Friday Lecture Series
Extracellular and Intracellular Mechanisms of Synapse Patterning in C. elegans
Kang Shen, Ph.D., M.P.H., associate professor,
department of biological sciences, Stanford University
February 22, 2012
3:45 p.m.-5:00 p.m. (Refreshments, 3:15 p.m., Abby Lounge)
Caspary Auditorium
Recommended Readings
Allen, P. B., Sgro, A. E., Chao, D. L., Doepker, B. E., Edgar, J. S., Shen, K., & Chiu, D. T. (2008). Single-synapse ablation and long-term imaging in live C. elegans. Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 173(1), 20-26
Crane, M. M., Stirman, J. N., Ou, C. -., Kurshan, P. T., Rehg, J. M., Shen, K., & Lu, H. (2012). Autonomous screening of C. elegans identifies genes implicated in synaptogenesis. Nature Methods, 9(10), 977-980
Klassen, M. P., Wu, Y. E., Maeder, C. I., Nakae, I., Cueva, J. G., Lehrman, E. K., . . . Shen, K. (2010). An arf-like small G protein, ARL-8, promotes the axonal transport of presynaptic cargoes by suppressing vesicle aggregation. Neuron, 66(5), 710-723
Maeder, C. I., & Shen, K. (2011). Genetic dissection of synaptic specificity. Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 21(1), 93-99
Margeta, M. A., Wang, G. J., & Shen, K. (2009). Clathrin adaptor AP-1 complex excludes multiple postsynaptic receptors from axons in C. elegans. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 106(5), 1632-1637