Allan K Mah
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Allan K Mah
PhD
Alumni
Previous Position: Postdoctoral Research Fellow,
Taubert Lab

ALUMNI INFORMATION

Years active at CMMT2009-2011. Postdoctoral Fellow
Current informationDr. Mah is now in iData Research as Market Analyst.
Alumni Year2011

EDUCATION

Doctor of Philosophy, Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Simon Fraser University
B.Sc. Department of Biology (concentration: Cell and Molecular Biology), Simon Fraser University

AWARDS & HONORS

July 2010 - June 2011, Child & Family Research Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship
May 2006 – May 2009 NSERC (Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council) Postgraduate Scholarships (PGS-D3)
Sept. 2008 – Dec. 2008 David L. Baillie Graduate Fellowships in Molecular and Cellular Biology
Jan. 2007 – Apr. 2007 President's Ph.D. Research Stipend (Simon Fraser University)
May 2006 – Aug. 2006 Weyerhaeuser Molecular Biology Graduate Scholarship
May 2005 – Aug. 2005 Weyerhaeuser Molecular Biology Graduate Scholarship
Sept. 2005 – Dec. 2005 Graduate Fellowship (Simon Fraser University)

PRESENTATIONS

Apr. 17 2009. University of Washington Foege Building, North room N130 Transcriptional regulation of C. elegans excretory cell expressed genes by the POU homeobox transcription factor, CEH-6
Mar. 06, 2009 Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics 950 West 28th Avenue Vancouver, B.C. Identification of a Transcriptional Regulatory Mechanism Governing Excretory Cell Gene Expression in C. elegans
June 15, 2005. BC Cancer Agency 600 West 10th Avenue Vancouver , B.C. Implementing high-throughput techniques towards the generation and analysis of transgenic C. elegans containing promoter::GFP constructs.

Publications

Journal Articles

1   Vergara IA, Mah AK, Huang JC, Tarailo-Graovac M, Johnsen RC, Baillie DL, Chen N. Polymorphic segmental duplication in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. BMC Genomics 10(1):329. (2009) PMID 19622155
2   Hunt-Newbury R, Viveiros R, Johnsen R, Mah A, Anastas D, Fang L, Halfnight E, Lee D, Lin J, Lorch A, McKay S, Okada HM, Pan J, Schulz AK, Tu D, Wong K, Zhao Z, Alexeyenko A, Burglin T, Sonnhammer E, Schnabel R, Jones SJ, Marra MA, Baillie DL, Moerman DG. High-throughput in vivo analysis of gene expression in Caenorhabditis elegans. PLoS Biol. 5(9):e237. (2007) PMID 17850180
3   Huang P, Pleasance ED, Maydan JS, Hunt-Newbury R, O'Neil NJ, Mah A, Baillie DL, Marra MA, Moerman DG, Jones SJ. Identification and analysis of internal promoters in Caenorhabditis elegans operons. Genome Res. 17(10):1478-85. (2007) PMID 17712020
4   Mah AK, Armstrong KR, Chew DS, Chu JS, Tu DK, Johnsen RC, Chen N, Chamberlin HM, Baillie DL. Transcriptional regulation of AQP-8, a Caenorhabditis elegans aquaporin exclusively expressed in the excretory system, by the POU homeobox transcription factor CEH-6. J. Biol. Chem. 282(38):28074-86. (2007) PMID 17660295
5   Chen N, Mah A, Blacque OE, Chu J, Phgora K, Bakhoum MW, Newbury CR, Khattra J, Chan S, Go A, Efimenko E, Johnsen R, Phirke P, Swoboda P, Marra M, Moerman DG, Leroux MR, Baillie DL, Stein LD. Identification of ciliary and ciliopathy genes in Caenorhabditis elegans through comparative genomics. Genome Biol. 7(12):R126. (2006) PMID 17187676
6   Blacque OE, Li C, Inglis PN, Esmail MA, Ou G, Mah AK, Baillie DL, Scholey JM, Leroux MR. The WD repeat-containing protein IFTA-1 is required for retrograde intraflagellar transport. Mol. Biol. Cell 17(12):5053-62. (2006) PMID 17021254
7   Gallo M, Mah AK, Johnsen RC, Rose AM, Baillie DL. Caenorhabditis elegans dpy-14: an essential collagen gene with unique expression profile and physiological roles in early development. Mol. Genet. Genomics 275(6):527-39. (2006) PMID 16496175
8   Polet D, Lambrechts A, Ono K, Mah A, Peelman F, Vandekerckhove J, Baillie DL, Ampe C, Ono S. Caenorhabditis elegans expresses three functional profilins in a tissue-specific manner. Cell Motil. Cytoskeleton 63(1):14-28. (2006) PMID 16317718
9   Blacque OE, Perens EA, Boroevich KA, Inglis PN, Li C, Warner A, Khattra J, Holt RA, Ou G, Mah AK, McKay SJ, Huang P, Swoboda P, Jones SJ, Marra MA, Baillie DL, Moerman DG, Shaham S, Leroux MR. Functional genomics of the cilium, a sensory organelle. Curr. Biol. 15(10):935-41. (2005) PMID 15916950
10   Chen N, Pai S, Zhao Z, Mah A, Newbury R, Johnsen RC, Altun Z, Moerman DG, Baillie DL, Stein LD. Identification of a nematode chemosensory gene family. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 102(1):146-51. (2005) PMID 15618405
11   Blacque OE, Reardon MJ, Li C, McCarthy J, Mahjoub MR, Ansley SJ, Badano JL, Mah AK, Beales PL, Davidson WS, Johnsen RC, Audeh M, Plasterk RH, Baillie DL, Katsanis N, Quarmby LM, Wicks SR, Leroux MR. Loss of C. elegans BBS-7 and BBS-8 protein function results in cilia defects and compromised intraflagellar transport. Genes Dev. 18(13):1630-42. (2004) PMID 15231740
12   Ansley SJ, Badano JL, Blacque OE, Hill J, Hoskins BE, Leitch CC, Kim JC, Ross AJ, Eichers ER, Teslovich TM, Mah AK, Johnsen RC, Cavender JC, Lewis RA, Leroux MR, Beales PL, Katsanis N. Basal body dysfunction is a likely cause of pleiotropic Bardet-Biedl syndrome. Nature 425(6958):628-33. (2003) PMID 14520415

Invited Submissions, Books, Chapters, Letters, and Editorials

1   Chapter   McKay SJ, Johnsen R, Khattra J, Asano J, Baillie DL, Chan S, Dube N, Fang L, Goszczynski B, Ha E, Halfnight E, Hollebakken R, Huang P, Hung K, Jensen V, Jones SJ, Kai H, Li D, Mah A, Marra M, McGhee J, Newbury R, Pouzyrev A, Riddle DL, Sonnhammer E, Tian H, Tu D, Tyson JR, Vatcher G, Warner A, Wong K, Zhao Z, Moerman DG. Gene expression profiling of cells, tissues, and developmental stages of the nematode C. elegans. Cold Spring Harb. Symp. Quant. Biol. 68:159-69. (2003) PMID 15338614