2026 Satchidananda Panda: Molecular Biology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Molecular Biology	67	1542	1382	781	686	131	33877

Overview

Satchidananda Panda is affiliated with the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in the United States. Their research centers primarily on medicine and neuroscience, with an emphasis on physiology, endocrine and autonomic systems, and molecular biology. This work spans diverse topics related to dietary effects on health, circadian rhythms, diet and metabolism, and the genetic and physiological mechanisms underlying aging and longevity.

Their publication record includes numerous recent papers addressing aspects of time-restricted eating, metabolic health, and associated physiological responses. Notable papers include:

Time-Restricted Eating Effects on Body Composition and Metabolic Measures in Humans who are Overweight (2020, Obesity)
Time-restricted Eating for the Prevention and Management of Metabolic Diseases (2021, Endocrine Reviews)
Feasibility of time-restricted eating and impacts on cardiometabolic health in 24-h shift workers: The Healthy Heroes randomized control trial (2022, Cell Metabolism)
Insulin-regulated serine and lipid metabolism drive peripheral neuropathy (2023, Nature)
Sex- and age-dependent outcomes of 9-hour time-restricted feeding of a Western high-fat high-sucrose diet in C57BL/6J mice (2021, Cell Reports)

Satchidananda Panda frequently collaborates with several coauthors, among whom are Emily N. C. Manoogian, Hiep D. Le, Lisa S. Chow, Douglas G. Mashek, and Pam R. Taub. Their scholarly works have appeared in a variety of publication venues, including bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nutrients, Cell Metabolism, Obesity, and Cell Reports.

The scientist has contributed to book literature, including the publication titled Circadian Clocks by Humana Press in 2022, further reflecting their focus on chronobiology and related physiological processes.

The main fields of study associated with Satchidananda Panda's work are:

Medicine
Neuroscience

Within subfields, their contributions relate especially to:

Physiology
Endocrine and Autonomic Systems
Molecular Biology
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience

Key research topics explored include:

Dietary Effects on Health
Circadian rhythm and melatonin
Diet and metabolism studies
Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms
Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
Sleep and related disorders

Best Publications

Coordinated transcription of key pathways in the mouse by the circadian clock.

Satchidananda Panda;Marina P. Antoch;Brooke H. Miller;Andrew I. Su;Andrew I. Su

2753
Citations
A Functional Genomics Strategy Reveals Rora as a Component of the Mammalian Circadian Clock

Trey K. Sato;Trey K. Sato;Satchidananda Panda;Satchidananda Panda;Loren J. Miraglia;Teresa M. Reyes

1246
Citations
Regulation of circadian behaviour and metabolism by REV-ERB-α and REV-ERB-β

Han Cho;Xuan Zhao;Megumi Hatori;Ruth T. Yu

1079
Citations
Cloning of the Arabidopsis clock gene TOC1, an autoregulatory response regulator homolog.

Carl Strayer;Tokitaka Oyama;Thomas F. Schultz;Ramanujam Raman

1000
Citations
AMPK regulates the circadian clock by cryptochrome phosphorylation and degradation.

Katja A. Lamia;Uma M. Sachdeva;Luciano DiTacchio;Elliot C. Williams

973
Citations
Time-Restricted Feeding Is a Preventative and Therapeutic Intervention against Diverse Nutritional Challenges

Unknown

925
Citations
Diurnal transcriptome atlas of a primate across major neural and peripheral tissues

Ludovic S. Mure;Hiep D. Le;Giorgia Benegiamo;Max W. Chang;Max W. Chang

773
Citations
Harmonics of Circadian Gene Transcription in Mammals

Michael E. Hughes;Luciano DiTacchio;Kevin R. Hayes;Christopher Vollmers

736
Citations
Illumination of the melanopsin signaling pathway.

Satchidananda Panda;Surendra K. Nayak;Brice Campo;John R. Walker

638
Citations
Circadian and CLOCK-controlled regulation of the mouse transcriptome and cell proliferation

Brooke H. Miller;Erin L. McDearmon;Satchidananda Panda;Kevin R. Hayes;Kevin R. Hayes

586
Citations
Functional interaction of phytochrome B and cryptochrome 2

Paloma Más;Paul F. Devlin;Satchidananda Panda;Steve A. Kay

561
Citations
Molecular bases of circadian rhythms.

Stacey L. Harmer;Satchidananda Panda;Steve A. Kay

543
Citations
Genome-wide expression analysis in Drosophila reveals genes controlling circadian behavior.

M. Fernanda Ceriani;John B. Hogenesch;Marcelo Yanovsky;Satchidananda Panda;Satchidananda Panda

521
Citations
Circadian clock protein cryptochrome regulates the expression of proinflammatory cytokines.

Rajesh Narasimamurthy;Megumi Hatori;Surendra K. Nayak;Fei Liu

426
Citations
Antibiotic-induced microbiome depletion alters metabolic homeostasis by affecting gut signaling and colonic metabolism.

Amir Zarrinpar;Amandine Chaix;Zhenjiang Z. Xu;Max W. Chang

421
Citations
ELF3 Modulates Resetting of the Circadian Clock in Arabidopsis

Michael F. Covington;Satchidananda Panda;Xing Liang Liu;Carl A. Strayer

376
Citations
Inducible ablation of melanopsin-expressing retinal ganglion cells reveals their central role in non-image forming visual responses.

Unknown

332
Citations
Pharmacological activation of REV-ERBs is lethal in cancer and oncogene-induced senescence.

Gabriele Sulli;Amy Rommel;Xiaojie Wang;Matthew J. Kolar

331
Citations
Transcriptional code and disease map for adult retinal cell types

Sandra Siegert;Erik Cabuy;Brigitte Gross Scherf;Hubertus Kohler

298
Citations
Network Features of the Mammalian Circadian Clock

Julie E. Baggs;Thomas Price;Thomas Price;Luciano DiTacchio;Satchidananda Panda

292
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

John B. Hogenesch Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Steve A. Kay University of Southern California

Garret A. FitzGerald University of Pennsylvania

Inder M. Verma Salk Institute for Biological Studies

Ronald M. Evans Salk Institute for Biological Studies

Reuben J. Shaw Salk Institute for Biological Studies

Alan Saghatelian Salk Institute for Biological Studies

Mark H. Ellisman University of California, San Diego

Tim Wiltshire University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Joseph S. Takahashi The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

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