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  • 2009 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Ronald J. Nachman is affiliated with the United States Department of Agriculture in the United States. Their research primarily concentrates on insect science, with a specialized focus on neurobiology and insect physiology, as well as insect and pesticide interactions. They have contributed to several fields, including Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Neuroscience, and Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their subfield interests notably cover Insect Science, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Genetics, Molecular Biology, and Microbiology.

Nachman's work addresses key topics such as neurobiology and insect physiology research, insect and pesticide research, insect-plant interactions and control, as well as insect and arachnid ecology and behavior. Other areas include insect resistance and genetics, antimicrobial peptides and their activities, and phytoplasmas and Hemiptera pathogens.

They have published extensively, with frequent papers appearing in several recognized publication venues. These include:

  • Peptides
  • Pest Management Science
  • Journal of Pest Science
  • Insect Science
  • Journal of Proteome Research

Among Nachman's recent papers are:

  • Assessment of insecticidal effects and selectivity of CAPA-PK peptide analogues against the peach-potato aphid and four beneficial insects following topical exposure (2020, Pest Management Science)
  • Efficacy and biosafety assessment of neuropeptide CAPA analogues against the peach-potato aphid (Myzus persicae) (2021, Insect Science)
  • Transcriptome analysis of neuropeptides in the beneficial insect lacewing (Chrysoperla carnea) identifies kinins as a selective pesticide target: a biostable kinin analogue with activity against the peach potato aphid Myzus persicae (2022, Journal of Pest Science)
  • Peptidomics Approaches for the Identification of Bioactive Molecules from Diaphorina citri (2020, Journal of Proteome Research)
  • Myotropic Activities of Tick Pyrokinin Neuropeptides and Analog in Feeding Tissues of Hard Ticks (Ixodidae) (2022, Frontiers in Physiology)

Throughout their career, Ronald J. Nachman has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Guy Smagghe
  • Krzysztof Kaczmarek
  • Janusz Zabrocki
  • Shun-Hua Gui
  • Julian A. T. Dow

Ronald J. Nachman is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), an honor awarded in 2009.

Best Publications

  • Leucosulfakinin, a sulfated insect neuropeptide with homology to gastrin and cholecystokinin.

    RJ Nachman;GM Holman;WF Haddon;N Ling

  • Isolation, primary structure and synthesis of leucomyosuppressin, an insect neuropeptide that inhibits spontaneous contractions of the cockroach hindgut

    G.M. Holman;B.J. Cook;R.J. Nachman

  • Locustatachykinin I and II, two novel insect neuropeptides with homology to peptides of the vertebrate tachykinin family

    Liliane Schoofs;G.Mark Holman;Timothy K. Hayes;Ronald J. Nachman

  • Leucosulfakinin-II, a blocked sulfated insect neuropeptide with homology to cholecystokinin and gastrin.

    Ronald J. Nachman;G.Mark Holman;Benjamin J. Cook;William F. Haddon

  • Primary structure and synthesis of a blocked myotropic neuropeptide isolated from the cockroach, Leucophaea maderae.

    G.M. Holman;B.J. Cook;R.J. Nachman

  • Leucokinins, a new family of ion transport stimulators and inhibitors in insect Malpighian tubules.

    T.K. Hayes;T.L. Pannabecker;D.J. Hinckley;G.M. Holman

  • The diuretic activity of a series of cephalomyotropic neuropeptides, the achetakinins, on isolated Malpighian tubules of the house cricket, Acheta domesticus

    Geoffrey M. Coast;G.Mark Holman;Ronald J. Nachman

  • Isolation, primary structure and synthesis of two neuropeptides from Leucophaea maderae: Members of a new family of cephalomyotropins☆

    G.M. Holman;B.J. Cook;R.J. Nachman

  • Peptidomics of CNS-associated neurohemal systems of adult Drosophila melanogaster: a mass spectrometric survey of peptides from individual flies.

    Reinhard Predel;Christian Wegener;William K. Russell;Shane E. Tichy

  • Locustatachykinin III and IV: two additional insect neuropeptides with homology to peptides of the vertebrate tachykinin family.

    Liliane Schoofs;G.Mark Holman;Timothy K. Hayes;Jan P. Kochansky

  • Active fragments and analogs of the insect neuropeptide leucopyrokinin: structure-function studies.

    Ronald J. Nachman;G.Mark Holman;Benjamin J. Cook

  • The Leucophaea maderae hindgut preparation: A rapid and sensitive bioassay tool for the isolation of insect myotropins of other insect species

    G.M. Holman;R.J. Nachman;L. Schoofs;T.K. Hayes

  • Isolation, identification and synthesis of locustamyoinhibiting peptide (LOM-MIP), a novel biologically active neuropeptide from Locusta migratoria.

    Liliane Schoofs;G.Mark Holman;Timothy K. Hayes;Ronald J. Nachman

  • Isolation, primary structure and synthesis of locustapyrokinin. A myotropic peptide of Locusta migratoria

    Liliane Schoofs;G.Mark Holman;Timothy K. Hayes;Ronald J. Nachman

  • Neuropeptidomics of the Mosquito Aedes aegypti

    Reinhard Predel;Susanne Neupert;Stephen F Garczynski;Joe W Crim

  • Isolation, primary structure and synthesis of leucokinins VII and VIII: The final members of this new family of cephalomyotropic peptides isolated from head extracts of leucophaea maderae

    G.M. Holman;B.J. Cook;R.J. Nachman

  • Effects of an allatostatin and a myosuppressin on midgut carbohydrate enzyme activity in the cockroach Diploptera punctata

    M Fusé;J.R Zhang;E Partridge;R.J Nachman

  • Expression and Functional Characterization of aDrosophila Neuropeptide Precursor with Homology to Mammalian Preprotachykinin A

    Richard J. Siviter;Geoffrey M. Coast;Åsa M.E. Winther;Ronald J. Nachman

  • Sulfakinins reduce food intake in the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria.

    Zhu Wei;Geert Baggerman;Ronald J. Nachman;Graham Goldsworthy

  • Invertebrate Neuropeptide Conference

    Stephen S. Tobe;Tippawan Singtripop;Thanit Pewnim;Ronald J. Nachman

Frequent Co-Authors

Reinhard Predel
Reinhard Predel University of Cologne
David H. Russell
David H. Russell Texas A&M University
Peter E. A. Teal
Peter E. A. Teal United States Department of Agriculture
Karl E. O. Åkerman
Karl E. O. Åkerman University of Helsinki
Marc Parmentier
Marc Parmentier Université Libre de Bruxelles
David L. Denlinger
David L. Denlinger The Ohio State University
Felix D. Guerrero
Felix D. Guerrero United States Department of Agriculture

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