Profiles
Synphen Wu, Ph.D.
Fellow in Clerkship, Neuroscience and Physiology
BA English; BS Biology, Stanford University
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Faculty Mentor: Moses Chao, Ph.D.
Synphen recently defended her PhD, which has been focused on understanding the mechanisms of neurotrophin signaling in synaptic plasticity. When not in the lab, Synphen likes to be outdoors or exploring the city.
Thesis
Neurotrophin Signaling in Neuronal Plasticity: A Role for the Ankyrin Repeat-Rich Membrane Spanning (ARMS) Scaffold Protein
Research Interests
Neurotrophin signaling; Synaptic plasticity
Selected Publications
Wu SH, Arévalo JC, Sarti F, Tessarollo L, Gan WB, Chao MV. Ankyrin Repeat-rich Membrane Spanning/Kidins220 protein regulates dendritic branching and spine stability in vivo. Dev Neurobiol. 2009 Aug;69(9):547-57. Cited in Pubmed; PMID 19449316. doi: 10.1002/dneu.20723.
Arévalo JC, Wu SH. Neurotrophin signaling: many exciting surprises!. Cell Mol Life Sci. 2006 Jul;63(13):1523-37. Cited in Pubmed; PMID 16699811. doi: 10.1007/s00018-006-6010-1.
Ackert JM, Wu SH, Lee JC, Abrams J, Hu EH, Perlman I, Bloomfield SA. Light-induced changes in spike synchronization between coupled ON direction selective ganglion cells in the mammalian retina. J Neurosci. 2006 Apr 19;26(16):4206-15. Cited in Pubmed; PMID 16624941. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0496-06.2006.
