Remembering Obaid Siddiqi, a pioneer in the study of temperature-sensitive paralytic mutants in Drosophila

Journal of biosciences

Barry Ganetzky1¹  Chun-Fang Wu2² 

[1] Laboratory of Genetics, 425-G Henry Mall, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA$$;Department of Biology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA$$

关键词: Ion channels;    neurogenetics;    neuromuscular junction;    neuronal excitability;    synaptic transmission;   

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来源: Indian Academy of Sciences

【 摘 要 】

Although Obaid Siddiqi’s major research focus in neurogenetics was on chemosensation and olfaction in Drosophila, he made seminal contributions to the study of temperature-sensitive paralytic mutants that paved the way for research that we and many other investigators have continued to pursue. Here we recount Siddiqi’s investigation and the impact it had on our own studies especially at a formative stage of our careers. We acknowledge our debt to Obaid Siddiqi and remember him fondly as an inspired and inspiring scientist, mentor, role model and human being.

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