M.D.

UNC Chapel Hill 2005
Residency: Pediatric Medicine, UCSD; Pediatric Pulmonary Fellow, Victor Nizet lab, UCSD

Current position

Assistant Professor of Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine, UCSD

 

Publications from Peifer lab

• Rusan, N.M., Akong, K., and Peifer, M. (2008). Putting the model to the test: are APC proteins essential for neuronal polarity, axon outgrowthand axon targeting? Journal of Cell Biology 183, 203-212..
• Hayden, M.A., Akong, K., and Peifer, M. (2007). Novel roles for APC family members and Wingless/Wnt signaling during Drosophila brain development. Developmental Biology 305, 358-376.
• Akong, K., McCartney, B.M., and Peifer, M. (2002). Drosophila APC2 and APC1 have overlapping roles in the larval brain despite their distinct intracellular localizations. Developmental Biology 250, 71-90.
• Akong, K., Grevengoed, E.E., Price, M.H., McCartney, B.M., Hayden, M.A., DeNofrio, J.C., and Peifer, M. (2002). Drosophila APC2 and APC1 play overlapping roles in Wingless signaling in the embryo and imaginal discs. Developmental Biology 250, 91-100.
• Loureiro, J.J., Akong, K., Cayirlioglu, P., Baltus, A.E., DiAntonio, A., and Peifer, M. (2001) Activated Armadillo/ß-catenin does not play a general role in cell migration and process extension in Drosophila. Developmental Biology 235: 33-44.