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Patrick Callaerts

Patrick Callaerts

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
50
Citations
11249
World Ranking
17516
National Ranking
292

Overview

Patrick Callaerts is a researcher affiliated with KU Leuven in Belgium. Their work spans several scientific domains, with a primary focus on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their academic output also includes significant contributions to agricultural and biological sciences as well as neuroscience.

Their research encompasses multiple subfields including insect science, molecular biology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, plant science, and genetics. The main topics of their work highlight expertise in neurobiology and insect physiology research, insect symbiosis and bacterial influences, insect resistance and genetics, insect-plant interactions and control, insect and arachnid ecology and behavior, genetics, aging and longevity in model organisms, and entomopathogenic microorganisms in pest control.

Among recent papers are:

  • "Aralar Sequesters GABA into Hyperactive Mitochondria, Causing Social Behavior Deficits" (2020) published in Cell
  • "The transposable element-rich genome of the cereal pest Sitophilus oryzae" (2021) published in Lirias (KU Leuven)
  • "Ancestral regulatory mechanisms specify conserved midbrain circuitry in arthropods and vertebrates" (2020) published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Sexual Dimorphism in Metabolic Responses to Western Diet in Drosophila melanogaster" (2021) published in Biomolecules
  • "Tyrosyl-tRNA synthetase has a noncanonical function in actin bundling" (2023) published in Nature Communications

The researcher frequently publishes in venues such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Frontiers in Physiology, Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory).

Collaborations form an important part of their research activity. Frequent coauthors include Federica Calevro, Nicolas Parisot, Hubert Charles, Mélanie Ribeiro Lopes, and Patrice Bâa-Puyoulet.

Best Publications

  • Induction of ectopic eyes by targeted expression of the eyeless gene in Drosophila

    Georg Halder;Patrick Callaerts;Walter J. Gehring

  • PAX-6 IN DEVELOPMENT AND EVOLUTION

    Patrick Callaerts;Georg Halder;Walter J. Gehring

  • Increased expression of BIN1 mediates Alzheimer genetic risk by modulating tau pathology.

    J Chapuis;F Hansmannel;M Gistelinck;A Mounier

  • Disrupted function and axonal distribution of mutant tyrosyl-tRNA synthetase in dominant intermediate Charcot-Marie-Tooth neuropathy.

    Albena Jordanova;Albena Jordanova;Joy Irobi;Florian P Thomas;Patrick Van Dijck

  • Eyeless initiates the expression of both sine oculis and eyes absent during Drosophila compound eye development

    Georg Halder;Patrick Callaerts;Susanne Flister;Uwe Walldorf

  • ACE-inhibition induces a cardioprotective transcriptional response in the metabolic syndrome heart

    Aziza Yakubova;Lieven Thorrez;Dmitry Svetlichnyy;Liesbeth Zwarts

  • New perspectives on eye evolution.

    Georg Halder;Patrick Callaerts;Walter J Gehring

  • Squid Pax-6 and eye development.

    Stanislav I. Tomarev;Patrick Callaerts;Lidia Kos;Rina Zinovieva

  • Drosophila screen connects nuclear transport genes to DPR pathology in c9ALS/FTD

    Steven Boeynaems;Elke Bogaert;Emiel Michiels;Ilse Gijselinck

  • A20 critically controls microglia activation and inhibits inflammasome-dependent neuroinflammation

    Sofie Voet;Conor Mc Guire;Nora Hagemeyer;Arne Martens

  • Cephalopod Hox genes and the origin of morphological novelties

    Patricia N. Lee;Patricia N. Lee;Patrick Callaerts;Heinz G. de Couet;Mark Q. Martindale

  • Aberrant lysosomal carbohydrate storage accompanies endocytic defects and neurodegeneration in Drosophila benchwarmer

    Bart Dermaut;Koenraad K. Norga;Artur Kania;Patrik Verstreken

  • Effects of acute and chronic administration of β-adrenoceptor ligands on airway function in a murine model of asthma

    Zsuzsanna Callaerts-Vegh;Kenda L. J. Evans;Noornabi Dudekula;Donald Cuba

  • Conservation of Pax-6 in a lower chordate, the ascidian Phallusia mammillata

    Sacha Glardon;Patrick Callaerts;Georg Halder;Walter J. Gehring

  • Expanding roles for AMP‐activated protein kinase in neuronal survival and autophagy

    Jeroen Poels;Miloš R. Spasić;Patrick Callaerts;Koenraad K. Norga

  • Concomitant deficits in working memory and fear extinction are functionally dissociated from reduced anxiety in metabotropic glutamate receptor 7-deficient mice.

    Zsuzsanna Callaerts-Vegh;Tom Beckers;Simon M. Ball;Frank Baeyens

  • Loss and gain of Drosophila TDP-43 impair synaptic efficacy and motor control leading to age-related neurodegeneration by loss-of-function phenotypes

    Danielle C. Diaper;Yoshitsugu Adachi;Ben Sutcliffe;Dickon M. Humphrey

  • PAX6: 25th anniversary and more to learn

    Ales Cvekl;Patrick Callaerts

  • Searching for the prototypic eye genetic network: Sine oculis is essential for eye regeneration in planarians.

    D Pineda;J Gonzalez;Patrick Callaerts;K Ikeo

  • AMP-Activated Protein Kinase (AMPK) Molecular Crossroad for Metabolic Control and Survival of Neurons

    Milos R Spasić;Patrick Callaerts;Koenraad K Norga

Frequent Co-Authors

Walter J. Gehring
Walter J. Gehring University of Basel
Trudy F. C. Mackay
Trudy F. C. Mackay Clemson University
Georg Halder
Georg Halder KU Leuven
Albena Jordanova
Albena Jordanova University of Antwerp
Marie-France Sagot
Marie-France Sagot Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Robert R. H. Anholt
Robert R. H. Anholt Clemson University
Margaret J. McFall-Ngai
Margaret J. McFall-Ngai University of Hawaii at Manoa
Vincent Timmerman
Vincent Timmerman University of Antwerp
Jurgen Del-Favero
Jurgen Del-Favero University of Antwerp

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