Dr Lei Li
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Queensland Brain Institute
+61 7 334 63326
Publications
Journal Articles
Zeng, Wan-Xin, Liu, Haowen, Hao, Yue, Qian, Kang-Ying, Tian, Fu-Min, Li, Lei, Yu, Bin, Zeng, Xian-Ting, Gao, Shangbang, Hu, Zhitao and Tong, Xia-Jing (2023). CaMKII mediates sexually dimorphic synaptic transmission at neuromuscular junctions in C. elegans. Journal of Cell Biology, 222 (11). doi: 10.1083/jcb.202301117
Hao, Yue, Liu, Haowen, Zeng, Xian-Ting, Wang, Ya, Zeng, Wan-Xin, Qian, Kang-Ying, Li, Lei, Chi, Ming-Xuan, Gao, Shangbang, Hu, Zhitao and Tong, Xia-Jing (2023). UNC-43/CaMKII-triggered anterograde signals recruit GABAARs to mediate inhibitory synaptic transmission and plasticity at C. elegans NMJs. Nature Communications, 14 (1) 1436, 1-15. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-37137-0
Zhang, Li, Li, Lei, Wei, Ziqing, Zhou, Hao, Liu, Haowen, Wang, Shen, Ren, Yijing, Dai, Tiankai, Wang, Jiafan, Hu, Zhitao and Ma, Cong (2023). The C2 and PH domains of CAPS constitute an effective PI(4,5)P2-binding unit essential for Ca2+-regulated exocytosis. Structure, 31 (4), 424-434.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.str.2023.02.004
Li, Lei, Liu, Haowen, Qian, Kang-Ying, Nurrish, Stephen, Zeng, Xian-Ting, Zeng, Wan-Xin, Wang, Jiafan, Kaplan, Joshua M., Tong, Xia-Jing and Hu, Zhitao (2022). CASK and FARP localize two classes of post-synaptic ACh receptors thereby promoting cholinergic transmission. PLoS Genetics, 18 (10) e1010211. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1010211
Liu, Haowen, Li, Lei, Krout, Mia, Sheoran, Seema, Zhao, Qihong, Chen, Jingyi, Liu, Huisheng, Richmond, Janet E. and Hu, Zhitao (2021). Protocols for electrophysiological recordings and electron microscopy at C. elegans neuromuscular junction. STAR Protocols, 2 (3) 100749, 1-21. doi: 10.1016/j.xpro.2021.100749
Liu, Haowen, Li, Lei, Sheoran, Seema, Yu, Yi, Richmond, Janet E., Xia, Jingyao, Tang, Jing, Liu, Jie and Hu, Zhitao (2021). The M domain in UNC-13 regulates the probability of neurotransmitter release. Cell Reports, 34 (10) 108828. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2021.108828
Padmanarayana, Murugesh, Liu, Haowen, Michelassi, Francesco, Li, Lei, Betensky, Daniel, Dominguez, Matthew J., Sutton, R. Bryan, Hu, Zhitao and Dittman, Jeremy S. (2021). A unique C2 domain at the C terminus of Munc13 promotes synaptic vesicle priming. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118 (11) e2016276118, e2016276118. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2016276118
Li, Lei, Liu, Haowen, Hall, Qi, Wang, Wei, Yu, Yi, Kaplan, Joshua M. and Hu, Zhitao (2019). A hyperactive form of unc-13 enhances Ca2+ sensitivity and synaptic vesicle release probability in C. elegans. Cell Reports, 28 (11), 2979-2995.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2019.08.018
Snieckute, Goda, Baltaci, Oguzhan, Liu, Haowen, Li, Lei, Hu, Zhitao and Pocock, Roger (2019). mir-234 controls neuropeptide release at the Caenorhabditis elegans neuromuscular junction. Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, 98, 70-81. doi: 10.1016/j.mcn.2019.06.001
Liu, Haowen, Li, Lei, Nedelcu, Daniel, Hall, Qi, Zhou, Lijun, Wang, Wei, Yu, Yi, Kaplan, Joshua M. and Hu, Zhitao (2019). Heterodimerization of UNC-13/RIM regulates synaptic vesicle release probability but not priming in C. elegans. eLife, 8 e40585. doi: 10.7554/eLife.40585
Sharma, Pallavi, Li, Lei, Liu, Haowen, Tikiyani, Vina, Hu, Zhitao and Babu, Kavita (2018). The Claudin-like protein HPO-30 is required to maintain LAChRs at the C. elegans neuromuscular junction. The Journal of Neuroscience, 38 (32), 7072-7087. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3487-17.2018
Li, Lei, Liu, Haowen, Wang, Wei, Chandra, Mintu, Collins, Brett M. and Hu, Zhitao (2018). SNT-1 functions as the Ca2+ sensor for tonic and evoked neurotransmitter release in Caenorhabditis Elegans. The Journal of Neuroscience, 38 (23), 5313-5324. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3097-17.2018
Liu, Haowen, Li, Lei, Wang, Wei, Gong, Jihong, Yang, Xiaofei and Hu, Zhitao (2018). Spontaneous vesicle fusion is differentially regulated at cholinergic and GABAergic synapses. Cell reports, 22 (9), 2334-2345. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2018.02.023
Tikiyani, Vina, Li, Lei, Sharma, Pallavi, Liu, Haowen, Hu, Zhitao and Babu, Kavita (2018). Wnt secretion is regulated by the tetraspan protein HIC-1 through its interaction with Neurabin/NAB-1. Cell Reports, 25 (7), 1856-1871.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2018.10.053
Tong, Xia-Jing, Lopez-Soto, Eduardo Javier, Li, Lei, Liu, Haowen, Nedelcu, Daniel, Lipscombe, Diane, Hu, Zhitao and Kaplan, Joshua M. (2017). Retrograde synaptic inhibition is mediated by α-neurexin binding to the α2δ subunits of n-type calcium channels. Neuron, 95 (2), 326-+. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2017.06.018
Li, Lei, Wan, Tao, Wan, Min, Liu, Bei, Cheng, Ran and Zhang, Rongying (2015). The effect of the size of fluorescent dextran on its endocytic pathway : Size-based endocytic entry for fluid cargoes. Cell Biology International, 39 (5), 531-539. doi: 10.1002/cbin.10424
Chen, Sanyou, Li, Lei, Li, Jiangli, Liu, Bei, Zhu, Xinyu, Zheng, Li, Zhang, Ronying and Xu, Tao (2014). SEC-10 and RAB-10 coordinate basolateral recycling of clathrin-independent cargo through endosomal tubules in Caenorhabditis elegans. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 111 (43), 15432-15437. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1408327111