Dr Zhaoyu Li
Group Leader
Queensland Brain Institute
+61 7 334 66300
Dr Zhaoyu Li: Neural circuit and behaviour
The Li group uses C. elegans, currently the only organism with a completely mapped connectome, to address these questions. We employ multifaceted approaches including calcium imaging, optogenetics, behavioural genetic screen and molecular genetics to study the function and dysfunction of neural network in healthy and diseased animals.
Publications
Journal Articles
Wu, Yingjie, Chen, Yining, Yu, Xiaochun, Zhang, Minxing and Li, Zhaoyu (2023). Towards understanding neurodegenerative diseases: insights from Caenorhabditis elegans. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 25 (1) 443, 1-16. doi: 10.3390/ijms25010443
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
Wang, Yi (Alex), Smith, Stefan J.D., Liu, Yue, Lu, Peng, Zhang, Xiwang, Ng, Derrick and Xie, Zongli (2022). Surface hydrophilicity modification of thin-film composite membranes with metal−organic frameworks (MOFs) Ti-UiO-66 for simultaneous enhancement of anti-fouling property and desalination performance. Separation and Purification Technology, 302 122001. doi: 10.1016/j.seppur.2022.122001
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, Celine I., Kim, Jae-Ick, Liang, Xing, Kaganovsky, Konstantin, Shen, Ao, Li, Qin, Li, Zhaoyu, Wang, Sui, Xu, X. Z. Shawn, Li, Jin Billy, Xiang, Yang Kevin, Ding, Jun B. and Shen, Kang (2018). The THO complex coordinates transcripts for synapse development and dopamine neuron survival. Cell, 174 (6), 1436-1449.e20. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2018.07.046
Rauthan, Manish, Gong, Jianke, Liu, Jinzhi, Li, Zhaoyu, Wescott, Seth A., Liu, Jianfeng and Xu, X. Z. Shawn (2017). MicroRNA regulation of nAChR expression and nicotine-dependent behavior in C. elegans. Cell Reports, 21 (6), 1434-1441. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2017.10.043
Li, Zhaoyu, Iliff, Adam J. and Xu, X. Z. Shawn (2016). An elegant circuit for balancing risk and reward. Neuron, 92 (5), 933-935. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2016.11.041
Wang, Wei, Qin, Li-Wei, Wu, Tai-Hong, Ge, Chang-Li, Wu, Ya-Qian, Zhang, Qiang, Song, Yan-Xue, Chen, Yuan-Hua, Ge, Ming-Hai, Wu, Jing-Jing, Liu, Hui, Xu, Yao, Su, Chun-Ming, Li, Lan-Lan, Tang, Jing, Li, Zhao-Yu and Wu, Zheng-Xing (2016). CGMP signalling mediates water sensation (hydrosensation) and hydrotaxis in Caenorhabditis elegans. Scientific Reports, 6 (1) 19779. doi: 10.1038/srep19779
Hardaway, J. Andrew, Sturgeon, Sarah M., Snarrenberg, Chelsea L., Li, Zhaoyu, Xu, X. Z. Shawn, Bermingham, Daniel P., Odiase, Peace, Spencer, W. Clay, Miller, David M., III, Carvelli, Lucia, Hardie, Shannon L. and Blakely, Randy D. (2015). Glial expression of the Caenorhabditis elegans gene swip-10 supports glutamate dependent control of extrasynaptic dopamine signaling. Journal of Neuroscience, 35 (25), 9409-9423. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0800-15.2015
Wang, Wei, Xu, Zi-Jing, Wu, Ya-Qian, Qin, Li-Wei, Li, Zhao-Yu and Wu, Zheng-Xing (2015). Off-response in ASH neurons evoked by CuSO4 requires the TRP channel OSM-9 in Caenorhabditis elegans. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 461 (3), 463-468. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2015.04.017
Li, Zhaoyu, Liu, Jie, Zheng, Maohua and Xu, X. Z. Shawn (2014). Encoding of both analog- and digital-like behavioral outputs by one C. Elegans interneuron. Cell, 159 (4), 751-765. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2014.09.056
Huang, Wen-ming, Li, Zhao-yu, Xu, Yan-jun, Wang, Wei, Zhou, Mao-ge, Zhang, Peng, Liu, Ping-sheng, Xu, Tao and Wu, Zheng-xing (2014). PKG and NHR-49 signalling co-ordinately regulate short-term fasting-induced lysosomal lipid accumulation in C. elegans. Biochemical Journal, 461 (3), 209-520. doi: 10.1042/BJ20140191
Wang, Jingjing, Li, Zhaoyu, Xu, Zijing, Hu, Liang, Feng, Xiaojun, Chen, Maorong, Du, Wei, Wu, Zhengxing, Luo, Qingming, Xu, Tao and Liu, Bi-Feng (2013). Development of an integrated microfluidic device for evaluating of in vivo chemo-sensing of intact Caenorhabditis elegans. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 178, 343-349. doi: 10.1016/j.snb.2012.12.102
Li, Zhaoyu, Li, Yidong, Yi, Yalan, Huang, Wenming, Yang, Song, Niu, Weipin, Zhang, Li, Xu, Zijing, Qu, Anlian, Wu, Zhengxing and Xu, Tao (2012). Dissecting a central flip-flop circuit that integrates contradictory sensory cues in C. elegans feeding regulation. Nature Communications, 3 (1) 776, 776. doi: 10.1038/ncomms1780
Chen, Mao-Rong, Yang, Song, Niu, Wei-pin, Li, Zhao-Yu, Meng, Ling-Feng and Wu, Zheng-Xing (2010). A novel fluorescent timer based on bicistronic expression strategy in Caenorhabditis elegans. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 395 (1), 82-86. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2010.03.143
Li, Zhao-Yu, Zhou, Wei, Wu, Zheng-Xing, Zhang, Rong-Ying and Xu, Tao (2009). Fabrication of size-controllable ultrasmall-disk electrode: monitoring single vesicle release kinetics at tiny structures with high spatio-temporal resolution. Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 24 (5), 1358-1364. doi: 10.1016/j.bios.2008.07.073