Aaron D. Talsma, Christo P. Christov, Ana Terriente-Felix, Gerit A. Linneweber, Daniel Perea, Matthew Wayland, Orie T. Shafer, and Irene Miguel-Aliaga (2012). Remote control of renal physiology by the intestinal neuropeptide pigment-dispersing factor in Drosophila. PNAS. July 9, 2012, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1200247109. PubMed

Yao Z, Macara AM, Lelito KR, Minosyan T, Shafer OT (2012). Analysis of Functional Neuronal Connectivity in the Drosophila Brain. J Neurophysiol. [Epub ahead of print]. PubMed

Lelito KR, Shafer OT (2012). Reciprocal Cholinergic and GABAergic Modulation of the Small Ventrolateral Pacemaker Neurons of Drosophila's Circadian Clock Neuron Network. J Neurophysiol. Jan 25. Epub ahead of print. PubMed

Beckwith EJ, Lelito KR, Hsu YW, Medina BM, Shafer O, Ceriani MF, de la Iglesia HO (2011). Functional conservation of clock output signaling between flies and intertidal crabs. J Biol Rhythms. 26(6):518-29. PubMed

Shafer O.T., Taghert PH. (2009). RNA-interference knockdown of Drosophila pigment dispersing factor in neuronal subsets: the anatomical basis of a neuropeptide's circadian functions. PLoS One. 4(12):e8298. PubMed

Shafer, O.T., Kim, D.J., Dunbar-Yaffe, R., Nikolaev, V.O., Lohse, M.J., and Taghert, P.H. (2008). Widespread receptivity to neuropeptide PDF throughout the neuronal circadian clock network of Drosophila revealed by real-time cyclic AMP imaging. Neuron. 58:223-237. PubMed

Park, D., Shafer O.T., Shepherd, S.P., Suh, H., Trigg, J.S., and Taghert, P.H. (2008). The Drosophila basic helix-loop-helix protein DIMMED directly activates PHM, a gene encoding a neuropeptide-amidating enzyme. Mol Cell Biol. 28:410-421. PubMed

Helfrich-Förster, C., Shafer, O.T., Wulbeck, C., Grieshaber, E., Rieger, D., and Taghert, P.H. (2007). Development and morphology of the clock-gene-expressing lateral neurons of Drosophila melanogaster. J. Comp. Neurol. 500:47-70. PubMed

Shafer, O.T., Helfrich-Förster, C., Renn, S.C.P., and Taghert, P.H. (2006). Re-evaluation of Drosophila melanogaster’s neuronal circadian pacemakers reveals new neuronal classes. Journal of Comparative Neurology. 498:180-93. PubMed

Rieger, D., Shafer, O.T., Tomioka, K., and Helfrich-Förster, C. (2006). Functional analysis of circadian pacemaker neurons in Drosophila melanogaster. Journal of Neuroscience. 26:2531-43. PubMed

Taghert, P.H., and Shafer, O.T. (2006). Mechanisms of clock output in the Drosophila circadian pacemaker system. J. Biol. Rhythms. 21:445-57. PubMed

Mertens*, I., Vandingenen*, A., Johnson* E.C., Shafer*, O.T., Li W., Trigg, J.S., De Loof, A., Schoofs, L., and Taghert, P.H. (2005). PDF receptor signaling in Drosophila contributes to both circadian and geotactic behaviors. Neuron. 48: 213-119. PubMed

Johnson, E.C., Shafer, O.T., Trigg, J.S., Park, J., Schooley, D.A., Dow, J.A., and Taghert P.H. (2005). A novel diuretic hormone receptor in Drosophila: evidence for conservation of CGRP signaling. Journal of Experimental Biology. 208:1239-46. PubMed

Wülbeck, C., Szabo, G., Shafer, O.T., Helfrich-Förster, C., and Stanewsky, R. (2005). The novel Drosophila tim(blind) mutation affects behavioral rhythms but not periodic eclosion. Genetics. 169:751-66. PubMed

Shafer*, O.T., Levine*, J.D., Truman, J.W., and Hall, J.C. (2004). Flies By Night: Effects of Changing Day Length on Drosophila’s Circadian Clock . Current Biology. 14: 424-432. PubMed

Shafer, O.T., Rosbash, M.R., and Truman, J.W. (2002). Sequential Nuclear Accumulation of the Clock Proteins Period and Timeless in the Pacemaker Neurons of Drosophila melanogaster. Journal of Neuroscience. 22: 5946-5954. PubMed

Shafer, O.T. (2001). Blind Clocks Reveal Enigmatic Light Input Pathway in Drosophila. Trends in Neurosciences. 24:626-628.