Colin Pittendrigh

Affiliations: 
1947-1969 Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 
 1969-1984 Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA 
Area:
circadian rhythms
Website:
https://news.stanford.edu/news/1997/june4/pittendrigh.html
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(1918 - 1996)
https://news.stanford.edu/pr/96/960325pittendrig.html
https://seaside.stanford.edu/pittendrigh

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Parents

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Theodosius Grigorievich Dobzhansky grad student 1950 Columbia
 (The Bromeliad - Anopheles - malaria complex in Trinidad, BWI.)

Children

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Martin R. Ralph research assistant 1972-1976 Stanford
Michael Menaker grad student 1960 Princeton
Jerry F. Feldman grad student 1967 Princeton (Microtree)
Carl Hirschie Johnson grad student 1976-1981
Eberhard Gwinner post-doc Stanford
Gene D. Block post-doc 1975-1978 Stanford

Collaborators

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Victor G. Bruce collaborator 1956 Princeton (Microtree)
Norman W Weissman collaborator 1967-1970 NASA HQ
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Block GD, Davis FC, Johnson CH, et al. (2023) Pittendrigh Remembered. Journal of Biological Rhythms. 7487304221148590
Konopka RJ, Pittendrigh C, Orr D. (2007) Reciprocal behaviour associated with altered homeostasis and photosensitivity of Drosophila clock mutants. Journal of Neurogenetics. 21: 243-52
Pittendrigh CS, Kyner WT, Takamura T. (1991) The amplitude of circadian oscillations: temperature dependence, latitudinal clines, and the photoperiodic time measurement. Journal of Biological Rhythms. 6: 299-313
Pittendrigh CS, Takamura T. (1989) Latitudinal clines in the properties of a circadian pacemaker. Journal of Biological Rhythms. 4: 217-35
Konopka RJ, Pittendrigh C, Orr D. (1989) Reciprocal behaviour associated with altered homeostasis and photosensitivity of Drosophila clock mutants. Journal of Neurogenetics. 6: 1-10
Pittendrigh CS, Takamura T. (1987) Temperature dependence and evolutionary adjustment of critical night length in insect photoperiodism. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 84: 7169-73
Pittendrigh CS, Daan S. (1976) A functional analysis of circadian pacemakers in nocturnal rodents - V. Pacemaker structure: A clock for all seasons Journal of Comparative Physiology ■ A. 106: 333-355
Pittendrigh CS, Daan S. (1976) A functional analysis of circadian pacemakers in nocturnal rodents - IV. Entrainment: Pacemaker as clock Journal of Comparative Physiology ■ A. 106: 291-331
Daan S, Pittendrigh CS. (1976) A functional analysis of circadian pacemakers in nocturnal rodents - III. Heavy water and constant light: Homeostasis of frequency? Journal of Comparative Physiology ■ A. 106: 267-290
Pittendrigh CS, Daan S. (1976) A functional analysis of circadian pacemakers in nocturnal rodents. V. Pacemaker structure: a clock for all seasons J.Comp.Physiol.Ser.A. 106: 333-355
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