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Cindy Ly, Ph.D.

Molecular and Human Genetics

Undergraduate Institution: University of Texas - Austin

Year: Advanced Medical Student

Mentor: Hugo Bellen, D.V.M., Ph.D.

Thesis Title: Genetic dissection of synaptic vesicle release in Drosophila melanogaster

Publications:

Giagtzoglou N*, Ly CV*, Bellen HJ. (2009) Cell adhesion, the backbone of the synapse: "Vertebrate" and "Invertebrate" perspectives. Compendium on Cell Adhesion Molecules. Cold Spring Harbor Press. 2009; in press. (* equal contribution)

Yao C-K, Lin Y-Q, Ly CV, Ohyama T, Haueter C, Bellen HJ. A synaptic vesicle- and presynaptic membrane-associated ion channel regulates resting Ca2+ levels and synaptic endocytosis. Cell. 2009; in press.

Verstreken P, Ohyama T, Swan L, Ly CV, Venken KJT, Haueter C, de Camilli P, Bellen HJ. Tweek, an evolutionarily conserved protein, is required for synaptic vesicle recycling. Neuron. 2009; 63(2):203-15.

Ly CV, Yao CK, Verstreken P, Ohyama T, Bellen HJ. straightjacket is required for the synaptic stabilization of cacophony, a voltage-gated calcium channel alpha1 subunit. J Cell Biol. 2008; (181)1:157-70.

Ohyama T, Verstreken P, Ly CV, Rosenmund T, Rajan A, Tien AC, Haueter C, Schulze KL, Bellen HJ. Huntingtin-interacting protein 14, a palmitoyl transferase required for exocytosis and targeting of CSP to synaptic vesicles. J Cell Biol. 2008; (179)7:1481-96.

Romero E*, Cha G-H*, Verstreken P*, Ly C, Hughes R, Bellen HJ, Botas J. Genetic suppression of neurodegeneration and neurotransmitter release abnormalities caused by expanded full-length huntingtin in the absence of nuclear import. Neuron. 2008; 57(1):27-40. (* denotes co-first authors).

Ly CV, Verstreken P. Mitochondria at the synapse. Neuroscientist. 2006; (12)4:291-9.

Verstreken P, Ly CV, Venken KJ, Koh TW, Zhou Y, Bellen HJ. Synaptic mitochondria are critical for mobilization of reserve pool vesicles at Drosophila neuromuscular junctions. Neuron. 2005; (47)3:365-78.

Hayman LA, Shukla V, Ly C, Taber KH. Clinical and imaging anatomy of the scalp. Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography. 2003; 27: 454-9.

Shukla V, Hayman LA, Ly C, Fulle, G, Taber KH. Adult cranial dura I: intrinsic vessels. Journal Computer Assisted Tomography. 2002; 26:1069-74.