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60
Citations
12810
World Ranking
11956
National Ranking
5132

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1985 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Paul H. Taghert is affiliated with Washington University in St. Louis in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of neuroscience and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a significant emphasis on cellular and molecular neuroscience and endocrine and autonomic systems. The scientist's work also intersects with molecular biology, cell biology, and cognitive neuroscience.

The main topics of their research include circadian rhythm and melatonin, neurobiology and insect physiology research, photoreceptor and optogenetics research, receptor mechanisms and signaling, microtubule and mitosis dynamics, developmental biology and gene regulation, and sleep and wakefulness research.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Paul H. Taghert include:

  • Xitong Liang
  • Jennifer S. Trigg
  • Timothy E. Holy
  • Shuo Yang
  • Jennifer McAdow

Publications are often featured in the following venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Current Biology
  • PLoS ONE
  • Nature Communications

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Paul H. Taghert include:

  • "Circadian pacemaker neurons display cophasic rhythms in basal calcium level and in fast calcium fluctuations," 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Polyphasic circadian neural circuits drive differential activities in multiple downstream rhythmic centers," 2023, Current Biology
  • "Spatiotemporal expression of regulatory kinases directs the transition from mitosis to cellular morphogenesis in Drosophila," 2022, Nature Communications
  • "Regulation of PDF receptor signaling controlling daily locomotor rhythms in Drosophila," 2022, PLoS Genetics
  • "The incidence of candidate binding sites for β-arrestin in Drosophila neuropeptide GPCRs," 2022, PLoS ONE

Recognition of their scientific contributions includes being named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2020 and a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 1985.

Best Publications

  • A pdf Neuropeptide Gene Mutation and Ablation of PDF Neurons Each Cause Severe Abnormalities of Behavioral Circadian Rhythms in Drosophila

    Susan C.P Renn;Jae H Park;Michael Rosbash;Michael Rosbash;Jeffrey C Hall

  • Neuropeptides and neuropeptide receptors in the Drosophila melanogaster genome.

    Randall S. Hewes;Paul H. Taghert

  • Drosophila MEF2, a transcription factor that is essential for myogenesis.

    Barbara A. Bour;Martha A. O'Brien;Wendy L. Lockwood;Elliott S. Goldstein

  • PDF Receptor Signaling in Drosophila Contributes to Both Circadian and Geotactic Behaviors

    Inge Mertens;Anick Vandingenen;Erik C. Johnson;Orie T. Shafer

  • Widespread receptivity to neuropeptide PDF throughout the neuronal circadian clock network of Drosophila revealed by real-time cyclic AMP imaging.

    Orie T. Shafer;Dong Jo Kim;Richard Dunbar-Yaffe;Viacheslav O. Nikolaev

  • The Neuropeptide Pigment-Dispersing Factor Coordinates Pacemaker Interactions in the Drosophila Circadian System

    Yiing Lin;Gary D. Stormo;Paul H. Taghert

  • Organization of the Drosophila Circadian Control Circuit

    Michael N. Nitabach;Paul H. Taghert

  • Isolation and characterization of a Drosophila gene that encodes multiple neuropeptides related to Phe-Met-Arg-Phe-NH2 (FMRFamide)

    Lynne E. Schneider;Paul H. Taghert

  • Peptide neuromodulation in invertebrate model systems.

    Paul H. Taghert;Michael N. Nitabach

  • Development and morphology of the clock-gene-expressing lateral neurons of Drosophila melanogaster.

    Charlotte Helfrich-Förster;Orie T. Shafer;Corinna Wülbeck;Eva Grieshaber

  • Guidance of pioneer growth cones: filopodial contacts and coupling revealed with an antibody to Lucifer Yellow.

    Paul H. Taghert;Michael J. Bastiani;Robert K. Ho;Corey S. Goodman

  • Influence of the period-dependent circadian clock on diurnal, circadian, and aperiodic gene expression in Drosophila melanogaster

    Yiing Lin;Mei Han;Brian Shimada;Lin Wang

  • Genetic analysis of the Drosophila ellipsoid body neuropil: organization and development of the central complex.

    Susan C. P. Renn;J. Douglas Armstrong;Mingyao Yang;Zongsheng Wang

  • Mapping peptidergic cells in Drosophila: where DIMM fits in.

    Dongkook Park;Jan A. Veenstra;Jae H. Park;Paul H. Taghert

  • Reevaluation of Drosophila melanogaster's neuronal circadian pacemakers reveals new neuronal classes

    Orie Thomas Shafer;Charlotte Helfrich-Förster;Susan Christine Portia Renn;Paul H. Taghert

  • A novel diuretic hormone receptor in Drosophila: evidence for conservation of CGRP signaling.

    Erik C. Johnson;Orie T. Shafer;Jennifer S. Trigg;Jae Park

  • Cell determination and differentiation of identified serotonin- immunoreactive neurons in the grasshopper embryo

    PH Taghert;CS Goodman

  • PDF receptor expression reveals direct interactions between circadian oscillators in Drosophila.

    Seol Hee Im;Paul H. Taghert

  • Synchronous Drosophila circadian pacemakers display nonsynchronous Ca2+ rhythms in vivo

    Xitong Liang;Timothy E. Holy;Paul H. Taghert

  • The bHLH protein Dimmed controls neuroendocrine cell differentiation in Drosophila

    Randall S. Hewes;Dongkook Park;Sebastien A. Gauthier;Anneliese M. Schaefer

Frequent Co-Authors

James W. Truman
James W. Truman Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Michael Rosbash
Michael Rosbash Brandeis University
Jonathan V. Sweedler
Jonathan V. Sweedler University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Dick R. Nässel
Dick R. Nässel Stockholm University
Corey S. Goodman
Corey S. Goodman University of California, Berkeley
Richard E. Mains
Richard E. Mains University of Connecticut Health Center
Betty A. Eipper
Betty A. Eipper University of Connecticut Health Center
Charlotte Helfrich-Förster
Charlotte Helfrich-Förster University of Würzburg
Erik D. Herzog
Erik D. Herzog Washington University in St. Louis
Gary D. Stormo
Gary D. Stormo Washington University in St. Louis

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