Seok Heo

  • Position: Postdoctoral fellow

  • Hometown: Chuncheon, Republic of Korea

  • Research Project:

    1. Dynamics of AMPAR complexes during synaptic plasticity.

    2. Long-lived proteins for synaptic plasticity and long term memory maintenance.

  • Publications:

    1. Heo S, Spoerk S, Birner-Gruenberger R, Lubec G.  Gel-based mass spectrometric analysis of hippocampal transmembrane proteins using high resolution LTQ Orbitrap Velos Pro. Proteomics. 2014 Sep;14(17-18):2084-8. doi: 10.1002/pmic.201400077. Epub 2014 Aug 13.

    2. Subramaniyan S, Heo S, Patil S, Li L, Hoger H, Pollak A, Lubec G. A hippocampal nicotinic acetylcholine alpha 7-containing receptor complex is linked to memory retrieval in the multiple-T-maze in C57BL/6j mice. Behav Brain Res. 2014 May 15;270C:137-145. doi: 10.1016/j.bbr.2014.05.012. [Epub ahead of print]

    3. Dos Santos-Pinto JR, Lamprecht G, Chen WQ, Heo S, Hardy JG, Priewalder H, Scheibel TR, Palma MS, Lubec G.Structure and post-translational modifications of the web silk protein spidroin-1 from Nephila spiders. J Proteomics. 2014 Jan 13. pii: S1874-3919(14)00008-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jprot.2014.01.002. [Epub ahead of print]

    4. Kang SU*, Heo S§*, Lubec G. In-gel total protein quantification using a ninhydrin-based method. Amino Acids. 2013 Oct;45(4):1003-13. doi: 10.1007/s00726-013-1513-1.

    5. Heo S§, Yang JW, Huber ML, Planyavsky M, Bennett KL, Lubec G. Mass spectrometric characterization of recombinant rat 5-hydroxytryptamine receptor 1A (5-HT(1A) R) expressed in tsA201 human embryonic kidney cells. Proteomics. 2012 Sep 19. doi: 10.1002/pmic.201200183. [Epub ahead of print]

    6. Heo S§, Csaszar E, Jung G, Beuk T, Höger H, Lubec G. Hippocampal levels and activity of the sodium/potassium transporting ATPase subunit alpha-3 (AT1A3) are paralleling memory training in the multiple T-Maze in the C57BL/6J mouse.
      Neurochem. Intl. 2012 Jul 14. [Epub ahead of print].

    7. Heo S§, Jung G, Beuk T, Höger H, Lubec G. Hippocampal glutamate transporter 1 (GLT-1) complex levels are paralleling memory training in the Multiple T-Maze in C57BL/6J mice. Brain Struct Funct. 2012 Apr; 217(2): 363-78. [Epub 2011 Nov 24].

    8. Patil SS, Li K, Heo S, Höger H, Lubec G. Proteins linked to spatial memory formation of CD1 mice in the multiple T-maze. Hippocampus. 2012 May; 22(5): 1075-86. doi: 10.1002/hipo.20956. [Epub 2011 May 26].

    9. Kang SU, Heo S, Lubec G. Mass spectrometric analysis of GABAA receptor subtypes and phosphorylations from mouse hippocampus. Proteomics. 2011 Jun; 11(11): 2171-81. doi: 10.1002/pmic.201000374. [Epub 2011 May 2].

    10. Heo S§, Lubec G. Generation and characterization of a specific polyclonal antibody against the mouse serotonin receptor 1A: a state-of-the-art recommendation on how to characterize antibody specificity. Electrophoresis. 2010 Dec; 31(23-24): 3789-96.

    11. Nuwal T*, Heo S*, Lubec G, Buchner E. Mass spectrometric analysis of synapsins in Drosophila melanogaster and identification of novel phosphorylation sites.
      J Proteome Res. 2011 Feb 4; 10(2): 541-50. [Epub 2010 Nov 16].

    12. Heo S*, Patil SS*, Jung G, Höger H, Lubec G.A serotonin receptor 1A containing complex in hippocampus of PWD/PhJ mice is linked to training effects in the Barnes maze. Behav Brain Res. 2011 Jan 1;216(1):389-95. [Epub 2010 Aug 20].

    13. Heo S§, Kang SU, Oehler R, Pollak A, Lubec G. Mass spectrometrical analysis of the mitochondrial carrier Aralar1 from mouse hippocampus. Electrophoresis. 2010 Jun;31(11):1813-21.

    14. Hong S, Heo J, Lee S, Heo S, Kim SS, Lee YD, Kwon M, Hong S. Methyltransferase-inhibition interferes with neuronal differentiation of P19 embryonal carcinoma cells. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2008 Dec 19;377(3):935-40. [Epub 2008 Oct 26].