PhD, University of Auckland, New Zealand MSc, University of Auckland, New Zealand BSc, University of Auckland, New Zealand

Molecular, structural and cellular biology of transient receptor potential (TRP) ion channels (Mucolipin subfamily); Transmembrane proteins: TMEM163, TMEM176A, and TMEM176B; Zinc neurobiology and zinc transporters; Metallobiology of Alzheimer's disease

Cuajungco, M.P., Silva, J.*, Habibi, A.#, and Valadez, J.A.# (2016) The Mucolipin-2 (TRPML2) ion channel: a tissue-specific protein crucial to normal cell function. Pflügers Archiv – European Journal of Physiology, 468, 177-192. *Undergraduate student; #Graduate student Valadez, J.A.# and Cuajungco, M.P. (2015) PAX5 is the transcriptional activator of the Mucolipin-2 (MCOLN2) gene. Gene, 555, 194-202. *Undergraduate student; #Graduate student Cuajungco, M.P., Basilio, L.C.*, Silva, J.*, Hart, T., Tringali, J., Chen, C.C., Biel, M. and Grimm, C. (2014) Cellular zinc levels are modulated by TRPML1-TMEM163 interaction. Traffic, 5, 1247-1265. *Undergraduate student Cuajungco, M.P., Podevin, W.#, Valluri, V.K.*, Bui, Q.*, Nguyen, V.H.*, and Taylor, K.* (2012) Abnormal accumulation of human transmembrane (TMEM)-176A and 176B proteins is associated with cancer pathology. Acta Histochemica, 114, 705-712. *Undergraduate student; #Graduate student Eichelsdoerfer, J.L.*, Evans, J.A.*, Slaugenhaupt, S.A., and Cuajungco, M.P. (2010) Zinc dyshomeostasis is linked with the loss of Mucolipidosis IV-associated TRPML1 ion channel. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 285, 34304-34308. *Undergraduate student Samie, M.A.#, Grimm, C., Evans, J.A.*, Curcio-Morelli, C., Heller, S., Slaugenhaupt, S.A., and Cuajungco, M.P. (2009) The tissue-specific expression of TRPML2 (MCOLN2) gene is influenced by the presence of TRPML1. Pflügers Archiv – European Journal of Physiology, 459, 79-91. *Undergraduate student; #Graduate student