Publications

2010
 
Spitzweck, B., Brankatschk, M., Dickson, BJ. (2010). Distinct protein domains and expression patterns confer divergent axon guidance functions for Drosophila Robo receptors. Cell. 140(3):409-20 (abstract)
 
2009
 
Bruckner, S., Soltészová, V., Gröller, ME., Hladůvka, J., Bühler, K., Yu, JY., Dickson, BJ. (2009). BrainGazer--visual queries for neurobiology research. IEEE Trans Vis Comput Graph. 15(6):1497-504 (abstract)
 
Häsemeyer, M., Yapici, N., Heberlein, U., Dickson, BJ. (2009). Sensory neurons in the Drosophila genital tract regulate female reproductive behavior. Neuron. 61(4):511-8 (abstract)
 
Mummery-Widmer, JL., Yamazaki, M., Stoeger, T., Novatchkova, M., Bhalerao, S., Chen, D., Dietzl, G., Dickson, BJ., Knoblich, JA. (2009). Genome-wide analysis of Notch signalling in Drosophila by transgenic RNAi. Nature. 458(7241):987-92 (abstract)
 
Palfreyman, MT. (2009). With Happyhour, everyone\'s under the table. Cell. 137(5):802-4 (abstract)
 
2008
 
Barkus, RV., Klyachko, O., Horiuchi, D., Dickson, BJ., Saxton, WM. (2008). Identification of an axonal kinesin-3 motor for fast anterograde vesicle transport that facilitates retrograde transport of neuropeptides. Mol Biol Cell. 19(1):274-83 (abstract)
 
Berger, J., Senti, KA., Senti, G., Newsome, TP., Asling, B., Dickson, BJ., Suzuki, T. (2008). Systematic identification of genes that regulate neuronal wiring in the Drosophila visual system. PLoS Genet. 4(5):e1000085 (abstract)
 
Chen, D., Ahlford, A., Schnorrer, F., Kalchhauser, I., Fellner, M., Viràgh, E., Kiss, I., Syvänen, AC., Dickson, BJ. (2008). High-resolution, high-throughput SNP mapping in Drosophila melanogaster. Nat Methods. 5(4):323-9 (abstract)
 
Datta, SR., Vasconcelos, ML., Ruta, V., Luo, S., Wong, A., Demir, E., Flores, J., Balonze, K., Dickson, BJ., Axel, R. (2008). The Drosophila pheromone cVA activates a sexually dimorphic neural circuit. Nature. 452(7186):473-7 (abstract)
 
Dickson, BJ. (2008). Wired for sex: the neurobiology of Drosophila mating decisions. Science. 322(5903):904-9 (abstract)
 
Pauli, A., Althoff, F., Oliveira, RA., Heidmann, S., Schuldiner, O., Lehner, CF., Dickson, BJ., Nasmyth, K. (2008). Cell-type-specific TEV protease cleavage reveals cohesin functions in Drosophila neurons. Dev Cell. 14(2):239-51 (abstract)
 
Yapici, N., Kim, YJ., Ribeiro, C., Dickson, BJ. (2008). A receptor that mediates the post-mating switch in Drosophila reproductive behaviour. Nature. 451(7174):33-7 (abstract)
 
Yu, JY., Dickson, BJ. (2008). Neuroscience: hidden female talent. Nature. 453(7191):41-2 (abstract)
 
2007
 
Dickson, BJ., Moser, EI. (2007). Neurobiology of behaviour. Curr Opin Neurobiol. 17(6):672-4 (abstract)
 
Dietzl, G., Chen, D., Schnorrer, F., Su, KC., Barinova, Y., Fellner, M., Gasser, B., Kinsey, K., Oppel, S., Scheiblauer, S., Couto, A., Marra, V., Keleman, K., Dickson, BJ. (2007). A genome-wide transgenic RNAi library for conditional gene inactivation in Drosophila. Nature. 448(7150):151-6 (abstract) (fulltext)
 
Hattori, D., Demir, E., Kim, HW., Viragh, E., Zipursky, SL., Dickson, BJ. (2007). Dscam diversity is essential for neuronal wiring and self-recognition. Nature. 449(7159):223-7 (abstract)
 
Keleman, K., Krüttner, S., Alenius, M., Dickson, BJ. (2007). Function of the Drosophila CPEB protein Orb2 in long-term courtship memory. Nat Neurosci. 10(12):1587-93 (abstract)
 
Kurtovic, A., Widmer, A., Dickson, BJ. (2007). A single class of olfactory neurons mediates behavioural responses to a Drosophila sex pheromone. Nature. 446(7135):542-6 (abstract)
 
Schnorrer, F., Kalchhauser, I., Dickson, BJ. (2007). The transmembrane protein Kon-tiki couples to Dgrip to mediate myotube targeting in Drosophila. Dev Cell. 12(5):751-66 (abstract)
 
Sweeney, LB., Couto, A., Chou, YH., Berdnik, D., Dickson, BJ., Luo, L., Komiyama, T. (2007). Temporal target restriction of olfactory receptor neurons by Semaphorin-1a/PlexinA-mediated axon-axon interactions. Neuron. 53(2):185-200 (abstract)
 
2006
 
Berdnik, D., Chihara, T., Couto, A., Luo, L. (2006). Wiring stability of the adult Drosophila olfactory circuit after lesion. J Neurosci. 26(13):3367-76 (abstract)
 
Brankatschk, M., Dickson, BJ. (2006). Netrins guide Drosophila commissural axons at short range. Nat Neurosci. 9(2):188-94 (abstract)
 
Dickson, BJ., Gilestro, GF. (2006). Regulation of commissural axon pathfinding by slit and its Robo receptors. Annu Rev Cell Dev Biol. 22:651-75 (abstract)
 
Kvitsiani, D., Dickson, BJ. (2006). Shared neural circuitry for female and male sexual behaviours in Drosophila. Curr Biol. 16(10):R355-6 (abstract)
 
Obernosterer, G., Leuschner, PJ., Alenius, M., Martinez, J. (2006). Post-transcriptional regulation of microRNA expression. RNA. 12(7):1161-7 (abstract)
 
Vrontou, E., Nilsen, SP., Demir, E., Kravitz, EA., Dickson, BJ. (2006). fruitless regulates aggression and dominance in Drosophila. Nat Neurosci. 9(12):1469-71 (abstract)
 
Yu, JY., Dickson, BJ. (2006). Sexual behaviour: do a few dead neurons make the difference? Curr Biol. 16(1):R23-5 (abstract)
 
2005
 
Couto, A., Alenius, M., Dickson, BJ. (2005). Molecular, anatomical, and functional organization of the Drosophila olfactory system. Curr Biol. 15(17):1535-47 (abstract)
 
Demir, E., Dickson, BJ. (2005). fruitless splicing specifies male courtship behavior in Drosophila. Cell. 121(5):785-94 (abstract)
 
Dickson, BJ. (2005). Wnts send axons up and down the spinal cord. Nat Neurosci. 8(9):1130-2 (abstract)
 
Holt, CE., Dickson, BJ. (2005). Sugar codes for axons? Neuron. 46(2):169-72 (abstract)
 
Keleman, K., Ribeiro, C., Dickson, BJ. (2005). Comm function in commissural axon guidance: cell-autonomous sorting of Robo in vivo. Nat Neurosci. 8(2):156-63 (abstract)
 
Stockinger, P., Kvitsiani, D., Rotkopf, S., Tirián, L., Dickson, BJ. (2005). Neural circuitry that governs Drosophila male courtship behavior. Cell. 121(5):795-807 (abstract)
 
2004
 
Dickson, B., Walsh, CA. (2004). Development. Curr Opin Neurobiol. 14(1):1-5 (abstract)
 
Lundström, A., Gallio, M., Englund, C., Steneberg, P., Hemphälä, J., Aspenström, P., Keleman, K., Falileeva, L., Dickson, BJ., Samakovlis, C. (2004). Vilse, a conserved Rac/Cdc42 GAP mediating Robo repulsion in tracheal cells and axons. Genes Dev. 18(17):2161-71 (abstract)
 
Ryder, E., Blows, F., Ashburner, M., Bautista-Llacer, R., Coulson, D., Drummond, J., Webster, J., Gubb, D., Gunton, N., Johnson, G., O\'Kane, CJ., Huen, D., Sharma, P., Asztalos, Z., Baisch, H., Schulze, J., Kube, M., Kittlaus, K., Reuter, G., Maroy, P., Szidonya, J., Rasmuson-Lestander, A., Ekström, K., Dickson, B., Hugentobler, C., Stocker, H., Hafen, E., Lepesant, JA., Pflugfelder, G., Heisenberg, M., Mechler, B., Serras, F., Corominas, M., Schneuwly, S., Preat, T., Roote, J., Russell, S. (2004). The DrosDel collection: a set of P-element insertions for generating custom chromosomal aberrations in Drosophila melanogaster. Genetics. 167(2):797-813 (abstract)
 
Schnorrer, F., Dickson, BJ. (2004). Muscle building; mechanisms of myotube guidance and attachment site selection. Dev Cell. 7(1):9-20 (abstract)
 
Schnorrer, F., Dickson, BJ. (2004). Axon guidance: morphogens show the way. Curr Biol. 14(1):R19-21 (abstract)
 
2003
 
Dickson, BJ. (2003). Development. Wiring the brain with insulin. Science. 300(5618):440-1 (abstract)
 
Senti, KA., Usui, T., Boucke, K., Greber, U., Uemura, T., Dickson, BJ. (2003). Flamingo regulates R8 axon-axon and axon-target interactions in the Drosophila visual system. Curr Biol. 13(10):828-32 (abstract)
 
2002
 
Dickson, BJ. (2002). Molecular mechanisms of axon guidance. Science. 298(5600):1959-64 (abstract)
 
Dickson, BJ., Keleman, K. (2002). Netrins. Curr Biol. 12(5):R154-5 (abstract)
 
Dickson, BJ., Senti, KA. (2002). Axon guidance: growth cones make an unexpected turn. Curr Biol. 12(6):R218-20 (abstract)
 
Hakeda-Suzuki, S., Ng, J., Tzu, J., Dietzl, G., Sun, Y., Harms, M., Nardine, T., Luo, L., Dickson, BJ. (2002). Rac function and regulation during Drosophila development. Nature. 416(6879):438-42 (abstract)
 
Keleman, K., Rajagopalan, S., Cleppien, D., Teis, D., Paiha, K., Huber, LA., Technau, GM., Dickson, BJ. (2002). Comm sorts robo to control axon guidance at the Drosophila midline. Cell. 110(4):415-27 (abstract)
 
Ng, J., Nardine, T., Harms, M., Tzu, J., Goldstein, A., Sun, Y., Dietzl, G., Dickson, BJ., Luo, L. (2002). Rac GTPases control axon growth, guidance and branching. Nature. 416(6879):442-7 (abstract)
 
2001
 
Berger, J., Suzuki, T., Senti, KA., Stubbs, J., Schaffner, G., Dickson, BJ. (2001). Genetic mapping with SNP markers in Drosophila. Nat Genet. 29(4):475-81 (abstract)
 
Dickson, BJ. (2001). Developmental neuroscience. Moving on. Science. 291(5510):1910-1 (abstract)
 
Dickson, BJ. (2001). Rho GTPases in growth cone guidance. Curr Opin Neurobiol. 11(1):103-10 (abstract)
 
Dickson, BJ., Cline, H., Polleux, F., Ghosh, A. (2001). Making connections. Meeting: axon guidance and neural plasticity. EMBO Rep. 2(3):182-6 (abstract)
 
Keleman, K., Dickson, BJ. (2001). Short- and long-range repulsion by the Drosophila Unc5 netrin receptor. Neuron. 32(4):605-17 (abstract)
 
Maurel-Zaffran, C., Suzuki, T., Gahmon, G., Treisman, JE., Dickson, BJ. (2001). Cell-autonomous and -nonautonomous functions of LAR in R7 photoreceptor axon targeting. Neuron. 32(2):225-35 (abstract)
 
Tapon, N., Ito, N., Dickson, BJ., Treisman, JE., Hariharan, IK. (2001). The Drosophila tuberous sclerosis complex gene homologs restrict cell growth and cell proliferation. Cell. 105(3):345-55 (abstract)
 
Wittwer, F., van der Straten, A., Keleman, K., Dickson, BJ., Hafen, E. (2001). Lilliputian: an AF4/FMR2-related protein that controls cell identity and cell growth. Development. 128(5):791-800 (abstract)
 
2000
 
Dickson, BJ. (2000). Genetics. Reverse gear for Drosophila. Nature. 405(6789):896-7 (abstract)
 
Newsome, TP., Asling, B., Dickson, BJ. (2000). Analysis of Drosophila photoreceptor axon guidance in eye-specific mosaics. Development. 127(4):851-60 (abstract)
 
Newsome, TP., Schmidt, S., Dietzl, G., Keleman, K., Asling, B., Debant, A., Dickson, BJ. (2000). Trio combines with dock to regulate Pak activity during photoreceptor axon pathfinding in Drosophila. Cell. 101(3):283-94 (abstract)
 
Rajagopalan, S., Nicolas, E., Vivancos, V., Berger, J., Dickson, BJ. (2000). Crossing the midline: roles and regulation of Robo receptors. Neuron. 28(3):767-77 (abstract)
 
Rajagopalan, S., Vivancos, V., Nicolas, E., Dickson, BJ. (2000). Selecting a longitudinal pathway: Robo receptors specify the lateral position of axons in the Drosophila CNS. Cell. 103(7):1033-45 (abstract)
 
Senti, K., Keleman, K., Eisenhaber, F., Dickson, BJ. (2000). brakeless is required for lamina targeting of R1-R6 axons in the Drosophila visual system. Development. 127(11):2291-301 (abstract)
 
1999
 
Burke, R., Nellen, D., Bellotto, M., Hafen, E., Senti, KA., Dickson, BJ., Basler, K. (1999). Dispatched, a novel sterol-sensing domain protein dedicated to the release of cholesterol-modified hedgehog from signaling cells. Cell. 99(7):803-15 (abstract)
 
1998
 
Dickson, B. (1998). Axon guidance. A Roundabout way of avoiding the midline. Nature. 391(6666):442-3 (abstract)
 
Dickson, BJ. (1998). Photoreceptor development: breaking down the barriers. Curr Biol. 8(3):R90-2 (abstract)
 
1997
 
van der Straten, A., Rommel, C., Dickson, B., Hafen, E. (1997). The heat shock protein 83 (Hsp83) is required for Raf-mediated signalling in Drosophila. EMBO J. 16(8):1961-9 (abstract)
 
1996
 
Dickson, BJ., van der Straten, A., Dominguez, M., Hafen, E. (1996). Mutations Modulating Raf signaling in Drosophila eye development. Genetics. 142(1):163-71 (abstract)
 
Mitchell, KJ., Doyle, JL., Serafini, T., Kennedy, TE., Tessier-Lavigne, M., Goodman, CS., Dickson, BJ. (1996). Genetic analysis of Netrin genes in Drosophila: Netrins guide CNS commissural axons and peripheral motor axons. Neuron. 17(2):203-15 (abstract)
 
1995
 
Dickson, B. (1995). Nuclear factors in sevenless signalling. Trends Genet. 11(3):106-11 (abstract)
 
Dickson, BJ., Domínguez, M., van der Straten, A., Hafen, E. (1995). Control of Drosophila photoreceptor cell fates by phyllopod, a novel nuclear protein acting downstream of the Raf kinase. Cell. 80(3):453-62 (abstract)
 
1994
 
Biggs, WH., Zavitz, KH., Dickson, B., van der Straten, A., Brunner, D., Hafen, E., Zipursky, SL. (1994). The Drosophila rolled locus encodes a MAP kinase required in the sevenless signal transduction pathway. EMBO J. 13(7):1628-35 (abstract)
 
Dickson, B., Hafen, E. (1994). Genetics of signal transduction in invertebrates. Curr Opin Genet Dev. 4(1):64-70 (abstract)
 
Reichman-Fried, M., Dickson, B., Hafen, E., Shilo, BZ. (1994). Elucidation of the role of breathless, a Drosophila FGF receptor homolog, in tracheal cell migration. Genes Dev. 8(4):428-39 (abstract)
 
1993
 
Dickson, B., Hafen, E. (1993). Genetic dissection of eye development in Drosophila. The Development of Drosophila melanogaster (eds. Bate, M., Martinez-Arias, A.). :1327-62
 
Olivier, JP., Raabe, T., Henkemeyer, M., Dickson, B., Mbamalu, G., Margolis, B., Schlessinger, J., Hafen, E., Pawson, T. (1993). A Drosophila SH2-SH3 adaptor protein implicated in coupling the sevenless tyrosine kinase to an activator of Ras guanine nucleotide exchange, Sos. Cell. 73(1):179-91 (abstract)
 
1992
 
Dickson, B., Sprenger, F., Hafen, E. (1992). Prepattern in the developing Drosophila eye revealed by an activated torso--sevenless chimeric receptor. Genes Dev. 6(12A):2327-39 (abstract)
 
Dickson, B., Sprenger, F., Morrison, D., Hafen, E. (1992). Raf functions downstream of Ras1 in the Sevenless signal transduction pathway. Nature. 360(6404):600-3 (abstract)
 
1991
 
Andrews, AE., Dickson, B., Lawley, B., Cobbett, C., Pittard, AJ. (1991). Importance of the position of TYR R boxes for repression and activation of the tyrP and aroF genes in Escherichia coli. J Bacteriol. 173(16):5079-85 (abstract)
 
1988
 
Janardhana, V., Propert, DN., Cooper, I., Wolf, M., Garson, OM., Hopper, JL., Dickson, BJ. (1988). Immunoglobulin allotypes Gm and Km in hematologic malignancies. Cancer Genet Cytogenet. 31(2):179-86 (abstract)
 
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