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Orie T. Shafer

Neuroscience · Indiana University

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Neurobiology and Insect Physiology ResearchCircadian rhythm and melatoninInsect and Arachnid Ecology and BehaviorPhotoreceptor and optogenetics researchLight effects on plants

Publications

61

Citations

4,120

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

29

Publishing since 1998

Research summary
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Orie T. Shafer studies how the brain controls daily rhythms and sleep, using the fruit fly Drosophila as a model organism. The research examines the network of clock neurons that keep time, how they respond to cues like temperature and light, and how sleep is regulated and maintained. This work connects the molecular and cellular basis of internal biological clocks (circadian rhythms) to the behaviors they drive.

Circadian clock neuron networksDrosophila sleep regulationTemperature and light sensing by the clockNeuropeptide and neuromodulator signalingDevelopment of sleep-controlling circuits

Publication activity has been fairly steady over the past decade, with a peak around 2022-2023 and lighter output in the most recent years.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 11, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 3.4/year recently
2017: 5 publications172018: 3 publications18192020: 4 publications202021: 3 publications212022: 7 publications7222023: 6 publications232024: 1 publication242025: 1 publication252026: 2 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)×7
  • eLife×4
  • Current Biology×3
  • Journal of Neuroscience×2
  • Neuron×2

This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 11, 2026.

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