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Overview

Nicholas Ling is affiliated with the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science, with significant work in Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Molecular Biology. Additional subfields include Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis as well as Ecological Modeling.

The scientist's research spans a range of topics, including:

  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
  • Identification and Quantification in Food
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
  • Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals
  • Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • New Zealand Journal of Zoology
  • New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research
  • Applied Animal Behaviour Science
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Diversity

Among recent publications are:

  • "Measuring the Impact of Conservation: The Growing Importance of Monitoring Fauna, Flora and Funga," 2022, Diversity
  • "Novel hyphenation of DGT in-situ passive sampling with YES assay to ascertain the potency of emerging endocrine disruptors in water systems in New Zealand," 2022, Water Research
  • "How low can they go: A comparison between dog (Canis familiaris) and environmental DNA detection of invasive koi carp (Cyprinus rubrofuscus)," 2022, Applied Animal Behaviour Science
  • "Using faecal DNA metabarcoding to determine the diet of the long-tailed bat, Chalinolobus tuberculatus," 2023, New Zealand Journal of Zoology
  • "Occupation of artificial roosts by long-tailed bats (Chalinolobus tuberculatus) in Hamilton City, New Zealand," 2023, New Zealand Journal of Zoology

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Grant Tempero
  • Melissa A. Collins
  • Clare M. Browne
  • Timothy L. Edwards
  • Helena Iuele

Best Publications

  • Hypothalamic Polypeptide That Inhibits the Secretion of Immunoreactive Pituitary Growth Hormone

    Paul Brazeau;Wylie Vale;Roger Burgus;Nicholas Ling

  • Growth hormone-releasing factor from a human pancreatic tumor that caused acromegaly.

    Roger Guillemin;Paul Brazeau;Peter Bohlen;Frederick Esch

  • beta-Endorphin and adrenocorticotropin are selected concomitantly by the pituitary gland

    Roger Guillemin;Therese Vargo;Jean Rossier;Scott Minick

  • Common precursor to corticotropins and endorphins

    Richard E. Mains;Betty A. Eipper;Nicholas Ling

  • Endorphins: profound behavioral effects in rats suggest new etiological factors in mental illness.

    Floyd Bloom;David Segal;Nicholas Ling;Roger Guillemin

  • Identification and molecular characterization of insulin-like growth factor binding proteins (IGFBP-1, -2, -3, -4, -5 and -6).

    Shunichi Shimasaki;Nicholas Ling

  • Primary structure of bovine pituitary basic fibroblast growth factor (FGF) and comparison with the amino-terminal sequence of bovine brain acidic FGF.

    Frederick Esch;Andrew Baird;Nicholas Ling;Naoto Ueno

  • Complementary DNA Sequences of Ovarian Follicular Fluid Inhibin Show Precursor Structure and Homology With Transforming Growth Factor-Beta

    Anthony J. Mason;Joel S. Hayflick;Nicholas Ling;Frederick Esch

  • Neurons containing beta-endorphin in rat brain exist separately from those containing enkephalin: immunocytochemical studies

    F Bloom;E Battenberg;J Rossier;N Ling

  • Protein kinase C phosphorylation of the EGF receptor at a threonine residue close to the cytoplasmic face of the plasma membrane

    Tony Hunter;Nicholas Ling;Jonathan A. Cooper

  • The interrelationship of growth hormone (GH)-releasing factor and somatostatin in generation of the ultradian rhythm of GH secretion.

    Gloria Shaffer Tannenbaum;Nicholas Ling

  • Foot-shock induced stress increases β-endorphin levels in blood but not brain

    Jean Rossier;Edward D. French;Catherine Rivier;Nicholas Ling

  • Isolation and partial characterization of a Mr 32,000 protein with inhibin activity from porcine follicular fluid

    Nicholas Ling;Shao-Yao Ying;Naoto Ueno;Fred Esch

  • Fibroblast growth factor

    Frederick Stephen Esch;Andrew Baird;Peter Dr. Bohlen;Denis Jersy Gospodarowicz

  • Primary Structure of the Ovine Hypothalamic Luteinizing Hormone-Releasing Factor (LRF)

    Roger Burgus;Madalyn Butcher;Max Amoss;Nicholas Ling

  • Regional dissociation of beta-endorphin and enkephalin contents in rat brain and pituitary

    Jean Rossier;Theresa M. Vargo;Scott Minick;Nicholas Ling

  • Isolation and partial characterization of follistatin: a single-chain Mr 35,000 monomeric protein that inhibits the release of follicle-stimulating hormone.

    Naoto Ueno;Nicholas Ling;Shao-Yao Ying;Frederick Esch

  • Fibroblast growth factors are present in the extracellular matrix produced by endothelial cells invitro: Implications for a role of heparinase-like enzymes in the neovascular response

    Andrew Baird;Nicholas Ling

  • STIMULATION IN VIVO OF THE SECRETION OF PROLACTIN AND GROWTH HORMONE BY β-ENDORPHIN

    C. Rivier;W. Vale;N. Ling;M. Brown

  • β-ENDORPHIN AND ADRENOCORTICOTROPIN ARE SECRETED CONCOMITANTLY BY THE PITUITARY GLAND

    Roger Guillemin;Therese Vargo;Jean Rossier;Scott Minick

Frequent Co-Authors

Roger Guillemin
Roger Guillemin Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Frederick Esch
Frederick Esch Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Andrew Baird
Andrew Baird University of California, San Diego
Peter Bohlen
Peter Bohlen Eli Lilly (United States)
Shunichi Shimasaki
Shunichi Shimasaki University of California, San Diego
Kazuo Shizume
Kazuo Shizume University of Tokyo
Hiroshi Demura
Hiroshi Demura Tohoku University
Naoto Ueno
Naoto Ueno National Institute for Basic Biology
Floyd E. Bloom
Floyd E. Bloom Scripps Research Institute
Wylie Vale
Wylie Vale Salk Institute for Biological Studies

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