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Peter Scheiffele

Peter Scheiffele

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Neuroscience

D-Index
55
Citations
17135
World Ranking
4628
National Ranking
115

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2002 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Peter Scheiffele is associated with the University of Basel in Switzerland and has a research focus spanning biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and neuroscience. Their work encompasses several subfields including molecular biology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, social psychology, renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, as well as reproductive medicine.

The scientist's research topics cover RNA research and splicing, RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, RNA regulation and disease, neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, neuroendocrine regulation and behavior, photovoltaic system optimization techniques, and photoreceptor and optogenetics research.

Peter Scheiffele has authored papers in notable venues such as Nature, Neuron, and Nature Reviews Neuroscience. Some recent publications include:

  • Neurexins: molecular codes for shaping neuronal synapses, 2021, Nature Reviews Neuroscience
  • Optimizing Nervous System-Specific Gene Targeting with Cre Driver Lines: Prevalence of Germline Recombination and Influencing Factors, 2020, Neuron
  • Rescue of oxytocin response and social behaviour in a mouse model of autism, 2020, Nature
  • Control of neuronal excitation-inhibition balance by BMP-SMAD1 signalling, 2024, Nature
  • Targeted proteoform mapping uncovers specific Neurexin-3 variants required for dendritic inhibition, 2022, Neuron

Frequent co-authors include Dietmar Schreiner, Zeynep Okur, Andrea M. Gomez, Lisa Traunmüller, and Raul Ortiz.

Peter Scheiffele's publications are often found in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Neuron
  • Nature
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Nature Reviews Neuroscience

The scientist has also contributed to book publications, including a title published by Springer Science+Business Media named "Alternative Splicing" released in 2022.

Among awards received, Peter Scheiffele was named a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 2002 and is a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).

Best Publications

  • Neuroligin expressed in nonneuronal cells triggers presynaptic development in contacting axons

    Peter Scheiffele;Jinhong Fan;Jenny Choih;Richard Fetter

  • Control of Excitatory and Inhibitory Synapse Formation by Neuroligins

    Ben Chih;Holly Engelman;Peter Scheiffele

  • Neurexin mediates the assembly of presynaptic terminals.

    Camin Dean;Francisco G Scholl;Jenny Choih;Shannon DeMaria

  • Alternative splicing controls selective trans-synaptic interactions of the neuroligin-neurexin complex.

    Ben Chih;Leora Gollan;Peter Scheiffele

  • EphrinB Ligands Recruit GRIP Family PDZ Adaptor Proteins into Raft Membrane Microdomains

    Katja Brückner;Juan Pablo Labrador;Peter Scheiffele;Anne Herb

  • Cell-cell signaling during synapse formation in the CNS.

    Peter Scheiffele

  • Neuroligin-3 is a neuronal adhesion protein at GABAergic and glutamatergic synapses.

    Elaine C. Budreck;Peter Scheiffele

  • Retrograde modulation of presynaptic release probability through signaling mediated by PSD-95-neuroligin.

    Kensuke Futai;Myung Jong Kim;Myung Jong Kim;Tsutomu Hashikawa;Peter Scheiffele

  • Disorder-associated mutations lead to functional inactivation of neuroligins

    Ben Chih;Shehla Khan Afridi;Lorraine Clark;Peter Scheiffele

  • Shared Synaptic Pathophysiology in Syndromic and Nonsyndromic Rodent Models of Autism

    Stéphane J. Baudouin;Julien Gaudias;Stefan Gerharz;Laetitia Hatstatt

  • Astrocytes Assemble Thalamocortical Synapses by Bridging NRX1α and NL1 via Hevin

    Sandeep K. Singh;Jeff A. Stogsdill;Nisha S. Pulimood;Hayley Dingsdale

  • SAM68 Regulates Neuronal Activity-Dependent Alternative Splicing of Neurexin-1

    Takatoshi Iijima;Karen Wu;Harald Witte;Yoko Hanno-Iijima

  • Genetics and Cell Biology of Building Specific Synaptic Connectivity

    Kang Shen;Peter Scheiffele

  • Cell adhesion molecules in synapse formation.

    Philip Washbourne;Alexander Dityatev;Peter Scheiffele;Thomas Biederer

  • Targeted Intron Retention and Excision for Rapid Gene Regulation in Response to Neuronal Activity

    Oriane Mauger;Frédéric Lemoine;Peter Scheiffele

  • Targeted combinatorial alternative splicing generates brain region-specific repertoires of neurexins.

    Dietmar Schreiner;Thi-Minh Nguyen;Giancarlo Russo;Steffen Heber

  • Potent degradation of neuronal miRNAs induced by highly complementary targets

    Manuel de la Mata;Dimos Gaidatzis;Dimos Gaidatzis;Mirela Vitanescu;Michael B Stadler;Michael B Stadler;Michael B Stadler

  • Neurexins: molecular codes for shaping neuronal synapses.

    Andrea M. Gomez;Lisa Traunmüller;Peter Scheiffele

  • Neuroligin-1 controls synaptic abundance of NMDA-type glutamate receptors through extracellular coupling

    Elaine C. Budreck;Oh Bin Kwon;Jung Hoon Jung;Stephane Baudouin

  • Optimizing Nervous System-Specific Gene Targeting with Cre Driver Lines : Prevalence of Germline Recombination and Influencing Factors

    Lin Luo;Mateusz C. Ambrozkiewicz;Fritz Benseler;Cui Chen

  • Neuroligin-1 is required for normal expression of LTP and associative fear memory in the amygdala of adult animals

    Juhyun Kim;Sang-Yong Jung;Yeon Kyung Lee;Sangki Park

  • Mixed-culture assays for analyzing neuronal synapse formation

    Thomas Biederer;Peter Scheiffele

Frequent Co-Authors

Kenji F. Tanaka
Kenji F. Tanaka Keio University
Cagla Eroglu
Cagla Eroglu Duke University
Michael B. Stadler
Michael B. Stadler Friedrich Miescher Institute
Morgan Sheng
Morgan Sheng Broad Institute
Nils Brose
Nils Brose Max Planck Society
Tsutomu Hashikawa
Tsutomu Hashikawa RIKEN Center for Brain Science
John Ngai
John Ngai University of California, Berkeley
Erich Lanka
Erich Lanka Max Planck Society
Witold Filipowicz
Witold Filipowicz Friedrich Miescher Institute
Terence P. Speed
Terence P. Speed Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research

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