Dr. Nikhil Lokesh

Profile

Academic positionPost Doc
Research fieldsCell Biology,Neurosciences
Keywordsoscillator networks, synchronization, circadian clocks

Current contact address

CountryUnited States of America
CitySt. Louis
InstitutionWashington University

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Achim KramerArbeitsgruppe Chronobiologie, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin
Start of initial sponsorship01/04/2018

Programme(s)

2017Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs

Publications (partial selection)

2025Perry, Logan J and Ratcliff, Gavin E and Mayo, Arthur and Perez, Blanca E and Wahba, Larissa Rays and Nikhil, KL and Lenzen, William C and Li, Yangyuan and Mar, Jordan and Farhy-Tselnicker, Isabella and others: A circadian behavioral analysis suite for real-time classification of daily rhythms in complex behaviors. In: Cell Reports Methods, 5, 2025,
2025Nikhil, KL and Bates, Keenan and Sapiro, Elizabeth and Amme, Jacob L and McCarthy, Ronald and Speck, Sarah and Vasireddy, Varun and Roberts, Ethan and Martin-Fairey, Carmel A and Dom{\'\i}nguez-Romero, Miguel-E and others: Fetoplacental circadian rhythms develop and then synchronize to the mother in utero. In: bioRxiv, 2025, 2025--12
2025Nikhil, KL and Singhal, Bharat and Granados-Fuentes, Daniel and Li, Jr-Shin and Kiss, Istv{\'a}n Z and Herzog, Erik D: The inferred functional connectome underlying circadian synchronization in the mouse suprachiasmatic nucleus. In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 122, 2025, e2520674122
2025Singhal, Bharat and Ocampo-Espindola, Jorge Luis and Nikhil, KL and Herzog, Erik D and Kiss, Istv{\'a}n Z and Li, Jr-Shin: Uncertainty Quantification of Network Inference with Data Sufficiency. In: IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering, 2025,
2024Nikhil, KL and Singhal, Bharat and Granados-Fuentes, Daniel and Li, Jr-Shin and Kiss, Istv{\'a}n Z and Herzog, Erik D: The Functional Connectome Mediating Circadian Synchrony in the Suprachiasmatic Nucleus. In: bioRxiv, 2024,
2023Bates, Keenan and Sapiro, Elizabeth and Amme, Jacob L and McCarthy, Ronald and Nikhil, KL and Speck, Sarah and Vasireddy, Varun and Roberts, Ethan and Martin-Fairey, Carmel and Dom{\'\i}nguez-Romero, Miguel-E and others: Fetal daily rhythms develop during pregnancy and entrain to the maternal circadian system. In: bioRxiv, 2023, 2023--06
2023Ocampo-Espindola, Jorge Luis and Nikhil, KL and Li, Jr-Shin and Herzog, Erik D and Kiss, Istv{\'a}n Z: Synchronization, clustering, and weak chimeras in a densely coupled transcription-based oscillator model for split circadian rhythms. In: Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science, 33, 2023,
2020Nikhil, KL and Korge, Sandra and Kramer, Achim: Heritable gene expression variability and stochasticity govern clonal heterogeneity in circadian period. In: PLoS Biology, 18, 2020, e3000792
2017Shindey, Radhika and Varma, Vishwanath and Nikhil, KL and Sharma, Vijay Kumar: Evolution of circadian rhythms in Drosophila melanogaster populations reared in constant light and dark regimes for over 330 generations. In: Chronobiology International, 34, 2017, 537--550
2017Nikhil, KL and Sharma, Vijay Kumar: On the origin and implications of circadian timekeeping: An evolutionary perspective. Biological timekeeping: Clocks, rhythms and behaviour. Springer India New Delhi, 2017. 81--129
2016Nikhil, KL and Vaze, Koustubh M and Ratna, Karatgi and Sharma, Vijay Kumar: Circadian clock properties of fruit flies Drosophila melanogaster exhibiting early and late emergence chronotypes. In: Chronobiology International, 33, 2016, 22--38
2016Shindey, Radhika and Varma, Vishwanath and Nikhil, KL and Sharma, Vijay Kumar: Evolution of robust circadian clocks in Drosophila melanogaster populations reared in constant dark for over 330 generations. In: The Science of Nature, 103, 2016, 74
2016Nikhil, KL and Ratna, Karatgi and Sharma, Vijay Kumar: Life-history traits of Drosophila melanogaster populations exhibiting early and late eclosion chronotypes. In: BMC Evolutionary Biology, 16, 2016, 46
2016Nikhil, Kunjalli Lokesh and Abhilash, Lakshman and Sharma, Vijay Kumar: Molecular correlates of circadian clocks in fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster populations exhibiting early and late emergence chronotypes. In: Journal of biological rhythms, 31, 2016, 125--141
2015Nikhil, KL and Vaze, Koustubh M and Sharma, Vijay Kumar: Late emergence chronotypes of fruit flies Drosophila melanogaster exhibit higher accuracy of entrainment. In: Chronobiology International, 32, 2015, 1477--1485
2014Vaze, Koustubh M and Nikhil, KL and Sharma, Vijay Kumar: Circadian rhythms: 4. Why do living organisms have them?. In: Resonance, 19, 2014, 175--189
2014Nikhil, KL and Goirik, Gupta and Ratna, Karatgi and Sharma, Vijay Kumar: Role of temperature in mediating morning and evening emergence chronotypes in fruit flies Drosophila melanogaster. In: Journal of Biological Rhythms, 29, 2014, 427--441
2013Nikhil, KL and Sharma, Vijay Kumar: Circadian rhythms: 2. The underlying molecular mechanisms. In: Resonance, 18, 2013, 832--844
2013Vaze, KM and Nikhil, KL and Sharma, Vijay Kumar: Genetic architecture underlying morning and evening circadian phenotypes in fruit flies Drosophila melanogaster. In: Heredity, 111, 2013, 265--274
2012Vaze, Koustubh M and KL, Nikhil and Sharma, Vijay Kumar: Early-and late-emerging Drosophila melanogaster fruit flies differ in their sensitivity to light during morning and evening. In: Chronobiology International, 29, 2012, 674--682