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Hire Dr. Shuo L.

United States

Associate specialist with 10+ years experience in genetics, cell biology, imaging and academic writing

Profile Summary

Highly motivated associate specialist dedicated to improving human health by identifying molecular mechanisms underlying human diseases particularly neurodegenerative and autoimmune disorders. Led 4 different neuroscience projects since graduate school. Independently discovered cellular functions for a conserved autoimmune risk gene. Independently identified key genes required for efficient generation of neurons from non-neuronal cells. Research work led to 10+ publications in Curr Biol, J Cell Biol, Development, and PNAS.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ Peer Review
• ★ Technical & Scientific Writing
• ★ Proofreading & Editing
• ☆ Developmental Biology
• ☆ Neuroscience
• ☆ Study Design
• ☆ Cell Culture
• ☆ Phylogenetics

Services

• Writing
• Research

Writing Technical Writing, Newswriting

Research Fact Checking, Gray Literature Search, Systematic Literature Review, Secondary Data Collection

Work Experience

Associate Specialist II

UCSF

September 2017 - Present

Associate Specialist II

UCSF Cardiovascular Research Institute

September 2017 - Present

Education

PhD

Washington University in St. Louis

August 2003 - August 2009

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

(2020). Broadly conserved roles of TMEM131 family proteins in intracellular collagen assembly and secretory cargo trafficking . Science advances.

(2019). VHL-1 inactivation and mitochondrial antioxidants rescue C. elegans dopaminergic neurodegeneration . Protein & cell.

(2018). A genetic program mediates cold-warming response and promotes stress-induced phenoptosis in C. elegans . eLife.

(2017). The CDK8 Complex and Proneural Proteins Together Drive Neurogenesis from a Mesodermal Lineage . Current biology : CB.

(2014). The conserved LIM domain-containing focal adhesion protein ZYX-1 regulates synapse maintenance in Caenorhabditis elegans . Development (Cambridge, England).

(2010). HID-1, a new component of the peptidergic signaling pathway . Genetics.

(2008). Intestinal signaling to GABAergic neurons regulates a rhythmic behavior in Caenorhabditis elegans . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.

(2006). Regulators of kinesin involved in polarized trafficking and axon outgrowth . Journal of biology.

(2006). Regulation of synaptic transmission by RAB-3 and RAB-27 in Caenorhabditis elegans . Molecular biology of the cell.

(2006). Analysis of synaptic transmission in Caenorhabditis elegans using an aldicarb-sensitivity assay . Nature protocols.

(2005). {alpha}-Syntrophin regulates ARMS localization at the neuromuscular junction and enhances EphA4 signaling in an ARMS-dependent manner . The Journal of cell biology.