title: Remembering Obaid Siddiqi, a pioneer in the study of temperature-sensitive paralytic mutants in Drosophila.
abstract: Although Obaid Siddiqi's major research focus in neurogenetics was on chemosensation and olfaction in Drosophila, he made seminal contributions to the study of temperature-sensitive paralytic mutants that paved the way for research that we and many other investigators have continued to pursue. Here we recount Siddiqi's investigation and the impact it had on our own studies especially at a formative stage of our careers. We acknowledge our debt to Obaid Siddiqi and remember him fondly as an inspired and inspiring scientist, mentor, role model and human being.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Genetics, 425-G Henry Mall, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA,ganetzky@wisc.edu.
authors.forename: Barry
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ganetzky
authors.forename: Chun-Fang
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Wu
mesh_terms: D000200:Action Potentials / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D029721:Drosophila Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster; D005823:Genetics / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D007194:India; D009424:Nervous System Physiological Phenomena / Q000235:genetics*; D009488:Neurosciences / Q000266:history*; D010243:Paralysis / Q000235:genetics*; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D029721:Drosophila Proteins