Colby College
4000 Mayflower Hill
Waterville, ME 04901
P: 207-859-4000
 
Syed_Tariq Ahmad
Sabbatical: 09/01/2012 - 08/31/2013
Assistant Professor of Biology
Biology


Office: Olin Science Center 342
Phone: 207-859-5722
Fax: 859-5705
Email:

Mailing Address:
5722 Mayflower Hill
Waterville, Maine 04901-8857
Education

Postdoctoral Fellow, Gladstone Institutes, University of California San Francisco

PhD., Cellular and Physiological Dynamics, University of Notre Dame

MSc., Medical Biotechnology, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India

BSc., Biochemistry, AMU, Aligarh, India

Areas of Expertise:
  • Neurodegenerative Disorders
  • Circadian Rhythm
  • Autophagy
  • Sensory System - Vision
  • Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience
  • Drosophila Genetics
Publications

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

Seggio JA*, Possidente B*, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, O�Tousa JE (2005) The Drosophila NinaG oxidoreductase acts in visual pigment chromophore production. Journal of Biological Chemistry 280(12):11895-901