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Current Projects

Research Associate
Wesley Hung: Identification of SAD-1 Ser/Thr kinase substrate during synapse formation using biochemical approaches
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Post Doctoral Fellows
Taizo Kawano: Identification of active zone formation determinants with a genetic approach.
Magali Bouhours: Development of electrophysiology tools to study synapse function in C.elegans.

Graduate Students
Michelle Po: Identification of regulators of active zone component transport using genome-wide RNA interference screen.
Christine Hwang:  How does FSN-1 regulate synaptic development.
Calvin Mok:  A C. elegans model to study the biological functions of BBS genes.
John Calarco: Mechanisms for alternative RNA splicing in C. elegans. 
Lin Xie: Molecular mechanisms through which a NCA channel regulates neuronal excitability.


 

 

 

 

 

 


C. elegans


FSN-1::GFP

Fluorescent markers are developed  to illuminate neuronal structures


Synapse mutants are identified under high magnification