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  • 2008 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1998 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1997 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Peter Mombaerts is a researcher affiliated with Rockefeller University in the United States. Their primary fields of study include Medicine and Neuroscience, with a focus on subfields such as Infectious Diseases, Sensory Systems, Nutrition and Dietetics, Epidemiology, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

The research topics covered in their work span Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies, Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, Antifungal Resistance and Susceptibility, Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research, COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies, and Long-Term Effects of COVID-19.

Frequent co-authors in their publications include:

  • Mona Khan
  • Joost Wauters
  • Laura Van Gerven
  • Mark Jorissen
  • Katrien Lagrou

They have published in several notable scientific venues, including:

  • The Lancet Respiratory Medicine
  • Neuron
  • Cell
  • Cell Reports
  • BMC Genomics

Some of their recent papers are:

  • "Visualizing in deceased COVID-19 patients how SARS-CoV-2 attacks the respiratory and olfactory mucosae but spares the olfactory bulb," 2021, Cell
  • "Lung epithelial and myeloid innate immunity in influenza-associated or COVID-19-associated pulmonary aspergillosis: an observational study," 2022, The Lancet Respiratory Medicine
  • "The Zonal Organization of Odorant Receptor Gene Choice in the Main Olfactory Epithelium of the Mouse," 2020, Cell Reports
  • "Expert curation of the human and mouse olfactory receptor gene repertoires identifies conserved coding regions split across two exons," 2020, BMC Genomics
  • "Persistence of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in lung tissue after mild COVID-19," 2021, The Lancet Respiratory Medicine

Peter Mombaerts has been recognized as a fellow by several organizations, including:

  • American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2008
  • John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1998
  • Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 1997

Best Publications

  • RAG-1-deficient mice have no mature B and T lymphocytes

    Peter Mombaerts;John Iacomini;Randall Scott Johnson;Karl Herrup

  • Visualizing an Olfactory Sensory Map

    Peter Mombaerts;Fan Wang;Catherine Dulac;Steve K Chao

  • Mutations in T-cell antigen receptor genes α and β block thymocyte development at different stages

    Peter Mombaerts;Alan R. Clarke;Michael A. Rudnicki;John Iacomini

  • Spontaneous development of inflammatory bowel disease in T cell receptor mutant mice

    Peter Mombaerts;Emiko Mizoguchi;Michael J. Grusby;Laurie H. Glimcher

  • Genes and ligands for odorant, vomeronasal and taste receptors

    Peter Mombaerts

  • Functional annotation of a full-length mouse cDNA collection

    J. Kawai;A. Shinagawa;K. Shibata;M. Yoshino

  • Differentiation of Embryonic Stem Cell Lines Generated from Adult Somatic Cells by Nuclear Transfer

    Teruhiko Wakayama;Viviane Tabar;Ivan Rodriguez;Anthony C. F. Perry

  • Selective deletion of leptin receptor in neurons leads to obesity

    Paul Cohen;Connie Zhao;Xiaoli Cai;Jason M. Montez

  • Mice cloned from embryonic stem cells.

    Teruhiko Wakayama;Ivan Rodriguez;Anthony C. F. Perry;Ryuzo Yanagimachi

  • T cell receptor δ gene mutant mice : independent generation of αβ T cells and programmed rearrangements of γδ TCR genes

    Shigeyoshi Itohara;Peter Mombaerts;Juan Lafaille;John Iacomini

  • Seven-Transmembrane Proteins as Odorant and Chemosensory Receptors

    Peter Mombaerts

  • Different roles of αβ and γδ T cells in immunity against an intracellular bacterial pathogen

    Peter Mombaerts;Jörg Arnoldi;Friedemann Russ;Susumu Tonegawa

  • Molecular biology of odorant receptors in vertebrates

    Peter Mombaerts

  • Odorant receptor expression defines functional units in the mouse olfactory system.

    Thomas Bozza;Paul Feinstein;Chen Zheng;Peter Mombaerts

  • Variable patterns of axonal projections of sensory neurons in the mouse vomeronasal system.

    Ivan Rodriguez;Paul Feinstein;Peter Mombaerts

  • Deficient pheromone responses in mice lacking a cluster of vomeronasal receptor genes

    Karina Del Punta;Trese Leinders-Zufall;Ivan Rodriguez;Ivan Rodriguez;David Jukam

  • In Vivo Imaging of Neuronal Activity by Targeted Expression of a Genetically Encoded Probe in the Mouse

    Thomas Bozza;John P McGann;Peter Mombaerts;Matt Wachowiak

  • Axonal wiring in the mouse olfactory system.

    Peter Mombaerts

  • Structure and Emergence of Specific Olfactory Glomeruli in the Mouse

    Steve M. Potter;Chen Zheng;David S. Koos;Paul Feinstein

  • Targeted disruption of semaphorin 3C leads to persistent truncus arteriosus and aortic arch interruption.

    Leonard Feiner;Andrea L. Webber;Christopher B. Brown;Min Min Lu

  • Visualizing in deceased COVID-19 patients how SARS-CoV-2 attacks the respiratory and olfactory mucosae but spares the olfactory bulb.

    Mona Khan;Seung-Jun Yoo;Marnick Clijsters;Wout Backaert

Frequent Co-Authors

Teruhiko Wakayama
Teruhiko Wakayama University of Yamanashi
John C. Marioni
John C. Marioni European Bioinformatics Institute
Anthony C.F. Perry
Anthony C.F. Perry University of Bath
Frank Zufall
Frank Zufall Saarland University
Trese Leinders-Zufall
Trese Leinders-Zufall Saarland University
Hiroaki Matsunami
Hiroaki Matsunami Duke University
Charles A. Greer
Charles A. Greer Yale University
Joel D. Mainland
Joel D. Mainland Monell Chemical Senses Center
Randall S. Johnson
Randall S. Johnson University of Cambridge

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