Time：4:00-5:30 PM，Wednesday, February 28，2024

    Host：Dr. Kunliang Guan, Chair Professor of School of Life Sciences

    Venue：E9-109, Yungu Campus

Speaker:

Dr. Shawn Xu, Bernard W. Agranoff Collegiate Professor in the Life Sciences; Professor, Molecular & Integrative Physiology; Research Professor, Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, MI, USA

Dr. Xu's lab investigates how animals detect sensory cues - such as temperature, touch, light,sound, and chemicals - through different sensory receptors and channels and the influence these sensory stimuli have on behavior, and on genetic programs affecting health and longevity. To address these questions, Dr. Xu uses both C. elegans andmouse models.To survive and adapt to the ever-changing environment, C. elegans has evolved a rich repertoire of sensory systems and has emerged as a powerful genetic model to identify and characterize novel sensory receptors and channels. Because many sensory receptors and channels are evolutionarily conserved, Dr. Xu's lab also investigate their roles in somatosensation and pain in mammals using mouse models.To do so, Dr. Xu takes a multidisciplinary approach, combining molecular genetics,behavioral analysis, functional imaging and electrophysiology. In this seminar, Dr. Xu will present his recent work on dissecting how animals sense mechanical stimuli andtemperature through novel sensors.

Contact：

Wenyue Yu: yuwenyue@westlake.edu.cn

School of Life Sciences