Fred W Turek

Professor, Neurobiology
Morrison Professor, Neurobiology
Professor, Neurology
Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Core, Interdisciplinary Biological Sciences PhD Program
Core, Medical Scientist Training Program
Core, Northwestern University Interdepartmental Neuroscience PhD Program (NUIN)
Affiliate, Psychology PhD Program
Director, Center for Sleep & Circadian Biology, Center for Sleep and Circadian Biology

Phone847/467-6512
Emailfturek@northwestern.edu

19331 Citations

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Education/Academic qualification

Biological Sciences, PhD, Stanford University

… → 1973

Biology, BS, Michigan State University

… → 1969

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Project 3 - Turek

Turek, F. W. & Zee, P. C.

National Institute on Aging

9/15/17 → 5/31/22

Project: Research project

Sleep

Bass

Metabolic Diseases

Circadian Rhythm

Molecular Biology

Alterations of Sleep and Circadian Timing in Aging

Abbott, S. M., Allada, R., Bass, J., Bien, C., Braun, R. I., Grimaldi, D., Hong, H., Jiang, P., Ramsey, K. M., Reid, K. J., Spring, B., Turek, F. W., Vitaterna, M. H. & Zee, P. C.

National Institute on Aging

9/15/17 → 5/31/22

Project: Research project

Sleep

Bass

Metabolic Diseases

Circadian Rhythm

Molecular Biology

Integration of Feeding Time and Glucose Metabolism by the Circadian Gene Network

Bass, J., Ramsey, K. M. & Turek, F. W.

National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases

6/1/16 → 3/31/21

Project: Research project

Gene Regulatory Networks

Glucose

Organized Financing

Obesity

Insulin

The microbiome and responsiveness to stress: Countermeasure strategies for improving resilience to sleep and circadian disruption.

Jiang, P., Turek, F. W. & Vitaterna, M. H.

University of Colorado, Office of Naval Research

9/1/15 → 8/31/20

Project: Research project

Microbiota

Sleep

Metabolome

Sleep Deprivation

Individuality

Effects of Spaceflight on Gastrointestinal Microbiota in Mice: Mechanisms and Impact on Multi-System Physiology

Jiang, P., Turek, F. W. & Vitaterna, M. H.

NASA Ames Research Center

6/1/15 → 5/31/20

Project: Research project

Space Flight

Dysbiosis

Microbiota

Gene Expression

Social Adjustment

Research Output 1971 2019

1 Citation (Scopus)

Parkinson’s Disease is Associated with Dysregulations of a Dopamine-Modulated Gene Network Relevant to Sleep and Affective Neurobehaviors in the Striatum

Jiang, P., Scarpa, J. R., Gao, V. D., Vitaterna, M. H., Kasarskis, A. & Turek, F. W., Dec 1 2019, In : Scientific reports. 9, 1, 4808.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Open Access

Gene Regulatory Networks

Parkinson Disease

Dopamine

Sleep

Corpus Striatum

11 Citations (Scopus)

The NASA twins study: A multidimensional analysis of a year-long human spaceflight

Garrett-Bakelman, F. E., Darshi, M., Green, S. J., Gur, R. C., Lin, L., Macias, B. R., McKenna, M. J., Meydan, C., Mishra, T., Nasrini, J., Piening, B. D., Rizzardi, L. F., Sharma, K., Siamwala, J. H., Taylor, L., Vitaterna, M. H., Afkarian, M., Afshinnekoo, E., Ahadi, S., Ambati, A. & 62 others, Arya, M., Bezdan, D., Callahan, C. M., Chen, S., Choi, A. M. K., Chlipala, G. E., Contrepois, K., Covington, M., Crucian, B. E., De Vivo, I., Dinges, D. F., Ebert, D. J., Feinberg, J. I., Gandara, J. A., George, K. A., Goutsias, J., Grills, G. S., Hargens, A. R., Heer, M., Hillary, R. P., Hoofnagle, A. N., Hook, V. Y. H., Jenkinson, G., Jiang, P., Keshavarzian, A., Laurie, S. S., Lee-McMullen, B., Lumpkins, S. B., MacKay, M., Maienschein-Cline, M. G., Melnick, A. M., Moore, T. M., Nakahira, K., Patel, H. H., Pietrzyk, R., Rao, V., Saito, R., Salins, D. N., Schilling, J. M., Sears, D. D., Sheridan, C. K., Stenger, M. B., Tryggvadottir, R., Urban, A. E., Vaisar, T., Van Espen, B., Zhang, J., Ziegler, M. G., Zwart, S. R., Charles, J. B., Kundrot, C. E., Scott, G. B. I., Bailey, S. M., Basner, M., Feinberg, A. P., Lee, S. M. C., Mason, C. E., Mignot, E., Rana, B. K., Smith, S. M., Snyder, M. P. & Turek, F. W., Jan 1 2019, In : Science. 364, 6436, eaau8650.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Space Flight

Twin Studies

Telomere

Astronauts

Cross-species systems analysis identifies gene networks differentially altered by sleep loss and depression

Scarpa, J. R., Jiang, P., Gao, V. D., Fitzpatrick, K., Millstein, J., Olker, C., Gotter, A., Winrow, C. J., Renger, J. J., Kasarskis, A., Turek, F. W. & Vitaterna, M. H., Jul 25 2018, In : Science Advances. 4, 7, eaat1294.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Gene Regulatory Networks

Systems Analysis

Sleep

Depression

Major Depressive Disorder