Area of research
Aging · Molecular Biology
Research interest
Research interests include Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms, Ion channel regulation and function, Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, and Circadian rhythm and melatonin.
Astroglial TNFR2 signaling regulates hippocampal synaptic function and plasticity in a sex dependent manner
The loss of a ClC anion channel increases life span, health span, and stress resistance by alkalinizing a pair of glial cells in <i>C. elegans</i>.
Glial KCNQ K<sup>+</sup> channels control neuronal output by regulating GABA release from glia in C. elegans.
Medical students’ perceptions of an artificial intelligence (AI) assisted diagnosing program
A helping hand: roles for accessory cells in the sense of touch across species
Protocols for treating C. elegans with pharmacological agents, osmoles, and salts for imaging and behavioral assays
Identity revealed for a long-sought ER anion channel.
A glial ClC Cl<sup>-</sup> channel mediates nose touch responses in C. elegans.
Glial regulators of ions and solutes required for specific chemosensory functions in Caenorhabditis elegans
Glial regulators of ions and solutes required for specific chemosensory functions in <i>Caenorhabditis elegans</i>.
Exon-dependent transcriptional adaptation by exon-junction complex proteins Y14/RNP-4 and MAGOH/MAG-1 in Caenorhabditis elegans.
A protocol for imaging calcium and chloride in <i>C. elegans</i> glia upon touch stimulation.
The ClC Cl<sup>-</sup> channel CLH-1 mediates HCO<sub>3</sub> <sup>-</sup> efflux from the amphid sheath glia in <i>C. elegans</i>.
Editorial: Accessory Cells of Sensory Systems and Their Functional Roles.
A glial ClC Cl− channel mediates nose touch responses in C. elegans
Maintenance of protein homeostasis in glia extends lifespan in C. elegans.
DEG/ENaC Ion Channels in the Function of the Nervous System: From Worm to Man.
Glial Chloride Channels in the Function of the Nervous System Across Species.
Effect of the protease plasmin on <i>C. elegans</i> hyperactive DEG/ENaC channels MEC-4(d) and UNC-8(d).
The Na<sup>+</sup>-K<sup>+</sup>-ATPase is needed in glia of touch receptors for responses to touch in<i>C. elegans</i>
The Na<sup>+</sup>-K<sup>+</sup>-ATPase is needed in glia of touch receptors for responses to touch in <i>C. elegans</i>.
C. elegans Glia Are Bona Fide Odorant Receptor Cells.
Temperature-sensitive mosquito TRP channel rescues touch deficits caused by knock-out of a DEG/ENaC channel in <i>C. elegans</i> glia.
Knock-out of a mitochondrial sirtuin protects neurons from degeneration in Caenorhabditis elegans
The DEG/ENaC cation channel protein UNC-8 drives activity-dependent synapse removal in remodeling GABAergic neurons
Carbonic Anhydrase-8 Regulates Inflammatory Pain by Inhibiting the ITPR1-Cytosolic Free Calcium Pathway
Spectral biomarkers for chemoprevention of colonic neoplasia: a placebo-controlled double-blinded trial with aspirin
A Novel Mechanism of pH Buffering in<i>C. elegans</i>Glia: Bicarbonate Transport via the Voltage-Gated ClC Cl<sup>−</sup>Channel CLH-1
Nanoscale changes in chromatin organization represent the initial steps of tumorigenesis: a transmission electron microscopy study
Mechanosensitive unpaired innexin channels in <i>C. elegans</i> touch neurons