Kathrin Steck

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

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Kathrin Steck is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Genetics and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Kathrin Steck has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 8 papers in Genetics and 5 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Kathrin Steck's work include Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (10 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (8 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (4 papers). Kathrin Steck is often cited by papers focused on Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (10 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (8 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (4 papers). Kathrin Steck collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Portugal and United States. Kathrin Steck's co-authors include Markus Knaden, Bill S. Hansson, Silke Sachse, Yoichi Seki, Jeanine Linz, Paul G. Becher, Antonia Strutz, Abu Farhan, Veit Grabe and Sofía Lavista-Llanos and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Nature Communications and Nature Neuroscience.

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Kathrin Steck

12 papers receiving 992 citations

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A Conserved Dedicated Olfactory Circuit for Detecting Harmful Microbes in Drosophila

2012 443 citations Marcus C. Stensmyr, Hany K. M. Dweck et al. Cell profile →

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12 of 12 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	A competitive disinhibitory network for robust optic flow processing in Drosophila 2025 ·Nature Neuroscience ·(unknown), Tomás Cruz, (unknown), (unknown), Kathrin Steck, Aljoscha Nern, (unknown), Nélia Varela, Davi D. Bock, Michael B. Reiser, M Eugenia Chiappe	2
2	optoPAD, a closed-loop optogenetics system to study the circuit basis of feeding behaviors 2019 ·eLife ·José-Maria Moreira, Pavel M. Itskov, Dennis Goldschmidt, Célia Baltazar, Kathrin Steck, Ibrahim Tastekin, Samuel J. Walker, Carlos Ribeiro	29
3	Internal amino acid state modulates yeast taste neurons to support protein homeostasis in Drosophila 2018 ·eLife ·Kathrin Steck, Samuel J. Walker, Pavel M. Itskov, Célia Baltazar, José-Maria Moreira, Carlos Ribeiro	77
4	An expression atlas of variant ionotropic glutamate receptors identifies a molecular basis of carbonation sensing 2018 ·Nature Communications ·Juan Antonio Sánchez‐Alcañiz, Ana F. Silbering, Vincent Croset, (unknown), (unknown), Liliane Abuin, (unknown), Daniel Münch, Kathrin Steck, Thomas O. Auer, Steeve Cruchet, (unknown), Simon G. Sprecher, Carlos Ribeiro, Nilay Yapici, Richard Benton	104
5	A Conserved Dedicated Olfactory Circuit for Detecting Harmful Microbes in Drosophila breakdown → 2012 ·Cell ·Marcus C. Stensmyr, Hany K. M. Dweck, Abu Farhan, (unknown), Antonia Strutz, (unknown), Jeanine Linz, Veit Grabe, Kathrin Steck, Sofía Lavista-Llanos, Dieter Wicher, Silke Sachse, Markus Knaden, Paul G. Becher, Yoichi Seki, Bill S. Hansson	443
6	Transition from sea to land: olfactory function and constraints in the terrestrial hermit crabCoenobita clypeatus 2012 ·Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Anna‐Sara Krång, Markus Knaden, Kathrin Steck, Bill S. Hansson	33
7	Just follow your nose: homing by olfactory cues in ants 2011 ·Current Opinion in Neurobiology ·Kathrin Steck	42
8	Desert ants benefit from combining visual and olfactory landmarks 2011 ·Journal of Experimental Biology ·Kathrin Steck, Bill S. Hansson, Markus Knaden	68
9	A novel multicomponent stimulus device for use in olfactory experiments 2010 ·Journal of Neuroscience Methods ·Shannon B. Olsson, Linda S. Kuebler, Daniel Veit, Kathrin Steck, Alexandra Schmidt, Markus Knaden, Bill S. Hansson	24
10	Do desert ants smell the scenery in stereo? 2010 ·Animal Behaviour ·Kathrin Steck, Markus Knaden, Bill S. Hansson	50
11	Smells like home: Desert ants, Cataglyphis fortis, use olfactory landmarks to pinpoint the nest 2009 ·Frontiers in Zoology ·Kathrin Steck, Bill S. Hansson, Markus Knaden	109
12	Estimation of homing distance in desert ants,Cataglyphis fortis, remains unaffected by disturbance of walking behaviour 2009 ·Journal of Experimental Biology ·Kathrin Steck, Matthias Wittlinger, Harald Wolf	23

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