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Nektarios Tavernarakis - Selected Publications#


Publication output:

131 peer-reviewed papers, with many in top-tier, cross-discipline journals
8 invited book chapters
20 miscellaneous publications, including editorials and commentaries in international scientific journals, as well as several science popularizing articles.
1 book edited on the biology of ageing, published by Springer, New York.

Publication impact:

More than 6,000 citations (excluding self-citations)
More than 45 average citations per publication
h-index: 40 (sources: Scopus, ISI and Google Scholar)


10 major publications:

1. Kourtis N., Nikoletopoulou V. and Tavernarakis N. (2012) Small heat shock proteins protect from heat stroke-associated neurodegeneration. Nature, 490: 213-218.

2. Troulinaki K. and Tavernarakis N. (2012) Endocytosis and intracellular trafficking contribute to necrotic neurodegeneration in C. elegans. EMBO Journal, 31: 654-666.

3. Kourtis N. and Tavernarakis N. (2011) Cellular stress response pathways and ageing: intricate molecular relationships. EMBO Journal, 30: 2520-2531.

4. Madeo F., Tavernarakis N. and Kroemer G. (2010) Can autophagy promote longevity? Nature Cell Biology, 12: 842-846.

5. Artal-Sanz M. and Tavernarakis N. (2009) Prohibitin couples diapause signalling to mitochondrial energy metabolism during ageing in Caenorhabditis elegans. Nature, 461: 793-797.

6. Voglis G. and Tavernarakis N. (2008) A synaptic DEG/ENaC ion channel mediates learning in C. elegans by facilitating dopamine signalling. EMBO Journal, 27: 3288-3299.

7. Syntichaki P. Troulinaki K. and Tavernarakis N. (2007) eIF4E function in somatic cells modulates ageing in Caenorhabditis elegans. Nature, 445: 922-926.

8. Syntichaki P. and Tavernarakis N. (2003) The biochemistry of neuronal necrosis: Rogue biology? Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 4: 672-684.

9. Syntichaki P., Xu K., Driscoll M. and Tavernarakis N. (2002) Specific aspartyl and calpain proteases are required for neurodegeneration in C. elegans. Nature, 419: 939-944.

10. Tavernarakis N., Wang S. L., Dorovkov M., Ryazanof A. and Driscoll M. (2000) Heritable and inducible interference by dsRNA. Nature Genetics, 24: 180-183.

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