Publications

Jones J, Holder B, Eiken K, Vogt A, Velarde A, Elder A, McEllin J, Dissel S. A Split-GAL4 screen identifies novel sleep-promoting neurons in the Ventral Nerve Cord of Drosophila. bioRxiv. 2022:2022.02.02.478882. doi: 10.1101/2022.02.02.478882.

Dissel S, Klose M, van Swinderen B, Cao L, Shaw P. Sleep promoting neurons remodel their response properties to calibrate sleep drive with environmental demands. bioRxiv 2021.11.05.467459; doi.org/10.1101/2021.11.05.467459

Wang J, Fan JY, Zhao Z, Dissel S, Price J. DBT affects sleep in both circadian and non-circadian neurons. PLoS Genet. 2022 Feb 9;18(2):e1010035. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1010035. eCollection 2022 Feb.

Dissel S. Drosophila as a Model to Study the Relationship Between Sleep, Plasticity, and Memory. Front Physiol. 2020 May 28;11:533. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2020.00533. eCollection 2020.

Dissel S, Morgan E, Duong V, Chan D, van Swinderen B, Shaw P, Zars T. Sleep restores place learning to the adenylyl cyclase mutant rutabaga. J Neurogenet. 2020 Mar;34(1):83-91. doi:10.1080/01677063.2020.1720674. Epub 2020 Jan 30.

Barajas-Azpeleta R, Wu J, Gill J, Welte R, Seidel C, McKinney S, Dissel S, Si K. Antimicrobial peptides modulate long-term memory. PLoS Genet. 2018 Oct 12;14(10):e1007440. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1007440. eCollection 2018 Oct.

Seugnet L, Dissel S, Thimgan M, Cao L, Shaw PJ. Identification of Genes that Maintain Behavioral and Structural Plasticity during Sleep Loss. Front Neural Circuits. 2017 Oct 23;11:79. doi:10.3389/fncir.2017.00079. eCollection 2017.

Dissel S, Klose M, Donlea J, Cao L, English D, Winsky-Sommerer R, van Swinderen B, Shaw PJ. Enhanced sleep reverses memory deficits and underlying pathology in Drosophila models of Alzheimer’s disease. Neurobiol Sleep Circadian  Rhythms. 2017 Jan;2:15-26. doi:10.1016/j.nbscr.2016.09.001. Epub 2016 Sep 28.

Dissel S, Shaw PJ. Neuroscience: Flipping the sleep switch. Nature. 2016 Aug 18;536(7616):278-80. Epub 2016 Aug 3. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature18918 Erratum in: Nature. 2016;537(7620):317.

Melnattur K, Dissel S, Shaw PJ. Learning and memory: do bees dream? Curr Biol. 2015 Nov 2;25(21):R1040-R1041. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2015.09.001.

Dissel S, Melnattur K, Shaw PJ. Sleep, Performance, and Memory in Flies. Curr Sleep Med Rep. 2015;1(1):47-54. doi:10.1007/s40675-014-0006-4. Epub 2015 Feb 5.

Dissel S, Angadi V, Kirszenblat L, Suzuki Y, Donlea J, Klose M, Koch Z, English D, Winsky-Sommerer R, van Swinderen B, Shaw PJ. Sleep restores behavioral plasticity to Drosophila mutants. Curr Biol. 2015 May 18;25(10):1270-81. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2015.03.027. Epub 2015 Apr 23.

Fedele G, Edwards MD, Bhutani S, Hares JM, Murbach M, Green EW, Dissel S, Hastings MH, Rosato E, Kyriacou CP. Genetic analysis of circadian responses to low frequency electromagnetic fields in Drosophila melanogaster. PLoS Genet. 2014 Dec 4;10(12):e1004804. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1004804.

Dissel S, Seugnet L, Thimgan MS, Silverman N, Angadi V, Thacher PV, Burnham MM, Shaw PJ. Differential activation of immune factors in neurons and glia contribute to individual differences in resilience/vulnerability to sleep disruption. Brain Behav Immun. 2015 Jul;47:75-85. doi:10.1016/j.bbi.2014.09.019. Epub 2014 Oct 30.

Dissel S, Hansen CN, Özkaya Ö, Hemsley M, Kyriacou CP, Rosato E. The logic of circadian organization in Drosophila. Curr Biol. 2014 Oct 6;24(19):2257-66. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2014.08.023. Epub 2014 Sep 11.

Hemsley MJ, Mazzotta GM, Mason M, Dissel S, Toppo S, Pagano MA, Sandrelli F, Meggio F, Rosato E, Costa R, Tosatto SC. Linear motifs in the C-terminus of D. melanogaster cryptochrome. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2007 Apr 6;355(2):531-7. Epub 2007 Feb 9.

Collins BH, Dissel S, Gaten E, Rosato E, Kyriacou CP. Disruption of Cryptochrome partially restores circadian rhythmicity to the arrhythmic period mutant of Drosophila. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005 Dec 27;102(52):19021-6. Epub 2005 Dec 16.

Dissel S, Codd V, Fedic R, Garner KJ, Costa R, Kyriacou CP, Rosato E. A constitutively active cryptochrome in Drosophila melanogaster. Nat Neurosci. 2004 Aug;7(8):834-40. Epub 2004 Jul 18.