Abstract
Although Obaid Siddiqi’s major research focus in neurogenetics was on chemosensation and olfaction in Drosophila, he made seminal contributions to the study of temperature-sensitive paralytic mutants that paved the way for research that we and many other investigators have continued to pursue. Here we recount Siddiqi’s investigation and the impact it had on our own studies especially at a formative stage of our careers. We acknowledge our debt to Obaid Siddiqi and remember him fondly as an inspired and inspiring scientist, mentor, role model and human being.
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We thank all the members of our laboratories past and present for their contributions to our studies of ts-paralytic mutants. Research in our laboratories on ts-paralytic mutants has been supported over many years by grants from the NIH.
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[Ganetzky B and Wu C-F 2014 Remembering Obaid Siddiqi, a pioneer in the study of temperature-sensitive paralytic mutants in Drosophila. J. Biosci. 39 1–7] DOI 10.1007/s12038-014-9446-8
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Ganetzky, B., Wu, CF. Remembering Obaid Siddiqi, a pioneer in the study of temperature-sensitive paralytic mutants in Drosophila . J Biosci 39, 547–553 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12038-014-9446-8
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