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Liming Tan
Life Science
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Guangdong
Language: English, Chinese
Brain Development
Disease Mechanisms
Neuroscience
Brain Repair
Neurobiology
Molecular Biology
Cell Biology
Neural Circuits
Synaptic Specificity
Visual Cortex
Areas of Focus
- Regulatory mechanisms of brain development/diseases
- Repair of brain injuries
Work Experience
- 2022-12~Present - Chinese Academy of Sciences Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology - Researcher
- 2016-06~2022-11 - University of California, Los Angeles - Postdoctoral Researcher
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2010-08--2016-06 PhD: University of California, Los Angeles
- 2006-09--2010-06 Bachelor: Zhejiang University
Publications
- The Development of Receptive Field Tuning Properties in Mouse Binocular Primary Visual Cortex, First Author, 2022
- Vision-dependent specification of cell types and function in the developing cortex, Third Author, 2022
- Vision is required for the formation of binocular neurons prior to the classical critical period, First Author, 2021
- Vision Changes the Cellular Composition of Binocular Circuitry during the Critical Period, First Author, 2020
- Control of Synaptic Specificity by Establishing a Relative Preference for Synaptic Partners (vol 103, pg 865, 2019), Eleventh Author, 2020
- Stereotyped terminal axon branching of leg motor neurons mediated by IgSF proteins DIP-alpha and Dpr10, Fourth Author, 2019
- Transsynaptic interactions between IgSF proteins DIP-alpha and Dpr10 are required for motor neuron targeting specificity, Fifth Author, 2019
- Neuron sub-type specific expression, interaction affinities, and specificity determinants of DIP, Seventh Author, 2018
- Interactions between the Ig-Superfamily Proteins DIP-α and Dpr6/10 Regulate Assembly of Neural Circuits, Corresponding Author, 2018
- Rapid Changes in the Translatome during the Conversion of Growth Cones to Synaptic Terminals, Second Author, 2016
- Ig Superfamily Ligand and Receptor Pairs Expressed in Synaptic Partners in Drosophila, First Author, 2015
