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Donald F. Ready

Neuroscience · Purdue University West Lafayette

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Established · publishing since 1976
Neurobiology and Insect Physiology ResearchRetinal Development and DisordersCellular transport and secretionCellular Mechanics and InteractionsPhotoreceptor and optogenetics research

Publications

46

Citations

6,168

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

50

Publishing since 1976

Research summary
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Donald F. Ready studies how the fruit fly (Drosophila) eye develops, focusing on how retinal cells build their structural and functional architecture, including light-sensing cell compartments (photoreceptors) and supportive tissue layers. This work helps explain fundamental processes in cell biology, such as how cells secrete and organize structural proteins and manage stress in their internal protein-folding machinery (the endoplasmic reticulum), using the fly retina as a model system.

Drosophila retinal developmentPhotoreceptor cell biologyBasement membrane and tissue architectureEndoplasmic reticulum function and stressInsect eye morphogenesis

Publication output was higher around 2017 but has slowed considerably since, with sparse and infrequent outputs over the last five years.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 0.6/year recently
2017: 8 publications8171819202021: 2 publications212022: 1 publication222023: 1 publication23242025: 1 publication2526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)×2
  • Purdue University Research Repository×2
  • npj Aging and Mechanisms of Disease×1
  • Development×1
  • Current Biology×1
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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