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Shawn R. Lockery

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Neuroscience

D-Index
46
Citations
7929
World Ranking
6706
National Ranking
2909

Shawn R. Lockery publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Neuroscience in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Shawn R. Lockery sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 86 publications — 10th percentile

10% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Shawn R. Lockery D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Neuroscience scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Shawn R. Lockery sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 46 D-Index — 32nd percentile

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2008 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1994 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Shawn R. Lockery is affiliated with the University of Oregon in the United States and has contributed to research primarily in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology and Medicine. Their work spans multiple subfields including Aging, Physiology, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Pharmacology, and Ecology.

The research topics that Lockery has focused on include Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms, Circadian Rhythm and Melatonin, Spaceflight Effects on Biology, Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research, Dietary Effects on Health, Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact, and Psychedelics and Drug Studies.

Lockery has published in several well-recognized venues, most frequently contributing to bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) with six publications. Other venues include eLife, PLoS ONE, Current Biology, and Biomicrofluidics.

Their recent scholarly papers include the following:

  • "The conserved endocannabinoid anandamide modulates olfactory sensitivity to induce hedonic feeding in C. elegans" (2023, Current Biology)
  • "The nematode worm C. elegans chooses between bacterial foods as if maximizing economic utility" (2023, eLife)
  • "The nematode worm C. elegans chooses between bacterial foods as if maximizing economic utility" (2021, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory))
  • "Theory and practice of using cell strainers to sort Caenorhabditis elegans by size" (2023, PLoS ONE)
  • "Microinjection in C. elegans by direct penetration of elastomeric membranes" (2023, Biomicrofluidics)

Lockery has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Serge Faumont
  • A. M. White
  • Kathy D Chicas-Cruz
  • Steven W. Flavell
  • Anastasia Levichev

Over the course of their career, Lockery has been awarded fellowships such as Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 2008 and Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 1994.

Best Publications

  • The fundamental role of pirouettes in Caenorhabditis elegans chemotaxis.

    Jonathan T. Pierce-Shimomura;Thomas M. Morse;Shawn R. Lockery

  • Global brain dynamics embed the motor command sequence of Caenorhabditis elegans.

    Saul Kato;Harris S. Kaplan;Tina Schrödel;Susanne Skora

  • Active Currents Regulate Sensitivity and Dynamic Range in C. elegans Neurons

    Miriam B Goodman;David H Hall;Leon Avery;Shawn R Lockery

  • Functional asymmetry in Caenorhabditis elegans taste neurons and its computational role in chemotaxis.

    Hiroshi Suzuki;Tod R. Thiele;Serge Faumont;Marina Ezcurra

  • Characterization of Drosophila larval crawling at the level of organism, segment, and somatic body wall musculature.

    Ellie S. Heckscher;Shawn R. Lockery;Chris Q. Doe

  • The homeobox gene lim-6 is required for distinct chemosensory representations in C. elegans

    Jonathan T. Pierce-Shimomura;Serge Faumont;Michelle R. Gaston;Bret J. Pearson

  • Artificial dirt: microfluidic substrates for nematode neurobiology and behavior.

    Shawn R Lockery;Kristy J Lawton;Joseph C Doll;Serge Faumont

  • Searching for Neuronal Left/Right Asymmetry: Genomewide Analysis of Nematode Receptor-Type Guanylyl Cyclases

    Christopher O. Ortiz;John F. Etchberger;Shoshana L. Posy;Christian Frøkjær-Jensen

  • Distributed processing of sensory information in the leech. II. Identification of interneurons contributing to the local bending reflex.

    SR Lockery;WB Kristan

  • Even-Skipped+ Interneurons Are Core Components of a Sensorimotor Circuit that Maintains Left-Right Symmetric Muscle Contraction Amplitude

    Ellie S. Heckscher;Ellie S. Heckscher;Aref Arzan Zarin;Aref Arzan Zarin;Serge Faumont;Matthew Q. Clark;Matthew Q. Clark

  • An Image-Free Opto-Mechanical System for Creating Virtual Environments and Imaging Neuronal Activity in Freely Moving Caenorhabditis elegans

    Serge Faumont;Gary Rondeau;Tod R. Thiele;Kristy J. Lawton

  • Mutations in the Caenorhabditis elegans Na,K-ATPase alpha-subunit gene, eat-6, disrupt excitable cell function

    M. W. Davis;D. Somerville;R. Y. N. Lee;S. Lockery

  • A microfluidic device for whole-animal drug screening using electrophysiological measures in the nematode C. elegans

    Shawn R. Lockery;S. Elizabeth Hulme;William M. Roberts;Kristin J. Robinson

  • C. elegans notch signaling regulates adult chemosensory response and larval molting quiescence

    Komudi Singh;Michael Y. Chao;Gerard A. Somers;Hidetoshi Komatsu

  • A stochastic neuronal model predicts random search behaviors at multiple spatial scales in C. elegans .

    William M Roberts;Steven B Augustine;Kristy J Lawton;Theodore H Lindsay

  • Lateralized Gustatory Behavior of C. elegans Is Controlled by Specific Receptor-Type Guanylyl Cyclases

    Christopher O Ortiz;Serge Faumont;Jun Takayama;Heidi K Ahmed

  • Distributed processing of sensory information in the leech. I. Input- output relations of the local bending reflex

    SR Lockery;WB Kristan

  • The computational worm: spatial orientation and its neuronal basis in C. elegans

    Shawn R Lockery

  • Computational rules for chemotaxis in the nematode C. elegans.

    Thomas C. Ferrée;Shawn R. Lockery

  • A neural network model of chemotaxis predicts functions of synaptic connections in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans

    Nathan A. Dunn;Shawn R. Lockery;Jonathan T. Pierce-Shimomura;John S. Conery

  • An introduction to neural and electronic networks

    Shawn Lockery

Frequent Co-Authors

Terrence J. Sejnowski
Terrence J. Sejnowski Salk Institute for Biological Studies
William B. Kristan
William B. Kristan University of California, San Diego
Miriam B. Goodman
Miriam B. Goodman Stanford University
Leon Avery
Leon Avery University of Waterloo
Oliver Hobert
Oliver Hobert Columbia University
Chris Q. Doe
Chris Q. Doe Howard Hughes Medical Institute
George F. Wittenberg
George F. Wittenberg University of Pittsburgh
William R Schafer
William R Schafer MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Cornelia I. Bargmann
Cornelia I. Bargmann Rockefeller University
Patrick C. Phillips
Patrick C. Phillips University of Oregon

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