Selected papers:

• Lin CT, Ting RT, Ou YH, Shao TL and Lee, MC. (2024) Protein degradation of Lysine-specific demethylase 1 is mediated by Bre1 yet opposed by Lsd1-interacting lncRNAs during fly follicle development. iSCIENCE. 27(5). (Open access.)
• Shao TL, Ting RT and Lee MC, (2022) Identification of Lsd1-interacting non-coding RNAs as regulators of fly oogenesis.             Cell Reports. 40(9). (Open access.)
• Lee MC, Skora AD, Spradling AC. (2017) Identification of genes mediating Drosophila follicle progenitor differentiation by screening for modifiers of GAL4::UAS variegation. G3. 7(1):309-318. (Cover)
• Lee MC and Spradling AC. (2014) The progenitor state is maintained by lysine specific demethylase 1-mediated epigenetic plasticity during drosophila follicle cell development. Genes Dev. 28(24):2739-49. (Cover)
• Lee MC, Yasuda R, Ehlers MD. (2010) Metaplasticity at single glutamatergic synapses. Neuron. 66(6):859-70.
• Helton TD, Otsuka T, Lee MC, Mu Y, Ehlers MD. (2008) Pruning and loss of excitatory synapses by the parkin ubiquitin ligase. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 105(49):19492-7.
• Ehlers MD, Heine M, Groc L, Lee MC, Choquet D. (2007) Diffusional trapping of GluR1 AMPA receptors by input-specific synaptic activity. Neuron. 54(3):447-60.
• Wang X, Wu YC, Fadok VA, Lee MC, Gengyo-Ando K, Cheng LC, Ledwich D, Hsu PK, Chen JY, Chou BK, Henson P, Mitani S, Xue D. (2003), Cell corpse engulfment mediated by C. elegans phosphatidylserine receptor through CED-5 and CED-12. Science. 302, 1563-6. 
• Wu YC, Cheng TW, Lee MC and Weng NY, (2002), Distinct Rac activation pathways control Caenorhabditis elegans cell migration and axon outgrowth. Dev. Biol. 250, 145-155.
• Chou WH, Lee MC, and Yu HT (2002), Community structure of ground-dwelling vertebrates sampled with drift-fence pitfall traps in a subtropical montane forest in central Taiwan, Endemic species research 4, 1-11.

Invited talks and poster presentations:

    2024      Invited talk at 4th Taipei Epigenetics and Chromatin Meeting
    2024      Invited talk at Department of Life Sciences, National Taiwan Normal University
    2023      Poster presentation on 82nd Society of Developmental Biology Annual Meeting    
    2022      Invited talk at Department of Life Sciences, National Cheng Kung University
    2022      Invited talk on 2022 International Conference of Taiwan Society of Developmental Biology
    2018       Invited talk on 2018 International Conference of Taiwan Society of Developmental Biology
    2018       Poster presentation on 77th Society of Developmental Biology Annual Meeting
    2016       Plenary talk on the 57th Annual Drosophila Research Conference / The Allied Genetics Conference 2016
    2016       Invited talk at Center for Stem Cell Biology & Regenerative Medicine, University of Maryland, School of Medicine
    2016       Invited talk at Institute of Molecular Biology, Sinica, Taiwan
    2014       Poster presentation on HHMI Science Meeting 2014
    2014       Invited talk at Institute of Molecular Biology, Sinica, Taiwan
    2014       Invited talk at Life Science Department, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
    2013       Plenary talk on the 54th Annual Drosophila Research Conference
    2009      Poster presentation on Annual Neuroscience Conference
    2002      Poster presentation on Da-Qui Chei and Song-Yeng Fong Memorial Science Fair, Taiwan
    1999       Poster presentation on Da-Qui Chei and Song-Yeng Fong Memorial Science Fair, Taiwan