 1992.

Best Publications

  • C. elegans EGL-9 and mammalian homologs define a family of dioxygenases that regulate HIF by prolyl hydroxylation.

    Andrew C.R. Epstein;Jonathan M. Gleadle;Luke A. McNeill;Kirsty S. Hewitson

  • Nondisjunction Mutants of the Nematode CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS.

    Jonathan Hodgkin;H. Robert Horvitz;Sydney Brenner

  • Evidence for evolutionary conservation of sex-determining genes

    Christopher S. Raymond;Caroline E. Shamu;Caroline E. Shamu;Michael M. Shen;Michael M. Shen;Kelly J. Seifert

  • Genetics of gliding motility in Myxococcus xanthus (Myxobacterales): Two gene systems control movement

    Jonathan Hodgkin;Dale Kaiser

  • A conserved checkpoint pathway mediates DNA damage--induced apoptosis and cell cycle arrest in C. elegans.

    Anton Gartner;Stuart Milstein;Stuart Milstein;Shawn Ahmed;Jonathan Hodgkin

  • Natural Variation and Copulatory Plug Formation in Caenorhabditis elegans

    Jonathan Hodgkin;Tabitha Doniach

  • A uniform genetic nomenclature for the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans.

    H R Horvitz;S Brenner;J Hodgkin;R K Herman

  • MRT-2 checkpoint protein is required for germline immortality and telomere replication in C. elegans

    Shawn Ahmed;Jonathan Hodgkin

  • Male Phenotypes and Mating Efficiency in CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS.

    Jonathan Hodgkin

  • A new kind of informational suppression in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans.

    J Hodgkin;A Papp;R Pulak;V Ambros

  • MUTATIONS CAUSING TRANSFORMATION OF SEXUAL PHENOTYPE IN THE NEMATODE CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS

    Jonathan A. Hodgkin;Sydney Brenner

  • Molecular analysis of the C. elegans sex-determining gene tra-1: A gene encoding two zinc finger proteins

    David Zarkower;Jonathan Hodgkin

  • Genetics of Gliding Motility in Myxococcus xanthus (Myxobacterales): Genes Controlling Movement of Single Cells

    Jonathan Hodgkin;Dale Kaiser

  • mab-3, a gene required for sex-specific yolk protein expression and a male-specific lineage in C. elegans

    Michael M. Shen;Jonathan Hodgkin

  • More is not better: brood size and population growth in a self-fertilizing nematode.

    Jonathan Hodgkin;Thomas M. Barnes

  • Genomic clusters, putative pathogen recognition molecules, and antimicrobial genes are induced by infection of C. elegans with M. nematophilum

    Delia O’Rourke;Dilair Baban;Maria Demidova;Richard Mott

  • Sex determination in the nematode C. elegans: analysis of tra-3 suppressors and characterization of fem genes

    Jonathan Hodgkin

  • A sex-determining gene, fem-1, required for both male and hermaphrodite development in Caenorhabditis elegans.

    Tabitha Doniach;Jonathan Hodgkin

  • Specific neuroanatomical changes in chemosensory mutants of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans.

    James A. Lewis;James A. Lewis;Jonathan A. Hodgkin

  • A genetic analysis of the sex-determining gene, tra-1, in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans.

    J Hodgkin

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael M. Shen
Michael M. Shen Columbia University
Robert H. Waterston
Robert H. Waterston University of Washington
Judith Kimble
Judith Kimble University of Wisconsin–Madison
Anton Gartner
Anton Gartner University of Dundee
Donna G. Albertson
Donna G. Albertson New York University
Andrew D. Chisholm
Andrew D. Chisholm University of California, San Diego
Gail M. Preston
Gail M. Preston University of Oxford
William R Schafer
William R Schafer MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Sydney Brenner
Sydney Brenner Agency for Science, Technology and Research
Victor R. Ambros
Victor R. Ambros University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School

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