Education History
| Undergraduate |
Hendrix College |
BA |
|---|---|---|
| Professional Other |
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center |
PhD |
| Postdoctoral Training |
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center |
Postdoctoral Associate |
| Postdoctoral Fellowship |
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Baylor College of Medicine |
Postdoctoral Fellow |
Selected Publications
Journal Article
- Losurdo NA, Bibo A, Bedke J, Link (2024). A novel adipose loss-of-function mutant in Drosophila. Fly, 18(1), 2352938.
- Link N, Harnish JM, Hull B, Gibson S, Dietze M, Mgbike UE, Medina-Balcazar S, Shah PS, Yamamoto (2024). A Zika virus protein expression screen in Drosophila to investigate targeted host pathways during development. Disease models & mechanisms, 17(2),
- Thomas AX, Link N, Robak LA, Demmler-Harrison G, Pao EC, Squire AE, Michels S, Cohen JS, Comi A, Prontera P, Verrotti di Pianella A, Di Cara G, Garavelli L, Caraffi SG, Fusco C, Zuntini R, Parks KC, Sherr EH, Hashem MO, Maddirevula S, Alkuraya FS, Contractar IAF, Neil JE, Walsh CA, Bellen HJ, Chao HT, Clark RD, Mirzaa G (2022). ANKLE2-related microcephaly: A variable microcephaly syndrome resembling Zika infection. Annals of clinical and translational neurology, 9(8), 1276-1288.
- Fini EH, Pahlavan F, Vega NO, Bibo A, Kaur H, Ghasemi H, Aldagari S, Hung A, Kannan L, Yazdani H, Zhai RG, Link N, Ackerman-Biegasiewicz LKG, Klein-Seetharaman (2024). Health impacts of asphalt emissions: Examining neurological risks and the need for long-term exposure mitigation. Journal of hazardous materials, 486, 136849.
- Thorpe HJ, Pedersen BS, Dietze M, Link N, Quinlan AR, Bonkowsky JL, Thomas A, Chow C (2025). Identification of CNTN2 as a genetic modifier of PIGA-CDG in a family with incomplete penetrance and in Drosophila. American journal of human genetics,
- Roy PR, Link (2025). Loss of Neuronal Imp Contributes to Seizure Behavior through Syndecan Function. eNeuro, 12(5),
- Ji L, Yan J, Losurdo NA, Wang H, Liu L, Li K, Liu Z, Guo Z, Xu J, Bibo A, Ren D, Yang K, Luo Y, Yang F, Wang G, Xiang Z, Wang Y, Zhan H, Pan H, Hu J, Zhong J, Abou Jamra R, Zacher P, Musante L, Faletra F, Costa P, Zanus C, Couque N, Ruaud L, Cueto-González AM, San Nicolas Fernández H, Tizzano E, Martínez Gil N, Liu X, Liao W, Abi Farraj L, Huang AY, Zhang L, Murali A, Schmuel E, Han CS, King K, Gu W, Wang P, Li K, Link N, He G, Bian S, Mao (2025). Mutations in spliceosomal gene SNW1 cause neurodevelopment disorders with microcephaly. The Journal of clinical investigation,
Review
- Fishburn AT, Florio CJ, Lopez NJ, Link NL, Shah P (2024). Molecular functions of ANKLE2 and its implications in human disease. Disease models & mechanisms, 17(4),
- Harnish JM, Link N, Yamamoto (2021). Drosophila as a Model for Infectious Diseases. International journal of molecular sciences, 22(5),
- Link N, Bellen H (2020). Using Drosophila to drive the diagnosis and understand the mechanisms of rare human diseases. Development (Cambridge, England), 147(21),