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  • 2002 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Mark C. Fishman is a researcher affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their work primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Neuroscience. These broad areas include subfields such as Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Genetics, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

The scientist's research focuses on several topics, notably:

  • Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Gene Regulatory Network Analysis
  • Treatment of Major Depression

Mark C. Fishman has contributed extensively to the study of collective behavior and neural mechanisms in zebrafish, demonstrating interest in genetic controls and behavioral motifs. Among their recent papers are:

  • "Genetic Control of Collective Behavior in Zebrafish," published in 2020 in iScience
  • "Collective behavior emerges from genetically controlled simple behavioral motifs in zebrafish," published in 2021 in Science Advances
  • "Ketamine induces plasticity in a norepinephrine-astroglial circuit to promote behavioral perseverance," published in 2024 in Neuron
  • "Experience-dependent modulation of collective behavior in larval zebrafish," published in 2024 in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • "Collective behavior emerges from genetically controlled simple behavioral motifs in zebrafish," published in 2021 in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Frequent publication venues include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Science Advances, iScience, Neuron, and the American Journal of Medicine Open. Notably, bioRxiv is a recurring venue, reflecting a significant volume of preprints in the scientist's portfolio.

Collaborations form an important aspect of Fishman's work. Frequent co-authors include Florian Engert, Misha B. Ahrens, Roy Harpaz, Ariel C. Aspiras, and Sydney Chambule. These collaborations have contributed to the development and dissemination of research across various studies.

Mark C. Fishman was recognized as a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2002, indicating acknowledgment by a prominent scholarly community.

Best Publications

  • Conservation of the sequence and temporal expression of let-7 heterochronic regulatory RNA

    Amy E. Pasquinelli;Brenda J. Reinhart;Frank Slack;Mark Q. Martindale

  • Hypertension in mice lacking the gene for endothelial nitric oxide synthase

    Paul L. Huang;Zhihong Huang;Hiroshi Mashimo;Kenneth D. Bloch

  • Targeted disruption of the neuronal nitric oxide synthase gene

    Paul L. Huang;Ted M. Dawson;David S. Bredt;Solomon H. Snyder

  • Nitric oxide synthase modulates angiogenesis in response to tissue ischemia.

    T Murohara;T Asahara;M Silver;C Bauters

  • Enlarged Infarcts in Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase Knockout Mice Are Attenuated by Nitro-l-Arginine

    Zhihong Huang;Paul L. Huang;Jianya Ma;Wei Meng

  • Impaired Defense of Intestinal Mucosa in Mice Lacking Intestinal Trefoil Factor

    Hiroshi Mashimo;Deng Chyang Wu;Daniel K. Podolsky;Mark C. Fishman

  • Prevention of vertebrate neuronal death by the crmA gene.

    Valeria Gagliardini;Pierre-Alain Fernandez;Robert K. K. Lee;Hannes C. A. Drexler

  • Mutations affecting the formation and function of the cardiovascular system in the zebrafish embryo.

    Didier Y.R. Stainier;Bernadette Fouquet;Jau Nian Chen;Kerri S. Warren

  • Cardiac troponin T is essential in sarcomere assembly and cardiac contractility.

    Amy J. Sehnert;Anja Huq;Brant M. Weinstein;Charline Walker

  • Semaphorin III is needed for normal patterning and growth of nerves, bones and heart

    Oded Behar;Jeffrey A. Golden;Hiroshi Mashimo;Frederick J. Schoen

  • Gridlock signalling pathway fashions the first embryonic artery

    Tao P. Zhong;Sarah Childs;Sarah Childs;James P. Leu;Mark C. Fishman

  • Long-Term Potentiation Is Reduced in Mice That Are Doubly Mutant in Endothelial and Neuronal Nitric Oxide Synthase

    Hyeon Son;Robert D Hawkins;Kelsey Martin;Michael Kiebler

  • Fashioning the vertebrate heart: earliest embryonic decisions

    Mark C. Fishman;Kenneth R. Chien

  • cloche, an early acting zebrafish gene, is required by both the endothelial and hematopoietic lineages

    D. Y. R. Stainier;B. M. Weinstein;H. W. Detrich;L. I. Zon

  • Early development of the zebrafish pronephros and analysis of mutations affecting pronephric function

    Iain A. Drummond;Arindam Majumdar;Hartmut Hentschel;Marlies Elger

  • Neuronal Pathfinding Is Abnormal in Mice Lacking the Neuronal Growth Cone Protein GAP-43

    Stephen M Strittmatter;Stephen M Strittmatter;Christoph Fankhauser;Paul L Huang;Hiroshi Mashimo

  • G0 is a major growth cone protein subject to regulation by GAP-43.

    Stephen M. Strittmatter;Stephen M. Strittmatter;Dario Valenzuela;Dario Valenzuela;Timothy E. Kennedy;Eva J. Neer

  • Endothelial NOS and the blockade of LTP by NOS inhibitors in mice lacking neuronal NOS

    Thomas J. O'Dell;Paul L. Huang;Ted M. Dawson;Jay L. Dinerman

  • Interaction of genetic deficiency of endothelial nitric oxide, gender, and pregnancy in vascular response to injury in mice.

    M. Moroi;Lin Zhang;T. Yasuda;R. Virmani

  • Expression of a Dominant Negative Mutant of Interleukin-1β Converting Enzyme in Transgenic Mice Prevents Neuronal Cell Death Induced by Trophic Factor Withdrawal and Ischemic Brain Injury

    Robert M. Friedlander;Valeria Gagliardini;Hideaki Hara;Klaus B. Fink

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul L. Huang
Paul L. Huang Harvard University
Michael A. Moskowitz
Michael A. Moskowitz Harvard University
Didier Y. R. Stainier
Didier Y. R. Stainier Max Planck Society
Brant M. Weinstein
Brant M. Weinstein National Institutes of Health
Calum A. MacRae
Calum A. MacRae Brigham and Women's Hospital
Wolfgang Driever
Wolfgang Driever University of Freiburg
Howard J. Federoff
Howard J. Federoff University of California, Irvine
Randall T. Peterson
Randall T. Peterson University of Utah
Hideaki Hara
Hideaki Hara Gifu Pharmaceutical University

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