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Jason M. Tennessen

Neuroscience · Indiana University

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Mid career · publishing since 2003Rising activity
Neurobiology and Insect Physiology ResearchPhysiological and biochemical adaptationsCancer, Hypoxia, and MetabolismGenetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model OrganismsMitochondrial Function and Pathology

Publications

117

Citations

3,391

Est. group size

~8

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

24

Publishing since 2003

Research summary
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Jason M. Tennessen studies how metabolism controls animal growth, development, and aging, using the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster as a model organism. His work examines how cells generate and use energy, focusing on mitochondria (the cell's energy factories) and molecules like NAD+, and how disruptions in these processes relate to development, neuroinflammation, and disease states such as cancer. His lab also investigates how environmental chemicals and symbiotic bacteria affect metabolism.

Metabolic regulation of developmentDrosophila geneticsMitochondrial function and energy metabolismNAD+ metabolism and neuroinflammationLipid and fatty acid metabolism

Publication activity has grown over the last decade, rising notably from around 8 per year in the late 2010s to a peak in 2023 and remaining high since, averaging about 12.6 per year over the last five years.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 9, 2026

Funding
Public award records

Current awards run through July 2029 — about 3 years of funding on record from today. Awards are often renewed, so this is what is currently public, not a forecast.

  • ActiveNIH P40OD018537through Jul 2029 · $1.1M awarded

    Bloomington Drosophila Stock Center at Indiana University

  • ActiveNIH R01DK136945through May 2028 · $576k awarded

    Investigating metabolic responses to high sugar diets and the onset of diabetic phenotypes

2 earlier awards
  • NIH R35GM119557Jul 2016 – Jul 2026 · $442k awarded

    A Drosophila Model for the Regulation of Aerobic Glycolysis

  • NIH R00GM101341Dec 2013 – Dec 2016 · $246k awarded

    A Drosophila Model for the regulation of Aerobic Glycolysis

Matched to public NIH RePORTER and NSF records by name and institution. Awards from other agencies are not shown, and a match is not always found — this list may be incomplete.

In context
Among 575 mid career Neuroscience PIs within our index
Citations: 3,391cohort median 670
h-index: 27cohort median 12
Publications / year (recent): 13.8cohort median 2.6

Typically publishes in teams of ~8 · 25% small-team papers (≤3 authors) · across 30 venues

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 13.8/year recently
2017: 8 publications172018: 6 publications182019: 7 publications192020: 10 publications202021: 3 publications212022: 8 publications222023: 21 publications21232024: 14 publications242025: 16 publications252026: 10 publications26
Collaborators per year
Distinct co-authors at Indiana University each year — a rough indication of whether the group around this researcher has been growing or contracting. An estimate from co-authorship, not a roster: collaborators are not necessarily lab members, and recent years can be under-counted while indexing catches up.
2017: 0 collaborators at the same institution2018: 1 collaborator at the same institution2019: 1 collaborator at the same institution2020: 2 collaborators at the same institution2021: 0 collaborators at the same institution2022: 5 collaborators at the same institution2023: 13 collaborators at the same institution2024: 10 collaborators at the same institution2025: 11 collaborators at the same institution1719212325
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)×28
  • eLife×9
  • G3 Genes Genomes Genetics×5
  • Development×4
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)×4
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Last updated Sep 1, 2026.

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