The Drosophila NeuroLab of Nigel Atkinson Nigel Atkinson, Associate Professor nigela@mail.utexas.edu A mix of molecular biology, electrophysiology, genetics and behavior. Office 512-232-3404 Lab Phone: 512-471-1629 Fax: 512-471-9651 Mailing Addresses Protocols, Some plasmid maps Molecular Biology Cheatsheet Web Links Nigel's Pretentious Writing Tips Our software Recent literature for students & me to read Our Publications Some recent papers are marked below.

Wang et al 2007. Drug-Induced Epigenetic Changes Produce Drug Tolerance. PLoS Biol., 5:e265.

Atkinson et al. 2007. Regulación de un canal de K+ activado por Ca2+ tipo BK es la razón fundamental de la tolerancia de solventes organicos y etanol en el modelo de la Drosophila. Anuario de Investigación en Adicciones, 7:4–9.

Cowmeadow et al. 2006. Ethanol Tolerance Caused by slowpoke Induction in Drosophila.
Alcohol Clin Exp Res 30:745-753.

Yu, et al . 2006 Tissue-specific alternative splicing of BK channel transcripts in Drosophila.
Genes, Brain & Behavior. 5:329-339

Cowmeadow et al. 2005 The slowpoke Gene Is Necessary for Rapid Ethanol Tolerance in Drosophila.
Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 29:1777-86

Ghezzi et al. 2004. slo K+ channel gene regulation mediates rapid drug tolerance.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Vol 101: 17276-17281.
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