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Cryo-EM structure of a neuronal functional amyloid implicated in memory persistence in Drosophila.

Hervas R, Rau MJ, Park Y, Zhang W, Murzin AG, Fitzpatrick JAJ, Scheres SHW, Si K. Science. 2020;367:1230-1234.

Antimicrobial peptides modulate long-term memory ​

Barajas-Azpeleta R, Wu J, Gill J, Welte R, Seidel C, McKinney S, Dissel S, Si K. PLoS Genet. 2018;14:e1007440. doi: 1007410.1001371/journal.pgen.1007440.

Immediate perception of a reward is distinct from the reward's long-term salience

McGinnis JP, Jiang H, Agha MA, Perez Sanchez C, Lange JJ, Yu Z, Marion-Poll F, Si K. eLife. 2016;5:e22283. doi: 22210.27554/eLife.22283.

Amyloid-like Assembly Activates a Phosphatase in the Developing Drosophila Embryo

Nil Z, Millan RH, Gerbich T, Leal P, Yu Z, Saraf A, Sardiu M, Lange JJ, Yi K, Unruh J, Slaughter B, Si K. Cell. 2019;178:1403-1420 e1421.

Regulated Intron Removal Integrates Motivational State and Experience

Gill J, Park Y, McGinnis JP, Perez-Sanchez C, Blanchette M, Si K. Cell. 2017;169:836-848.e815.

A Putative Biochemical Engram of Long-Term Memory

Li L, Sanchez CP, Slaughter BD, Zhao Y, Khan MR, Unruh JR, Rubinstein B, Si K. Curr Biol. 2016;26:3143-3156.