• Professor Xuejun Song (Southern University of Science and Technology [SUSTech], Shenzhen, China)
  • Professor Shawn Xu (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, US)
  • Dr. Jie Liu (Monash University, Melbourne, Australia)

Li, Zhaoyu, Zhou, Jiejun, Wani, Khursheed A., Yu, Teng, Ronan, Elizabeth A., Piggott, Beverly J., Liu, Jianfeng and Xu, X.Z. Shawn (2023). A C. elegans neuron both promotes and suppresses motor behavior to fine tune motor output. Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, 16 1228980. doi: 10.3389/fnmol.2023.1228980

Liu, Jian, Yuan, Ye, Zhao, Peng, Gu, Xiao, Huo, Hong, Li, Zhaoyu and Fang, Tao (2023). Neuronal motifs reveal backbone structure and influential neurons of neural network in C. elegans. Journal of Complex Networks, 11 (3) cnad013. doi: 10.1093/comnet/cnad013

Yuan, Ye, Xin, Kuankuan, Liu, Jian, Zhao, Peng, Lu, Man Pok, Yan, Yuner, Hu, Yuchen, Huo, Hong, Li, Zhaoyu and Fang, Tao (2023). A GNN-based model for capturing spatio-temporal changes in locomotion behaviors of aging C. elegans. Computers in Biology and Medicine, 155 106694, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2023.106694

Liu, Jian, Yuan, Ye, Zhao, Peng, Liu, Gaofeng, Huo, Hong, Li, Zhaoyu and Fang, Tao (2022). Change of motifs in C. elegans reveals developmental principle of neural network. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 624, 112-119. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2022.07.108

Li, Zhaoyu and Xu, Shawn X.Z. (2022). Chemosensation: Corollary discharge filters out self-generated chemical cues. Current Biology, 32 (14), R788-R790. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2022.06.021

Liu, Jian, Lu, Wenbo, Yuan, Ye, Xin, Kuankuan, Zhao, Peng, Gu, Xiao, Raza, Asif, Huo, Hong, Li, Zhaoyu and Fang, Tao (2022). Fixed point attractor theory bridges structure and function in C. elegans neuronal network. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 16 808824, 808824. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2022.808824

Yuan, Ye, Liu, Jian, Zhao, Peng, Wang, Wei, Gu, Xiao, Rong, Yi, Lai, Tinggeng, Chen, Yuze, Xin, Kuankuan, Niu, Xin, Xiang, Fengtao, Huo, Hong, Li, Zhaoyu and Fang, Tao (2022). A graph network model for neural connection prediction and connection strength estimation. Journal of Neural Engineering, 19 (3) 036001, 1-12. doi: 10.1088/1741-2552/ac69bd

Giordano-Santini, Rosina, Kaulich, Eva, Galbraith, Kate M., Ritchie, Fiona K., Wang, Wei, Li, Zhaoyu and Hilliard, Massimo A. (2020). Fusogen-mediated neuron−neuron fusion disrupts neural circuit connectivity and alters animal behavior. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117 (37), 201919063-23065. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1919063117

Tao, Li, Porto, Daniel, Li, Zhaoyu, Fechner, Sylvia, Lee, Sol Ah, Goodman, Miriam B., Xu, X.Z. Shawn, Lu, Hang and Shen, Kang (2019). Parallel processing of two mechanosensory modalities by a single neuron in C.elegans. Developmental Cell, 51 (5), 617-631. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2019.10.008

Gong, Jianke, Liu, Jinzhi, Ronan, Elizabeth A., He, Feiteng, Cai, Wei, Fatima, Mahar, Zhang, Wenyuan, Lee, Hankyu, Li, Zhaoyu, Kim, Gun-Ho, Pipe, Kevin P., Duan, Bo, Liu, Jianfeng and Xu, X. Z. Shawn (2019). A Cold-Sensing Receptor Encoded by a Glutamate Receptor Gene. Cell, 178 (6), 1375-1386.e11. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2019.07.034

Maeder, CI, Kim, J, Liang, X, Kaganovsky, K, Shen, A, Li, Q, Li, Z, Wang, S, Xu, XZS & Li, JB et al. 2018, ‘The THO Complex Coordinates Transcripts for Synapse Development and Dopamine Neuron Survival’, Cell, vol. 174, no. 6, pp. 1436–1449.e20, doi:10.1016/j.cell.2018.07.046

Rauthan, M, Gong, J, Liu, J, Li, Z, Wescott, SA, Liu, J & Xu, XZS 2017, ‘MicroRNA Regulation of nAChR Expression and Nicotine- Dependent Behavior in C. elegans’, Cell Reports, vol. 21, no. 6, pp. 1434–1441, doi:10.1016/j.celrep.2017.10.043

Li, Z, Iliff, AJ & Xu, XZS 2016, ‘An Elegant Circuit for Balancing Risk and Reward’, Neuron, vol. 92, no. 5, pp. 933–935, doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2016.11.041

Wang, W, Qin, L, Wu, T, Ge, C, Wu, Y, Zhang, Q, Song, Y, Chen, Y, Ge, M & Wu, J et al. 2016, ‘cGMP Signalling Mediates Water Sensation (Hydrosensation) and Hydrotaxis in Caenorhabditis elegans’, Scientific Reports, vol. 6, no. 1, doi:10.1038/srep19779

Hardaway, JA, Sturgeon, SM, Snarrenberg, CL, Li, Z, Xu, XZS, Bermingham, DP, Odiase, P, Spencer, WC, Miller, DM & Carvelli,L et al. 2015, ‘Glial Expression of the Caenorhabditis elegans Gene swip-10 Supports Glutamate Dependent Control of Extrasynaptic Dopamine Signaling’, Journal of Neuroscience, vol. 35, no. 25, pp. 9409–9423, doi:10.1523/jneurosci.0800-15.2015

Wang, W, Xu, Z, Wu, Y, Qin, L, Li, Z & Wu, Z 2015, ‘Off-response in ASH neurons evoked by CuSO4 requires the TRP channel OSM-9 in Caenorhabditis elegans’, Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, vol. 461, no. 3, pp. 463– 468, doi:10.1016/j.bbrc.2015.04.017

Li, Z, Liu, J, Zheng, M & Shawn Xu, XZ 2014, ‘Encoding of Both Analog- and Digital-like Behavioral Outputs by One C. elegans Interneuron’, Cell, vol. 159, no. 4, pp. 751–765, doi:10.1016/j.cell.2014.09.056

Huang, W, Li, Z, Xu, Y, Wang, W, Zhou, M, Zhang, P, Liu, P, Xu, T & Wu, Z 2014, ‘PKG and NHR-49 signalling coordinately regulate short-term fasting-induced lysosomal lipid accumulation inC. elegans’, Biochemical Journal, vol. 461, no. 3, pp. 509–520, doi:10.1042/bj20140191

Wang, J, Li, Z, Xu, Z, Hu, L, Feng, X, Chen, M, Du, W, Wu, Z, Luo, Q & Xu, T et al. 2013, ‘Development of an integrated microfluidic device for evaluating of in vivo chemo-sensing of intact Caenorhabditis elegans’, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, vol. 178, pp. 343–349, doi:10.1016/j.snb.2012.12.102

Li, Z, Li, Y, Yi, Y, Huang, W, Yang, S, Niu, W, Zhang, L, Xu, Z, Qu, A & Wu, Z et al. 2012, ‘Dissecting a central flip-flop circuit that integrates contradictory sensory cues in C. elegans feeding regulation’, Nature Communications, vol. 3, no. 1, doi:10.1038/ncomms1780

Chen, M, Yang, S, Niu, W, Li, Z, Meng, L & Wu, Z 2010, ‘A novel fluorescent timer based on bicistronic expression strategy in Caenorhabditis elegans’, Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, vol. 395, no. 1, pp. 82– 86, doi:10.1016/j.bbrc.2010.03.1431

Li, Z, Zhou, W, Wu, Z, Zhang, R & Xu, T 2009, ‘Fabrication of size-controllable ultrasmall-disk electrode: Monitoring single vesicle release kinetics at tiny structures with high spatio-temporal resolution’, Biosensors and Bioelectronics, vol. 24, no. 5, pp. 1358–1364, doi:10.1016/j.bios.2008.07.073

Please contact Dr Zhaoyu Li for further information.

Project 1: Tracing memory formation using whole-brain calcium imaging.

Project 2: Experiences reshape motor outputs by modulating neural network states.

Project 3: Circuit and molecular mechanisms of nociceptive responses.

Project 4: Mechanisms of protein aggregates induced neural network dysfunction.

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