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Richard D. Fetter is affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on areas within Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Neuroscience.

The subfields in which Richard D. Fetter conducts research include Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Genetics, and Aging. Their work covers main topics such as Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research, Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms, Microtubule and mitosis dynamics, Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior, Physiological and biochemical adaptations, Animal Behavior and Reproduction, and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms.

Frequent publication venues for Richard D. Fetter include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Neuron, eLife, Nature, and Nature Communications. These outlets reflect the focus and interdisciplinary scope of their scientific contributions.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Richard D. Fetter include:

  • The connectome of an insect brain (2023, Science)
  • Recurrent architecture for adaptive regulation of learning in the insect brain (2020, Nature Neuroscience)
  • Assembly of synaptic active zones requires phase separation of scaffold molecules (2020, Nature)
  • Comparative Connectomics Reveals How Partner Identity, Location, and Activity Specify Synaptic Connectivity in Drosophila (2020, Neuron)
  • Growth cone-localized microtubule organizing center establishes microtubule orientation in dendrites (2020, eLife)

Richard D. Fetter has collaborated frequently with several researchers in their field, including Albert Cardona, Kang Shen, Graeme W. Davis, Javier Valdés-Alemán, and Marta Zlatic. These collaborative efforts contribute to their research productivity and breadth.

Best Publications

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

    Peter Scheiffele;Jinhong Fan;Jenny Choih;Richard Fetter

  • Roundabout Controls Axon Crossing of the CNS Midline and Defines a Novel Subfamily of Evolutionarily Conserved Guidance Receptors

    Thomas Kidd;Katja Brose;Kevin J Mitchell;Richard D Fetter

  • GFP Reconstitution Across Synaptic Partners (GRASP) Defines Cell Contacts and Synapses in Living Nervous Systems

    Evan H. Feinberg;Miri K. VanHoven;Andres Bendesky;George Wang

  • A visual motion detection circuit suggested by Drosophila connectomics

    Shin-ya Takemura;Arjun Bharioke;Zhiyuan Lu;Zhiyuan Lu;Aljoscha Nern

  • Genetic Dissection of Structural and Functional Components of Synaptic Plasticity. I. Fasciclin II Controls Synaptic Stabilization and Growth

    Christoph M Schuster;Graeme W Davis;Richard D Fetter;Corey S Goodman

  • wishful thinking Encodes a BMP Type II Receptor that Regulates Synaptic Growth in Drosophila

    Hermann Aberle;A.Pejmun Haghighi;Richard D. Fetter;Brian D. McCabe

  • A multilevel multimodal circuit enhances action selection in Drosophila

    Tomoko Ohyama;Casey M. Schneider-Mizell;Richard D. Fetter;Javier Valdes Aleman

  • Genetic Analysis of Glutamate Receptors in Drosophila Reveals a Retrograde Signal Regulating Presynaptic Transmitter Release

    Sophie A Petersen;Richard D Fetter;Jasprina N Noordermeer;Corey S Goodman

  • GENETIC DISSECTION OF STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL COMPONENTS OF SYNAPTIC PLASTICITY. II. FASCICLIN II CONTROLS PRESYNAPTIC STRUCTURAL PLASTICITY

    Christoph M Schuster;Graeme W Davis;Richard D Fetter;Corey S Goodman

  • The connectome of an insect brain

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  • Highwire regulates synaptic growth in Drosophila.

    Hong I. Wan;Aaron DiAntonio;Richard D. Fetter;Kendra Bergstrom

  • The BMP homolog Gbb provides a retrograde signal that regulates synaptic growth at the Drosophila neuromuscular junction.

    Brian D McCabe;Guillermo Marqués;A.Pejmun Haghighi;Richard D Fetter

  • glial cells missing: a genetic switch that controls glial versus neuronal fate.

    Bradley W Jones;Richard D Fetter;Guy Tear;Corey S Goodman

  • Regulation of postsynaptic structure and protein localization by the Rho-type guanine nucleotide exchange factor dPix.

    Dorit Parnas;A.Pejmun Haghighi;Richard D Fetter;Sang W Kim

  • Synaptic specificity is generated by the synaptic guidepost protein SYG-2 and its receptor, SYG-1.

    Kang Shen;Richard D Fetter;Cornelia I Bargmann

  • Genetic analysis of Fasciclin II in Drosophila: defasciculation, refasciculation, and altered fasciculation.

    David M. Lin;Richard D. Fetter;Casey Kopczynski;Gabriele Grenningloh

  • Quantitative neuroanatomy for connectomics in Drosophila

    Casey M Schneider-Mizell;Stephan Gerhard;Stephan Gerhard;Mark Longair;Tom Kazimiers

  • UNC-6/Netrin induces neuronal asymmetry and defines the site of axon formation

    Carolyn E Adler;Richard D Fetter;Cornelia I Bargmann

  • Dynactin is necessary for synapse stabilization.

    Benjamin A Eaton;Richard D Fetter;Graeme W Davis

  • Short-Range and Long-Range Guidance by Slit and Its Robo Receptors: A Combinatorial Code of Robo Receptors Controls Lateral Position

    Julie H. Simpson;Kimberly S. Bland;Richard D. Fetter;Corey S. Goodman

  • Gliotactin, a novel transmembrane protein on peripheral glia, is required to form the blood-nerve barrier in drosophila

    Vanessa J Auld;Richard D Fetter;Kendal Broadie;Corey S Goodman

  • Watching a Synapse Grow: Noninvasive Confocal Imaging of Synaptic Growth in Drosophila

    Karen Zito;Dorit Parnas;Richard D. Fetter;Ehud Y. Isacoff

  • Synaptic Clustering of Fasciclin II and Shaker: Essential Targeting Sequences and Role of Dlg

    Karen Zito;Richard D. Fetter;Corey S. Goodman;Ehud Y. Isacoff

Frequent Co-Authors

Graeme W. Davis
Graeme W. Davis University of California, San Francisco
Albert Cardona
Albert Cardona University of Cambridge
Len A. Pennacchio
Len A. Pennacchio Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Robert S. Zucker
Robert S. Zucker University of California, Berkeley
Cornelia I. Bargmann
Cornelia I. Bargmann Rockefeller University
Peter Scheiffele
Peter Scheiffele University of Basel
Marc Tessier-Lavigne
Marc Tessier-Lavigne Xaira Therapeutics
Kendal Broadie
Kendal Broadie Vanderbilt University
Bertram Gerber
Bertram Gerber Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg

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