Person
Larhammar, Dan
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Biography and Research Interest
Professor of molecular cell biology at Uppsala University since 1994.
For CV and complete list of publications, see http://www.anst.uu.se/dla05000/
Research interests:
- Evolution of vertebrate genes involved in learning and long-term memory, with special focus on zebrafish.
- Evolution of vertebrate genes involved in vision, with special focus on zebrafish.
- Evolution of gene families in vertebrates, particularly neuronal and endocrine gene families such as peptide genes, receptor genes, ion channels, etc.
For CV and complete list of publications, see http://www.anst.uu.se/dla05000/
Research interests:
- Evolution of vertebrate genes involved in learning and long-term memory, with special focus on zebrafish.
- Evolution of vertebrate genes involved in vision, with special focus on zebrafish.
- Evolution of gene families in vertebrates, particularly neuronal and endocrine gene families such as peptide genes, receptor genes, ion channels, etc.
Non-Zebrafish Publications
Lagman, D., Haines, H. J., Abalo, X. M., and Larhammar, D. Ancient multiplicity in cyclic nucleotide-gated (CNG) cation channel repertoire was reduced in the ancestor of Olfactores before re-expansion by whole genome duplications in vertebrates. PLOS ONE, e0279548 (2022). PMID: 36584110.
Morini, M., Bergqvist, C. A., Asturiano, J. F., Larhammar, D., and Dufour, S. Dynamic evolution of transient receptor potential vanilloid (TRPV) ion channel family with numerous gene duplications and losses. Front. Endocrinol. 13:1013868 (2022). PMID: 36387917.
Ocampo Daza, D., Bergqvist, C. A., and Larhammar, D. The evolution of oxytocin and vasotocin receptor genes in jawed vertebrates: a clear case for gene duplications through ancestral whole-genome duplications. Front. Endocrinol. 264, 94-112 (2022). PMID: 35185783.
Garcia Concejo, A. and Larhammar, D. Protein kinase C family evolution in jawed vertebrates. Dev. Biol. 479, 77-90 (2021). PMID: 34329618.