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David A. Keays

Research Institute of Molecular PathologyORCID 0000-0002-8343-8002Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Animal Behavior & Cognition· 2 Genomics· 1 Molecular Biology· 1 Neuroscience· 1

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Approach:experimental assay· 4 Organism:C. elegans· 3 Research Focus:benchmarking· 1 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:database / resource· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Research Focus:genome assembly· 1 Organism:mouse· 1

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A complex of MAST1 and 14-3-3 regulates Tau phosphorylation in the developing cortex

Sumire Antonioli, Patrick Heisterkamp, Weiqiang Chen, Dorothea Anrather, Markus Hartl, María Fernanda Martínez-Reza, Ratna Tripathy, Michael Schutzbier, Karl Mechtler, David A. Keays, Thomas A. Leonard

This study identifies MAST1 and 14-3-3 as regulators of Tau phosphorylation in the developing cortex through interactions and phosphorylation events.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · Sep 17, 2026Peer-reviewedMolecular Biology

Revised testing procedures do not elicit magnetoreceptive behavior in C. elegans

Lukas Landler, Gregory C. Nordmann, Simon Nimpf, Tobias Hochstoeger, Daniel Kagerbauer, David A. Keays

The paper reports failed attempts to replicate claims of magnetoreceptive behavior in C. elegans using revised testing procedures.

bioRxiv · Jun 18, 2018 · PreprintAnimal Behavior & Cognition

Comment on \"Magnetosensitive neurons mediate geomagnetic orientation in Caenorhabditis elegans\"

Lukas Landler, Simon Nimpf, Tobias Hochstoeger, Gregory Charles Nordmann, Artemis Papadaki-Anastasopoulou, David A. Keays

This paper replicates a study claiming C. elegans has a magnetic sense but finds no evidence supporting it and highlights issues with the original methodology.

eLife · Apr 13, 2018Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

Improved genome assembly and annotation for the rock pigeon (Columba livia)

Carson Holt, Michael S. Campbell, David A. Keays, Nathaniel B. Edelman, Aurélie Kapusta, Emily T. Maclary, Eric T. Domyan, Alexander Suh, Wesley C. Warren, Mark D. Yandell, Marcus Thomas P. Gilbert, Michael D. Shapiro

The paper updates the rock pigeon genome assembly and annotation, improving tools for evolutionary and functional genetic studies.

G3 Genes Genomes Genetics · Mar 8, 2018Peer-reviewedGenomics

ISCA1 and CRY4: An improbable proposition

Tobias Hochstoeger, Simon Nimpf, David Anthony Keays

The paper challenges the claim that the pigeon ISCA1/CRY4 complex functions as a magnetic biocompass, arguing that the evidence is insufficient and methodologically flawed.

bioRxiv · Dec 15, 2016 · PreprintAnimal Behavior & Cognition