We are extremely pleased to announce the addition of Annette Parks to the scientific staff of the Bloomington Drosophila Stock Center. Annette brings extensive Drosophila research experience to her work with the BDSC (a list of selected publications appears below) and a strong record of community service. In addition to participating in all aspects of the BDSC routine, Annette will lead an effort to organize a collection of stocks used for modeling human disease in Drosophila. Contact information for Annette is available on the Contact Information and Center Staff page of the BDSC website.

Selected Publications of A.L. Parks
Shalaby et al. 2009. A Screen for Modifiers of Notch Signaling Uncovers Amun, a Protein With a Critical Role in Sensory Organ Development.
Genetics 182: 1061-1076.

Parks, Shalaby and Muskavitch. 2008. Notch and Suppressor of Hairless control levels but not patterns of Delta expression in Drosophila.
genesis 46:265-275.

Parks and Curtis. 2007. Presenilin diversifies its portfolio.
Trends in Genetics 23:140.

Parks et al. 2006. Structure-function analysis of Delta trafficking, receptor binding, and signaling in Drosophila.
Genetics 174:1947-1961.

Mahoney et al. 2006. Presenilin-based genetic screens in Drosophila melanogaster identify novel Notch pathway modifiers.
Genetics 172: 2309-2324.

Edgar et al. 2005. Synthetic lethality of retinoblastoma mutant cells in the Drosophila eye by mutation of a novel peptidyl prolyl isomerase gene.
Genetics 170:161-171.

Parks et al. 2004. Systematic generation of high-resolution deletion coverage of the Drosophila melanogaster genome.
Nature Genetics 36: 288-292.

Francis et al. 2002. aph-1 and pen-2 are required for Notch pathway signaling, -secretase cleavage of APP, and Presenilin protein accumulation.
Developmental Cell 3:85-97.

Parks et al. 2000. Ligand endocytosis drives receptor dissociation and activation in the Notch pathway.
Development 127:1373-1385.