Curriculum Vitae



Curriculum Vita of Mu-ming Poo

BIRTHDATE: October 31, 1948 BIRTH PLACE: Nanjing, China

CITIZENSHIP: U.S. (naturalized)

EDUCATION: B.S. (physics), Tsinghua University, Taiwan (1970)

Ph.D. (biophysics), Johns Hopkins University (1974)

POSITIONS:

1974 - 1976: Postdoctoral Fellow, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, and Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University.

1976 - 1979: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Physiology and Biophysics, Univ. Calif. at Irvine.

1979 - 1983: Associate Professor, Dept. of Physiology and Biophysics, Univ. Calif. at Irvine.

1983 - 1985: Professor, Dept. of Physiology and Biophysics, Univ. Calif. at Irvine.

1985 - 1988: Research Professor, Section of Molecular Neurobiology, Yale Univ. School of Medicine

1988 - 1995: Professor, Dept. of Biological Sciences, Columbia University.

1996 - 2000: Stephen W. Kuffler Professor in Neurobiology, Dept. of Biology, Univ. Calif. San Diego.

1999 - : Director, Institute of Neuroscience, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai

2000 - 2005: Professor of Neurobiology, Class of 1933 Chair in Biological Sciences, U.C. Berkeley

2002 - 2007: Head, Division of Neurobiology, Dept. of Molecular and Cell Biology, U.C. Berkeley

2005 - : Paul Licht Distinguished Professor in Biology, U. C. Berkeley

HONORS and AWARDs:

Javitz Neuroscience Investigator Award of NIH (98).

Academician, Academia Sinica. Taiwan (00).

Fellow, American Association for Advancement of Science (01).

Ameritec Prize (01).

Ray Wu Society Award (02).

Docteur Honoris Causa, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris (03).

Peoples Republic of China International Science & Technology Cooperation Award (05).

Member, National Academy of Sciences U.S. (09)

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES and Services:

Developmental Neuroscience Panel, National Science Foundation (85-88).

Cell Biology and Physiology Study Section, National Institutes of Health (89–93)

Ad Hoc member, NIH study sections

Member, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Preparatory Committee (89-91)

Long-term Fellowship Review Board, Human Frontier Science Program (97-99)

Brain Research Center, University System of Taiwan (since 02)

Peter Gruber Foundation Neuroscience Prize Committee (04-05)

Neuroscience School Board of International Brain Research Organization (01-07)

Executive committee, Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute (01-09)

Scientific Advisory Board, Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica (02-). Chair (08-)

Scientific Advisory Board, Brain Science Institute, RIKEN, Tokyo (03-).

Advisory Council, National Yang Ming University (04-)

Advisory Council, National Tsinghua University, Taiwan (05-).

Scientific Advisory Board, Friedrich Miescher Institute, Switzerland (06-).

Scientific Advisory Board, Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica (07-).

Scientific Advisory Board, Cold Spring Harbor Conferences, Asia (08-)

Ralph Gerald Neuroscience Award Committee (08-)

Scientific Advisory Board, National Center for Biological Sciences, Bangalore, India (07-09).

Scientific Advisory Board, Biotherapeutics & Bioinnovation Center, Pfizer (08-09)

Editorial Board, Journal of Cell Biology (94-01)

Editorial Board, Neuron (99-)

Editorial Board, Journal of Neuroscience (99-04)

Editorial Board, Journal of Biomedical Sciences (94-99)

Editorial Board, NeuroSignals (01-).

Editor, Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications (03-09).

Editorial Board, Current Opinions in Neurobiology (04-).

Editorial Board, Network (05-).

Editorial Board, Progress in Neurobiology (05-).

Editorial Board, Experimental Neurology (06-).

Editorial Board, Neural Development (06-).

Editorial Board, International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Pathology (since 07).

Editorial Board, Journal of Physiology (07-)

Editor, Developmental Neurobiology (08-).

PUBLICATIONS:

1. Poo, M-m. and R.A. Cone. Lateral diffusion of rhodopsin in Necturus rod. Exp. Eye Res. 17:503-514 (1973).

2. Poo, M-m. and R.A. Cone. Lateral diffusion of rhodopsin in the photoreceptor membrane. Nature 247:438-441 (1974).

Nuccitelli, R., Poo, M-m. and L.F. Jaffe. Relations between ameboid movement and membrane-controlled electrical currents. J. Gen. Physiol. 69:743-763 (1977).

Hudspeth, A.J., Poo, M-m. and A.J. Stuart. Passive signal propagation and membrane properties in medial photoreceptors of the giant barnacle. J. Physiol. (Lond.) 272:25-43 (1977).

Poo, M-m. and K.R. Robinson. Electrophoresis of concanavalin A receptors in the membrane of embryonic muscle cells. Nature 265:602-605 (1977).

6. Poo, M-m., Poo, W-j.H. and J.W. Lam. Lateral electrophoresis and diffusion of Concanavalin A receptors in the membrane of embryonic muscle cells. J. Cell Biol. 76:483-501 (1978).

7. Orida, N.K. and M-m. Poo. Electrophoretic movement and localization of acetylcholine receptors in the embryonic muscle cell membrane. Nature 275: 31-35 (1978).

8. Poo, M-m., Lam, J.W., Orida, N.K. and A.W. Chao. Electrophoresis and diffusion in the plane of cell membrane. Biophys. J. 26:1-22 (1979).

9. Jaffe, L.F. and M-m. Poo. Neurites grow faster towards the cathode than the anode in a steady field. J. Exp. Zool. 209:115-127 (1979).

10. Poo, M-m. Molecular movement of cell surface receptors. Biorheology 16: 309-315 (1979).

11. Orida, N.K. and M-m. Poo. On the developmental regulation of acetylcholine receptor mobility in the Xenopus embryonic muscle membrane. Exp. Cell Res. 130:281-290 (1980).

12. McLaughlin, S. and M-m. Poo. The role of electro-osmosis in the electric field-induced movement of charged macromolecules on the cell surface. Biophys. J. 34:85-93 (1981).

13. Orida, N. and M-m. Poo. Maintenance and dissolution of acetylcholine receptor clusters in the embryonic muscle cell membrane. Dev. Brain Res. 1:293-298 (1981).

14. Chao, N-m., Young, S.H. and M-m. Poo. Localization of cell membrane components by surface diffusion into a "trap". Biophys. J. 36:139-153 (1981).

Poo, M-m. In situ electrophoresis of membrane components. Ann. Rev. Biophys. Bioeng. 10:245-276 (1981).

16. Patel, N. and M-m. Poo. Orientation of neurite growth by extracellular electric field. J. Neurosci. 2:483-496 (1982).

17. Poo, M-m. Rapid lateral diffusion of functional acetylcholine receptors in embryonic muscle membrane. Nature 295:332-334 (1982).

18. Chow, I. and M-m. Poo. Redistribution of cell surface receptors induced by cell-cell contact. J. Cell Biol. 95:510-518 (1982).

19. Fraser, S.E. and M-m. Poo. Development, maintenance, and modulation of patterned membrane topography. Models based on acetylcholine receptors. Curr. Top. Dev. Biol. 17:77-100 (1982).

20. Young, S.H. and M-m. Poo. Rapid lateral diffusion of extra-junctional acetylcholine receptors in Xenopus tadpole myotomes. J. Neurosci. 3:225-231 (1983).

21. Young, S.H. and M-m. Poo. Topographic rearrangement of ACh receptors alters channel kinetics. Nature 304:161-163 (1983).

22. Wu, C-f., Suzuki, N. and M-m. Poo. Dissociated neurons from normal and mutant Drosophila larval CNS in cell culture. J. Neurosci. 3:1888-1899 (1983).

23. Young, S.H. and M-m. Poo. Spontaneous release of transmitter from growth cone of embryonic neuron. Nature 305:634-637 (1983).

24. Chow, I. and M-m. Poo. Formation of electrical coupling between embryonic Xenopus muscle cells in culture. J. Physiol. (Lond.) 346:181-194 (1984).

25. McCloskey, M. and M-m. Poo. Protein diffusion in cell membranes: Some biological implications. Int. Rev. Cytol. 87:19-81 (1984).

26. Lin-Liu, S., Adey, W.R. and M-m. Poo. Migration of cell surface concanavalin A receptors in pulsed electric fields. Biophys. J. 45:1121-1218 (1984).

27. McCloskey, M., Liu. Z. and M-m. Poo. Lateral electromigration and diffusion of Fc receptors on rat basophilic leukemia cells: Effects of IgE binding. J. Cell Biol. 99:778-787 (1984).

28. Young, S., McCloskey, M. and M-m. Poo. Migration of cell surface receptors induced by extracellular electric fields: Theory and applications. The Receptors Vol. 1, M.Conn ed., pp. 511-539. Academic Press, Inc. (1984).

29. Patel, N.B. and M-m. Poo. Perturbation of the direction of neurite growth by pulsed and focal electric fields. J. Neurosci. 4:2939-2947 (1984).

Patel, N.B., Xie Z-p., Young, S. and M-m. Poo. Response of nerve growth cone to focal electric currents. J. Neurosci. Res. 13:245-256 (1985).

31. Poo, M-m. Mobility and localization of proteins in excitable membranes. Ann. Rev. Neurosci. 8:368-406 (1985).

32. Sun, Y-a. and M-m. Poo. Non-quantal release of acetylcholine at a developing neuromuscular synapse in culture. J. Neurosci. 5:634-642 (1985).

33. Chow, I. and M-m. Poo. Release of acetylcholine from embryonic neurons upon contact with muscle cell. J. Neurosci. 5:1076-1082 (1985).

34. Poo, M-m., Sun, I-a. and Young, S. Three types of transmitter release from embryonic neurons in culture. J. Physiol. (Paris) 80: 283-298 (1985).

35. McCloskey, M. and M-m. Poo. Rates of membrane-associated reactions: Reduction of dimensionality revisited. J. Cell Biol. 102:88-96 (1985).

36. Peng, H.B. and M-m. Poo. Formation and dispersal of acetylcholine receptor clusters in muscle membranes. Trends in Neurosci. 9:125-129 (1986).

37. McCloskey, M. and M-m. Poo. Contact-induced redistribution of specific membrane components: Local accumulation and development of adhesion. J. Cell Biol. 102:2185-2196 (1986).

38. Xie, Z-p. and M-m. Poo. Initial events in the formation of neuromuscular synapse: Rapid induction of acetylcholine release. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 83:7069-7073 (1986).

39. Sun, Y-a. and M-m. Poo. Evoked release of transmitter from growing embryonic neuron. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 84:2540-2544 (1987).

40. Torney, D., Warnock T. McCloskey, M. Dembo M., and M-m. Poo. Rate theories for chemical reactions taking place in two dimensions. Comments Mol. Cell. Biophys. 4:281-303 (1987).

41. Poo, M-m. Transmitter release and synaptogenesis. In Peripheral Nerve Regeneration, ed. T Gordon and G. Vrbova, Alan R. Liss, Inc. p.203-212 (1987).

42. Sanes, D., and M-m. Poo. Early events in nerve-muscle interaction. Ciba Foundation Symposium Publication, p. 116-130. John Wiley & Sons (1988).

43. Poo, M-m. and Buchanan, J. Transmitter release and nerve-muscle interaction during the early phase of synaptogenesis. In Neuromuscular Junction, Sellin, L.C., Sibelius R. and Thesleff, S. Ed. p. 541-550. Elsevier Publishers (1988).

44. Sanes, D, and Poo, M-m. In vitro analysis of position- and lineage-dependent selectivity in the formation of nerve-muscle synapses. Neuron 2:1237-1244 (1989).

45. Buchanan, J., Sun, Y-a., and Poo, M-m. Studies of nerve-muscle interactions in Xenopus cell culture: Morphology of early functional contacts. J. Neurosci. 9:1540-1554 (1989).

46. Evers, J., Laser, M., Sun, Y-a., Xie, Z-p., and Poo, M-m. Studies of nerve-muscle interactions in Xenopus cell culture: Analysis of early synaptic currents. J. Neurosci. 9:1523-1539 (1989).

47. Poo, M-m. and Brown, A. Physical and chemical interactons during the early phase of synaptogenesis. In “Assembly of Nervous Systems”, ed. L. Landmesser, Alan Liss, N.Y. p.199-212 (1989).

48. Hartman, D.S., Poo, M-m., Green, W.N., Ross, A.F. and Claudio, T. Synaptic contact between embryonic neurons and ACh receptor fibroblasts. J. Physiol. (Paris) 84:42-49 (1990).

49. Poo, M-m. and Young, S.H. Diffusional redistribution and electrokinetic accumulation: Physicochemical mechanisms for synaptic competition. J. Neurobiol. 21:157-162 (1990).

50. Tabti, N. and Poo, M-m. Spontaneous secretion of transmitter at developing neuromuscular syapse. In Nobel Symposium on Neuromuscular Junctions, Elsevier, Amsterdam (1990).

51. Poo, M-m. and Quillan, M. Transmitter secretion and growth cone orientation. In Nerve Growth Cone, Ed. S. Kater, P. Letourneau, and E. Macagno. Plenum Press, NY. P.231-236 (1991).

52. Fu, W. and Poo, M-m. ATP potentiates spontaneous transmitter release at developing neuromuscular synapses. Neuron 6:837-843 (1991).

53. Lo, Y., Wang, T. and Poo, M-m. Potentiation of spontaneous ACh release by repetitive presynaptic activity. J. Physiol. (Paris) 85:71-78 (1991).

54. Tabti, N. and Poo, M-m. Culturing Xenopus nerve and muscle cells. In Culturing Nerve Cells, Ed. G. Banker, and T. Goslin, MIT press (1991).

55. Lo, Y. and Poo, M-m. Activity-dependent synaptic competition in vitro: Heterosynaptic suppression of developing synapses. Science 254:1019-1022 (1991).

56. Popov, S. and Poo, M-m. Diffusion of macromolecules in developing nerve processes. J. Neurosci. 12:77-85 (1992).

57. Lu, B., Greengard, P., and Poo, M-m. Synapsin-I promotes maturation of quantal synaptic transmission. Neuron 8:521-529 (1992).

58. Lohof, A., Quillan, M., Dan, Y., and Poo, M-m. (1992) Asymmetric modulation of cytosolic cAMP induces growth cone turning. J. Neurosci. 12:1253-1261.

59. Girod, R., Eder-Colli, L, Mcdilanski, Dunant, Y., Tabti, N. and Poo, M-m. (1992) Pulsatile release of acetylcholine by isolated nerve terminals (synaptosomes). J. Physiol. 450: 325-340.

60. Dan, Y. and Poo, M. (1992) Hebbian depression of isolated neuromuscular synapses in vitro. Science 256: 1570-1573.

61. Alder, J., Lu, B., Valtorta, F., Greengard, P., and Poo, M-m. (1992) Transmitter secretion reconstituted in Xenopus oocytes: Requirement for synaptophysin. Science 257: 657-661.

62. Dan, Y. and Poo, M-m. (1992) Quantal transmitter secretion from myocytes loaded with acetylcholine. Nature 359: 733-737.

63. Alder, J., Xie, Z, Valtorta, F., Greengard, P. and Poo, M-m. Antibody to synaptophysin interferes with transmitter release at developing neuromuscular synapse. Neuron 9: 759-768 (1992).

64. Brown, A. and Poo, M-m. Microsuction assay of cell-cell adhesion in culture. In "Practical Electrophysiological Methods", p. 349-353, John Wiley & Sons, Inc (1992).

65. Young, S. and Poo, M-m. Measurement of transmitter release: moving patch method. In "Practical Electrophysiological Methods", p. 354-357. John Wiley & Sons (1992).

66. Harish, O.E. and Poo, M-m. Retrograde modulation of transmitter secretion at developing synapses: Involvement of G proteins and arachidonic acid cascade. Neuron 9: 1201-1209 (1992).

67. Popov, S. Brown, A. and Poo, M-m. Forward plasma membrane flow in growing nerve processes. Science 259: 244-246 (1993).

68. Lu, B., Fu, W-m., Greengard, P., and Poo, M-m. CGRP potentiates synaptic responses at developing neuromuscular junction. Nature 363: 76-79 (1993).

69. Lohof, A., Ip, N. and Poo, M-m. Potentiation of developing neuromuscular synapses by the neurotrophins NT-3 and BDNF. Nature 363: 350-353 (1993).

70. Alder, J. and Poo, M-m. Reconstitution of transmitter secretion mechanisms. Curr. Opin. Neurobiol. 3: 322-328 (1993).

71. Popov, S. and Poo, M-m. Synaptotagmin: A calcium-sensitive inhibitor of exocytosis? Cell 73: 1247-1249 (1993).

72. Shaeffer, E., Alder, J., Greengard, P., and Poo, M-m. Synapsin IIa accelerates functional development of neuromuscular synapses. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 91: 3882-3886 (1994).

73. Tabti, N. and Poo, M-m. Spontaneous synaptic activity at developing neuromuscular junctions. Prog. Brain Res. 84: 63-72 (1994).

74. Tabti, N. and Poo, M-m. Study of the induction of spontaneous transmitter release at early nerve-muscle contacts in Xenopus cultures. Neurosci. Lett. 173: 21-26 (1994).

75. Dan, Y. and Poo, M-m. Ca2+-dependent postsynaptic exocytosis: a mechanism for activity-dependent synaptic modulation. J. Neurobiol. 25: 336-344 (1994).

76. Dan, Y. and Poo, M-m. Retrograde interaction during formation and elimination of neuromuscular synapses. Curr. Opin. Neurobiol. 4: 95-100 (1994).

77. Zheng, J., Felder, M., Connor, J., and Poo, M-m. Turning of nerve growth cones induced by neurotransmitters. Nature 368: 140-144 (1994).

78. Lo, Y., and Poo, M-m. Heterosynaptic Suppression of developing neuromuscular synapses in culture. J. Neurosci. 14: 4684-4693 (1994).

79. Lo, Y., Lin, Y-c., Sanes, D. and Poo, M-m. Depression of developing neuromuscular synapses induced by repetitive postsynaptic depolarizations. J. Neurosci. 14: 4694-4704 (1994).

80. Popov, S., Girod, R., and Poo M-m. Neurotransmitter release from non-neuronal cells. Seminers in Neurosci. 6: 187-194 (1994).

81. Dan, Y., Song, H-j., and Poo, M-m. Evoked secretion of false transmitters. Neuron 13: 909-17 (1994).

82. Zheng, J., Zheng, Z., and Poo, M-m. Long-range signaling in growing neurons after local elevation of cAMP activity. J. Cell Biol. 127: 1693-1701 (1994).

83. Alder, J., Kanki, H., Valtorta, F., Greengard, P., and Poo, M-m. Overexpression of synaptophysin enhanced spontaneous and evoked transmitter secretion. J. Neurosci. 15: 511-519 (1995).

84. Stoop, R., and Poo, M-m. Potentiation of transmitter release by ciliary neurotrophic factor requires somatic signaling. Science 267: 695-699 (1995).

85. Girod, R., Popov, S., Alder, J., , Lohof, A. and Poo, M-m. Quantal transmitter release from myocytes and fibroblasts: comparison with neuronal secretion. J. Neurosci. 15: 2826-38 (1995).

86. Dan, D., Lo, Y. and Poo, M-m. Plasticity of developing neuromuscular synapses. Prog. Brain Res. 105: 211-5 (1995).

87. Cash, S. and Poo, M-m. Presynaptic differentiation and retrograde signaling during the early phase of synaptogenesis. Seminars in Dev. Biol. 6: 185-193 (1995).

88. Valtorta, F., Numa, L., Benfenati F., Lu, B., Poo, M-m. and Greengard, P. Accelerated structural maturation induced by synapsin I at developing neuromuscular synapses of Xenopus laevis. Eur. J. Neurosci. 7: 261-270 (1995).

89. Morimoto, T., Popov, S., Buckley, K., and Poo, M-m. Calcium-dependent quantal transmitter release from fibroblasts: Modulation by synaptotagmin. Neuron 15: 689-696 (1995).

90. Zheng, J., Wan, J., and Poo, M-m. Filopodia are essential for chemotactic turning of nerve growth cones. J. Neurosci. 16: 1140-1149 (1996).

91. Winckler, B. and Poo, M-m. No diffusion barrier at the axonal hillock. Nature. 379: 213 (1996).

92. Wang, X., Zheng, J.Q. and Poo, M-m. Cytochalasin B modulate short-term synaptic plasticity at developing neuromuscular junction. J. Physiol. 491: 187-195 (1996).

93. Cash, S., Dan, Y. Poo, M-m. and Zucker, R. Depression of developing neuromuscular synapses by postsynaptic elevation of calcium. Neuron 16: 745-754 (1996).

94. Cash, S., Zucker, R. and Poo, M-m. Spread of synaptic depression by presynaptic cytosolic signaling. Science 272: 998-1001 (1996).

95. Stoop, R. and Poo M-m. Synaptic potentiation by neurotrophic factors: differential and synergistic actions of BDNF and CNTF. J. Neurosci. 16: 3256-3264 (1996).

96. Stoop, R. and Poo, M-m. Synaptic modulation by neurotrophic factors. Prog. Brain Res. 109: 359-364 (1996).

97. Poo, M-m. Dan Y., Song, H-j., Morimoto, T. and Popov, S. Calcium-dependent vesicular exocytosis: from constitutive to regulated secretion. Cold Spr. Har. Symp. Quant. Biol. V. 60: 349-359 (1996).

98. Berlinger, B. and Poo, M-m. Fast actions of neurotrophic factors. Curr. Opin. Neurobiol. 6: 324-330 (1996).

99. Lu, B., Czernik, A.J., Popov, S., Wang, T., Poo, M-m. and Greengard, P. Expression of synapsin I correlates with maturation of the neuromuscular synapse. Neurosci. 74: 1087-1097 (1996).

100. Song, H-j. Ming, G-l., Fon, E., Bellocchio, E., Edwards, R. and Poo, M-m. Expression of a putative vesicular acetylcholine transporter facilitates quantal transmitter packaging. Neuron 18: 815-826 (1997).

101. Lowen, S.B., Cash, S., M-m. Poo, and Teich M.C. Quantal neurotransmitter secretion rate exhibits fractal behavior. J. Neurosci. 17: 5666-5677 (1997).

102. Song, H-j. Ming, G-l., and Poo M-m. A cAMP-induced switching of turning direction of nerve growth cones. Nature 388: 275-279 (1997).

103. Fitzsimonds, R., Song, H-j. and Poo, M-m. Propagation of activity-dependent synaptic depression in small neural networks. Nature 388: 439-448 (1997).

104. Wang, X-h. and M-m. Poo Synaptic potentiation by postsynaptic secretion of neurotrophin-4. Neuron, 19: 825-835 (1997).

105. Morimoto, T., Wang, X-h. and Poo M-m. Overexpression of synaptotagmin modulates short-term synaptic plasticity. Neurosci. 82: 969-978 (1997).

106. de la Torre, J., Hopker, V.H., Ming, G-l., Poo, M-m., Tessier-Lavigne, M., Hemmati-Brivanlou, A., and Holt, C.E. Turning of retinal growth cones in a netrin-1 gradient mediated by the netrin receptor DCC. Neuron 19, 1221-1224 (1997).

107. Ming, G-l., Song, H-j. Berninger, B., C. Holt, M. Tessier-Lagvine, and Poo, M-m. cAMP-dependent growth cone guidance by netrin-1. Neuron 19, 1225-1235 (1997).

108. Fitzsimonds, R. and Poo M-m. Retrograde signaling in the development and modification of synapses. Physiol. Rev. 78: 143-170 (1998).

109. Sternfeld, M, Ming, G., Song, H., Sela, K., Timberg, R., Poo, M-m., and Soreq, H. Acetylcholinesterase enhances neurite growth and synapse development through alternative contributions of its hydrolytic capacity, core protein, and variable C termini. J. Neurosci. 18: 1240-1249 (1998).

110. Wang, X-h., Berninger, B., and Poo, M-m. Localized synaptic actions of neurotrophin-4. J. Neurosci. 18: 4985-4992 (1998).

111. Zhang, L., Tao, H-z., Holt, C., Harris, W., and Poo, M-m. A critical window in the cooperation and competition among developing retinotectal synapses. Nature 395: 37-44 (1998).

112. Song, H-j., Ming, G-l., He, Z, Lehmann, M., McKerracher, L., Tessier-Lagvine, M., and Poo, M-m. Conversion of neuronal growth cone responses from repulsion to attraction by cyclic nucleotides. Science 281: 1515-1518 (1998).

113. Bi, Q. and Poo, M-m. Synaptic modifications in cultured hippocampal neurons: dependence on spike timing, synaptic strength, and postsynaptic cell type. J. Neurosci. 18: 10464-10472 (1998).

114. Boulanger, L. and Poo, M-m. Presynaptic depolarization facilitates neurotrophin-induced synaptic potentiation. Nat. Neurosci. 2: 346-351 (1999).

115. Boulanger, L. and Poo, M-m. Gating of BDNF-induced synaptic potentiation by cAMP. Science 284:1982-1984 (1999).

116. Song, H. and Poo, M-m. Growth cone guidance by diffusible factors. Cur. Opin. Neurobiol. 9: 355-363 (1999).

117. Ming, G., Song, H., Berninger, B., Inagaki, N., Tessier-Lavigne, M., and Poo, M-m. Phospholipase C-r and phosphoinositide 3-kinase mediate cytoplasmic signaling in axon guidance. Neuron, 23: 139-148 (1999).

118. Hong, K., Hinck, L., Nishiyama, M., Poo, M-m., Tessier-Lavinge, and Stein, E. A ligand-gated association between cytoplasmic domains of UNC5 and DCC receptors converts netrin-induced growth cone attraction to repulsion. Cell, 97:927-941 (1999).

119. Hoeker, V., Shewan, D., Tessier-Lavigne, M., Poo, M-m., and Holt, C. Conversion of netrin-1 induced attraction to repulsion by laminin-1. Nature 401: 69-73 (1999).

120. Berninger, B., Schinder, A., and Poo, M-m. Synaptic reliability correlates with reduced susceptibility to synaptic potentiation by brain-derived neurotrophic factor. Learning and Memory 6: 232-242 (1999).

121. Wan, J. and Poo, M-m. Activity-induced potentiation of developing neuromuscular synapses. Science 285:1725-8 (1999).

122. Tamagnone L., Artigiani, S., Chen, H., He, Z., Ming G., Song H., Chedotal, A., Goodman C.S., Poo M-m., Tessier-Lavigne, M., Comoglio P. M. Plexins are a large family of receptors for transmembrane, secreted, and GPI-Anchored semaphorins in vertebrates. Cell 99: 71–80 (1999)

123. Bi, G. and Poo, M-m. Distributed synaptic modification in neural networks induced by patterned stimulation. Nature 401: 792-796 (1999).

124. Hong, K., Nishiyama, M., Henley, J., Tessier-Lavigne, M., and Poo, M-m. Calcium signaling in the guidance of nerve growth by netrin-1. Nature 403: 93-98 (2000).

125. Schinder, A., Berninger, B., and Poo, M-m. Target-cell specific potentiation of glutamatergic synapses by neurotrophins. Neuron 25: 151-163 (2000)

126. Yao, W-d., Rusch J., Poo, M-m. and Wu, C-f. Spontaneous acetylcholine secretion from developing growth cones of Drosophila central neruons in culture: effects of cAMP pathway mutants. J. Neurosci. 20: 2626-2637 (2000).

127. Tao, H., Zhang, L., Bi, G., and Poo, M-m. Selective presynaptic propagation of long-term potentiation in defined neural networks. J. Neurosci. 20: 3233-3243 (2000).

128. Zhang, L., Tao, H., and Poo, M-m. Long-term potentiation of developing retinotectal synapses induced by visual inputs. Nat. Neurosci. 3: 708-715 (2000).

129. Ganguly, K., Kiss, L., and Poo, M-m. Enhancement of presynaptic excitability by correlated pre- and postsynaptic spiking. Nat. Neurosci. 3: 1018-1026 (2000).

130. Nishiyama, M., Hong, K., Mikoshiba, K., Poo, M-m. and Kato, K. Release of internal Ca2+ regulates the polarity and input specificity of synaptic modification. Nature 408: 584-588 (2000).

131. Schinder A.F. and Poo, M-m. The neurotrophin hypothesis for synaptic plasticity. Trends in Neurosci. 23: 639-645 (2000)

132. Poo, M-m. Neurotrophins as synaptic modulators. Nat. Rev. Neurosci. 2: 24-32 (2001).

133. Ming, G., Henley, J., Song, H., Tessier-Lavigne, M., and Poo, M-m. Electrical activity modulates growth cone guidance by diffusible factors. Neuron, 25: 441-452 (2001).

134. Song, H. and Poo, M-m. Cell Biology of Neuronal Navigation. Nat. Cell Biol. 3: E81-E88 (2001).

135. Bi, G. and Poo, M-m. Synaptic modification by correlated activity: Hebb’s postulate revisited. Annu. Rev. Neurosci. 24: 139-66 (2001).

136. Stein E, Zou Y, Poo M-m., Tessier-Lavigne M. Binding of DCC by netrin-1 to mediate axon guidance independent of adenosine A2B receptor activation. Science 291: 1976-82 (2001)

137. Gomez TM, Robles E, Poo M-m., and Spitzer N.C. Filopodial calcium transients promote substrate-dependent growth cone turning. Science, 291, 1983-7 (2001).

138. Ganguly, K., Schinder, A., Wong, S. and Poo, M-m. GABA itself promotes the developmental switch of neuronal GABAergic transmission from excitation to inhibition. Cell, 105: 521-532 (2001)

139. Tao, H., Zhang, L, Engert, F., and Poo, M-m. Emergence of input-specific synaptic plasticity during development of retinotectal synapse. Neuron, 31, 569-580 (2001)

140. Tao, H., and Poo, M-m. Retrograde signaling at central synapses. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 98, 11009-015 (2001)

141. Zhang, L. and M-m. Poo. Electrical activity and development of neural circuits. Nat. Neurosci. 4, 57-64 (2001)

142. Kao, H.T., Song, H., Porton, B., Ming, G., Hoh, J., Abraham, M., Czernik, A.J., Pieribone, V.A., Poo, M-m., Greengard, P. A protein kinase A-dependent molecular switch in synapsins regulates neurite outgrowth. Nat. Neurosci. 5:431-7 (2002)

143. Ming, G., Wong, S., Henley, J., Yuan, X., Song, H., Spitzer, N., and M-m. Poo. Adaptation in the chemotactic guidance of nerve growth cones. Nature, 417, 411-8 (2002)

144. Xiang Y., Li, Y., Zhang, Z., Cui, K., Wang, S., Yuan, X.B., Wu, C.P., Poo, M-m., Duan, S. Nerve growth cone guidance mediated by G protein coupled receptors. Nat. Neurosci. 5, 843-848 (2002)

145. Engart, F., Tao, H., Zhang, L., and M-m. Poo. Moving stimuli induces direction-sensitive responses of developing tectal neurons. Nature, 419, 470-474 (2002)

146. Wong, S.T., Henley, J.R., Kanning K.C., Huang, K-H., Bothwell, M., and M-m. Poo. A p75(NTR) and Nogo receptor complext mediates repulsive signaling by myelin-associated glycoprotein. Nat. Neurosci. 5, 1302-8 (2002).

147. Zhang, X-h. and M-m. Poo. Localized synaptic potentiation by BDNF requires local protein synthesis in the developing Axon. Neuron, 36, 657-688 (2002)

148. Yuan, X-h., Jin, M., Xu, X-h., Wu, C.P., Poo, M-m. and S. Duan. Signaling and crosstalks of Rho-GTPases in axon guidance. Nat. Cell Biol. 5, 38-45 (2003)

149. Wang, Z-r., Xu, N-l. Wu, C.P., Duan, S., and M-m. Poo. Bi-directional modification of dendritic spatial summation accompanying long-term synaptic modification. Neuron 37, 463-472 (2003)-

150. Zhou, Q., Tao, H., and M-m. Poo. Reversal and stabilization of synaptic modifications in a developing visual system. Science 300, 1953-7 (2003)

151. Ming, G.L. Poo, M-m. Attractive and repulsive signaling in nerve growth cone navigation. In Handbook of Cell Signaling, Vol. 2. p. 871-75. Elsevier, USA (2003)

152. Nishiyama, M., Hoshino, A. Tsai, L., Henley, J.R., Goshima, Y., Tessier-Lavigne, M., Poo, M-m. and Hong, K. cAMP/cGMP – dependent modulation of Ca2+ channels sets the polarity of nerve growth cone turning. Nature 423, 990-5 (2003)

153. Dickinson-Anson H., Winkler J., Fisher L.J., Song H.J., Poo M-m., Gage F.H. Acetylcholine-secreting cells improve age-induced memory deficits. Mol .Ther. 8, 51-61 (2003)

154. Dotti C.G. & Poo, M-m. Neuronal polarization: building fences for molecular segregation. Nat. Cell Biol. 5, 591-4 (2003).

155. Woodin, M., Ganguly, K. & Poo, M-m. Associative modification of GABAergic transmission by postsynaptic modification of Cl- transpoter activity. Neuron 39, 807-20 (2003)

156. Wardle, R.A. & Poo, M-m. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor modulation of GABAergic synapses by postsynaptic regulation of chloride transport. J. Neurosci. 23: 8722-32 (2003)

157. Yang, Y., Ge, W., Chen, Y., Zhang, Z., Shen, W., Wu, C., Poo, M-m., & Duan, S. Contribution of astrocytes to hippocampal long-term potentiation through release of D-serine. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U S A. 100:15194-9 (2003).

158. Zhang, J.M., Wang, H.K., Ye, C.Q., Ge, W., Chen, Y., Jiang, Z.L., Wu, C.P., Poo, M-m. & Duan, S. ATP released by astrocytes mediates glutamatergic activity-dependent heterosynaptic suppression Neuron, 40:971-82 (2003).

159. Li, C.Y., Liu, J.T., Duan, S.M. & Poo, M-m. Bi-directional modulation of presynaptic neuronal excitability induced by correlated pre- and postsynaptic activity. Neuron, 41:257-68 (2004)

160. Kobayashi, K. & M-m. Poo. Spike train timing dependent associative synaptic modification in CA3 hippocampal pyramidal neurons. Neuron, 41: 445-54 (2004)

161. Du, J-l. & Poo, M-m. Rapid BDNF-induced retrograde synaptic modification in a developing retinotectal system. Nature 429: 878-83 (2004)

162. Henley, J. & Poo, M-m. Guiding neuronal growth cones using Ca2+ signals. Trends Cell Biol., 14: 320-30 (2004)

163. Zhou, Q. & Poo, M-m. Reversal and stabilization of activity-induced synaptic modifications. Trends Neurosci. 27: 378-83 (2004)

164. Dan, Y. & Poo, M-m. Spike timing-dependent modification of neural circuits. Neuron, 44:23-30 (2004)

165. Zhou, Q., Homma, K.J., & Poo, M-m. Shrinkage of dendritic spines associated with long-term depression of hippocampal synapses Neuron, 44: 749-57 (2004)

166. Henley, J.R., Huang, K.H., Wang, D., & Poo, M-m. Calcium mediates bidirectional growth cone turning induced by myelin-associated glycoprotein. Neuron, 44: 909-1016 (2004)

167. Jin, M., Gan, C., Jiang Y.A., Chen G., Zhao C.T., Cui K., Song Y.Q., Wu C.P., Poo M-m. & Yuan, X.B. Ca2+-dependent regulation of rho GTPases triggers turning of nerve growth cones. J. Neurosci. 25:2338-47 (2005)

168. Froemke, R. Poo, M-m. & Dan, Y. Spike timing dependent plasticity is dendrite location specific. Nature, 434:221-5. (2005)

169. Tao, H. & Poo, M-m. Activity-dependent matching of excitatory and inhibitory connections in the developing retinotectal system. Neuron 45: 825-8 (2005)

170. Wang, G.X. & Poo, M-m. Requirement of TRPC channels in netrin-1-induced chemotropic turning of nerve growth cones. Nature 454: 898-904 (2005)

171. Xu, X., Fu, A.K., Ip, F.C., Wu, C.P., Duan, S., Poo, M-m. Yuan, X.B., & Ip, N.Y. Agrin regulates growth cone turning of Xenopus spinal motoneurons. Development 132: 4309-16 (2005)

172. Liu, Q-s., Pu, L. & Poo, M-m. Repeated cocaine exposure facilitates LTP induction in midbrain dopamine neurons. Nature 437:1027-31 (2005)

173. Fiumelli, H., Cancedda, L. & Poo, M-m. Modulation of GABAergic transmission by activity via postsynaptic Ca2+-dependent regulation of KCC2 function. Neuron, 48: 773-86 (2005)

174. Lien, C.C., Mu, Y., Vargas-Caballero, M. & Poo, M-m. Visual stimuli-induced LTD of GABAergic synapses mediated by presynaptic NMDA receptors. Nat Neurosci. 2006 9:372-80 (2006).

175. Xu, N.L., Ye, C.Q., Poo, M-m., & Zhang, X.H. Coincidence detection of synaptic inputs is facilitated at the distal dendrites after long-term potentiation induction. J Neurosci. 26:3002-9 (2006)

176. Mu, Y-l., & Poo, M-m. Spike Timing-Dependent LTP/LTD Mediates Visual Experience-Dependent Plasticity in a Developing Retinotectal System. Neuron 50:115-25 (2006)

177. Pu, L., Liu, Q-s., & Poo, M-m. BDNF-dependent synaptic sensitization in midbrain dopamine neurons after cocaine withdrawal. Nat. Neurosci. 9: 605-7 (2006)

178. Dan, Y. & Poo, M-m. Spike timing-dependent plasticity: from synapse to perception. Physiol. Rev. 86:1033-48 (2006).

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179. Smear, M.C.,Tao H.W., Staub W, Orger M.B., Gosse N.J., Liu Y., Takahashi K., Poo M-m, & Baier H. Vesicular Glutamate Transport at a Central Synapse Limits the Acuity of Visual Perception in Zebrafish. Neuron. 53: 65-77 (2007)

180. Poo, M-m. & Guo, A. Some recent advances in basic neuroscience research in China. Philos. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B. Biol. Sci. 362:1083-92 (2007).

181. Guan, C-b, Xu, H-t., Yuan, X-b. & Poo, M-m. Long-range Ca2+ signaling mediates reversal of neuronal migration induced by Slit-2. Cell, l29: 385-395 (2007)

182. Shelly, M., Cancedda, L., Sumbre, G. & Poo, M-m. LKB1/STRAD promotes axon initiation during neuronal polarization. Cell, 129: 565-77 (2007)

183. Cancedda, L., Fiumelli, H., Chen, K. & Poo, M-m. Excitatory GABA action is essential for morphological maturation of cortical neurons in vivo. J. Neurosci. 27:5224-35 (2007).

184. Zheng, J. & Poo, M. Calcium Signaling and Neuronal Motility. Annu. Rev. Cell Dev. Biol. 23: 375-404 (2007)

185. Patel S., Kurpinski, K., Quigley, R., Gao, H., Hsiao, B.S., Poo, M-m. & Li, S. Bioactive nanofibers: synergistic effects of nanotopography and chemical signaling on cell guidance. Nano Lett. 2007 7:2122-8 (2007)

186. Lu, J.T., Li, C.Y., Zhao, J.P., Poo M-m. & Zhang, X.H. Spike-timing-dependent plasticity of neocortical excitatory synapses on inhibitory interneurons depends on target cell type.

J. Neurosci. 27:9711-20 (2007)

187. Chen, X., Han, F., Poo, M-m. & Dan, Y. Excitatory and suppressive receptive field subunits in awake monkey primary visual cortex (V1). Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 104:19120-5 (2007)

188. Lim, B., Matsuda, N. & Poo, M-m. EphrinB reverse signaling promotes structural and functional maturation of retinotectal synapses. Nat. Neurosci. 11:160-169 (2008)

189. Shamloo, A., Ma, N., Poo, M-m., Sohn, L.L., Heilshorn, S.C. Endothelial cell polarization and chemotaxis in a microfluidic device. Lab Chip. 8:1292-9 (2008).

190. Poo M-m., Sander, L., Fivaz, M., Hayashi, Y. Asian promise: the state and future of collaborations in neuroscience. Nat Rev Neurosci. 11: 881-4 (2008).

191. Sumbre, G., Muto, A., Baier H., Poo M-m. Entrained rhythmic activities of neuronal ensembles as perceptual memory of time interval.. Nature 456:102-6 (2008)

192. Xu,C., Zhao,M.X., Poo,M-m., Zhang,X.H. GABA(B) receptor activation mediates frequency-dependent plasticity of developing GABAergic synapses. Nat Neurosci. 11:1410-8 (2008).

193. Song A.H., Wang D., Chen G., Li Y., Luo J., Duan S, & Poo M-m. A selective filter for cytoplasmic transport at the axon initial segment, Cell , 136: 1148-60 (2009)

194. Mai J., Fok L., Gao H., Zhang X., Poo M-m. Axon initiation and growth cone turning on bound protein gradients. J Neurosci. 29:7450-8 (2009).

195. Wang S., Wong P., Foo C., Warrier A., Poo M-m., Heilshorn S.C., Zhang X. Gradient lithography of engineered proteins to fabricate 2D and 3D cell culture microenvironments. Biomed Microdevices. Jun 3 (2009)

196. Gao L., Meng X., Ye C., Zhang H., Liu C., Dan Y., Poo M-m., He J., Zhang X. Entrainment of slow oscillations of auditory thalamic neurons by repetitive sound stimuli. J Neurosci. 29: 6013-21 (2009).

197. Li CY, Poo M-m., Dan Y. Burst spiking of a single cortical neuron modifies global brain state. Science. 324: 643-6 (2009).

198. J, Fok L, Gao H, Zhang X, Poo M-m. Axon initiation and growth cone turning on bound protein gradients. J Neurosci. 29:7450-8 (2009)

199. Lu, H., Lim, B., Poo, M-m.. Cocaine exposure in utero alters synaptic plasticity in the medial prefrontal cortex of postnatal rats. J Neurosci. 29:12664-74 (2009)

200. Zhang, S.Y., Xu, M,, Miao, Q.L., Poo, M-m, Zhang, X.H. Endocannabinoid-dependent homeostatic regulation of inhibitory synapses by miniature excitatory synaptic activities. J. Neurosci. 29:13222-31 (2009)

201. Du, J.L., Wei, H.P., Wang, Z.R., Wong, S.T., Poo, M-m. Long-range retrograde spread of LTP and LTD from optic tectum to retina. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U S A. 106:18890-6 (2009).

202. Matsuda, N., Lu, H., Fukata, Y., Noritake, J., Gao, H., Mukherjee, S., Nemoto, T., Fukata, M,, Poo, M-m. Differential activity-dependent secretion of brain-derived neurotrophic factor from axon and dendrite. J. Neurosci. 29:14185-98 (2009)

Special Lectures, Symposia, and Conferences (since 1998)

Bauer Colloquium, Volen Center of Complex Systems, Brandeis University.

Munich Neuroscience Colloquium, Max-Planck Institute for Neurobiology, Martinsreid.

Banburg Conference on “Computational Neuroscience: from Synapse to Behavior”

Keystone Symposia “Synapse Formation and Function: from Neuromuscular Junctions to CNS”

Gordon Conference on “The Cell Biology of Neuron”, New Hampshire.

FASEB Summer Research Conference on “Calcium and Cell Function”, Snowmass, Colorado.

Gordon Conference on “Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology”, Beijing, China.

Conference on “Directional Cell Movement and Axonal Growth Cones”, Ringberg, Germany.

Center of Excellence Symposium on “Plasticity and Regeneration of Neural Network”, Tokyo.

Symposium on “Neural Plasticity”, Japanese Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, Tokyo

1999

International Symposium on Neuroplasticity, Taipei.

HFSP Forum on “Wiring Molecules in Brain Development and Plasticity”, Tokyo (1999).

Fourth Symposium of Life Sciences, Shanghai Life Sciences Research Center, Shanghai.

Gordon Conference on “Neurotrophins”, Newport, Rhode Island.

IBRO symposia “neurotrophin and synaptic plasticity” and on “synaptogenesis”, Jerusalem.

Fourth International Symposium of SCBA, Hong Kong.

EMBO-FMI Conference “Neuronal Circuits: From Molecules to Organisms”, Ascona, Switzerland

EMBO Workshop on “Axonal Guidance and Neural Plasticity”, Varrenna, Italy.

Brain Science Institute Symposium on “Molecular Dynamics of Cell Function”, RIKEN, Tokyo.

2000

Givaudan-Roure Lecture, Association for Chemoreception Sciences, Sarasota

Gordon Research Conference on Neural Plasticity, Newport, Rhode Island

Symposium on growth cone guidance, Japanese Society of Neurochemistry, Yokohama, October (2000).

Xian symposium on neuroregeneration, Xian, China

Special Lecture, Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, New Orleans.

2001

Sackler Colloqium on Neural Signaling, NAS, Washington, D.C. February (2001).

Keystone symposium on “The synapse”, Taos, New Mexico, March (2001).

Neural Information and Coding Workshop, Big Sky, Montana, March (2001).

Plenary lecture, Society for Neuroscience of Africa, Nairobi, Kenya, April (2001).

Second International symposium on Learning and Memory, Taipei, Taiwan, May (2001)

Salk symposium on axon guidance and growth cone dynamics, Salk Institute, La Jolla, May (2001).

Second Fudan Symposium on Developmental Biology and Genetics, Shanghai, June (2001).

Sloan-Swartz Center Annual Retreat, July, Tahoe (2001)

Second MIT-RIKEN Symposium on Frontier in Neuroscience, Cambridge (2001)

Richard Bunge Memorial Lecture, University of Miami, October 12 (2001).

2002

Workshop on “How cell interpret gradients”, Napa, California

Oversea Lecturer, Australian Society of Neuroscience Meeting, Sydney, Australia.

Keystone Symposium on “Cellular Motility and Signaling in the Wiring and Plasticity of Nervous Systems”, Taos, New Mexico

Gordon Research Conference on Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology, Hong Kong

Human Frontier Science Program Lecture, 3rd Forum of European Neuroscience

Gordon Research Conference on Synapse, New Hampshire

Symposium on Cognitive Neuroscience of Learning and Memory, Beijing

Keystone Symposium on Axonal Connections: Molecular Cues for Development and Regeneration, Keystone, Colorado

Distinguished Neuroscience Lecture Series, University of Toronto

2003

Symposium “Frontier of Neuroscience”, Brain Research Center of UST, Taipei, Taiwan

RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology Symposium: The Origin and Formation of Multicellular Systems, Kobe, Japan

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Conference on Learning and Memory

Blankenese Symposium on “Learning at the Synapse” Hamburg, Germany

Gordon Research Conference on "Neural Plasticity" Newport, Rhode Island

Symposium on Synaptogenesis, Vienna, Austria

IBRO Congress symposium on “Calcium signaling in development and plasticity” Prague, Czech

TINS Lecture, INMED Conference “Nature and Nurture in Brain Development” La Ciotat, France

Samsung International Symposium on Molecular Medicine “Neurological Diseases”, Seoul, Korea

University Lecture Series, Rockefellor University

Public Lecture, Docteur Honoris Causa, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris

2004

COE Symposium on plasticity of neural circuits, Institute of Neuroscience, Tokyo

Gordon Conference on Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology, Hong Kong

Keynote Lecture, Gordon Conference on Bioelectrochemistry, New London

Plenary Lecture, Japanese Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, Osaka

Plenary Lecture, International Meeting of Physiological Society of China, Beijing

Teuber Lecture, MIT

2005

Merck/UCSD Symposium on Synaptic Plasticity

Keystone Symposium Axonal Connections:  Molecular Cues for Development and Regeneration”

Gordon Conference on “Gradient Sensing & Directed Cell Migration”, Ventura, California

School of Dendrite, Hebrew University

Heller Lecture in Computational Neurobiology, Institute for Advanced Studies, Hebrew University

Gordon Conference on “Inhibition in the CNS”, New London, Connecticut

Gordon Conference on “Cellular Signaling Mechanisms”, Hong Kong

Grass Foundation Lecturer, University of Wiscosin, Madison

Basic Neurochemistry Plenary Lecture, American Society for Neurochemistry, Madison, Wiscosin

EMBO-FMI Conference “Formation and Plasticity of Neuronal Circuits”, Ascona, Switzerland

Heller Lecture in Computational Neurobiology, Hebrew University (2005)

Grass Foundation Lecturer, University of Wiscosin, Madison (2005)

Plenary Lecture, Lemanic Neuroscience Program Retreat, Switzerland

2006

Keynote Speaker, 4th World Congress for NeuroRehabilitation, Hong Kong

Nobel MiniSymposium on “The Active Dendrite”, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm

Gordon Conference on Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology, Hong Kong

11th SCBA International Symposium, San Francisco

Organizer, Symposium on Axon guidance, Synaptogenesis, Neural plasticity, Cold Spring Harbor Lab

2007

Gordon Conference on Gradient Sensing, Ventura

Gordon Conference on Dendrite: Structure and Functions, Ventura.

UK-APDBN Joint meeting on Development and Emergence of Function in the Nervous System, Kobe Spring School on Computational Neuroscience, Shanghai.

Symposium on "Stem cells, migration and axon guidance in developing brain”, Cairns, Australia

Plenary Lecture, IBRO World Congress, Melbroune, Australia.

Symposium on the Frontier Biomedical Science, Taipei, Taiwan.

NIH Blueprint Neuroplasticity Workshop, Bethesda.

EMBO Conference on “The assembly and function of neuronal circuits”, Ascona, Switzerland

2008

The Temporal Dynamics of Learning Center All-hands Meeting, Nashville, Tennessee

Plenary Lecture, Molecular and Cellular Cognition Society Meeting, Bangalore, India

Killam Seminar Series, Montreal Neurological Institute/McGill University, Montreal, Canada

Plenary Lecture, 81th Japanese Pharmacological Society Meeting, Yokohama, Japan

Plenary Lecture, International Society of Developmental Neuroscience Conference on “Making and breaking neural circuits. Asilomar, California

Nobel Symposium on "Genes, Brain and Behavior", Stockholm, Sweden

Gordon Conference on Synaptic Transmission, Biddeford, Maine.

Plenary Lecture, UK Physiological Society Workshop on Ion Channels, Shanghai 2008

Gradients and Signaling Workshop, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Okinawa, Japan

Plenary Lecture, Frontier in Life Sciences, 20th symposium of Federation of Asian and Oceanian Biochemists and Molecular Biologist, Taiwan

2009

International Symposium on Korea Brain Institute, DGIST, Daegu, Korea

NPAS Symposium on Neuroscience, Academia Sinica, Taiwan

UCSF Developmental Biology Symposium, San Franscisco

New York University School of Medicine Special Seminar

Gordon conference on neurotrophic factors, Rhode Island

Special Lecture, International Union of Physiological Sciences, Kyoto, Japan

Numa Memorial Lecture, Kyoto University

Frontiers in Bioscience: Learning and Memory Conference, City University of Hong Kong

Plenary Lecture, Annual Meeting of Friedrich Miescher Institute, Basel, Switzerland

Satellite Symposium on “Multiple facets of GABA in brain development”, Society for Neuroscience Annual meeting, Chicago

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