St. Laurent RM^, O'Brien L, and Ahmad ST (In press) Sodium butyrate improves locomotor impairment and early mortality in a Drosophila model of Parkinson's disease. Neuroscience ^ Undergraduate student

Ahmad ST, Steinmetz SB^, Bussey HM^, Possidente B, and Seggio JA (2013) Larval ethanol exposure alters free-running circadian rhythm and per locus transcription in adult Drosophila melanogaster period mutants. Behavioural Brain Research 241:50-5 ^ Undergraduate student

Seggio JA*, Possidente B*, and Ahmad ST* (2012) Larval ethanol exposure alters adult circadian free-running locomotor activity rhythm in Drosophila melanogaster. Chronobiology International 29 (1): 75-81 * Equal contribution

Danner GR, Muto KW^, Zeiba A^, Stillman CS^, Seggio JA, and Ahmad ST (2011) Spearmint oil (Carvone) and wintergreen oil (methyl salicylate) emulsion is an effective anesthetic of fishes. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management 2(2): 146-55 ^ Undergraduate student

Ahmad ST, Sweeney ST, Lee JA, Sweeney NT, and Gao FB (2009) Genetic screen identifies serpin5 as a regulator of the Toll pathway and CHMP2B toxicity associated with frontotemporal dementia. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 106(29):12168-73

Lee JA, Beigneux A*, Ahmad ST*, Young SG, and Gao FB (2007) ESCRT-III dysfunction causes autophagosome accumulation and neurodegeneration. Current Biology 17(18):1561-7 * equal contribution

Ahmad ST, Natochin M, Artemyev NO, and O'Tousa JE (2007) The role of Rh1 rhodopsin domains in maintenance of Drosophila photoreceptor cell structure. FASEB Journal 21(2):449-55

Natochin M, Barren B, Ahmad ST, O'Tousa JE, and Artemyev NO (2006) Probing rhodopsin-transducin interaction using Drosophila Rh1-bovine rhodopsin chimeras. Vision Research 46(27):4575-81

Ahmad ST, Natochin M, Barren B, Artemyev NO, and O'Tousa JE (2006) Heterologous expression of bovine rhodopsin in Drosophila photoreceptor cells. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science 47(9):3722-28

Ahmad ST, Joyce MV, Boggess B, and O'Tousa JE (2006) The role of Drosophila NinaG oxidoreductase in visual pigment chromophore biogenesis. Journal of Biological Chemistry 281(14):9205-09

Sarfare S, Ahmad ST, Joyce MV, Boggess B, and O'Tousa JE (2005) The Drosophila NinaG oxidoreductase acts in visual pigment chromophore production. Journal of Biological Chemistry 280(12):11895-901