Dr. Akhil Bhalla

Post-doctoral Fellow
with Dr. Gilbert Di Paolo

Department of Pathology
Columbia University
New York City, NY

ab3049@columbia.edu

Post Doctoral Fellow with Dr. Chapman
Department of Physiology, UW-Madison

Graduate Eduation
Dr. Edwin Chapman, Advisor at UW Madison 2000-2006

Info:

Akhil will be working with Gilbert Di Paolo at Columbia University doing research on Alzheimers Disease starting in Novemeber.

Research Interest:

Research on Alzheimers Disease.

Press:

Nature Structural & Molecular Biology - Article of the Month

Nature Structural & Molecular Biology - News & Views


Recent Publications:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=search&term=Bhalla%2Ba

  • Abdulreda MH, Bhalla A, Chapman ER, and Moy VT. (2007). AFM Spectroscopy reveals a hemifusion intermediate during snare-mediated membrane fusion. Biophys J. PDF PMID: 17872963

  • Bhalla A, Chicka MC, Tucker WC and Chapman ER. (2006). Ca2+ synaptotagmin directly regulates t-SNARE function during reconstituted membrane fusion. Nature Struct Mol Biol. 13:323-330. PDF PMID 16565726

  • Wang P, Chicka MC, Bhalla A, Richards DA, and Chapman ER. (2005). Synaptotagmin VII is targeted to secretory organelles in PC12 cells, where it functions as a high-affinity calcium sensor.  Mol Cell Biol. 25:8693-8702. PDF PMID 16166648
     
  • Liu T, Tucker WC, Bhalla A, Chapman ER, and Weisshaar JC. (2005). SNARE-driven, 25-millisecond vesicle fusion in vitro.  Biophysical J. 89:2458-2472. PDF PMID 16055544

  • Bhalla A, Tucker W, and Chapman ER. (2005). Synaptotagmin isoforms couple distinct ranges of Ca2+, Ba2+ and Sr2+ concentration to SNARE-mediated membrane fusion. Mol Biol Cell. 16:4755-4764. PDF PMID 16093350

  • Madziva MT, Bai J, Bhalla AE, Chapman ER, and Edwardson JM. (2005).  Effects of synaptotagmin reveal two distinct mechanisms of agonist-stimulated internalization of the M4 muscarinic acetylcholine receptor. Br J Pharmacol. 144:761-771. PDF PMID 15778699

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