Curriculum Vitae
SONGSONG CAO
Department of Neurobiology
Duke University Medical Center
Box 3209
Durham, NC, 27710
(205) 348-9993
Name: SONGSONG CAO
Status: Postdoctoral researcher
Department: Neurobiology
Education: Institution and location Degree Year Field of study
Duke University Postdoc 2006-present Neurobiology
University of Alabama, Ph.D. 2000-2006 Biology
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Nanjing University, China B.S. 1996-2000 Biochemistry
Professional
Experience: Research assistant, National Biochemical Engineering Laboratory, China, 1998
Research assistant, Institute of Metallurgical Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, 1999
Tutor for Biochemistry class BSC-439, at The Univeristy of Alabama, Fall, 2001.
Teaching assistant for Integrated Genetics class BSC-442, at The University of Alabama, Spring, 2002
Teacher for Introductory Biology class BSC-115, at The University of Alabama, Fall, 2002
Tutor for Genetics BSC 315 and Cell Biology BSC 300, at The University of Alabama, Spring, 2003
Presentations: 13Th International C. elegans Meeting, Los Angeles, 2001
41st American Society for Cell Biology Meeting, Washington, D.C., 2001
Midwest Worm Meeting, St. Louis, 2002
American Society for Cell Biology Meeting, San Francisco, 2002 (2 presentations)
Ubiquitin & Ubiquitin-like Modifications in Health & Disease Meeting, NIH, Bethesday, MD, 2003
14th International C. elegans Meeting, Los Angeles, 2003
Cell Biology of the Neuron, New Orleans, 2003
43rd American Society for Cell Biology Meeting, San Francisco, 2003 (3 presentations)
Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, San Diego, 2004
15th International C. elegans Meeting, Los Angeles, 2005
Gordon Research Conference on Stress Proteins in Growth, Development & Disease, Newport, RI, 2005
Guest
Lectures: Howard Hughes Medical Institute Undergraduate Research Interns Program class, March 2004
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Undergraduate Research Interns Program class, April 2005
Membership: American Society for Cell Biology
Society for Neuroscience
Publications: “Suppression of Polyglutamine-induced Aggregation in C. elegans by Torsin Proteins”. G. A. Caldwell, S. Cao, E. G. Sexton, C. C. Gelwix, J. P. Bevel and K. A. Caldwell. Human Molecular Genetics, February, 12 (3): 1-13, 2003.
“An animal model to discern torsin function: suppression of protein aggregation in C. elegans”. G. A. Caldwell, S. Cao, E. G. Sexton, C. C. Gelwix, J. P. Bevel and K. A. Caldwel. Adv Neurol. 94: 79-85, 2004
“Torsin-mediated protection from cellular stress in the dopaminergic neurons of C. elegans”. S. Cao, C. C. Gelwix, K. A. Caldwell, G. A. Caldwell. J Neurosci 25 (15): 3801-3812, 2005.
“Deletion of CHIP leads to caspase-3 activation and neuronal apoptosis associated with increase in non-ubiquitinated, soluble phosphor-tau species without neurofibrilllary tangles”. C. A. Dickey, D. Dickson, M. Yue, W-L Lin, J. Dunmore, G. West, C. Patterson, S. Cao, A. K. Clark, G. A. Caldwell, K. A. Caldwell, C. Eckman, M. Hutton, L. Petrucelli. J Neurosci 26 (26): 6985-6996, 2006.
“Alpha-synuclein blocks ER-Golgi traffic and Rab1 rescues neuron loss in Parkinson's models”. AA Cooper, AD Gitler, A Cashikar, CM Haynes, KJ Hill, B Bhullar, K Liu, K Xu, KE Strathearn, F Liu, S Cao, KA Caldwell, GA Caldwell, G Marsischky, RD Kolodner, J Labaer, JC Rochet, NM Bonini, S Lindquist. Science, 313 (5785): 324-328, 2006.
“A C. elegans-based drug screen for torsinA effectors: implications for therapeutic development toward human movement disorders” S. Cao, A. C. Clark, K. A. Caldwell, G. A. Caldwell (Manuscript in preparation)
Book
Chapters: “Use of C. elegans to model human movement disorders”. Guy A. Caldwell, Songsong Cao, Iyare Izevbaye, and Kim A. Caldwell. In Animal Models of Movement Disorders, LeDoux, M. (ed.) Elsevier: New York.
Published
Abstracts: ] “In Vivo Suppression of Protein Aggregation by a C. elegans Torsin Homologue”. G.A. Caldwell, E.G. Sexton, S. Cao, J.P. Bevel, K.A. Caldwell. Movement Disorders, Vol. 17, No. 5: 1123, 2002.
Patents
Pending: “Methods of using small molecules for preventing protein misfolding and aggregation” No. 60/738, 761, 2005.
“Methods of using small molecule compounds for neuroprotection” No. 60/749, 910, 2005.
GPA: 3.75
GRE: 2210
Honors: People’s Scholarship, 1996-1997, Nanjing University, China
People’s Scholarship, 1997-1998, Nanjing University, China
Graduate Council fellowship, 2000-2001, The University of Alabama
Graduate Council fellowship supplement, 2000-2002, The University of Alabama
2001 GSA Travel Award, The University of Alabama
2001 SGA Travel Award, The University of Alabama
2001 American Society for Cell Biology Predoctoral Travel Award
2002 Graduate Student Research and Travel Support Award, The University of Alabama
2002 SGA Travel Award, The University of Alabama
Graduate Council Research and Creative Activity Fellowship, 2003-2004, The University of Alabama
Joab L. Thomas Scholarship, 2004-2005, The University of Alabama
Recipient of Excellence in Research by a Doctoral student in College of Arts and Sciences at The University of Alabama, 2004-2005
Recipient of Excellence in Research by a Doctoral student of The University of Alabama, 2004-2005
References: Dr. Janis O’Donnell, , 205-348-9810
Dr. Perry Churchill, , 205-348-4097
Dr. Guy Caldwell, , 205-348-9926