Publications

2010
 
Dickson, BJ., Zou, Y. (2010). Navigating intermediate targets: the nervous system midline. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol. 2(8):a002055 (abstract)
 
Kim, YJ., Bartalska, K., Audsley, N., Yamanaka, N., Yapici, N., Lee, JY., Kim, YC., Markovic, M., Isaac, E., Tanaka, Y., Dickson, BJ. (2010). MIPs are ancestral ligands for the sex peptide receptor. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 107(14):6520-5 (abstract)
 
Ribeiro, C., Dickson, BJ. (2010). Sex peptide receptor and neuronal TOR/S6K signaling modulate nutrient balancing in Drosophila. Curr Biol. 20(11):1000-5 (abstract)
 
Schnorrer, F., Schönbauer, C., Langer, CC., Dietzl, G., Novatchkova, M., Schernhuber, K., Fellner, M., Azaryan, A., Radolf, M., Stark, A., Keleman, K., Dickson, BJ. (2010). Systematic genetic analysis of muscle morphogenesis and function in Drosophila. Nature. 464(7286):287-91 (abstract)
 
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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