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Aleksandra Chudinova
Postdoctoral Scholar, Molecular and Cellular Physiology
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsI am part of the wormsense lab where we study the molecular and biophysical mechanisms endowing sensory neurons with the capacity to perceive mechanical and thermal stimuli. I study the mechanisms involved in the regulation of degeneration and regeneration of sensory endings. Using genetics, in vivo imaging, electrophysiology and behavioral assays in C.elegans I screen for small molecules that restore touch sensation following chemotherapy and I validate their therapeutic potential in mice.
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Kif Liakath-Ali
Postdoctoral Scholar, Molecular and Cellular Physiology
BioDr Liakath-Ali holds a PhD degree in molecular genetics from the University of Cambridge, UK. He carried out his doctoral and a brief post-doctoral research under the supervision of Professor Fiona Watt at Cambridge and King’s College London. While in Watt lab, he conducted a first, large-scale tissue-specific phenotype screen on hundreds of knockout mice and discovered many novel genes that are essential for mammalian skin function. He further elucidated the mechanistic roles of sphingolipid and a ribosome-rescue pathway in epidermal stem cell function. He has published many papers in the area of skin biology and won several awards, including, most recently a long-term fellowship from the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) and postdoctoral/principal investigator grant from the Larry L Hillblom Foundation.
Dr Liakath-Ali obtained his bachelor and master degree in Zoology from Jamal Mohamed College (Bharathidasan University), Trichy, India. He further specialized in human genetics and obtained an MPhil from the University of Madras, India. He went on to work at various capacities at the Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, Hyderabad, India, Institute of Human Genetics, University of Göttingen, Germany and the Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge, UK. Dr Liakath-Ali also holds a degree equivalent (Associateship of King’s College (AKC) in Philosophy, Ethics and Theology, awarded by King's College London, UK.
It is perhaps these combinations of diverse backgrounds and training that led Dr Liakath-Ali to develop an interest in fundamental questions in neuroscience. He is currently an EMBO & Hillblom Fellow, working under the mentorship of Professor Thomas Südhof at Stanford on genetic mechanisms involved in synapse formation and function. He is also an avid communicator of science, eLife Community Ambassador, STEM Ambassador and open science advocate. -
Cheng Liu
Postdoctoral Scholar, Molecular and Cellular Physiology
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsMolecular photoacoustic imaging; light-sound-molecule stimulation & imaging
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Junming Ren
Postdoctoral Scholar, Molecular and Cellular Physiology
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsImmune Engineering, Synthetic Medicine, Synthetic Immunology
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Ehsan Rezaei
Postdoctoral Scholar, Molecular and Cellular Physiology
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsExperimental and computational studies of force transmission responsible for touch sensation on C. elegans nematode outer shell wall.
