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PUBLICATIONS

2026

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16. Mandy Yu-Theng Lim#, Chermaine Tan#, Charannya Sozheesvari Subhramanyam#, Shi Jie Teo, Louis de Falco Jr, Samuel Kevin Pasaribu, Chong Hui Koh, Dheeraj Rayamajhi, Jieying Chi, Shengnan Li, Dave Wee, Sudipto Roy, Roland Huber and Sherry Shiying Aw (2026)

A programmable ribozyme for RNA signal transduction

Nature Communications doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-68175-5

#Equal contribution

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2025

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15. Chermaine Tan and Sherry Aw (2025)

From binary to synergy in precision mRNA therapeutics: Dual-microRNA-sensing mRNAs for modular logic control of protein expression

Molecular Therapy Nucleic Acids 36(3):102651 doi: 10.1016/j.omtn.2025.102651 (Commentary)

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14. Animesh Banerjee, Moumita Chatterjee#, Kah Junn Tan#, Shermaine Tay, Kaibo Duan, Anand Kumar Andiappan, Shanshan Wu Howland, Yoshinori Aso, Sherry Shiying Aw (2025)

GABAergic neuronal dysfunction underlies tremor in a Drosophila model of Spinocerebellar ataxia 3

Disease Models and Mechanisms doi: https://doi.org/10.1242/dmm.052329

#Equal contribution

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2024

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13. Simon A. Lowe, Abigail D. Wilson, Gabriel Aughey, Animesh Banerjee, Talya Goble, Nell Simon-Batsford, Angelina Sanderson, Patrick Kratschmer, Maryam Balogun, Hao Gao, Sherry S. Aw, James E.C. Jepson (2024)

Modulation of a critical period for motor development in Drosophila by BK potassium channels

Current Biology 34:1-18 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2024.06.069

 

2020


12. Animesh Banerjee, Shuang Wu, Cheng Li and Sherry Shiying Aw (2020)

Fully Automated Leg Tracking in Freely Moving Insects using Feature Learning Leg Segmentation and Tracking (FLLIT). 

Journal of Visualised Experiments (JoVE), e61012

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2019

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11. Shuang Wu, Kah Junn Tan, Lakshmi Narasimhan Govindarajan, James Charles Stewart, Lin Gu, Joses Wei Hao Ho, Malvika Katarya, Boon Hui Wong, Eng King Tan, Daiqin Li, Adam Claridge-Chang, Camilo Libedinsky, Li Cheng* and Sherry Shiying Aw*# (2019)

Fully automated leg tracking of Drosophila neurodegeneration models reveals distinct conserved movement signatures. 

PLOS Biology 17(6): e3000346; doi: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal/pbio.3000346

(Download FLLIT)

*Corresponding authors     #Lead contact

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Highlighted in: ASTAR Research: https://research.a-star.edu.sg/articles/highlights/a-leg-up-for-neuroscience/

Nature LabAnimal: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41684-019-0379-6                       

MRC BPoD:http://www.bpod.mrc.ac.uk/archive/2019/7/31

PATENTS

Samuel Kevin Pasaribu, Charannya Sozheesvari Subhramanyam, Chermaine Tan and Sherry Aw

Singapore Priority Patent Application No. 10202503600P (2025)

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Sherry Aw, Mandy Lim, Teo Shi Jie

Ribozymes (2023)

PCT patent - PCT/SG2023/050318

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Sherry Aw, Mandy Lim, Koh Chong Hui

A ribozyme comprising a target-binding domain (2020)

PCT patent - PCT/SG2020/050226

 

Sherry Aw, Melissa Tang, Teo Yin Nah, Stephen Cohen
A simple one-step real-time molecular sensor for microRNA detection (2017)
PCT patent - PCT/SG2017/050086

Sherry Aw, Wu Shuang, Cheng Li
An automated method for leg movement tracking in Drosophila (2017)

Singapore provisional patent #10201707833S

PUBLICATIONS (before 2017)

10. Aw, S. *#, Lim, KH, Tang, XM, Cohen, SM*. (2017)
A glio-protective role of mir-263a by tuning sensitivity to glutamate.
Cell Reports 19(9): 1783–93
*Corresponding authors     #Lead contact
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Highlighted in ASTAR Research:
https://research.a-star.edu.sg/articles/highlights/fine-tuning-excitation-for-survival/

9. Aw, S.*#, Tang, XM., Teo, YN*, Cohen, SM., (2016)
A conformation-induced fluorescence method for microRNA detection.
Nucleic Acids Research 44 (10): e92, doi: 10.1093/nar/gkw108
*Corresponding authors     #Lead contact

8. Sherry Aw and Stephen Cohen (2012)
Time is of the essence: microRNAs and age-associated neurodegeneration.
Cell Research 22(8):1218-20

7. Koe CT, Li S, Rossi F, Wong JJ, Wang Y, Zhang Z, Chen K, Aw SS, Richardson HE, Robson P, Sung WK, Yu F, Gonzalez C, Wang H. (2014)
The Brm-HDAC3-Erm repressor complex suppresses dedifferentiation in Drosophila type II neuroblast lineages.
Elife 2014 Mar 11;3:e01906. doi: 10.7554/eLife.01906.

6. Li S, Wang C, Sandanaraj E, Aw SS, Koe CT, Wong JJ, Yu F, Ang BT, Tang C, Wang H. (2014)
The SCFSlimb E3 ligase complex regulates asymmetric division to inhibit neuroblast overgrowth.
EMBO Reports 15(2):165-74

5. Pai, V.*, Aw, S.*, Shomrat, T., Lemire, J., Levin, M. (2012)
Transmembrane Voltage Potential Controls Embryonic Eye Patterning in Xenopus laevis.
Development 139(2):313-23
​* Equal contribution 

4. Aw, S., Koster, J., Pearson, W., Nichols, C. Shi, N.Q., Carneiro de Paula, K. and Levin, M. (2010) 
The ATP-sensitive K(+)-channel (K(ATP)) controls early left-right patterning in Xenopus and chick embryos.
Developmental Biology 1;346(1):39-53

3. Sherry Aw and Michael Levin (2009)
Is left-right asymmetry a form of planar cell polarity? 
Development 136:355-366

2. Sherry Aw and Michael Levin (2008)
What’s Left in Asymmetry?
​Developmental Dynamics 237: 3453-3463

1. Aw, S., Adams, D. S., Qiu, D., and Levin, M., (2008)
H,K-ATPase protein localization and Kir4.1 function reveal concordance of 3 axes during early determination of left-right asymmetry. 
Mechanisms of Development 125: 353-372

BOOK CHAPTERS

Aw S. and Levin M, (2009). Molecular mechanisms establishing consistent left–right asymmetry during vertebrate embryogenesis. The Sinister Right Hemisphere: Cerebral lateralization and its possible role in psychosis. Edited by Iris E. C. Sommer and René S. Khan.
Published by Cambridge University Press

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