Mohammad Shahidullah

Analytical method development Expert in biologics characterization, with strong background in HPLC and mass spectrometry for the analysis of antibodies, proteins, and peptides. Besides the above experiences, I have extensive experience studying neuronal ion-channel proteins on cell membranes using a variety of techniques such as patch-clamp and current/voltage-clamp.

• Collaborative Professor, Kanazawa University School of Medicine
• NRSA (National Research Service Award)
• MONBUSHO, Japanese Government Scholarship

Invited Speaker, Innovative Brain Science for Development, Learning, Memory and Autism, Kanazawa, Japan

Smitha Reddy, Mohammad Shahidullah, Irwin B. Levitan. In Vivo Roles of Ion Channel Regulatory Protein Complexes in Neuronal Physiology and Behavior Structure, Function, and Modulation of Neuronal Voltage-gated Ion Channels Edited by Valentin K. Gribkoff and Leonard K. Kaczmarek; published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.,

1) James E.C. Jepson*, Mohammad Shahidullah*, Die Liu, Sylvan le Marchand, Sha Liu, Mark N  Wu, Matthew Dalva, Irwin Levitan, and Kyunghee Koh: Regulation of synaptic development and function by the Drosophila PDZ protein DYSCHRONIC

Development 141(23), 4548-57, 2014  [*First authorship shared]

2) Mohammad Shahidullah, Sylvain LeMarchand, Hong Fei, Jiaming Zhang, Udai Bhan Pandey, Matthew Dalva, Piera Pasinelli and Irwin B. Levitan: Defects in synapse structure and function precede motor neuron degeneration in Drosophila models of FUS-related ALS

Journal of Neuroscience  33(50), 19590-8, 2013

3) Amanda Crocker, Mohammad Shahidullah, Irwin B. Levitan and Amita Sehgal: Identification of a neural circuit that underlies the effects of octopamine on sleep:wake behaviour

Neuron Vol. 65(5): 670-81, 2010

4)  Mohammad Shahidullah, Smitha Reddy, Hong Fei and Irwin B. Levitan: In vivo role of a potassium channel-binding protein in regulating neuronal excitability

Journal of Neuroscience Vol. 29(42): 13328-3, 2009

5) Mohammad Shahidullah, Lindsey Ciali Santarelli, Hua Wen, and Irwin B. Levitan: Expression of a Calmodulin-binding KCNQ2 potassium channel fragment modulates neuronal M-current and membrane excitability

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci USA Vol. 102(45):16454-16459, 2005

6)  Mohammad Shahidullah, Thanawath Harris, Markus W. Germann and Manuel Covarrubias: Molecular Features of an Alcohol Binding Site in a Neuronal Potassium Channel.

Biochemistry Vol. 42, 11243-11252, 2003

7) Mohammad Shahidullah and Manuel Covarrubias: The link between ion permeation and inactivation gating of Kv4 Potassium channels.

Biophysical Journal; Vol. 84, No 2: 928-41, 2003

8) Mohammad Shahidullah, Naoto Hoshi, Shigeru Yokoyama and Haruhiro Higashida: Microheterogeneity in heteromultimeric assemblies formed by Shaker (Kv1) and Shaw (Kv3) subfamilies of voltage-gated K+ channels.

Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 261, 309-317; 1995

9) Mohammad Shahidullah, Naoto Hoshi, Shigeru Yokoyama, Tetsuro Kawamura, Haruhiro Higashida: Slow inactivation conserved in heteromultimeric voltage-dependent K+ channels between Shaker (Kv1) and Shaw(Kv3) subfamilies.

FEBS Lett. 371, 307-310; 1995