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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2009 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2008 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

Steve A. Kay is affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these areas, they focus on subfields including Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Aging, and Physiology.

The scientist's major topics of study include:

  • Light effects on plants
  • Circadian rhythm and melatonin
  • Plant Molecular Biology Research
  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms
  • Leaf Properties and Growth Measurement

Steve A. Kay has contributed to several notable publications, many appearing in key scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Cancer Research
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Neuro-Oncology
  • UNC Libraries

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Steve A. Kay include:

  • COP1 destabilizes DELLA proteins in Arabidopsis, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Light Perception: A Matter of Time, 2020, Molecular Plant
  • Circadian regulator BMAL1::CLOCK promotes cell proliferation in hepatocellular carcinoma by controlling apoptosis and cell cycle, 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • A mobile ELF4 delivers circadian temperature information from shoots to roots, 2020, Nature Plants
  • Clocking cancer: the circadian clock as a target in cancer therapy, 2021, Oncogene

Their research network includes frequent co-authors such as:

  • Priscilla Chan
  • Tsuyoshi Hirota
  • Jeremy N. Rich
  • Yuanzhong Pan
  • Evanthea T. Roussos Torres

Steve A. Kay has been recognized with scientific honors like:

  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2009
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 2008

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

  • Orchestrated Transcription of Key Pathways in Arabidopsis by the Circadian Clock

    Stacey L. Harmer;John B. Hogenesch;Marty Straume;Hur-Song Chang

  • Suprachiasmatic Nucleus: Cell Autonomy and Network Properties

    David K. Welsh;Joseph S. Takahashi;Steve A. Kay

  • Reciprocal Regulation Between TOC1 and LHY/CCA1 Within the Arabidopsis Circadian Clock

    David Alabadı́;Tokitaka Oyama;Marcelo J. Yanovsky;Franklin G. Harmon

  • Time zones: a comparative genetics of circadian clocks.

    Michael W. Young;Steve A. Kay

  • 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

  • Circadian rhythms from flies to human

    Satchidananda Panda;John B. Hogenesch;Steve A. Kay;Steve A. Kay

  • The cryb mutation identifies cryptochrome as a circadian photoreceptor in Drosophila

    Ralf Stanewsky;Maki Kaneko;Patrick Emery;Bonnie Beretta

  • FKF1 and GIGANTEA complex formation is required for day-length measurement in Arabidopsis.

    Mariko Sawa;Dmitri A. Nusinow;Steve A. Kay;Takato Imaizumi

  • Closing the Circadian Loop: CLOCK-Induced Transcription of Its Own Inhibitors per and tim

    Thomas K. Darlington;Thomas K. Darlington;Thomas K. Darlington;Karen Wager-Smith;Karen Wager-Smith;Karen Wager-Smith;M. Fernanda Ceriani;M. Fernanda Ceriani;M. Fernanda Ceriani;David Staknis;David Staknis;David Staknis

  • Melanopsin (Opn4) Requirement for Normal Light-Induced Circadian Phase Shifting

    Satchidananda Panda;Trey K. Sato;Trey K. Sato;Ana Maria Castrucci;Mark D. Rollag

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

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

  • The ELF4–ELF3–LUX complex links the circadian clock to diurnal control of hypocotyl growth

    Dmitri A. Nusinow;Anne Helfer;Elizabeth E. Hamilton;Jasmine J. King

  • FKF1 F-box protein mediates cyclic degradation of a repressor of CONSTANS in Arabidopsis.

    Takato Imaizumi;Thomas F. Schultz;Frank G. Harmon;Lindsey A. Ho

  • Phytochromes and Cryptochromes in the Entrainment of the Arabidopsis Circadian Clock

    David E. Somers;Paul F. Devlin;Steve A. Kay

  • Global transcriptome analysis reveals circadian regulation of key pathways in plant growth and development.

    Michael F Covington;Michael F Covington;Julin N Maloof;Marty Straume;Steve A Kay;Steve A Kay

  • Melanopsin Is Required for Non-Image-Forming Photic Responses in Blind Mice

    Satchidananda Panda;Ignacio Provencio;Daniel C. Tu;Susana S. Pires

  • Intercellular Coupling Confers Robustness against Mutations in the SCN Circadian Clock Network

    Andrew C. Liu;Andrew C. Liu;David K. Welsh;David K. Welsh;David K. Welsh;Caroline H. Ko;Caroline H. Ko;Hien G. Tran;Hien G. Tran

  • Bioluminescence imaging of individual fibroblasts reveals persistent, independently phased circadian rhythms of clock gene expression.

    David K. Welsh;Seung Hee Yoo;Seung Hee Yoo;Andrew C. Liu;Joseph S. Takahashi

  • Independent Photoreceptive Circadian Clocks Throughout Drosophila

    Jeffrey D. Plautz;Maki Kaneko;Maki Kaneko;Jeffrey C. Hall;Jeffrey C. Hall;Steve A. Kay;Steve A. Kay

Frequent Co-Authors

Jose L. Pruneda-Paz
Jose L. Pruneda-Paz University of California, San Diego
Nam-Hai Chua
Nam-Hai Chua National University of Singapore
John B. Hogenesch
John B. Hogenesch Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Satchidananda Panda
Satchidananda Panda Salk Institute for Biological Studies
David K. Welsh
David K. Welsh University of California, San Diego
Andrew J. Millar
Andrew J. Millar University of Edinburgh
Joanne Chory
Joanne Chory Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Joseph S. Takahashi
Joseph S. Takahashi The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Takato Imaizumi
Takato Imaizumi University of Washington
Marcelo J. Yanovsky
Marcelo J. Yanovsky Fundación Instituto Leloir

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