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Fishburn JLA, Larson HL, Nguyen A, Welch CJ, Moore T, Penn A, Newman J, Mangino A, Widman E, Ghobashy R, Witherspoon J, Lee W, Mulligan KA. Bisphenol F affects neurodevelopmental gene expression, mushroom body development and behavior in Drosophila melanogaster. Neurotoxicol Teratol. (2024) March–April (102); 107331. doi.org/10.1016/j.ntt.2024.107331

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Welch C, Johnson E, Tupikova A, Anderson J, Tinsley B, Newman J, Widman E, Alfareh A, Davis A, Rodriguez L, Visger C, Miller-Schulze JP, Lee W, Mulligan K. Bisphenol a affects neurodevelopmental gene expression, cognitive function, and neuromuscular synaptic morphology in Drosophila melanogaster. Neurotoxicology. (2022) Jan 15;89:67-78. doi: 10.1016/j.neuro.2022.01.006. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35041872.

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Welch, C.; Mulligan, K. (2022) "Does Bisphenol A Confer Risk of Neurodevelopmental Disorders? What We’ve Learned from Developmental Neurotoxicity Studies in Animal Models." Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2022,23,2894. https://doi.org/ 10.3390/ijms23052894

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Niosi A, Vo NH, Sundar P, Welch C, Penn A, Yuldasheva Y, Alfareh A, Rausch K, Rukshar T, Cavanaugh J, Yadav P, Peterson S, Brown R, Hu A, Ardon-Castro A, Nguyen D, Crawford R, Lee W, Jensen MH, Morris E, and Mulligan K. “Kismet/CHD7/CHD8 affects gut biomechanics, the gut microbiome, and gut-microbiome-brain axis in Drosophila melanogaster”(Submitted); Preprint published on bioXRiv (2022): https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.12.17.473216v1

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U. Nguyen, B. Tinsley, Y. Sen, J. Stein, Y. Palacios, A. Ceballos, C. Welch, K. Nzenkue, A. Penn, L. Murphy, K. Leodones, J. Casiquin, I. Ivory, K. Ghenta, K. Danziger, E. Widman, J. Newman, M. Triplehorn, Z. Hindi, K. Mulligan. (2021) “Exposure to bisphenol A differentially impacts neurodevelopment and behavior in Drosophila melanogaster from distinct genetic backgrounds” NeuroToxicology, Volume 82, Pages 146-157,ISSN 0161-813X,

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuro.2020.12.007

 

Poston RG, Murphy LN, Rejepova A, Ghaninejad-Esfahani M, Joshua Segales J, Mulligan K, Saha RN (2020) “Specific ortho-hydroxylated brominated ethers inhibit neuronal MEK-ERK signaling and disrupt neurodevelopmental processes” J. Biol. Chem. jbc.RA119.011138. doi:10.1074/jbc.RA119.011138  

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Mulligan K and Cheyette B (2017) “Neurodevelopmental Perspectives on Wnt Signaling in Psychiatry.” Review. Mol Psych. Jan, 2:219–246

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Mulligan K  and Cheyette B (2016) Introduction to Wnt signaling. Inborn Errors of Development, 3rd Edition, Oxford University Press

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Martin PM, Stanley RE, Ross AP, Freitas AE, Moyer CE, Brumback AC, Iafrati J, Stapornwongkul KS, Dominguez S, Kivimae S, Mulligan K, Pirooznia M, McCombie WR, Potash JB, Zandi PP, Purcell SM, Sanders SJ, Zuo Y, Sohal VS, Cheyette BNR. (2016) “DIXDC1 contributes to psychiatric susceptibility by regulating dendritic spine and glutamatergic synapse density via GSK3 and Wnt/β-catenin signaling” Mol Psych, Oct 18. doi: 10.1038

 

Mulligan K  and Cheyette B (2012) Wnt signaling in vertebrate neural development and function. J NeuroImmune Pharmacol. Dec; 7(4) 774-87

 

Mulligan K, Fuerer C, Ching W, Willert K, Fish M, Nusse R (2012) Secreted-Wingless interacting molecule (Swim) promotes long-range signaling by maintaining Wingless solubility. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. Jan10;109(2):370-7

 

Nusse R, Fuerer C, Ching W, Harnish K*, Logan C, Zeng A, ten Berge D, Kalani Y. (2008) Wnt signaling and stem cell control. Cold Spring Harb Symp Quant Biol. Nov (73) 59-66. Review  (*Harnish is my maiden name)

March 2019 Welch C, Ardon-Castro A, Hu A, Lew A, Murphy L, Nguyen D, and  Mulligan K. “The Autism-Associated Chromatin Modifier, kismet/Chromodomain Helicase DNA Binding Protein 8, Affects Axon Guidance and Behavioral Phenotypes in Drosophila melanogaster” West Coast Regional Society for Developmental Biology Meeting

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March 2019 Murphy L, Hindi Z, Ghenta K, Nguyen D, and Mulligan K. “Exposure to the Environmental Neurotoxicant Polychlorinated Biphenyl-95 Phenocopies a Common Autism Risk Gene in Drosophila melanogaster”  West Coast Regional Society for Developmental Biology Meeting

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Jan 2019 Tinsley B, Nguyen U, Casiquin J, Ceballos A, Danziger K, Palacios Y, Sen Y, Welch C, and Mulligan K. “Developmental Exposure to Bisphenol-A Causes Behavioral and Axon Outgrowth Defects in Drosophila melanogaster”   32nd CSUPERB Annual Biotechnology Symposium

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July 2018 Murphy L,Hindi Z,GhentaK, NguyenD, andMulligan K. “Exposure to the Environmental Neurotoxicant Polychlorinated Biphenyl-95 Phenocopies a Common Autism Risk Gene in Drosophila melanogaster”

77thAnnual Society for Developmental Biology Meeting

 

July 2018 Welch C, Ardon-Castro A, Hu A, Lew A, Murphy L, Nguyen D, and  Mulligan K. “The Autism-Associated Chromatin Modifier, kismet/Chromodomain Helicase DNA Binding Protein 8, Affects Axon Guidance and Behavioral Phenotypes in Drosophilamelanogaster”

77thAnnual Society for Developmental Biology Meeting

 

July 2018 Tinsley B, Palacios Y, Welch C, and Mulligan K. “The Autism-Associated Chromatin Modifier, kismet/Chromodomain Helicase DNA Binding Protein 8, Affects Axon Guidance and Behavioral Phenotypes in Drosophilamelanogaster”

77thAnnual Society for Developmental Biology Meeting

 

Jan 2018 Nguyen D, Lew A, HuA, MurphyL, WelchC, CrawfordR,and Mulligan K. “The Autism-Associated Chromatin Modifier, Chromodomain Helicase DNA Binding Protein 8, Affects Axon Guidance and Behavioral Phenotypes in Drosophila ”

CSUPERB Annual Biotechnology Symposium

 

Jan 2018 Hindi Z, Murphy L, GhentaK, NguyenD, and MulliganKMulligan K. “Exposure to the Environmental Neurotoxicant Polychlorinated Biphenyl-95 Phenocopies a Common Autism Risk Gene in Drosophila melanogaster”

CSUPERB Annual Biotechnology Symposium

 

March 2017 Murphy L, Nguyen K, Trafton B, Ghenta K, Kumar A, and Mulligan K. “DevelopingDrosophila melanogaster as a Model for the Identification of Environmental Chemicals that Confer Risk to Autism”

58th Annual DrosophilaResearch Conference

 

March 2017 Tupikova A, Dinh A, Torshizi A, Ashley E, and Mulligan K. “Analysis of Dendritic Morphology to Identify Chemicals that Converge with Fmr1 Mutations to Confer Risk of Autism”

CSUS Student Research Symposium.

 

March 2017 Welch C, Lew A, Hu A, Nguyen D, and Mulligan K. “Comparative Analysis of Gut Microbiota in a Drosophila Model of Autsim”

CSUS Student Research Symposium.

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April 2017 Murphy L, Nguyen K, Ghenta K, Trafton B, Sidhu H and Mulligan K. “Developing Drosophila melanogaster as a Model for the Identification of Environmental Chemicals that Confer Risk to Autism”

58th Annual Drosophila Research Conference

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Jan 2017 Murphy L, Nguyen K, Trafton B, Sidhu H and Mulligan K. “Developing Drosophila melanogaster as a Model for the Identification of Environmental Chemicals that Confer Risk to Autism”
CSUPERB Annual Biotechnology Symposium

 

Nov 2016 Murphy L, Nguyen K, Sidhu H, Trafton B, and Mulligan K. “Developing Drosophila melanogaster as a Model for the Identification of Environmental Chemicals that Confer Risk to Autism.”

CSUS Provost’s Research Symposium

 

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