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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1992 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • 1985 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom

Overview

Malcolm Burrows is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Neuroscience, focusing notably on subfields such as Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Genetics, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, and Plant Science.

The main topics of their work include Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research, Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior, Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications, Hemiptera Insect Studies, Phytoplasmas and Hemiptera pathogens, Orthoptera Research and Taxonomy, and Animal Behavior and Reproduction.

Malcolm Burrows has published scientific articles in various journals. Notable recent papers include:

  • "Jumping in lantern bugs (Hemiptera, Fulgoridae)" (2021) in Journal of Experimental Biology
  • "RNAi of the elastomeric protein resilin reduces jump velocity and resilience to damage in locusts" (2024) in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Elucidating the complex organization of neural micro-domains in the locust Schistocerca gregaria using dMRI" (2021) in Scientific Reports
  • "Mantises Jump from Smooth Surfaces by Pushing with "Heel" Pads of Their Hind Legs" (2025) in Biomimetics
  • "Elucidating the complex organization of neural micro-domains in the locust Schistocerca gregaria using dMRI" (2020) in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Frequent collaborators of Malcolm Burrows include Stephen M. Rogers, Syed Salman Shahid, Christian Kerskens, Alice G. Witney, and Abin Ghosh.

The scientist has contributed to scientific discourse in several publication venues including:

  • Journal of Experimental Biology
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Biomimetics
  • Scientific Reports
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Malcolm Burrows has received recognition in their career, being named a Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom in 1985 and a Member of Academia Europaea in 1992.

Best Publications

  • The Neurobiology of an Insect Brain

    Malcolm Burrows

  • Serotonin Mediates Behavioral Gregarization Underlying Swarm Formation in Desert Locusts

    Michael L. Anstey;Stephen M. Rogers;Stephen M. Rogers;Swidbert R. Ott;Malcolm Burrows

  • Monosynaptic connexions between wing stretch receptors and flight motoneurones of the locust.

    M Burrows

  • Biomechanics: froghopper insects leap to new heights.

    Malcolm Burrows

  • Neural mechanisms underlying behavior in the locust Schistocerca gregaria I. Physiology of identified motorneurons in the metathoracic ganglion

    Graham Hoyle;Malcolm Burrows

  • The locust jump. I. The motor programme

    W. J. Heitler;M. Burrows

  • The control of sets of motoneurones by local interneurones in the locust.

    M Burrows

  • Graded synaptic transmission between local interneurones and motor neurones in the metathoracic ganglion of the locust.

    M Burrows;M V Siegler

  • Neural mechanism underlying behavior in the locust Schistocerca gregaria. 3. Topography of limb motorneurons in the metathoracic ganglion.

    Malcolm Burrows;Graham Hoyle

  • Mechanosensory-induced behavioural gregarization in the desert locust Schistocerca gregaria

    Stephen M. Rogers;Thomas Matheson;Emma Despland;Timothy Dodgson

  • Resilin and chitinous cuticle form a composite structure for energy storage in jumping by froghopper insects

    Malcolm Burrows;Stephen R Shaw;Gregory P Sutton

  • The locust jump. II. Neural circuits of the motor programme

    W J Heitler;M Burrows

  • Parallel processing of proprioceptive signals by spiking local interneurons and motor neurons in the locust.

    M Burrows

  • Connections between descending visual interneurons and metathoracic motoneurons in the locust

    M. Burrows;C. H. Fraser Rowell

  • Jumping performance of froghopper insects.

    Malcolm Burrows

  • Physiological and morphological properties of interneurones in the deutocerebrum of male cockroaches which respond to female pheromone

    M. Burrows;J. Boeckh;J. Esslen

  • Reflex Effects of the Femoral Chordotonal Organ Upon Leg Motor Neurones of the Locust

    L.H. Field;M. Burrows

  • Co-ordinating interneurones of the locust which convey two patterns of motor commands: their connexions with ventilatory motoneurones.

    Malcolm Burrows

  • Interacting Gears Synchronize Propulsive Leg Movements in a Jumping Insect

    Malcolm Burrows;Gregory P Sutton

  • Spiking local interneurons as primary integrators of mechanosensory information in the locust.

    M. V. S. Siegler;M. Burrows

Frequent Co-Authors

Gilles Laurent
Gilles Laurent Max Planck Society
Hans-Joachim Pflüger
Hans-Joachim Pflüger Freie Universität Berlin
Stephen J. Simpson
Stephen J. Simpson University of Sydney
Ian A. Meinertzhagen
Ian A. Meinertzhagen Dalhousie University
Nicholas G. Hatsopoulos
Nicholas G. Hatsopoulos University of Chicago
Keith M. Kendrick
Keith M. Kendrick University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Gregory A. Sword
Gregory A. Sword Texas A&M University

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