Cynthia L. Hughes

Molecular Neurobiology Laboratory
The Salk Institute
10010 N. Torrey Pines Rd.
La Jolla, CA 92037

 

 

  
EDUCATION AND RESEARCH:
 
Postdoctoral Fellow
2003 - present
John B. Thomas Lab
The Salk Institute, La Jolla CA
  
 
Ph.D. Student
1997 - 2002
Thomas C. Kaufman Lab
Indiana University, Bloomington IN
  
 
Research Technician
1995 - 1997

Thomas W. Cline Lab
University of California, Berkeley CA

  
 
Bachelor of Arts
1991 - 1995

Molecular and Cellular Biology
University of California, Berkeley CA

  
 
Research Apprentice
1994 - 1995
Roy L. Caldwell Lab
University of California, Berkeley CA
  
 
Research Intern  
summer 1994

Miles Inc. (now Bayer), Berkeley, CA

 
FUNDING AND HONORS:
  Helen Hay Whitney Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship
2003 - present
  
  Esther L. Kinsley Ph.D. Dissertation Award
2003
  
  Howard Hughes Medical Institute Predoctoral Fellowship
1997 - 2002
  
  National Science Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship
1997
  
  Indiana University Chancellor's Fellowship
1997 - 2000
  
  University of California, Berkeley Regent's Scholar
1991 - 1995
  
INVITED SEMINARS:

Comparative developmental biology in arthropods: understanding the evolution of morphology and behavior.

Stanford, University, CA

Feb 2004

Hox genes and the evolution of the arthropod body plan.

U.C. Riverside, CA

May 2003

Hox genes and arthropod evolution: from expression pattern to function.

Northeast Regional Meeting of the Society for Developmental Biology, Woods Hole, MA

April 2001

SEMINARS:
  Centipede segmentation and Hox genes: implications for arthropod evolution. Annual Drosophila Research Conference, San Diego, CA April 2002  
  Changing roles of Hox genes across the arthropods. Evolution of Developmental Diversity Conference, Cold Spring Harbor, NY April 2002  
PUBLICATIONS:
 

C. L. Hughes, P. Z. Liu, and T. C. Kaufman. (2004). Expression patterns of the rogue Hox genes Hox3/zen and fushi tarazu in the apterygote insect Thermobia domestica. Evolution and Development 6 (6): 393-401. [Pubmed] [PDF]

C. L. Hughes and T. C. Kaufman. (2002).  Review: Hox genes and the evolution of the arthropod body plan. Evolution and Development 4 (6): 459-499. [Pubmed] [PDF]

C. L. Hughes and T. C. Kaufman. (2002).  Exploring myriapod segmentation: the expression patterns of even-skipped , engrailed , and wingless in a centipede. Developmental Biology 247:47-61. [Pubmed] [PDF]

C. L. Hughes and T. C. Kaufman. (2002).  Exploring the myriapod body plan: expression patterns of the ten Hox genes in a centipede. Development 129: 1225-1238. [Pubmed] [PDF]

C. L. Hughes and T. C. Kaufman. (2000).   RNAi analysis of Deformed , proboscipedia , and Sex combs reduced in the milkweed bug Oncopeltus fasciatus : novel roles for Hox genes in the hemipteran head. Development 127: 3683-3694. [Pubmed] [PDF]

C. L. Hughes and T. C. Kaufman. (2000).   A diverse approach to arthropod development. Evolution & Development 2:1, 6-8. [Pubmed] [PDF]

  
SUMMER COURSES:
 

Neural Systems and Behavior, Woods Hole, MA, June - August 2002.

Developmental Neurobiology, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, June 2001.

Evolvability of Developmental Mechanisms, Friday Harbor, WA, August 2000.

 
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
 

Associate Instructor, undergraduate Genetics, Indiana University, Spring 2001.

REU Mentor (Research Experience for Undergraduates), Summer 2000.

Attended course "Alternative Approaches to Teaching College Biology" by Dr.Craig Nelson, Spring 2002.