Fiona Kerr

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
26 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Fiona Kerr is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Fiona Kerr has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Molecular Biology, 9 papers in Physiology and 6 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Fiona Kerr's work include Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (9 papers), Cholinesterase and Neurodegenerative Diseases (6 papers) and Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (5 papers). Fiona Kerr is often cited by papers focused on Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (9 papers), Cholinesterase and Neurodegenerative Diseases (6 papers) and Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (5 papers). Fiona Kerr collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Germany and Australia. Fiona Kerr's co-authors include Linda Partridge, Ivana Bjedov, Cathy Slack, Jake Jacobson, A. Reghan Foley, Janne M. Toivonen, Simon Lovestone, John Hardy, Oyinkan Sofola-Adesakin and Hrvoje Augustin and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Cell Metabolism and Nature Methods.

In The Last Decade

Fiona Kerr

25 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Mechanisms of Life Span Extension by Rapamycin in the Fruit Fly Drosophila melanogaster

2010 792 citations Ivana Bjedov, Fiona Kerr et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Fiona Kerr United Kingdom	15	851	653	639	413	232	26	2.0k
Nancy J. Linford United States	18	1.5k 1.8×	637 1.0×	778 1.2×	472 1.1×	143 0.6×	20	2.8k
Subhash D. Katewa United States	17	934 1.1×	872 1.3×	581 0.9×	282 0.7×	156 0.7×	29	2.1k
Doris Kretzschmar United States	29	1.1k 1.3×	412 0.6×	716 1.1×	921 2.2×	205 0.9×	65	2.7k
Alex Bokov United States	23	1.3k 1.5×	1.0k 1.6×	1.0k 1.6×	213 0.5×	203 0.9×	38	2.7k
Barbara H. Sohal United States	17	848 1.0×	713 1.1×	704 1.1×	116 0.3×	71 0.3×	18	1.8k
Richard Nass United States	21	867 1.0×	893 1.4×	271 0.4×	322 0.8×	72 0.3×	30	2.2k
J. Alex Parker Canada	25	1.3k 1.5×	697 1.1×	494 0.8×	578 1.4×	290 1.3×	51	2.5k
Anil Rana India	17	984 1.2×	250 0.4×	311 0.5×	286 0.7×	262 1.1×	29	1.7k
Samuel T. Henderson United States	23	1.8k 2.2×	1.3k 2.1×	1.6k 2.6×	198 0.5×	71 0.3×	32	3.8k
Mike Grotewiel United States	17	409 0.5×	429 0.7×	120 0.2×	555 1.3×	38 0.2×	29	1.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Fiona Kerr

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Wells, Geoffrey, et al.. (2025). Basal activation of astrocytic Nrf2 in neuronal culture media: Challenges and implications for neuron-astrocyte modelling. PubMed. 9. 1533096256–1533096256. 1 indexed citations

Scholes, Harry, Adam Cryar, Fiona Kerr, et al.. (2020). Dynamic changes in the brain protein interaction network correlates with progression of Aβ42 pathology in Drosophila. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 18517–18517. 7 indexed citations

Ryan, Anne L., Ushma Wadia, Peter Jacoby, et al.. (2019). Immunogenicity of the inactivated influenza vaccine in children who have undergone allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplant. Bone Marrow Transplantation. 55(4). 773–779. 6 indexed citations

Danesh‐Meyer, Helen V., Fiona Kerr, Stephanie L. Watson, et al.. (2018). Tuesday 20 November. Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology. 46(S1). 55–75. 1 indexed citations

Ryan, Anne L., et al.. (2018). Vaccine‐preventable disease following allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplant in Western Australia. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health. 55(3). 343–348. 3 indexed citations

Kerr, Fiona, Ivana Bjedov, & Oyinkan Sofola-Adesakin. (2018). Molecular Mechanisms of Lithium Action: Switching the Light on Multiple Targets for Dementia Using Animal Models. Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience. 11. 297–297. 62 indexed citations

Kerr, Fiona, Rick Wiechula, Rebecca Feo, Tim Schultz, & Alison Kitson. (2018). Neurophysiology of human touch and eye gaze in therapeutic relationships and healing: a scoping review. The JBI Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports. 17(2). 209–247. 24 indexed citations

Kerr, Fiona, Oyinkan Sofola-Adesakin, Dobril Ivanov, et al.. (2017). Direct Keap1-Nrf2 disruption as a potential therapeutic target for Alzheimer’s disease. PLoS Genetics. 13(3). e1006593–e1006593. 121 indexed citations

Augustin, Hrvoje, Kieran McGourty, Marcus J. Allen, et al.. (2017). Reduced insulin signaling maintains electrical transmission in a neural circuit in aging flies. PLoS Biology. 15(9). e2001655–e2001655. 21 indexed citations

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Castillo-Quan, Jorge Iván, Li Li, Kerri J. Kinghorn, et al.. (2016). Lithium Promotes Longevity through GSK3/NRF2-Dependent Hormesis. Cell Reports. 15(3). 638–650. 147 indexed citations

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Burnouf, Sylvie, Sebastian Grönke, Hrvoje Augustin, et al.. (2016). Deletion of endogenous Tau proteins is not detrimental in Drosophila. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 23102–23102. 34 indexed citations

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Kerr, Fiona, Rick Wiechula, Rebecca Feo, Tim Schultz, & Alison Kitson. (2016). The neurophysiology of human touch and eye gaze and its effects on therapeutic relationships and healing. The JBI Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports. 14(4). 60–66. 2 indexed citations

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Piper, Matthew D. W., Eric Blanc, Ricardo Leitão-Gonçalves, et al.. (2013). A holidic medium for Drosophila melanogaster. Nature Methods. 11(1). 100–105. 262 indexed citations

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Kerr, Fiona, et al.. (2012). Ageing Increases Vulnerability to Aβ42 Toxicity in Drosophila. PLoS ONE. 7(7). e40569–e40569. 30 indexed citations

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Kerr, Fiona, Richard Killick, Hrvoje Augustin, et al.. (2012). Correction: Inhibition of GSK-3 Ameliorates Aβ Pathology in an Adult-Onset Drosophila Model of Alzheimer's Disease. PLoS Genetics. 8(1). 1 indexed citations

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Kerr, Fiona, Richard Killick, Hrvoje Augustin, et al.. (2010). Inhibition of GSK-3 Ameliorates Aβ Pathology in an Adult-Onset Drosophila Model of Alzheimer's Disease. PLoS Genetics. 6(9). e1001087–e1001087. 141 indexed citations

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Killick, Richard, Karelle Leroy, Mirsada Čaušević, et al.. (2009). Deletion of Irs2 reduces amyloid deposition and rescues behavioural deficits in APP transgenic mice. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 386(1). 257–262. 108 indexed citations

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Kerr, Fiona, Hrvoje Augustin, Matthew D. W. Piper, et al.. (2009). Dietary restriction delays aging, but not neuronal dysfunction, in Drosophila models of Alzheimer's disease. Neurobiology of Aging. 32(11). 1977–1989. 34 indexed citations

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Nayeem, Naushaba, Fiona Kerr, Heike Naumann, et al.. (2007). Hyperphosphorylation of tau and neurofilaments and activation of CDK5 and ERK1/2 in PTEN-deficient cerebella. Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience. 34(3). 400–408. 16 indexed citations

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Kerr, Fiona, et al.. (2006). PTEN, a negative regulator of PI3 kinase signalling, alters tau phosphorylation in cells by mechanisms independent of GSK‐3. FEBS Letters. 580(13). 3121–3128. 49 indexed citations

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