Cecilia Conaco


E-mail: conaco at lifesci.ucsb.edu
Education:
2007 Postdoc, University of California, Santa Barbara
2007 PhD Molecular and Cellular Biology, Stony Brook University, New York
1998-2002 Research Associate, Marine Science Institute, University of the Philippines, Diliman
1998 BS Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of the Philippines, Diliman

Research Interests: synaptic evolution, microRNAs and neuronal gene regulation

Publications:
Karginov FV, Conaco C, Xuan Z, Schmidt BH, Parker JS, Mandel G, and Hannon GJ. A biochemical approach to identifying microRNA targets. (manuscript in review)
Otto SJ, McCorkle SR, Hover J, Conaco C, Han JJ, Impey S, Yochum GS, Dunn JJ, Goodman RH, Mandel G. 2007. A new binding motif for the transcriptional repressor REST uncovers large gene networks devoted to neuronal functions. J Neurosci. 27(25):6729-39.
Conaco C, Otto SJ, Han JJ, Mandel G. 2006. Reciprocal actions of REST and a microRNA promote neuronal identity. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 103(7): 2422-2427.
Baldia SF, Conaco MCG, Nishijima T, Susumu I, Harada K. 2003. Microcystin production during algal bloom occurrence in Laguna de Bay, Philippines. Fisheries Science. 69(1): 110-116.

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