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Dr. Houhui Xia, University of Rochester Medical Center, "Reversible protein phosphorylation in synaptic dysfunction and Neurodevelopmental disorders"

Event Type
Seminar/Symposium
Sponsor
MIP Seminar Committee
Location
Charles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL
Date
Sep 21, 2023   11:00 am  
Speaker
Houhui Xia, M.Sc., Ph.D.
Contact
Julie Moore
E-Mail
jmoor@illinois.edu
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Originating Calendar
Molecular and Integrative Physiology (MIP) Department Seminar Series
"Reversible protein phosphorylation in synaptic dysfunction and Neurodevelopmental disorders"

Dr.Xia's research focus' on the signaling roles of protein phosphatase-1 (PP1), mainly focused on its inhibitors (inhibitor-1 and inhibitor-2 (I-2)) and targeting proteins (neurabin, spinophilin, HDAC family molecules and nuclear inhibitor of PP1 (NIPP1)), in synaptic transmission, plasticity, CREB mediated gene transcription and aforementioned brain functions. We used a variety of techniques, including confocal immuno-fluorescence, immuno-gold electron micrograph (EM), biochemistry (including IP, western blotting), viral mediated gene transfer (including lenti-virus mediated knocking down genes of interest and then replacing it with recombinant proteins---molecular replacement), FRET/BRET imaging, transgenic/knockout mice (I-2, NIPP1 and PP1), cellular electrophysiology and behavioral testing. We use primary hippocampal/cortical cultures, acute slices and knockout mice for our proposed studies. 

https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/labs/xia/research.aspx 


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