By Washington State University — Department of Translational Medicine and Physiology
Dong Yan, PhD, — Associate Professor in the Departments of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Neurobiology, Cell Biology at the School of Medicine, Duke University — will be visiting WSU Spokane. His seminar, entitled “Molecular mechanisms of neuronal aging in C. elegans,” will be in person in the Spokane Center for Clinical Research and Simulation room 250 and through Zoom on Tuesday, Oct. 10, noon–1 p.m.
Dr. Yan received a B.S. in Biology from Nankai University in 2001. Following an interest in neuroscience, he joined the Institute of Neuroscience, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, where he discovered the role of AKT local degradation in neuronal polarity. As a postdoctoral fellow at the University of California, San Diego, he demonstrated the essential role of a conserved MAP kinase pathway, the DLK-1 pathway, in axon regeneration and synapse regulation. Dr. Yan joined Duke University in September 2013. His lab focuses on addressing the molecular mechanisms of undying neural circuit formation during development and neurodegeneration in aging.
We look forward to you joining us in person (SCCRS 205) or through Zoom!
Questions/Zoom link? Contact Michelle Sanchez at michelle.r.sanchez@wsu.edu.
