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Syed Tariq Ahmad
Assistant Professor of Biology
Biology


Office: Olin Science Center 342
Phone: 207-859-5722
Fax: 859-5705
Email:
stahmad@colby.edu

Mailing Address:
5720 Mayflower Hill
Waterville, Maine 04901-8857

Semester Schedule

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
  • Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience
  • Drosophila Genetics
Publications

Ahmad ST, Sweeney ST, Lee JA, Sweeneny 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